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SECT. 2. No person who has begun to acquire a settlement by the laws in force at and before the time when this act takes effect, in any of the ways in which any time- is prescribed for a residence, or for the continuance or succession of any other act. shall be prevented or delayed by the provisions of this act; but he shall acquire a set- tlement by a continuance or succession of the same residence or other act, in the same- time and manner as if the former laws had continued in force.
SECT. 3. Except as hereinafter provided, every legal settlement shall continue till it is lost or defeated by acquiring a new one within this state; and upon acquiring such new settlement all former settlements shall be defeated and lost.
SECT. 4. All settlements acquired by virtue of any provision of law in force prior to the eleventh day of February iu the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety- four, are hereby defeated and lost: provided, this shall not apply where the existence of such settlement prevented a subsequent acquisition of settlement in the same place under the provisions of clauses fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh of the first section of this act; and provided, further, that, whenever a settlement acquired by marriage has been thus defeated, the former settlement of the wife, if not defeated by the same provision, shall be deemed to have been thereby revived.
SECT. 5. Chapter sixty-nine of the General Statutes, chapter two hundred and eighty-right of the acts of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, section
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one of chapter three hundred and twenty-eight of the acts of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, chapter three hundred and ninety-two of the acts of the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy, chapter three hundred and seventy- nine of the acts of the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, chapter two hundred and eighty of the acts of the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy- two, and chapter two hundred and seventy-four of the acts of the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, are hereby repealed, saving all acts done, or rights accruing, accrued, or established, or proceedings, doings, or acts ratified or confirmed, or suits, or proceedings had or commenced, before the repeal takes effect.
[ Approved April 26, 1878.]
The Board of State Charities asked the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth for an interpretation of the first clause of the second Section of this law, (Chap. 274, Acts of 1874.) His response was as follows :
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, BOSTON, September 19, 1874.
To the Board of State Charities :
Prior to Acts of 1870, chapter 392, an unmarried woman could obtain a settlement. only under the provisions of the General Statutes, Chapter 69. By the Act of 1870, "any unmarried woman " obtained a settlement by a residence of ten years together, in any place, under certain conditions. By Chapter 274, section 2, of the Acts of 1874 section 1 of chapter 392, Acts of 1870, is repealed, and a new provision substituted. The substitute changes the law of 1870 in three particulars; the effect of one only is- material for me to consider under the question submitted by your Board for my opinion. In the Act of 1874, the word "unmarried" is omitted. The plain and obvious intention of the Legislature by this change of the law, is to so arrange the law of settlement as that women shall have the same rights irrespective of any condition of marriage. The language of the Act, taken in connection with the Act repealed, does not allow of any other construction, and the intention of the Legislature, if it can be ascertained, is to govern. In the present instance, the omission of the word' " unmarried," and the use of the word "woman " only, makes it appear manifestly to have been the intention of the Legislature to use the word " woman " in the Act, so as not to be affected or modified by the condition of marriage; and in my opinion, no. other construction can be given the Act. The intention of the Legislature being manifest, no consideration of presumption can arise.
Yours very respectfully,
CHARLES R. TRAIN.
The Board of State Charities, acting under the opinion given above, claimed that all wives and children of State Paupers who had lived five years in a town, had thereby gained a settle- ment therein, whether the husband and father had paid taxes or not, and the controversy respecting it, continued two years
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before a decision of the Supreme Court on the law was obtained ; and as it was contrary to the action of the State Board and the opinion of the Attorney-General, it is to be regarded as of suf- ficient importance to attract the notice of the Legislature before the codification of 1878 takes effect, in order that they may apply a remedy.
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
SEPTEMBER, 12th, 1876.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE US. THE CITY OF BOSTON.
