An overseer of the poor shall be appointed by the governing body of every municipality excepting those municipalities which shall contract for the services of the overseer of an adjoining municipality as provided in sections 44:1-79 and 44:1-80 of this title, or which are situated in a county, other than a county of the first class, in which there is a welfare plan from which the municipality is not excepted and a welfare board and superintendent of welfare.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 44:1-73
Appointment
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