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"The present comfortable accommodations, with twenty-five clean and comfortable beds' always ready for the unfortunate, sick and disabled, is both creditable to the city for its benefactions, and to the Trustees for prudent and faithful administrations of its affairs.
"But all this benevolent expenditure for the hospital by the city, with a wise and prudent care of the property bequeathed for its support by Mr. Jaques, does not in any manner effect or relieve its legal obligations in accepting the donation of land for a site for the hospital building.
"The whole difficulty seems to be connected with this contract, and if the events which so rapidly followed its consummation, could have been foreseen, the hospital enterprise would never have been embarrassed by it. The evident intention of Mr. Jaques was to make the City Hospital a permanent institution and a perpetual blessing to the city, regardless of minor considerations.
" While it is true that the city has failed to carry out the provisions of the contract up to this time, the delay has been in the interests of the hospital, and not with the design of shirking responsibilities, or the betrayal of sacred trusts. Your committee see but two ways out of the trouble, either of which would be honorable to the city, and beneficial to the hospital.
" The first is to pay the forfeiture of $200 per month for the time specified in the deed, which in the twenty-five years would amount to $60,000, and would call for an annual appropriation of $2400 to be added to the Jaques fund, the income from which will entirely relieve the city of all taxation for maintaining the hospital on its present, or even a much larger basis.
"The second is to enlarge the gift lot on the north, by discontinuing Prince Street between Queen Street and King Street, and purchasing of the Commissioners sufficient land abutting on the north of Prince Street belonging to the Jaques estate, to make a nearly square and very desirable site for the permanent hospital and land enough for future enlargement. This can be done for a small present outlay, and probably the over layings of the appropriations for the hospital the present year would be sufficient to cover the expense. Another year, an appropriation should be made sufficient to erect the building and to carry out in full the obligations of the deed.
" Of the two alternatives your Committee are unanimous in recommending the latter course, and advise that immediate steps be taken to consummate this plan, and thus forever put at rest the unprofitable discussion regarding the future policy of the city as to the City Hospital."
This report is signed by M. A. Lapham and John M. Williams of the Board of Aldermen, and Wm. H. Dexter, F. E. Lancaster and James A. Norcross, of the Common Council.
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The following diagram will show the property on each side of Prince Street, owned by the city, the private estates which it is thought desirable to purchase, and the other property and streets in the vicinity :
CHANDLER STREET.
A
CITY PROPERTY.
PRINCE STREET.
KING ST.
COLTON ESTATE.
QUEEN STREET.
QUEEN STREET.
B
"A" is the proposed purchase and includes three lots, owned by a Mr. Manning of Boston, Mrs. Martha E. Blair, and Mr. Joshua O'Leary.
"B" is the Dyer property.
Should this arrangement be accepted, and carried out by the city, there will be with the four parcels -the two already owned, the street, and the proposed purchase - a tract of land about 400 by 700 feet with a frontage to the east on Queen Street, of about 400 feet, thus furnishing abundance of land for Hospital purposes, and an opportunity to accommodate such buildings as may hereafter be required by the Memorial Hos-
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pital or the Washburn Free Dispensary, if arrangements should be made for their joint occupation of land belonging to the city.
The Trustees are not prepared to express themselves decided- ly on this subject, but wish to bear testimony to the truthfulness of the facts as stated in the report, and to the importance of arriving at some conclusion in regard to this much debated subject. No immediate change need follow a decision of the future location of the hospital, but it would set at rest many perplexities in regard to the present management of the Hos- pital and the Real Estate in trust to the City for its support, if a permanent site could be definitely secured.
In behalf, and by order of the trustees,
F. H. KELLEY, STEPHEN SALISBURY, JR.
Committee on Report.
WORCESTER, DEC. 20, 1878.
REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT AND RESIDENT PHYSICIAN.
Since the Hospital was opened 1,358 patients have been admitted, 278 of them suffering from accidental injury, 116 have died, and 234 have been refused admission.
