New Jersey Statutes Title 43. Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation 43 § 12-28.4

Upon written application, the governing body of any municipality may grant, by resolution, an annual pension in an amount not exceeding $1,000.00 per annum to any person 75 years or older who shall have served continuously in such municipality as overseer of the poor or deputy overseer of the poor for not less than 20 years in either or both of such offices and who shall have retired from public service on or before January 1, 1964, provided that such a person is not entitled to or receiving any other pension from the State of New Jersey or political subdivision thereof. If such a pension is granted, it shall continue during the natural life of the person to whom it is granted, subject to the limitation set forth in section 2 of this act.  1