Section 834. Social welfare appropriations in Essex county  


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  • 1. The board of
      supervisors of Essex county may annually appropriate such sums as it may
      deem proper, not exceeding the sum of five thousand dollars in  any  one
      year,  for  the  support  and  maintenance  of  the  Junior  Achievement
      Foundation  of  Essex  County,  Incorporated,  a   county   organization
      incorporated  to  receive  and administer funds and permanent endowments
      for the definite training of children; provided, however, that the total
      amount of moneys so appropriated  in  any  one  year  shall  not  exceed
      one-half  of  the total cost of such work in the county during the year.
      The board of supervisors may by resolution direct the  county  treasurer
      to  pay  the  amount  of  such  appropriations  to the treasurer of such
      corporation, but before any such payment shall be made, the treasurer of
      such corporation shall file with the county clerk an undertaking for the
      faithful performance of his duties, which undertaking must have endorsed
      the approval of the county judge both as  to  form  and  sufficiency  of
      sureties.  On  or  before  the  first  day  of November in each year the
      treasurer of such corporation shall render to the board of supervisors a
      verified written statement  showing  in  detail  the  amount  of  moneys
      received by the corporation during the preceding year and the nature and
      amount  expended  for the support and maintenance of the work. The board
      of supervisors shall annually raise by tax a sum sufficient to  pay  the
      amount  of  moneys  appropriated  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of this
      subdivision.
        2. The board of supervisors of such county  may  annually  appropriate
      such  sums as it may deem proper, not exceeding the sum of five thousand
      dollars in any one year,  for  contributions  to  and  the  support  and
      maintenance  of the Essex County Social Service Committee, Incorporated,
      a county organization incorporated to receive and administer  funds  and
      permanent endowments for the educational, moral and social betterment of
      the  the  citizens  of Essex county and to co-ordinate and assist in the
      efforts of existing organizations performing such objects  in  a  manner
      satisfactory  to the committee; provided, however, that the total amount
      of moneys so appropriated in any one year shall not exceed  one-half  of
      the  total cost of such work in the county during the year. The board of
      supervisors may by resolution direct the county  treasurer  to  pay  the
      amount  of such appropriations to the treasurer of such corporation, but
      before any such payment shall be made, the treasurer of such corporation
      shall file with  the  county  clerk  an  undertaking  for  the  faithful
      performance of his duties, which undertaking shall have endorsed thereon
      the  approval  of  the  county  judge both as to form and sufficiency of
      sureties. On or before the first  day  of  November  in  each  year  the
      treasurer of such corporation shall render to the board of supervisors a
      verified  written  statement  showing  in  detail  the  amount of moneys
      received during the preceding year and the nature and amount of the sums
      expended for the support and maintenance  of  the  work.  The  board  of
      supervisors  shall  annually  raise  by  tax a sum sufficient to pay the
      amount of  moneys  appropriated  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this
      subdivision.