In the Hospital, December 1, 1877 :
Males, 8. Females, 6.
Total,
14.
Medical,
8.
Surgical,
6.
Paying, 2. Free, 12.
Admitted from December 1, 1877, to December 1, 1878 :
Males, 137. Females, 73.
Total, 210.
Medical, 113.
Surgical, 97.
Paying, 30. Free. 180.
Of these, 13 paid $10.00 per week, and 17 others paid smaller amounts. The average price paid per week was $7.37.
The number of accidents admitted was 42.
Treated during the year :
Males, 145. Females, 79. Total, 224.
Medical, 121. Surgical, 103.
Paying, 32. Free, 192.
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CITY HOSPITAL.
The largest number of patients in the Hospital at any one time was 25; smallest number, 6; daily average number, 14; Males, 9.23; Females, 4.77.
Average time of patients in the Hospital, 20.7 days ; of pay- ing patients, 25.73; of our patients, 17.23.
Discharged during the year :
Well,
103
Much relieved,
36
Relieved, .
24
Not relieved,
2
Not treated,
12
Eloped,
3
Died,
16
Total,
196
CAUSE OF DEATH :- Phthisis, 3; Pneumonia, Cancer of Breast, Typhoid Fever, 2 each ; Typho-malarial Fever, Pelvic Cellulitis, Jaundice, ŒEdema of Lungs, Alcoholism, Multiple injuries, Opium poisoning, 1 each. Death Rate, 7.37.
Remaining November 30, 1878:
Males, 12.
Females, 2. Total, 14.
Medical, 9. Surgical, 5.
Paying, 0. Free, 14.
RESIDENCE OF PATIENTS.
Worcester,
188
Other Towns in Massachusetts,
18
Other States, .
4
210
BIRTHPLACE.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Massachusetts, .
36
21
57
Other States,
15
· 6
21
Ireland, .
59
37
96
England,
8
2
10
British Provinces,
7
4
11
Other Countries,
12
3
15
-
137
73
210
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CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 33.
OCCUPATION.
Males.
Females.
Laborers,
44
Domestics,
34
Mechanics,
26
Housekeepers.
25
Shoemakers, .
.
10
Minors,
6
Minors,
21
Dressmakers,
4
Hostlers,
4
Operatives,
2
Bakers, ·
3
Nurse,
1
Carpenters,
6
Seamstress,
1
Clerks,
7
Operatives,
5
73
Teamsters,
4
Agents,
3
Railroad Employes,
2
Peddlers,
1
Actors,
1
13
CIVIL CONDITION.
Males.
Females.
Single,
75
Single,
37
Married, .
48
Married, .
19
Widowers,
14
Widows,
.
17
137
73
ADMISSION REFUSED. .
Blindness,
1
Venereal Disease,
6
Phthisis, .
5
Eczema, .
2
Scarlet Fever,
1
Asthma,
1
Blistered Hand, .
1
Pregnancy,
1
Debility,
1
-
Bright's Disease,
1
22
Diphtheria,
1
-
The death rate is slightly lower than that of last year. It should also be stated that the number of deaths from disease has been larger than usual, while the number resulting from accident has been smaller.
The State aids in support of those having no legal settlement in Massachusetts. Most of those admitted are necessarily free patients, but the whole or partial payment for board is required
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whenever circumstances admit. The average price paid the past year was $7.37 per week. When patients having a legal settlement in other towns are received, remuneration is required to the extent of $10.00 per week, which is about the cost to the city of each patient. A reasonable charge is made when any- thing is provided not usually furnished by the Hospital.
Respectfully submitted,
J. BARTLETT RICH,
Superintendent and Resident Physician.
WORCESTER, Dec. 7, 1878.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS
OF THE
JAQUES FUND AND OTHER FUNDS OF THE CITY HOSPITAL.
WORCESTER, MASS., Dec. 16th, 1878.
