New Jersey Statutes Title 44. Poor 44 § 4-64

Where permanent relief is required by a poor person in any county in which he is a resident or an inhabitant, whose place of settlement is in another county than the one in which relief is sought, the director of welfare, under the direction of the county welfare board, shall temporarily relieve such poor person and proceed to remove him to the place of such settlement as directed in sections 44:4-74 to 44:4-78 of this title, and until such other place of settlement is ascertained the director of welfare, under the direction of the county welfare board, may place such poor person as other permanent poor having a settlement in such county are maintained and relieved.