American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-03-09
General Enna

&c. for Courthouse ...... Dl2 90
W. II. Benthal bill rendered for repairing.
Inmp and putting locks on Courthouse
VIM MewiIlie, bill rendered for painting
mile boards ................. $50
Bridge Fund.
II. Fl. Hoffman, bill rendered for lumber
fnrn'sbcd to repair bridges. 800. -. e24 10
s. ID Brown. bill rendered for repairipg
bridge on road leading through Gen1
B.iht q i plantation ar per contract. 80 90
TO be pad on the certificate OF Sup'r Of
tie 3rd district that work has been done.
The rest of the day was occupied
by changing roads and appointing
new road overseers in this county.
Ordered, That the Board adjourn
until tO-mOrrOw morning at %
O'Clock. w. Breck, President; E.
S. Jeffrey, Clerk E. II. Lieutwiler,
DC.
WEDNESDAY, March 6, 1872.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment. We're present-As before.
On Motion of j. NJ. Richards the
bill Of r. II, Hoffman was reconsid-
cred and instead of paying him
S241.2O 1884 was deducted max
ing S2l7.3G.
Ordered. That the following Re
port of the Commissioners of the
Poor be adopted and published
Report of the Commissioners of
the Poor for Madison County Mis-
sissippi. To the Honorable Board
of Supervisors of Madison County.
Make this our second and last re-
port for the year 1871. That since
our semi annual Report made to
your Honorable Body in June last,
there has been several dismissions
and admissions of paupers. Keep
ing Oh an average of about fourteen
or fifteen inmates; fifteen is the
number at this time in the Poor
House. There has been no deaths
during the last six months. The
expense of this year has been double
Of any former year, owing to the
fact that some Medical Bills which
should have been presented last
year. Something over one hundred
dollars, came in and was allowed
this year, and by some claims from
different parts OF the county, mostly
from Canton for supplies, and medi-
cal bills, claiming to be for paupers,
some of which we did allow though
we were not fully satisfied in our
judgment that they were paupers
properly, and as there seemed to be
constant increase of snch applica
t;Ons we feel bound to ignore them
as we can only recognize Paupers
as coming under the supervision
of the Commissioner of the Poor for
the several beats OF districts, other
wise we would have no use for the
p or House, and the consequent ex-
pense in attending to it whenever
we are informed of cases applying
for relief we promptly visit them,
and very frequently find such an
aversion to going to the Poor House
on their own and or the part OF
their friends too, that we are CON-
) PEELED to state to them, that they
by their own act or refusal preclude
themselves from being relieved ac-
cording to what we know of the
law regulating our duties as the
commissioner of the Poor. We also,
bring to the notice of your Honor
able Body that the four children,
three girls and one boz, all white
are still in the Poor House subject
to your action in reference to them.
The expense of the last SIX months
of this year ending the 3Ist day OF
December 1871, is SI0O2.I1. The
expense of the first six months,
asreported, is S12S6.56, which, when
added together will make the sum
of s22SS.6:, for this, the entire year
OF 1871. This our second semi.annu,
al Report is hereby Respectfully
submitted to your honorable body.
. By Order of the Board of Commits
sioners of the Poor.
JAS. A. MCMURTRAY.
, Secretary B. Z. P.
T This 10Th December 1871.
NOTE - We the present actin e
, Board of Commissioners OF the Poor
F for Madison County deem our term
, of service as being out, according to
! previous appointment, but if it is
your desire we are willing to serve
r one more tenn.
: BY order of the Board, this 18th
) December, 1871.
JAS. II. McMURTRAY.
Secretary B. =. p.
Ordered, That the following Re.
port of the Committee to visit the
: Poor House be adopted and Pub.
: liShed:
+ STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, /
; Madison County.
1 We, the undersigned, Committee
, to visit Poor House and Report on
: same &C., have performed the said
f duty at last, after a halt days Sc
: we're and arduOus travelling, after
. the most searching, diligent and
! minute Inquiries, we finally arrived
I at the habitation known generally
3 as the Poor House, near inspec
ton of which convinced ns, that il
!, is fully deserving of its appellation
| in every way. We have frequent
~ heard this institution spoken OF
g as being very imposing structure,
+, but it did not strike us with any i'm
I moderate amOnnt of awe. The first
that did strike us was that its lOca-
ton, though commanding grand
and extensive view of the surround
!. ing scenery. was a very lnapproprl-
B., ate one, and should be remetlied as
J. soon as the embarrassed circum-
: stances of the county will permit
J., We found eight paupers there, tit
:. subjects for same, whom, at first
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