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cent interest. The last of this loan was not paid until June, 1847. During these years the courts convened in the Methodist Church. Whitehead & Berry failed to complete their contract, and their securities were called upon, and required to carry on the work. It was delayed and finally completed late in 1841, except seats, desks, etc., which for a time were borrowed from the church. The roof was found to be defective, and was replaced with a new one in 1842.
LATER EVENTS OF INTEREST.
June 8, 1843, it was "Ordered by the board that a premium of 25 cents on each pound of reeled silk and 15 cents on each pound of cocoons be allowed for the encouragement of raising silk in Daviess County." June, 1841. upon petition. Harrison Township was formed out of Reeve and Veal as follows: Begin- ning on the river, thence north between Ranges 6 and 7, to the northwest corner of Section 18, Township 2 north, Range 6 west; thence east to the northeast corner of Section 14, Township 2 north, Range 6 west; thence south to the river; thence down the same to the beginning. In March, 1844, it was reported that 2,520 acres of school land had been sold for $5,660.50, and that 5,480 acres valued at $7,690 remained unsold. A. C. Trowbridge & Co. were paid for printing in 1844. Alfred Davis became school commis- sioner in 1844. In June, 1846, the Masons were permitted to use the northeast room upstairs in the court house for a lodge room. John Brayfield, of the Literary Journal, was paid for printing
in 1847. In 1850 premiums to the amount of $1.40 were paid on native silk at 10 cents per pound. In March, 1849, the county board submitted to the legal voters of the county the question of taking stock to the extent of 600 shares worth $50 each in the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad Company. The result was favorable, and in 1853 county bonds to the amount of $30,000 were issued, and that amount of stock was taken in the road. In June, 1864, the bonds were relinquished by the holders, and in return the county board transferred its stock certificates to the company. In March, 1861, the boundary between Washington and Veal Town- ships was altered. In 1859 and 1860 strong attempts were made to form a new county out of portions of Daviess, Knox, Sullivan and Greene Counties. The proposed new county was to be called
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"White River County," and the town of Newberry, Greene Coun- ty, which was near the center of the territory, was the probable county seat. Petitions with hundreds of names were presented, but after due deliberation the prayer of the petitioners was re- fused. Then a new project was instituted to form another county called Logan out of much the same territory, but this likewise met with failure. About this time a list of petitioners asked the county boards of both Daviess and Martin Counties to alter the boundary between the two counties, but this scheme also met with defeat. During the years of the war several heavy bounties were paid by the county. In 1865 the board, pursuant to law, began to pay annually $50 for the support of the County Teachers' Insti- tute.
The act creating Daviess County provided that ten percent- um of the proceeds of the sale of town lots should be used to purchase and maintain a county library. The first books were bought early in the twenties, among the first being "History of Martyrs," Buck's "Theological Dictionary," Wesley's "Sermons," "Pilgrim's Progress," Young's "Night Thoughts," Thompson's "Seasons," Harvey's "Meditations," "Charles the V," Rollin's "Ancient History," "Plutarch's Lives," Grimshaw's "History of the United States," Addison's "Spectator," Locke's "Essays," Jefferson's "Notes," Woodbridge's "Geography," "Children of the Abbey," "Byron's Works," "Pope's Essays," Shakespeare's "Plays," "Josephus' Works," etc. The officers of the library consisted of a board of trustees, a librarian and a treasurer. Nearly all the leading early residents of Washington were at times one or the other of these officers. The county library did a great service until newspapers, the great educators of to-day, gradual- ly took their place. In 1854 and 1855 the State distributed about eight sets of 300 volumes each to the townships of the county. In these sets were all the leading works of that period. They likewise did a good service, and remnants are yet in use, serving like monuments to remind one of the past. About the time of the distribution of the township libraries, William McClure, a benevolent gentleman of Posey County, died, leaving a large for- tune as a bequest to found public libraries throughout the State for the use of the working classes. Several of these libraries
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were obtained for localities in Daviess County, and many of the books are, though scattered, yet in use. The benevolent inten- tions of Mr. McClure were not fully realized, owing, chiefly, to the great and growing value of newspapers as a means of sup- plying general and special information.
