The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-05-18

TUESDAYS BUSINESS.
The treasurer submitted the following
monthly report for April:
Recelpts .....................,S St2.47
Disbursements. ts..............l2.i6 .i6I07
Cash balance on hand .s.1O1.47
Numerous claims were examined, passed,
and ordered to be paid
w. 7. Hammond, secretary of the Poor
and Insane Trustees, submitted the following
report, which was accepted and ordered filed:
REPORT OF POOR AND INSANE TRUSTEES.
To he Honorabie the County Commissioners
of CccH CoUtty:
Gentlemen: In conformity with the require
ments of the law. we, the undersigned,
Trustees of the Poor and Insane of Cecil
County, acting in our official capacity as
such do report to your honorable body that
in our judgment it will take 80. 900 for the
relief anu support of the poor and insane in
the almshouse and insane asylum for the year
commencing July |, 1895. and ending June
80. 1896, We have expended to date the sum
of 5000. IA for the maintenance and support
of the poor and insane and have drawn war
s5,922.14. We are further under contract for
the building of Il straw house and hog pen on
the almshouse farm, after plans and specih-
cations furnished by Sam'l T. Hindman, ESD
There is reported by the Secretary of our
Board as being available from all sources the
sum of 80, ,992 ii to meet the expenses of the
two institutions and farm under our charge
bn lctl IF It,I,
day of June, 1895. In the matters of improve
ments we have had erected at the asylum IA
pavilion, and improved the guard of the fire
escape, and had ventiIator put in the dome
of the asylum building.
To meet the demands upon the asylum and
to prevent Overcrowding, we have had cells
five in number fitted up over the WASH house,
furnished and Il proper heating apparatus
put in in which it is hoped to conflne the
mildest cases. We have also purchased suit
able fire extinguishers and had them placed
in the almshOuse and asylum. As a reform
in the business methods # the service. we
have made the Secretary Of our Board the
sole custodian Ol al monies that may be
derived from the sale of produce from the
farm, Board of Inmates and from all
other sources whatever, requiring him
to deposit the same with the Treasurer
of the county within thirty days after and
take the TrcasIrer's receipt for the same.
He, thu Secretary. has executed II bond in the
penal sum of $500 for the faithful perform
ance If said duties. which we believe is
retained i'll your Office. We have also pur-
chased fire proof safe for the safe keeping
OF valuable books and papers that may belong
to the service and had the same placed in
the meeting room at the almshouse. There
hav" been admitted into the almshousn since
.ndy lst, 1894, nineteen individuals outside
of tramps, and there have been nineteen
discharged. The number of deaths reported
is seven, and the number Of births one. At
the present time there are thirty-three inmates
recorded as belonging to the almshOuse
proper as follows: Charles H. Bildle Mar
garet T.. Bennett, s. c. Britton, Susan Crow,
II. Daniel, Henry During, James Fenigan,
John Gary, Sarah Tross, Jonathan Jurdan,
Josephine Kempa, Bloomfield Laird, Robert
Minker, William Reedy, Josiah Roberts, John
Shoemaker, Thomas Spear, Sadie SHIPPERS.
Robert Woods, Annie Ben amiD. whites:
William Crouch, Sarah Davis and child Mary
Rex, George Sewall, Mary Lynch. Hester
Bladen, Ellis Wilson. Josephine Bradford
and two children, Dan Tucker, Herbert
Smith, cOlored. There have been committed
to the almshouse during the present year
several parties who on investigation we have
found had no legal residence in this county
nor State. and according to our views no
claims upon the bounty of the Taxpayers of
this county, therefore we have had them
summarily dismissed ami forced them to find
quarters elsewhere.
There have been admitted into the insane
asylum since May 18th, 1894, nine individuals
and there have been removed or discharged
during this time five. The number of deaths
reported is four. At the present time there
are thirty-four inmates recorded as belonging
to the asylum proper, as follows: John Mer-
rtt, Samuel H. Williams George Short, John
H. Mekel, Henry Dantz, George Coset,
James Barber, John +. McAlister, John +.
Thomas, Daniel Davis, George Ferguson,
Albert Eckland, Margaret Milburn, Hannah
Logan, Gertrude Simpers Margaret Porter,
Annie Monitor, Mary McCleary, Mary s. Colt,
Emma Dunbar, Rachie Burk, Margaret
Krouse, Fridelina Hoover, Jane Z. McClary,
Vim. Brown, J. Frank Ford, white; Elmer
Brown, John W. Hopkins, Louisa Stephens,
Amanda Rich, Marcus Bryan, colored.
We have as a reform in the management OF
the two institutions under our charge, sep
arated them, giving the overseer only the
management of the Aims House and farm,
and the custody of the supplies which are
furnished for the two institutions. The sup
erintendent Of the asylum has been given
complete control of the same. subject to such
regulations as may be prescribe by the ply
sician in charge, after having been sanctioned
by the Board of Trustees OF the Poor ard
Insane.
We think that the same has been OF great
benefit in the management Of the two institu-
tutions as it simplles matters and brings the
heads of each institution in closer contact
with the trustees. In furnishing the supplies
for the above institutions tho aims house and
insane asylum for the past. year, the trustees
have asked for competitive bids for the same,
to serve for three months, and at the expira-
ton Of that time, have asked for a renewal.