The Commissioners beg leave to report, that, on the eleventh day of January 1878, in compliance with the terms of an order of transfer, authorized by the Trustees of the City Hospital, and under the provisions of section three of the City Ordinance of 1877, creating this Commission, they duly received, from the hands of the City Treasurer, sundry securities and assets, amounting in all, at par value, to the sum of #24,211.83. The several securities, transferred to the Commissioners, and the particular funds to which they respectively belonged, were as follows :-
I. GEORGE JAQUES FUND.
Four notes, secured by mortgage, . $3,200 00
Fifteen shares of bank stock, . 1,500 00
Fourteen shares of Gas Co. stock,
.
1,400 00
Thirteen shares of R. R. Co. stock,
1,300 00
One registered City Bond, .
5,000 00
Deposits in Worcester Savings Banks,
9,361 89
Total, .
$21,761 89
II. ISAAC DAVIS FUND.
One Coupon Railroad Bond,
$1,000 00
Savings Bank Deposits,
350 07
Total,
$1,350 07
III. ALBERT CURTIS FUND.
Savings Bank Deposits,
.
$1,038 37
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CITY HOSPITAL.
IV. JOHN B. SHAW FUND.
Savings Bank Deposits, $61 50
Total, .
$24,211 83
Under the provisions of section six of the Ordinance afore- said, they also beg leave to present the following report of their doings, in and about the several funds in their hands, " up to the first day of October," 1878.
Cash assets as above, Jan. 11, 1878, $24,211 83
Receipts to Sept. 30th, inclusive, 9,709 63
Total, .
.
$33,921 46
Disbursements to Sept. 30th, inclusive,
2,320 41
Balance,
$31,605 55
A statement of aggregates, in tabular form, together with cash account, in detail, prepared by W. S. Barton, Esq., Treas- urer of the Board, is herewith presented and makes a part of this report.
F. H. KELLEY, ALBERT CURTIS, BENJ. WALKER,
Commissioners of the Jaques and other Hospital Funds.
REPORT OF DISEASES AND THEIR RESULTS,
FROM DECEMBER 1, 1877 TO DECEMBER 1, 1878.
[Prepared by the Resident Physician.]
MEDICAL.
DISEASES.
In Hosp. Dec. 1, 1877.
Males.
Fem+les.
Total.
Well.
| Much relieved.
| Relieved.
| Not relieved.
| Not treated.
Died.
Total.
In Hosp. Dec. 1, 1878.
GENERAL DISEASES :
Typhoid Fever
1
7
4
11
9
2
11
1
Febricula ..
3
2
5
4
1
5
Scarlet Fever. ..
1
1
1
1
1
..
Intermittent Fever
1
1
1
1
.
Typho-Malarial Fever.
1
1
1
.
Phthisis.
4
1
5
1
3
4
1
Rheumatism, acute ..
4
1
5
1
5
..
Rheumatism, sub-acute
2
2
2
2
Rheumatism, chronic.
3
1
3
1
Anaemia. .
1
1
1
1
Debility . .
4
7
11
1
3
1
1
11
. .
Opium Poisoning.
1
1
1
1
. .
NERVOUS SYSTEM :
Cephalalgia
2
3
5
3
2
5
Paralysis.
1
1
1
1
Neuralgia, supra orbital
2
2
1
1
1
Neuralgia, sciatica.
1
2
3
1
1
2
1
Insomnia.
1
1
1
1
Hysteria. .
2
2
1
1
2
.
Alcoholismus. .
6
2
8
5
1
1
1
8
· . .
FAUCIS AND THORACIC VISCERA :
Tonsillitis.
1
1
1
1
.
Bronchitis
5
5
2
1
1
4
1
Pharyngitis.
1
1
1
1
. .
Pleuritis
5
5
3
1
4
1
Pneumonia.
4
1
5
2
4
1
Haemoptysis.
1
1
2
.. .
Empyema
1
1
1
1
1
.. .
Oedema of Lungs.
1
1
1
1
Valvular disease of Heart ..
2
2
2
. ...