THE NEW COUNTY BUILDINGS.
In 1859 preparations were made to build a new jail. An- drew Martin and M. L. Brett were appointed to prepare plans, etc., and Stephen D. Wright and Andrew Martin were authorized to contract with builders. Plans presented by Mr. Wright were adopted. . The board appropriated $7,000 to carry on the work. Richards & Harris took the contract for $5,229; they put up the building. Thomas F. Baker contracted for the iron work, at what price could not be learned, but about $2,000. December 2, 1860, the building committee reported the structure completed. It was formally accepted by the board. In 1868 the board, hav- ing in view the construction of a large and costly court house within a comparatively few years, began to levy a small tax to raise a fund sufficient to erect such a building. June 1, 1869, this fund amounted to $3,642.82; June, 1870, to $9,130.57; June, 1871, to $10,678.41; June, 1872, to $14,580.88; June, 1876, to $56,471.52. In September, 1873, many citizens called the notice of the board to the need of a new court house, where- upon M. L. Brett, Richard N. Reed, and Joseph E. Thompson were appointed to mature plans, and a small appropriation was made to cover the necessary expense of visiting and receiving other court houses of the State. The matter was postponed until early in 1877, when the contract was let to McCormick & Sweeney. G. W. Bunting, architect, was employed to superin- tend the work and inspect the estimates. Work progressed favorably, and by December, 1878, the present fine brick build- ing, with stone trimmings, was almost completed. Early in 1879 the board was forced to sell $15,000 worth of county bonds to procure means to complete the work. The building was finished in 1879. June 1, 1880, the total court house fund collected from 1868 to that time amounted to $107,245.52. There had been spent of this on the court house $88,021.15, leaving a balance of
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$19,224.37 to be accounted for. Of this sum $3,813.70 had been loaned on mortgage; $4,961.55 had been transferred to the coun- ty fund, and $10,449.12, cash, was in the treasury. The bonds issued were paid with portions of the fund, which had been loaned as it was paid in, or with funds just collected. The authorities deserve much credit for the easy manner in which the house was erected and paid for during an exciting financial pe- riod. The 2,000-pound bell, bought of E. Howard & Co., of Boston, for $1.525, was placed in the building in the spring of 1878.
In March, 1881, the right to use A. D. Fordyke's system of keeping county records for ten years was bought for $350. In June, 1883, a room in the third story of the court house was rented to the Peabody Rifles to be used as an armory, In June, 1885, under a new law, Michael Sause was appointed coun- ty ditch commissioner. In April, 1884, the trustee of Barr Township, against whose management of the township's funds there was considerable complaint, was required by the board to turn over his books, vouchers, etc., to an investigating committee. Some errors were found which were corrected.
THE JAIL OF 1884.
In March, 1883, it was decided to build a new jail. Plans submitted by T. J. Tolan & Son, of Fort Wayne, were adopted, and Brentwood Tolan was employed to serve as architect, and to receive five per cent of the contract price for such service. April 23, 1883, the following bids were opened and examined: A. J. Demoss, $23,050; W. H. Myers & Co., $26,372; M. E. Secrest, $28,000; J. W. Hinkley, $25,750; J. G. Miller, $25,- 500. The contract for a combined jail and jailer's residence was awarded to J. G. Miller. The following quantity of coun- ty bonds was issued to raise means to . carry forward the work: Sixty bonds of $100 each, due in two years; 40 bonds of $100 each, due in three years; 10 bonds of $200 each, due in three years; 15 bonds of $200 each, due in four years; 6 bonds of $500 each, due in four years; 14 bonds of $500 each, due in five years; total, $25,000, at six per cent interest. The bonds were dated April 23, 1883. The five-year bonds sold for $505,
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and part of the four-year bonds for $502.50. The credit of the county was evidently good. The present jail lot had been bought of Alexander Leslie in December, 1881, for $1,200; June, 1884, the old jail was ordered sold. In December, 1884, a single $5,000 bond, bearing eight per cent interest, was sold to complete the jail. The brick structure was promptly erected at a total cost, including everything, of $28,836.56. Seth R. McCormick con- tracted to build around the jail a two-rail iron fence, three and a half feet high, for $1.43 per lineal foot.
