The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-04
uoArp or ConhIssIoHERs.
MospAY, February 8. 1878.

The Board met pussuaps w s"s 49,
Of the President.
Prssent-Messrs. Clark, English,
Kleveis, List, Osterling, Schultz, shep-
pard, Witham and President Handlan.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read, approved and signed. :,
The Committee on Finance and Ae-
counts presented various bills and Of
f.red the customary resolution for their
payment. They also offered the follow
ing:
R.,olvsd, That $40. 80 be refunded to
lR. v. Whelan for taxes wrongly as
sessed; that $21.70 be refunded to ). F.
Updegrsff for same cause, and 81 w be
refunded Walter Marshall, double as
sessment. Adopted.
The Committee on Poor reported on
the proposition to let out the keeping
Of the poor to the lowest bidder, as fol
lows:
To the Board of Commissioners of OHIO
County:
GENTLEMEN Your Committee on
Poor. to whom was referred the resolu.
ton directing the advertising for pro-
posals for keeping the inmates OF the
Door house by contract for the two
years next succeeding April l, 1878
would respectfully report for your con-
sideration:
To enable the Board to make an in.
telligent com arison of the present and
the old system Of letting out the keep
] ing OF the inmates OF the Poor House
by contract to the lowest bidder, your
committee have gone back to the year
1868, when we find the management
and control of the poor of the county
vested in Board of Overseers OF the
Poor, and the keeping OF the inmates
of the Poor House awarded by contract
to the lowest bidder. 1t appears from
An examination OF the minutes OF the
proceedings OF the Board of Overseer;
of the Poor Of that date, that the con-
tract price for boarding and washing
was as follows: For an adult or one
over ten years of age was $z.4O pei
week and for children under ten years
OF age 81 20 per week, but the commit
tee could find no recorded evidence o.
the number of persons kept in this
way. Reliable information states the
number at from thirty to forty persons
| The investment Of the county in the
old Poor House and grounds must have
been small, probably not more than
| $4,000 or $4,000, and for the use o.
which the contractor or steward paid
nominal rent Of $l25 per annum.
To arrive at an estimate Of the ex
penditures OF the county, on account o.
the poor, your committee have made
an examination of the disbursements
on that account extending from July
| 1868, to the present time.
By referring to detailed Statement
accompanying this report, it will b
seen that the amount paid for the sup
port of the poor Of the county was al
follows:
From July 2, 1883. to July 81. 1869.
Amt paid Z. H. Burt, Steward-.. A,h6o Il
Amount paid for clothing, physi-
clans services, medicines, dis
bursements by overseers and
other incidentals.... 6OS6 q
Making the sum total, .:......;-;;.slo,a5d 2
From August ], 1869, to August l, ~.
1870, amount paid e. Fl. Burt. A7S8 81
Amt paid clothing, medicines, &C. 7,7S 3
Total amount for year..........-..sl2,5l7 Il
In May, 1869, We find the manage.
ment OF the poor OF the county vested
in the Board of Supervisors, who, al
their meeting, March 26th, 1870, ap.
pointed an agent to take charge OF the
Poor House, and the steward at tha
| time was directed to turn the house anG
inmates over to the newly appointed
agent, on the first day of April, 1870
or within sixty days thereafter. About
the first of June, 1870, the agent OBJ.
tanned possession, and the present sys.
tenn Of keeping the house and support.
ing the inmates commenced.
From August 3, 1871, the entire dis.
bursements Of the county on account O
the support OF the poor amounted to
$l4,927.24. the expenses of the two sys.
TENS being blended during the year, and
your committee being unable to separ-
ate them.
| In April, 1870, the Board Of Super
visors purchased the present Poor Farm
of 800 acres for the sum OF $4,000,
which is now paid for, and has cost the
county, adding the interest on deferred
payments ST., $3.50; cost of construc.
| ton of house $39, 1874 40; stock, imple.
ments, fencing, &c, $2,7l5 o.; outfit
and furniture 1902; being total in
vsstment OF $59,0ll.OS.
For the year ending August 7, 1872,
the entire expenditures for the support
of the poor OF the county amounts to
| $l0,0347I. The entire disbursements
O. the year being embraced in this
amount, and it being a difficult matter
70 separate the disbursements on &C.
count of the expenses at the Poor
House, the committee have made
an estimate Of the actual expenses oil
the House for the year, based upon the
MONTH Y reports OF the agent from Au-
gust 2, 1871, to August 7, 1872: '.
The expenses OF provisions, grocer
les, clothing, etc, isIeported to be ss,l5s ss
Add Agents salary ....................... 500 OF
Physicians salary ................... %: 0C
Estimated cost OF medlcines.... 100 w
Estimated cost OF vegetables and
produce raised and consumed on
the place...............................i,.g 7 90
Total expense OF Poor House. .....s5,7Sl IS
And this for the support Of an average
Of fifty persons for the year.
To make commparison Of the two