44:7-2. Construction
This chapter shall be liberally construed and nothing therein shall be construed as repealing any other law or part thereof providing for the settlement and relief of the poor except in so far as inconsistent therewith, and the provisions of this chapter shall be construed as an additional method of supporting and providing for aged poor persons. The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to terminate, alter or affect any assistance furnished prior to March sixteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, or being furnished on said date under any law of this state. The provisions contained in this chapter shall not be construed to be exclusive and shall not be construed to repeal other provisions of the law not inconsistent therewith. Any particular grant of power contained in this chapter shall be held to be in specification but not in limitation of general powers. Nothing in this chapter shall operate to repeal or nullify the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service.
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