RAILROAD PROJECTS AND THE CANAL.
In November 1869 the county voted as follows upon the pro- position of taking $90,506 worth of stock in the Indiana Northern & Southern Railway: Washington Township, for the stock 836, against the stock 29; Veal, for 64, against 0; Reeve, for 1, against 153; Harrison, for 25, against 63; Barr, for 10, against 274; Van Buren, for 2, against 165; Madison, for 2, against 196; Elmore, for 34, against 33; Steele, for 47, against 30; Bogard, for 73, against 78; total, for 1,096, against 1,021. In 1875 Wash- ington Township voted 891 for and 163 against the proposition of helping the Evansville, Washington & Chicago Railway with a two per cent tax-$64,000. In April, 1878, the following vote was cast to aid the Petersburg & Worthington Railroad with a two per cent tax: Washington, for 269, against 1,001; Steele, for 130, against 103; Elmore, for 133, against 76. Washington's tax was $52,844; Elmore's, $6,150.30, and Steele's, $9,222. In June, 1878, the election was held over again with this result: Washington, for 492, against 583; Steele, for 140, against 23; Elmore, for 115, against 58. In May, 1880, Washington Town- ship voted as follows on the question of aiding with a two per cent tax the Evansville & Indianapolis Railway: for, 568; against, 519. On the same question in August, 1883, for the Evansville, Washington & Brazil Railway, it voted 864 for and 161 against. In April, 1884, on the same proposition, Steele voted 146 for and 24 against; Elmore, 158 for and 51 against. In April, 1885, the three townships were required to vote again on the same question, the tax being one and one-third per cent. The vote was as follows: Washington, for 822, against 300; Steele, for 145, against 7; El-
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more, for 140, against 35. The latter is the only tax levied of all that voted above. The tax of each is as follows: Washington, $30,000; Steele, $5,500; Elmore, $4,000. The company at this time, January, 1886, is running regular trains. Regular trains ran north from Washington to Newberry first in October, 1885. The division between Petersburg and Washington was completed in 1883. The construction of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad. during the fifties, was the great event in the history of Daviess County, as it opened to the world its inexhaustible coal mines. The Wabash & Erie Canal, built early in the decade of the fifties, was an important event. It cost the county thousands of dollars, but was the means of bringing in immigrants and of de- veloping the inexhaustible coal fields. Had not the railroad come to the front the canal would have been invaluable as a channel upon which to float the local imports and exports. As it was, after four or five years of precarious existence it was gradually abandoned.
THE FINANCES.
The first county treasurer was Ebenezer Jones, and the first report of the finances of the county was made by him February 9, 1819, and covered the period from the organization in 1817 up to that time. This report was as follows: Total receipts, $1,126 .- 431; total expenses, $1,064.682; balance, $61.743; treasurer's per cent, $56.30, leaving in the treasury, $45.44}. For the year ending February 9, 1820, the receipts were $808.46}; expenses, $767.972, and $40.40, the treasurer's per cent leaving in the treasury 9 cents. The above refers to the county fund raised by taxation. In addition to this, was the town-lot fund realized from the sale of lots at the county seat, the land having been donated. November 10, 1819, this fund amounted to $5,741.95, from the sale of the usual sized lots, and $183 from the sale of a six-acre tract, or a total of $5,924.95. By August 15, 1821, there had been spent of the last-named fund on the court house, jail, etc., $5,255.56, and by this time, also, the fund had been increased. For the calendar year, 1824, the receipts of revenue were: $533 .- 251; licenses, $76: total receipts, $609.25}. The expenses were $609.52, leaving a deficit of 262 cents. The receipts during the calendar year, 1827, were: County revenue, 1,157.77; licenses,