The plaintiff in this suit sought to recover for relief furnished under the pauper laws to a married woman. It was claimed by the plaintiff that Mary McCloskey, who before her marriage had no settlement in this Commonwealth, acquired one in Boston, under Stat. 1874, chap. 274, sec. 2, by marriage, and five years' continuous residence in that city with her husband, who had himself no settlement there or elsewhere in this State, and who acquired none by such residence. The statute relied on declares that 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; and it expressly repeals the first section of chap. 392 of the Acts of 1870, by which any unmarried woman of the age of twenty-one years was permitted to gain a settlement by ten years' residence. By the first clause of section 1 of chapter 69 of the General Statutes, the settlement of a married woman is made to follow the settlement of her husband, if he has any, otherwise her own, at the time of marriage, if she then had any, is not lost or suspended by the marriage. The question to be decided was whether section 2 of chapter 274 of the laws of 1874 so far repeals the first clause of section 1 of chapter 69 that a married woman shall thereby acquire a settlement in a city or town where her husband has none.
The case was heard on agreed facts, and judgment has now been reached for the defendant. The rescript is as follows :
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"The statute of 1874 was intended to diminish the time from ten to five years, required to give to an unmarried woman a settlement, and not to extend the class of persons to whom the law as it then stood was applicable."
C. ROBINSON, JR., for the Plaintiff, and J. L. STACKPOLE, for the Defendant.
We also desire to call your attention to another law in chap. 282, Acts of 1878, for the relief of soldiers and sailors, which lifts them entirely above the pauper laws, and provides aid from the Commonwealth, through the town and city authorities for
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a large class of men for whom no special provision had previous- ly been made and who were said to be too sensitive to apply for relief as Paupers.
[CHAP. 282, of 1878.] AN ACT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PAY TO POOR AND INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
Be it enacted, &c., as follows :
SECT. 1. Every city and town in which any soldiers or sailors reside, who have served in the army or navy of the United States to the credit of this Commonwealth, and been honorably discharged therefrom, and are not entitled to admission to any national soldiers' home, and who are poor and indigent and stand in need of relief, shall raise money by taxation or ortherwise, and as further compensation for such service, shall under the direction of its mayor and aldermen, or selectmen, pay to such soldiers or sailors, or if deemed best expend therefor, such necessary sum of money as will furnish them reasonable relief or support; and no such soldier or sailor shall be required to receive such relief or support in any almshouse or in any public insti- tution unless he chooses to do so, or his physical or mental condition requires it; and all sums of money so paid out or expended, shall be reimbursed by the Commonwealth to such city or town in the manner State aid is now reimbursed. And any such soldier or sailor requiring full support may select the place where he will be supported ; provided, the cost of such support at the place selected shall not exceed the fair average cost of reasonable support for persons of like degree in life, in such city or town; and any city or town violating any of the provisions of this act shall be liable in an action of contract to any persons furnishing such relief or support, after written notice to such mayor or selectmen that the same is to be furnished.
SECT. 2. It shall be the duty of the surgeon-general of the Commonwealth to inquire as to the number of indigent soldiers or sailors now receiving public aid throughout the Commonwealth, and include in his next annual report such facts as he may gather in regard to the condition and necessities of such persons.
SECT. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved May 17, 1878.
Although not a part of our duty as Overseers of the Poor, we have, at the request of the Committee on Military Affairs of the Board of Aldermen, performed the labor necessary in making suitable investigation in regard to applicants, procuring certifi- cates of service and military history from the proper authorities, and making out the petitions for aid as provided by law, in order to secure the reimbursement from the State, of the amount paid out by the City.
The Act is said by many to have been loosely drawn, as few persons have the same ideas as to what should be conveyed by the sentence " Fair average cost of reasonable support for persons
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of like degree in life," and there is a decided difficulty in deter- mining with the applicant just what degree in life support he is entitled to.
