The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1819-07-13
PAYABLE YEARLY.

noted the following statement, headed state
Paupers."
. The whole amount Of pauper charges, paid
by the Commonwealth Of Massachusetts,, az
lowed AT the two Sessions Of the Legislature faF
, the political year commencing May Session
| 1918 aud ending January Session 1919 was >
sGT,07l 95
| OF which supposing Maine to
pay one fourth of the taxes of the
Commonwealth, her proportion
would be st5,767 90
The whole amount receiv ed by
Maine for the support of state
paupers before named was $4,000 az
Maine, therefore, paid this sum S5,e63 53
towards the support of State paupers In Slsssg-
nhosetts Proper, during the political year Of
i818--iof9.r
must confess Mr.. Printer, was much surpr;-
sed at this statement and before could give
full credit 10 it, went and enquired Of one of my
neighbours, who has been many years in the
General Court, and for a succession ofyears, one
OF the Committee OF accounts in that body. He
looked al the statement and said he had 10
doubt Of the truth of it, for much the greatest
proportion of state paupers were found in the old,
and large fotcnS--and towns Of this description
were mostly in Massachusetts proper, thsrs Of
course would be found ntsst Of thls class Of pee.
Pfe--hence, he said, he had from his own expe-
rience of this subject, while he was ia the Gem
eral Court, no doubt of the truth Of the remain
ing part of the statement in the same Ar
gus, viz, : The town of Boston at the foregoing
sessions Of the Legislature was allowed for the
support ofstate paupess the sum Of
D.l5,3 80
Maine at the same time WAS
allowed 1o,s04 As
-
Boston, alone, in this time re-
ceived by D.4,54O SO,
more, than the whole of Maine.
Boston contains alb out 40, 900 inhabitants.
Maine contains about 100000 inhabitants
Although my neighbour, in whose accuracy
and integrity had the utmost confidence agreed
fully in the truth of the fore going statements,
could not avoid thinking, that, there might be
some mistake in it | therefore procured the re-
solves of the General Court for January Session
1915 June Session l8l5--January Sessonn8l6,
June Session 3I6 and January Session 1919
being all the resolves within my controul, and
upon examining this subject found that the
poor roll for the former Of these SESSIONS, as re-
ported by the COMMITTEES Of Accounts, and al
lowed by the General Court, amounted to
D36. 228 AZ
One quarter part or which,
paid By Maine, Is D.9,O57 fl
The part paid to Maine, Of
ttts sum, loas 4,844 90
Making this balance of D.42l2,I9,
which paid over and above the charges Of
the State Poor in Maine, and towards the sup
port Of State Poor in Old Massachusetts,.
In the second Of the above sessions Of the Gen
eral Court the state poor roll, as allowed was
D.2k1S6 "a
One quarter of which is $3.50 70 5
Maine received out fthis sum
however, only, 2,240 AZ.
In the Sd Of the above sessions, there was al
lowed for state poor the sum of D.36,672 81
One fourth part whereofis 1858 08 5
Maine received only the sum of $3.50 ga
In the 4th Of the above sessions the poor roll
was D.26,249 SO
One 4th part of which is $500 80
Maine received but 4,139 46
January session, there was reported and allowed
for state paupers the sum of D.39,613 50
One fourth part is 9,9O3,38
Maine received only 1853 80
for the support of that portion of the Common
wealth's Poor resident in Maine.
The total amount Of expence and charges for
the Poor Of the Commonwealth, made up and
allowed in the foregoing sessions is
D.I5o,s5o 81
One fourth part of which is
paid by the District of Maine,
and Is S9,987 10
Yet ont of this sum, she re.
ceived but a3,s37 "a
--
Leaving balance a D.r6e49 70.
which was paid By the Disir,et OF Maine toward
the support Of the State Poor Of .lIusscclussur
Proper.
1t will be observed, that the above I've sos-
sons are comprised in the last four years, ending
with the January Session If i8I9-that the fore
going statement does not include (fur fcannot oh
tain them) the resolves Of January Session 1917
June Session 18i7--January Session 1873
June Session I3Is-tour sessions in all. If the
same dsproportion between our payments and
receipts for these two poiit cal years should be
found 70 exist, then it follows, that for the last
four years Maine has paid nearly or quite the sum
Of thirty thousand dollars over and above the
cost and charges Of the State Poor living in the
District of Name antl towards the cost ard char
ges or those living in Cd .Nasszctusrfts.
iuhl mention one more case. II is well known
that the 9Th of July j., as IL ought 10 BE-, most
splendidly distinguished at Boston. every year.
Bot y j. not known. that these celebrations cost
a very considerable sum to the Common wealth
and which i paid ont of the STATE treasury ersrg
gear. find no fault with this approve Of it.
But does not Boston receive 1lidht cr-ftf III this
not only in the eye oftoFeigners, bur Of our ma
merous Southern brethren. sn,re of the most dis
tIuguIshed Of whom. are always in Boston on this
ever 10 be remembered and horoured 6as-But
Of this expense the District of Maine pay. oas
qiaafffr part vet her citizens are NOT ben -fied ~