If the patient shall be found to be mentally ill and to have no legal settlement in any county in this State, the court may commit him to a mental hospital owned by the State.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 30:4-57
If no settlement in any county
Amended by L.1953, c. 29, p. 518, s. 24; L.1965, c. 59, s. 46.
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