Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1859-07-14

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tens the sum Of $1,000
| Owing TO these uGantiCipTted expenses the
! Trustees nic Obliged to repre- ent 10 the Coun "
| Commissioners ;hat there is now due aud I'M
paid by the Institution, tire sum Of six hum
bred sxty-ihree dollars aud eigbty-six cents
| iSGU3.8G), heSldes rghty-lwo dollars and
ninety eight cents $3.50, paid by Mr.. Buch-
unan Treasurer of tue Trustees, over and IL
hove The amount placed in his hands for dis
| hursement ~ will fully appear by his youch-
| ers herewith filed.
TIE personal property in the House and on
| the Farm, belonging to the County, as viii
FULLY appear by the Inventory 0! the same,
hereto aune&ed, amounting to eighteen hnu'
| ired and iortyIhtee dOliAss and twenty gc
cents Isl ,S4325.)
During the year Just ended, there were nd
mtlcd into The House, 60 paupers--aut dis
charged during tic Sane leriod 57i- there
are ia the House NJ this time Al. During the
,ear there were l deaths aud 2 births, In the
House. During tie same period 2l4 meals
werc given 10 transient raUpers.
For the year cniing june, 1859, the NUN
her Of ,,ouIers Supported in the Eon.e, ave-
rugged suuI! fraction over 25-tor TIA year
| jus, closed the average number WAS over 81.
Tor the year ending Jane 1857, the number
WIS 10. In November, 953, when The County
took possession OF the present Aims. house,
there were in the House only eight panpcrs.
| Thus it will be that the i"creaec OF
those supported in the House, during last year,
| has been equal to IS per cent greater than
those supported during the year irHmedistely
| licrej.. 2, oad ncagly double that o. the year
ending june, 1881.
| There HIe now in the Aims-hoUgt four dit
/ elvni prr-nns-tw0 male nul twl '-ip,'e. Ia
Loring under insanity OF mind. T%o OF these
! were supported by special evS Tor some ycnr.,
! in 'hc l.,uaisc Asylum, at Baltimore, under
/ ,he huuaHe HD'r thar they could t., restored
10 their rcas1n, by careful medcs aid tint MI
hopes iul their restoration basin given VA,
'nr, have been brought Gerk, / are now IL
! our Alms-hDusC.
! OF the number receiving aims from the
County, outside VI the inu e, tho "~us ices
rave men:;s o: aireftt! lirE, ~ 't.,t ''rsa 81
! nHuucrs are ra'lrcly undCr lie b, ucfcent care
Of tie County C0mmis soncrs Bat there Is
no doubt that out-doo pensioners hnve in
creased H. IrGrOriGnate ratio with those re-
ceiving the fostering pi election of the ms
house. It is truly uriacchoiy 10 reflect upon
tie rnpid increase of I'aGperism in thia county
| Wihia the Lass few years the philmthiopiC
mind is at n loss to divine the tr;,e caase, AS il
il certainly not Attributable 10 the .cgcAs" Of
population in the county. 4 i,Hr is enter
tuned that, il strict inquiry was made into
the condition and past history OF each pau per,
their present condition wonld be trnceab!e to
ne sad aud ruinous sin OF intcmperauce
The Trustees have taken great care TO form
a rplitLl estimate of the sum that will oc ne
ccsslrv to pay existing debts against the in-
stltGtiou, and hat will he necessary TO meet
al Just ned reasonable demands for the sap
| port OF he House and for the pay nent Of she
| Stewards aud Trustees salaries, ior The cGsu-
ing year Nnd they cannot resist the conviction
| la. il will require every cent Of three thou.-
md I've hrndr. 4 dollars.
| Hhe Tnsters neel not represent 10 the
Col.at, Commissioners, tiat The present Aims
| house IS hy no means spacious enough for the
propsr ana comfortable accommodation Of The
Stewards tai nily and the paupcrs, because
Il csc facts have been SO frequently urged upon
the attention Of former Boards Of County
| Commissioners. by dfferer, Grind JGries Of
The Couatv. ard is 50 apparent TO every oil =
servant citizen that visits the House They
will leave this subject entirely in the hands Of
those who alone have the power 10 apply the
e srec.iye and Iemedy the evil complained
OF.
IN concluding this report, the Trustees
would lie foing violence TO their own feelings
and sense Of justice, wsre they to withhold The
expression Of their most unqualified approba-
ton of the very attentive and efficient manner
in which CHAs. A. ScorT, the Steward of the
Alms.house and DR.. PAIRIck A. HEALEY. tie
| Physician 10 the came, have discharged the
highly spons.h!e and important duties de-
volving on them respectively
JOHN FOLCK,
| JOHN NJ. BUCHANAN,
July i, 1866. Trustees.