As we have been able to form some opinion of the class of applicants who have presented themselves, we are in truth compelled to say that many of them are entirely unworthy of the consideration accorded them, and after obtaining what they could of the State, have not manifested that sensitiveness with regard to receiving pauper aid, which, as soldiers, they were supposed to possess, but have pressed their claims and demanded both. You will observe that the act makes provision for only the soldier or sailor himself, his family not being mentioned, consequently they fall back on his military pauper settlement, and have to be provided for as before by the town on whose quota he served, and the soldier is allowed to draw, in addition, on the State, through the authorities of the place where he happens for the time to reside.
CITY RELIEF DEPARTMENT.
The whole number of families who have applied for, and received aid during the year, is seven hundred and thirty-five, comprising twelve hundred and thirty-eight males, and thirteen hundred and fourteen females, or twenty-five hundred and fifty- two persons.
Of these, four hundred and seventy families, consisting of eight hundred and nineteen males and eight hundred and twenty-nine females, or sixteen hundred and forty-eight persons- have legal pauper settlements in this city or elsewhere, and two hundred and sixty-five families, consisting of four hundred and nineteen males and four hundred and eighty-five females, or nine hundred and four persons, were State paupers, or have no known settlement.
The whole number having a legal pauper settlement, who have received full support for the whole, or a part of the year, is one hundred and sixty-one-ninety-three males and sixty-eight females.
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The number provided for at the Insane Hospital during the year has been twenty-eight -ten males and eighteen females.
Twenty-two persons brought into the State by the various lines of communication with other States, have been returned on the several roads by which they came, in accordance with Chapter LXXI. section 25 of the General Statutes.
Forty State Paupers have been sent to the State Almshouse at Tewksbury, after having been aided here to a greater or less extent.
Ninety-seven heads of families, consisting of three hundred and seventy-six members, having a legal settlement in other cities and towns, but living here, have been aided during the year, in accordance with the wishes or instructions of the Overseers of the Poor of the several places where they have their settlements.
In providing for the cases above mentioned, by the Depart- ment for Temporary Aid, at the office of the Clerk of the Board, there have been drawn two thousand, eight hundred and forty- one orders, on various persons, for the following necessaries :
In Cash allowances,
$208 22
Fuel,
1,314 40
Groceries, .
2,714 25
Medicine, attendance and nursing,
708 18
Burial expenses, .
531 00
Transportation of paupers,
492 14
Insane Hospital bills, ,
4,080 14
State Reformatory Institution bills,
492 50
Aid to Worcester poor in other towns,
1,561 89
Books, stationery, postage, &c.,
256 78
Furniture and clothing,
42 95
Miscellaneous expenses,
328 35
Total,
$12,730 80
For the monthly expenditures of the same year, you are referred to the table attached to this section of the report.
CITY RELIEF DEPARTMENT.
MONTHLY ACCOUNTS OF 1878.
No. of Orders Drawn.
Paid in Cash Allow-
ances.
Cost of Fuel.
Cost of Groceries.
Medicine, Attendance
and Nursing.
Cost of Burials.
Transportation of
Paupers.
Insane Hospital
Bills.
State Reformatory
Paid other Towns.
Books, Stationery,
Postage and Printing.
Furniture and Cloth-
Miscellaneous Ex-
penses.
Total.
1877 December . .. 1878
281
$6 70
$151 25
$257 00
$54 10
$39 00
$88 75 $1,008 28
$503 78
$5 35
$3 15
$49 25
$2,166 61
January . ...
496
8 97
270 25
435 00
64 24
64 00
15 00
45 00
$152 50
537 81
11 25
1 25
31 00
1,636 27
February . .
512
21 00
274 75
432 50
73 24
23 00
44 00
57 00
171 00
2 00
28 25
1,126 74
March ..
482
56 75
209 50
479 00
102 06
43 00
15 15
895 25
23 57
10 05
9 50
49 35
1,893 63
April . .
248
22 30
89 00
237 84
77 00
26 00
32 50
50 00
149 00
238 82
5 00
19 50
946 96
May
155
'8 95
37 25
00
70 73
62 00
37 30
123 55
5 00
7 30
18 00
560 08
June ... .