Anemism of Aorta
1
.
1
1
1
.
.
. .
. .
1
Disease not classified.
1
1
.
4
1
... .
1
. .
1
.
4
· .
.
.
.
.. .
.. .
.. .
.
.
...
·
.
. .
.
.
. .. .
....
ADMITTED.
DISCHARGED.
. .
.
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MEDICAL. - Continued.
DISEASES.
In Hosp. Dec. 1, 1877.
ADMITTED.
DISCHARGED.
Much relieved.
| Relieved.
| Not relieved.
| Not treated.
Died.
Total.
ABDOMINAL VISCERA :
Jaundice.
1
1
1
1
Hepatitis
1
1
1
1
Ascites.
1
1
1
1
Brights Disease
1
1
2
1
1
2
Albuminuria.
1
1
1
Diarrhea
3
2
5
2
2
1
5
DISEASES OF WOMEN :
Amenorrhœa.
2
2
2
2
Retroflexion of uterus
1
1
1
1
Endo-metritis.
1
1
1
2
Pelvic Cellulitis.
1
1
2
1
1
1
Cystocele
1
1
DISEASES OF THE SKIN :
Eczema .
1
4
2
6
2
3
5
1
Erythema.
1
1
1
1
.
.
.
.
1
..
1
1
In Hosp. Dec. 1, 1878.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Well.
351
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SURGICAL.
ADMITTED.
DISCHARGED.
DISEASES.
In Hosp. Dec. 1, 1877.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Well.
Much relieved.
| Relieved.
| Not relieved.
| Not treated.
Died.
Total.
In Hosp. Dec. 1, 1878.
Ulcer of Cornea
1
1
1
1
Inversion of Eyelids
3
3
3
Iritis
1
1
1
. .
Hemorrhoids
1
1
1
1
Fistula in Ano
1
1
1
1
.. .
Hip Joint disease
2
2
2
2
Adenitis.
1
1
1
1
Club-foot.
1
1
2
1
1
1
Necrosis of Tibia
1
1
1
1
Ulcer of Hand.
1
1
1
1
Ulcer of Foot ..
1
1
1
1
1
Chronic Ulcer of leg
6
9
6
1
1
8
1
Caries of Stump.
1
1
1
1
1
Necrosis of bones of forearm
1
1
1
1
Abscess of Shoulder.
1
8
3
3
.
Inverted toe-nail
1
1
1
...
Cystitis
2
2
2
. . .
Synovitis
1
1
1
1
1
.. .
1
1
....
Tumor of Neck
1
1
1
...
Tumor of Parotid Gland.
1
1
1
.. ..
Tumor of Vagina ..
2
2
2
Tumor of Abdomen ..
1
1
1
. .
Ovarian Tumor
1
1
1
Cancer of Breast.
1
4
1
1
8
..
. .
Cancer of Tongue ..
1
1
1
1
Cancer of Rectum
1
1
1
1
Cancer of Testicle.
1
1
1
1
Orchitis
5
5
5
INJURIES:
Injury to Head
3
1
3
3
Concussion of Brain
1
2
1
1
Scalp Wound.
2
1
1
1
2
Burn. .
1
1
1
1
Frost bite
1
6
1
1
..
Bruises.
3
3
1
5
1
6
..
Rupture of Perineum
1
1
Gun shot wound of leg.
1
1
1
1
1
. . . .
Wound of Face.
1
1
1
1
....
Wound of Hand.
1
1
1
1
...
Wound of Arm
1
1
1
1
...
Injury to Wrist
1
1
1
. ..
Injury to Back
1
1
1
1
...
Injury to Abdomen.
1
1
1
1
. . .
Injury to Leg.
1
1
1
1
Injury to Knee
2
3
1
. .
1
Railroad Accident
.
3
1
3
. ..
3
.
. . .
·
..
.
.
.
..
. .
. ..
2
Tumor of Eye
1
1
. .
. .. .
...
1
.
..
1
. . . .
. .