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$99.25; total, $1,257.02. The total expenses were $1,036.533, leaving a balance of $220.483. In September, 1828, the finances of the county since 1817 were investigated by a special committee appointed by the board. The total amount of county orders issued during that period (1817 to 1828) was $13,950.24; and the total amount of orders redeemed was $11,362.82, leaving the outstand- ing indebtedness of the county, $2,587.42. John Van Trees and George A. Wallace were the investigating committee. The receipts from January, 1831, to January, 1832, were $1,298.523; total expenses, 1,045.353; cash on hand, $253.174. The delinquent tax due at this time was $515.873. From November 5, 1833, to November 6, 1834, the receipts were $1,628.113, and expenses, $1,194.333, leaving a balance of $433.781. The receipts of 1835 were $1,830.632, and the expenses, $1,482,51}; leaving on hand $348.121. For the calendar year 1838 the receipts were $5,201 .- 513; expenses, $5.230.653. There was due the county from the collector $2,367.89. From January 3, 1840, to March 1, 1841, the receipts were $3,919.99; expenses, $3,983.71; deficit, $63.72; due the county from the collector, $1,618.12. For the fiscal year ending May 31, 1847, there was on hand $792.75; licenses received, $165.34; total receipts, $4,870.83; total expenses, $4,854.13; county officers cost $968.45. Delinquent tax back to 1840 was received. The total recipts of 1850-51, were $4,416.33, and expenses, $4,321.25. Among the expense items is one allowing silk growers a premium of 10 cents per pound. Fourteen pounds of native silk were grown as shown by the premium, $1.40 allowed. The receipts of 1853-54 were $4,638.69; expenses, $5,677.49; actual county debt, $1,450.37. The revenue of 1856-57 was $6,- 434.78, and the total receipts, $9,998.46; total expenses, $9,167.99; county officers cost $1,144.44. The revenue of 1860-61 was $14,509.84, including $4,488.16 delinquent; the total receipts were $22,246.17; total expenses were $16,127.92; county officers cost $1,718.78, and county buildings $7,013.75. In 1864-65, there was on hand $1,543.74; the county revenue was $21,789 .- 38; donations to bounty fund, $9,100; total receipts, $45,411.31 ; total expenses, $70,174.13; bounty paid $52,200; county officers cost $1,972.40. The county debt was $41,261.55. In 1869-70, there was on hand $26,843.82; the county revenue was $17,025 .-
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57, and the total receipts, $72,300.65; total expenses, $25,179.67. Old orders were redeemed, so that these were left on hand, $25,- 653.78. In 1874-75, there was on hand $36,448.01; the county revenue was $19,609.56; and the total receipts, $106,200.57; total expenses, $68,683.65; leaving on hand $37,516.92; county officers cost $4,562.35. In 1879-80, there was on hand $28,828 .- 27; county revenue received, $28,284.17; total receipts, $98,018 .- 36; total expenses, $66,232.67; leaving on hand $31,785.69; county officers cost $3,553.86. In 1884-85 there was on hand $23,102.54; the county revenue was $29,142.55; bonds sold, $5,000; total receipts, $116,398.20; total expenses, $76,801.40; leaving on hand $39,596.80. Among the expenses was $21,147.40 spent for the support of schools; $4,492.97 for county officers; $5,054.87 for bridges; $1,087.50 for insurance.
POPULATION OF THE COUNTY.
In 1810 (estimated).
300
In 1820
3,432
In 1830.
4.543
In 1840.
6,720
In 1850.
10,352
In 1860.
13,325
In 1870.
16,747
In 1880
21,552
In 1885 (estimated).
24,000
ELECTION RETURNS.
