American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-06-21
The above though stated to be the for the

The above though stated be the account for the year
1894 embraces the time from the LIST of January of that
year, the 26h of January 1926 of the 452 persons who
relieved during this time SO people of COLOR
and 1874 foreigners One hundred and eighty.two
received aid out of the Houses 50 were
buried. Four boys and girls were bound out.
1t is remarkable that death occurred from the 9th
of November 1884, till the meeting of the Trustees on the
26th of January last though the HOUSE was never more
crowded than during that period.
One Hundred and T4penty -four persons from the Chesapeake
and Deaaa,e Canal, received aid in the House Of this
number, nine died.
The amount of expenses in the House s60o7. 81
do out of the House, l02287 making the whole amount
of expenditures, S7030.41.
Exclusive of what was raised the farm the annual ex-
pense for each pauper $685. rather than nine
and three fourth cents per day The produce Of the farm
and garden valued at 1926 The farm contains sixteen
acres including large yard that surrounds the House, and
grave yard Of two acres
Trustees for tie present Year.
George Clark President, Red Lion Hundreds Joseph Grubb
Treasurer, and Il. l. Dupont Chrstana Hundred Robert
Forwood Brandywine Hundreds; Andrew GRAY Mill Creek
Hundred Joseph Chamberlain, w. Clay Creek Hundred;
Nathan Boulder, Pencader Hundred; Charles H. Haughey,
St. Georges Hundred; Arnold s. Naulan, Appoqunimnk
Hundred.
Oue,seer--HENRY HEALD.
The Trustees meet at the Poor House on the last We'd
nesday of January April, July and October.
The expenses the poor of Lancaster county, Penn for
1.-THE year ending in May last amounted to S9l14 ST. The
average expense of each door panpe about twen
y seven cents per weekand those supported iii the aims
House, fraction over 79 cents
The number of out door poor 49, The average num-
Der in the house 1911.
The aims house is situated short distance from the city
of Lancaster and has attached to large farm in high
state of cultivation.
The directors of the poor of Lancaster county, the
9th inst adopted the following preamble and resolution
Whereas the increased number of applications from
persons outdoor support and temporary assistance
has actually made it necessary to stop the opportunities OF
all such applicants
ssBe it therefore Resolved That application for out
door support assistance in money, will in future be
countenanced by the BoardAnd that all such persons
are INDECENT aged inr, and unable to provide for,
maintain themselves, and claiming relief from the nsu-
ton be- and they hereby notified that they must repair
Ito the Poor and House of Employment, to be maintained
and supported therein"
In the Philadelphia aims house, each pauper costs the
public about "a cents per week.
The expenditures for the Poor in Chester county, Penn
for 1924 S8185 60. The number of paupers reev
ed $685. and the average expense for each was S2o
exclusive of the produce of the farm
| 1t is said that the expenditures for the poor al
Boston amounted, last year, to nearly $4,000; the
number supported being about 500 persons. The
Charleston papers estimate the number oil the poor
Of that city, supported by the public funds, at con-
siderahly than those of Boston; but state the
amour, of the last expenditure for their support al
not more than $4,000.