7
8
2
3
.
. ..
. .
.
..
...
. ..
.
1
1
2
1
HH.
. ..
1
1
.
CITY HOSPITAL.
SURGICAL. - Continued.
ADMITTED.
DISCHARGED.
DISEASES.
In Hosp. Dec. 1, 1877.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Well.
| Much relieved.
| Relieved.
|Not relieved.
Not treated.
Died.
Total.
Fracture of Glenoid Cavity.
1
1
1
1
Fracture of Ribs. .
1
1
1
1
1
Fracture of Clavicle
1
1
1
1
Fracture of Humerus
1
1
1
1
Fracture of Femur.
3
3
3
3
Fracture of Tibia
1
1
1
1
Fracture of Tibia and Tibula.
4.
4
3
1
4
Fracture of Ulna . ..
1
1
1
1
Comp. Fracture of leg.
1
1
1
... .
Multiple Injuries
1
1
1
1
In Hosp. Dec. 1, 1878.
ALBERT WOOD, EMERSON WARNER, GEO. A. BATES,
Committee on Reports.
WORCESTER, December, 16th, 1878.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
OF THE CONDITION OF
CITY HOSPITAL TRUST FUNDS
The following statements have been prepared, by the under- signed, at the request of the Commissioners of the City Hos- pital Trust Funds, to accompany their annual report to the City Council. For convenience of reference, a supplementary state- ment is subjoined, showing the condition of the several funds at the close of the City financial year, Nov. 30, 1878.
RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS.
From January 11th, 1878 to September 30, 1878.
Amount
Receipts to
TOTAL.
Payments to Balances Sept. 30, '78 Sept. 30, '78
1
Geo. Jaques Hospital Fund, $21,761 89
$9,558 11 $31,320 00
$2,306 11 $29,013 89
2
Isaac Davis
. .
1,350 07
96 53
1,446 60
1,446 60
3
Albert Curtis
1,038 37
52 22
1,090 59
9 80
1,080 79
4
John B. Shaw
61 50
2 77
64 27
64 27
Totals
$24,211 83
$9,709 63
$33,921 46
$2,320 41 $31,605 55
NO.
TITLE OF FUND.
Jan. 11, '78 Sept. 30, '78
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CITY HOSPITAL.
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS. September 30, 1878.
DESCRIPTION.
Fund No. 1. Fund No. 2. Fund No. 3. Fund No. 4.
TOTALS.
Notes secured by mortgage. ..
$11,700 00
$11,700 00
Bank stock.
1,500 00
1,500 00
City securities ..
5,000 00
5,000 00
Town notes.
5,000 00
5,000 00
Savings Bank deposits
5,813 89
$446 60
$1,080 79
$64 27
7,405 55
Railroad bonds.
1,000 00
1,000 00
Totals ..
$29,013 89
$1,446 60
$1,080 79
$64 27 $31,605 55
STATEMENT OF CASH RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF HOSPITAL FUNDS.
No. 1 .- Proceeds of Sales of Real Estate, viz: 8 parcels, containing 49,580 square feet of land,
$7,252 00
Premium on 14 shares Gas Company Stock,
560 00
Interest on Sundry Mortgage notes,
102 82
" Savings Bank deposits,
260 56
" National Bank deposits,
46 65
Dividends on 15 shares Bank stock,
45 00
14 shares Gas Company Stock,
70 00
Rents of Hospital estate, Wellington street,
500 00
" Capron estate, Crown street,
275 00
" Sundry parcels of land, .
143 50
Bank tax, refunded by Commonwealth,
27 58
No. 2-Interest on Railroad Bond,
$80 00
66 Savings Bank deposits,
16 53
No. 3 .- Interest on Savings Bank deposits,
52 22
No. 4 .- Interest on Savings Bank deposits,
2 77
Total,
$9,709 63
STATEMENT OF CASH PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF HOSPITAL FUNDS.