The early election returns are missing and cannot be given; the following will throw sufficient light upon recent political events. In November, 1844, the result was as follows: For Clay and Frelinghuysen-Washington, 517; Veal, 37; Harrison, 23; Reeve, 42; Barr, 30; Van Buren, 21; Madison, 34; Elmore, 22; Steele, 32; Bogard, 49; total, 807. For Polk and Dallas-Wash- ington, 362; Veal, 9; Harrison, 50; Reeve, 36; Barr, 83; Van Buren, 47; Madison, 88; Elmore, 56; Steele, 15; Bogard, 18; total, 764. No votes were cast for Birney and Morris, the Liberty candidates. The presidential election of November, 1848, was as follows: For Taylor and Fillmore-Washington, 421; Veal, 27; Harrison, 32; Reeve, 62; Barr, 42; Van Buren, 23; Mad- ison, 28; Elmore, 26; Steele, 37; Bogard, 37; total, 735. For
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Cass and Butler-Washington, 248; Veal, 15; Harrison, 43; Reeve, 58; Barr, 82; Van Buren, 68; Madison, 109; Elmore, 52; Steele, 6; Bogard, 27; total, 708. For Van Buren and Ad- ams (free soil)-Veal, 1; Madison, 1; total, 2. The result in November, 1852, was as follows: For Pierce and King-Wash- ington, 131; Veal, 43; Harrison, 55; Reeve, 74; Barr, 148; Van Buren, 74; Madison, 98; Elmore, 36; Steele, 19; Bogard, 42; total, 720. For Scott and Graham-Washington, 378; Veal, 68; Harrison, 30; Reeve, 73; Barr, 95; Van Buren, 41; Madison, 32; Elmore, 22; Steele, 38; Bogard, 49; total, 826. For Hale and Julian (free soil)-Veal, 2; Madison, 4; total, 6. The result in November, 1856, was as follows: For Buchanan and Breckinridge-Washington, 213; Veal, 70; Harrison, 61; Reeve, 191; Barr, 254; Van Buren, 90; Madison, 89; Elmore, 66; Steele, 40; Bogard, 41; total, 1,115. For Fillmore and Donelson-Washington, 311; Veal, 89; Harrison, 99; Reeve, 61; Barr, 119; Van Buren, 48; Madison, 55; Elmore, 24; Steele, 49; Bogard, 84; total, 939. For Fremont and Dayton-Wash- ington, 5; Veal, 2; Harrison, 1; Barr, 1; Madison, 10; Elmore, 3; Steele, 4; total, 26. The result of November, 1860, was much divided, and was as follows: For Douglas and Johnson-Wash- ington, 170; Veal, 49; Harrison, 52; Reeve, 99; Barr, 111; Van Buren, 44; Madison, 90; Elmore, 59; Steele, 70; Bogard, 5; total, 749. For Breckinridge and Lane-Washington, 118; Veal, 13; Harrison, 16; Reeve, 76; Barr, 163; Van Buren, 54; Madison, 12; Elmore, 16; Steele, 10; Bogard, 51; total, 529. For Lincoln and Hamlin-Washington, 287; Veal, 81; Harri- son, 72; Reeve, 75; Barr, 99; Van Buren, 45; Madison, 83; El- more, 21; Steele, 86; Bogard, 85; total, 934. For Bell and Everett-Washington, 73; Veal, 11; Harrison, 30; Reeve, 11; Madison, 1; Steele, 2; Bogard, 5; total, 133. In November, 1864, there were but two tickets, as follows: For McClellan and Pendleton-Washington, 358, Veal, 46; Harrison, 72; Reeve, 140; Barr, 303; Van Buren, 77; Madison, 88; Elmore, 74; Steele, 91; Bogard, 50; total, 1,299. For Lincoln and Johnson -Washington, 418; Veal, 79; Harrison, 116; Reeve, 93; Barr, 119; Van Buren, 71; Madison, 109; Elmore, 37; Steele, 93; Bo- gard, 92; total, 1,227. In November, 1868, the presidential
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election was as follows: For Seymour and Blair-Washington, 531; Veal, 75; Harrison, 182; Reeve, 116; Barr, 364; Van Buren, 124; Madison, 118; Elmore, 79; Steele, 84; Bogard, 59; total, 1,732. For Grant and Colfax-Washington, 527; Veal, 135; Harrison, 137; Reeve, 139; Barr, 155; Van Buren, 95; Madison, 169; Elmore, 67; Steele, 126; Bogard, 132; total, 1,682. The following is the result for November, 1872: Grant and Wilson-Washington, 684; Veal, 133; Harrison, 133; Reeve, 151; Barr, 168; Van Buren, 95; Madison, 169; Elmore, 83; Steele, 147; Bogard, 152; total, 1,914. For Greeley and Brown, (Liberal, Republican or Democratic)-Washington, 528; Veal, 72; Harrison, 94; Reeve, 160; Barr, 381; Van Buren, 88; Madison, 70; Elmore, 