The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-12-27

H $500
Gibson ....s--..f f. .-- Tr 1881
Manitowoc u......, 27,OO
Franklin So OH 26 so
Maple Grove gz 26,IS'
Manitowoc Rapids ....s...-. 23,00
Showing that five towns have received
more per family than the town of Manito
voc. att ..r
The total amount paid for labor, Overs
seers salary, provisions, lumber and other
malerals for the Poor Farm and paupers
there supported, according to the Superin
tendents report is ..... s. S434, A
The actual products Of the farm now
on hand, as taken from the inventory Of
said ,Surerir:endeuts foots at 1889 AZ
which leaves an Indebtedness or balance
of only $99,l2. ,ss
A large portion of said balance, as will
be seen by looking over the Superinten
dents bills has been paid for lumber, a
cupboard, clothes for paupers, and other
articles for the Poor Farm. .r..-.
The average number of paupers kept at
at the Poor House during the past year,
as appears by the Superintendents report
is seven and one half, and said report
shows that the whole number Of weeks
board furnished to paupers is Csc, That
the $434, A which includes a'aries OF
officers as well as materials would make
the gross cost of Board, attendance
clothes. &C., of paupers per week at the
Poor Hoase, 81 go IL.
AS to the go nparative cost ot support,
ing paupers outside the PcoI House. as
compared with tie cost of supportir Q
them at the Poor House. your Commits
tee have not the meas Of stating, any
thing III addition te the above, as the Su-
perintenden,s report does not, nor do The
bills show. how long each family was fur
nished, nor the number of persons IN each
family.
Your committee have come to the con,
clusion, after obtaining all the facts and
statistics within their resch, that there is
at present two almost insurmountab!e oh
stscles in the way of supporting the pau
peTs Of this county by towns
First. in new county like this. the
question of residen with numerous pau
pers from d tterent states, frequently com
ing among US, must of cou Sc, be a ccun-
ty charge, and te supported by the county,
and were we TO attempt an app rtionment
Of our paupers now, among the several
towns, it could, as yoar committee be-
lieves lead to much difficulty sud perh aps
litigation.
Second: Your Committee are of the
opinion, after fully investigating the mat
ter that majority Of the towns III the
county are wholly nrprepared to supply
the wants and properly provide for the
comfort of the poor, whom we have al
ways with us. 1t has been found in m anv
instances, dif1ibult thing to obtain Il e
necessary food, medicine, medicinal a.
tendance, &c, for the suffering invalid
paupers, even for county orders, and your
committee feel certain, that, in MANY IN
tances, it would be utterly impossible to
do so with town orders; at least until
they shall become much more reliable than
at present. -.
1t is barely possible, that, as a matter
of dollars and cents, the poor of this or any
other county would be supported BY towns
for less money than by the county Bat
after disposng of 1892 O7 worth Of
county property, which the Superintends
ents report shows that we have on hanl
in the manner public property is usually
Of, we think the gain would be
q lite too small to g made at the risk of
giving our paupers at least respectable
support.
We would recommend that the prese;,r
system Of supporting the poor be contin-
ued, until towns are much better prepared
to support their papers than they now are
aud that the rules and regulations adopted
by this Board In reference to furnishing
aid to paupers outside the Poor House, be
in the future, strictly complied with
which will, in the opinion Of your commit
lee, do mu;h to tighten the expenses of
the poor department. All of which is re.
submitted. -. 49,. H..
J. y. MARKHAM, Chm.
Nov. 25ib, 1861. .. ~
On motion the'report was accepted.
Mr.. Pierpont moved that the report be
adopted, and the motion was lost. ..-o
Those voting in the affirmative were
Messrs- Tucker, McIvor, Be,z, Goode-
now. Emerson. PierDont-0 sH -.