No. 1 .- Discount on 13 Shares Railroad Stock, $760 50
Accrued interest on investments, 100 50
$9,558 11
$96 53
66 City and Town securities,
275 00
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CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 33.
Commission on investment, town note,
25 00
Services of Surveyors,
15 87
Half expense of fence,
26 37
Lumber and lettering signs,
5 63
Rent of lot, refunded to purchaser,
10 00
Recording Sundry Mortgages, etc.,
2 45
Salary of Treasurer,
72 22
Net income, paid into City Treasury; proceeds of Real Es- tate sold, not included,
1,287 57
$2,306 11
No. 3 .- Sundry medical works,
9 80
Total,
$2,315 91
Balance, being amount carried to investment acc't No. 1.
$7,252 00
66
No. 2.
96 53
66
66
66
No. 3.
42 42
66
66
66
66
No. 4.
2 77
$7,393 72
$9,709 63
SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENT, SHOWING RECEIPTS AND PAY- MENTS IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, 1878.
RECEIPTS.
No. 1 .- Proceeds of sales of Real Estate, (4 parcels),
$2,600 00
Interest on mortgage notes,
379 05
66 City Bond,
150 00
National Bank deposits,
3 16
Dividends on Bank Stock,
40 00
Rent of Hospital estate,
250 00
$3,422 21
No. 3 .- Withdrawn from investment account,
4 50
Total,
$3,426 71
PAYMENTS.
No. 1 .- Insurance of City Hospital Buildings,
$75 00
Advertising,
31 00
Interest accrued on new investment,
112 97
Surveying,
6 37
Labor and materials, Crown Street house,
67 60
$292 94
No. 3 .- Paid for Medical works,
4 50
Total,
$297 44
Balance, being amount carried to investment acc't No. 1, $2,600 00
Cash on Deposit, account fund No. 1, 529 27
$3,129 27
$3,426 71
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CITY HOSPITAL.
STATEMENT OF BALANCES NOV. 30, 1878.
TITLE OF FUND.
INVESTED.
Cash on Deposit.
TOTALS.
No. 1.
Jaques Hospital Fund.
$31,613 89
$529 27
$32,143 16
No. 2.
Davis Hospital Fund.
1,446 60
1,446 60
No. 3.
Curtis Hospital Fund.
1,076 29
1,076 29
No. 4.
Shaw Hospital Fund
64 27
64 27
Totals
$34,201 05
$529 27
$34,730 32
Amount of Hospital Funds, January 11, 1878,
$24,211 83
.6 Nov. 30, 1878,
34,730 32
Increase since January 11, 1878,
$10,518 49
Correct, per book account.
WM. S. BARTON,
Treasurer.
WORCESTER, MASS., Dec. 16, 1878.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY COUNCIL :-
THE Board of Overseers of the Poor, in as brief a manner as seems to them consistent with the importance of the subject, herewith present their annual report.
During the present year, the Legislature endeavored to revise the entire method of administration of the Public Charities in the State, and also to codify the laws in relation to the settle- ment of paupers ; but their efforts on the first part ended in an entire failure, and on the second, were in some respects, not as satisfactory as, in the opinion of many Overseers of the Poor, seems desirable in a matter of so much importance. For instance : in the sixth part of Section I of the Codification, the same words are used as in the first part of Section II of the Act of 1874: "Any woman of the age of 21 years, &c.," and at the request of the Board of State Charities to those authori- ties for an exact interpretation of its meaning, we have had furnished us for guidance, the opinion of the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth, giving them one interpretation, and a decision of the Supreme Court, giving the reverse. As this has already caused much misunderstanding and some litigation, we have deemed it expedient to present you with copies of each.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
"CODIFICATION OF THE PAUPER LAWS."
CHAP. 190. ACTS OF 1878.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE SETTLEMENT OF PAUPERS.