87; Steele, 78; Bogard, 60; total, 1,618. For O'Connor and Julian (straight out Democratic)- Washington, 2; Madison, 12; Elmore, 3; total, 17. The follow- ing is the result in November, 1876: For Tilden and Hendricks -Washington, 878; Veal, 84; Harrison, 126; Reeve, 178; Barr, 430; Van Buren, 145; Madison, 134; Elmore, 136; Steele, 147; Bogard, 92; total, 2,350. For Hayes and Wheeler-Wash- ington, 732; Veal, 126; Harrison, 145; Reeve, 167; Barr, 179; Van Buren, 112; Madison, 209; Elmore, 73; Steele, 119; Bo- gard, 164; total, 2,026. For Cooper and Cary-Washington, 2; Veal, 3; Reeve, 3; Barr, 7; Van Buren, 1; Madison, 1; El- more, 5; Steele, 3; total, 25. The result in November, 1880, was as follows: For Hancock and English-Washington, 891; Veal, 70; Harrison, 113; Reeve, 185; Barr, 474; Van Buren, 142, Madison, 148; Elmore, 139; Steel, 128; Bogard, 97; total, 2,387. For Garfield and Arthur-Washington, 846; Veal, 120; Harrison, 150; Reeve, 191; Barr, 188; Van Buren, 122; Mad- ison, 219; Elmore, 122; Steele, 171; Bogard, 191; total, 2,320. For Weaver and Chambers (Independent)-Washington, 12; Veal, 36; Harrison, 18; Reeve, 5; Barr, 5; Van Buren, 2; Madison, 4; Elmore, 1; Bogard, 2; total, 85. The result in No- vember, 1884, was as follows: For Cleveland and Hendricks- Washington, 896; Veal, 83; Harrison, 124; Reeve, 205; Barr, 453; Van Buren, 140; Madison, 173; Elmore, 153; Steele, 155; Bogard, 98; total, 2,480. For Blaine and Logan-Washington. 823; Veal, 101; Harrison, 140; Reeve, 190; Barr, 231; Van
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Buren, 137; Madison, 203; Elmore, 117; Steele, 142; Bogard, 194; total, 2,278. For Butler (Independent)-Washington, 12; Veal, 44; Harrison, 35; Reeve, 4; Barr, 15; Madison, 2; Bo- gard, 1; total, 113. For St. John (Prohibition) -Van Buren, 2.
THE PAUPERS.
Beginning with the organization of the county, the paupers were cared for in each township by overseers of the poor, who were refunded the outlay by the County Board. The annual ex- pense was for many years less than $100. Late in the twenties it began to exceed that amount. In 1835 it was $240.75. In March, 1841, calls were made for proposals of forty or eighty acres near Washington to be bought and used for a county asylum. Advertisements were inserted in the Harrisonion. A special committee, Joseph Warner, Samuel J. Kelso and Abner Davis, was appointed in June, 1842, to examine the several tracts of land offered and report to the board. By December they reported nine different tracts near town offered; and after consideration the board bought eighty acres three and a half miles south of Washington on Section 14, Township 2 north, Range 7 west, for a total of $280; forty acres being bought of David Hogshead, and forty of Lewis Jones. On this land were the usual small country house and stable of that period. William T. Wallace and John Bishop were appointed to superintend the construction on this land of all necessary additional buildings. William Hardin was the first superintendent of the asylum. Elijah Mas- ters succeeded him in 1844. In June, 1843, there were only two paupers in the asylum. Hamlet Sanford and Joseph Allison were " visitors." Fifty apple trees were set out on the farm in 1844 Three paupers were present in 1845. The "visitors " inspected the institution each quarter. The poor cost $492.06 in the fiscal year 1846-47. In 1848 Samuel W. Peck was employed to doc- tor the paupers. This was the first contract of the kind. Hiram Palmer became superintendent about 1847. He died in 1849. There were present six paupers in December of 1849. In 1850-51 the poor cost $1,486.89. John Jones was superin- tendent in 1853. He contracted to care for the poor for $1.35 each per week and the use of the farm. The poor of 1856-57 cost $1,686.65; of 1860-61 cost $1,248.43; of 1864-65 cost $1,-
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