N.J. Stat. § 44:1-118
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Duties of county adjuster
Official statutory text
The county adjuster shall on the application of an overseer forthwith take the steps necessary to the removal of a poor person to another state, or to another county within this state, by negotiating with the proper authority in the other state or county through the commissioner for the reception of the poor person who may be properly removable to a place in that state or county, and shall perform that function for all overseers in the county, and all overseers in a county shall take the steps necessary to such removal by means of the aid and authority of the county adjuster.
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