Be it enacted, &c., as follows :
SECT. 1. Legal settlements may be acquired in any city or town, so as to oblige such place to relieve and support the persons acquiring the same, in case they are poor, and stand in need of relief, in the manner following, and not otherwise, namely :-
First. A married woman shall follow and have the settlement of her husband, if he has any within the state: otherwise her own at the time of the marriage, if she then had any, shall not be lost or suspended by the marriage.
Second. Legitimate children shall follow and have the settlement of their father, if he has any within the state, until they gain a settlement of their own: but if he has none, they shall in like manner follow and have the settlement of their mother, if she has any.
Third. Illegitimate children shall follow and have the settlement of their mother at the time of their birth, if she then has any within the state: but neither legitimate nor illegitimate children shall gain a settlement by birth in the place where they may be born, if neither of their parents then has a settlement therein.
Fourth. Any person of the age of twenty-one years, having an estate of inheritance or freehold in any place within the state, and living on the same three years succes- sively, shall thereby gain a settlement in such place.
Fifth. Any person of the age of twenty one years, who resides in any place within this state for five years together, and pays all state, county, city or town taxes, duly assessed on his poll or estate, for any three years within that time, shall thereby gain a settlement in such place.
Sixth. Any woman of the age of twenty-one years, who resides in any place within this state for five years together, without receiving relief as a pauper, shall thereby gain a settlement in such place.
Seventh. Any person being chosen, and actually serving one whole year in the office of clerk, treasurer, selectman, overseer of the poor, assessor, constable, or collector of taxes, in any place, shall thereby gain a settlement therein. For this purpose, a year shall be considered as including the time between the choice of such officers at one annual meeting and the choice at the next annual meeting, whether more or less than a calendar year.
Eighth. Every settled ordained minister of the gospel shall be deemed to have acquired a legal settlement in the place wherein he is or may be settled as a minister.
Ninth. A minor who serves an apprenticeship to a lawful trade for the space of four years in any place, and actually sets up such trade therein within one year after the ·expiration of said term, being then twenty-one years old, and continues there to carry on the same for five years, shall thereby gain a settlement in such place; but being hired as a journeyman shall not be considered as setting up a trade.
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Tenth. Any person who shall have been duly enlisted and mustered into the mili- tary or naval service of the United States, as a part of the quota of any city or town in this Commonwealth, under any call of the President of the United States during the late civil war, or duly assigned as a part of the quota thereof, after having been enlisted and mustered into said service, and shall have duly served for not less than one year, or shall have died, or become disabled from wounds or disease received or contracted while engaged in such service, or while a prisoner in the hands of the enemy, and the wife or widow and minor children of such person, shall be deemed thereby to have acquired a settlement in such place; and any person who would other- wise be entitled to a settlement under this clause, but who was not a part of the quota of any city or town, shall, if he served as a part of the quota of this Commonwealth, be deemed to have acquired a settlement in the place where he actually resided at the time of his enlistment. But these provisions shall not apply to any person who shall have enlisted and received a bounty for such enlistment in more than one place, unless the second enlistment was made after an honorable discharge from the first term of service, nor to any person who shall have been proved guilty of wilful desertion, or to. have left the service otherwise than by reason of disability or an honorable discharge.
Eleventh. Upon the division of a city or town, every person having a legal settle- ment therein, but being absent at the time of such division, and not having acquired a legal settlement elsewhere, shall have his legal settlement in that place wherein his last dwelling-place or home happens to fall upon such division; and when a new city or town is incorporated, composed of a part of one or more incorporated places, every person legally settled in the places of which said new city or town is so composed, aud who actually dwells and has his home within the bounds of such new city or town at the time of its incorporation, and any person duly qualified as provided in the tenth clause of this section, who, at the time of his enlistment, dwelt and had his home within such bounds, shall thereby acquire a legal settlement in such new place: pro- vided, that no persons residing in that part of a place, which, upon such division, shall be incorporated into a new city or town, having then no legal settlement therein, shall acquire any by force of such incorporation only; nor shall such incorporation prevent his acquiring a settlement therein within the time and by the means by which he would have gained it there if no such division had been made.
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