92
6 50
9 50
117 50
48 20
72 00
26 60
1,046 61
26 10
5 00
13 50
1,371 51
.July ...
87
3 40
8 75
79 75
46 20
38 00
49 43
11 00
70 00
25 76
14 31
2 00
16 50
365 10
August.
70
4 00
18 00
89 00
36 73
28 00
14 75
25 50
2 50
2 25
220 73
September ...
92
12 80
17 60
84 50
45 75
82 00
52 08
937 48
7 00
24 00
1,263 21
October .. ...
125
8 00
52 05
122 16
41 03
. 00
40 55
86 52
121 00
16 37
9 00
35 50
553 18
November ...
201
48 85
176 50
190 00
48 90
33 00
76 03
6 00
6 25
41 25
626 78
2841
$208 22 1.314 40 $2.714 25
$708 18
$531 00
$492 14|$4,080 14
$492 50 $1.561 89 $256 78
$42 95
$328 35 $12,730 80
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Institutions.
ing.
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Amount given out in Dole at the Clerk's office, during the year :
Amount drawn Amount drawn Amount drawn
Number of Orders drawn.
by persons having a settle- ment in this City.
by persons having a set- tlement in other Cities or Towns.
by persons having no known settlement any- where.
TOTAL.
1877.
December 1878.
281
$284 80
$132 35
$147 25
$564 40
January
495
415 30
202 90
216 75
834 95
February
512
439 53
171 15
197 36
808 04
March
482
413 08
225 40
163 78
802 26
April
248
248 85
112 20
73 95
435 00.
May
155
196 95
79 40
108 93
885 28
June
92
98 60
63 30
58 10
220 00
July
87
64 40
49 50
98 75
212 65
August.
70
74 55
29 90
44 93
149 38
September.
92
106 00
52 70
87 10
245 80
October
125
137 58
69 65
75 45
262 68
November
201
271 80
137 90
101 88
511 58
2841
$2,751 44
$1,326 35
$1,374 23
$5,452 00
The salary of the City Physician and that of the Clerk of the Board are also charged to the expense of the City Relief Department, and have been as follows :-
City Physician, .
$617 67
Clerk of the Board,
1,217 00
Disbursements, .
12,730 80
Total, .
$14,565 47
The resources have been as follows :-
Appropriation by City Council, $14,000 00
Received from State and other cities and towns, . 2,241 99
Total receipts,
$15,241 99
Total expenditures,
14,565 47
Unexpended balance,
$1,676 52
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List of Insane persons who have a Legal Pauper settlement in this city, and who have received full support at the Insane Hospital during the year 1878 :
REGISTERED PAUPER NUMBER.
NAMES.
AGE.
Place of Birth.
Place of Support.
1544. . ..
John Burr.
87
Norton,
Wor'ter Lunatic Hosp.
1257
. .
Lydia Brown.
69
Worcester,
1671 ..
Johanna Buckley.
50
Ireland,
66
60
1693. . ..
Ellen Bulger ..
Ireland,
66
85. . . .
Harriet Crosby ..
57
Brewster,
1292 .. . .
Abbie Donahoe.
23
Unknown,
1657 ..
Salina E. Davis
--
Unknown,
676. ...
Richard Everett.
52
Ireland,
1719 ...
Mary Fitzgerald.
30
Ireland,
1138. ...
Caroline Foster.
-
Maine,
572. . . .
Patrick Grace.
45
Ireland,
1331. .
Mary A. Goggin.
22
Worcester,
950. . .
Michael Hayes ..
Ireland,
1276. . . .
John Jackson, jr.
28
Salem,
518. . . .
Barbara Kohl.
35
Germany,
1339. . . .
John Kelley
42
Ireland,
1591. . ..
Henry S. Lord.
48
Pawtucket,
1012. .
Mary McGrath
42
Ireland,
66
1347 ..
Morris Marony.
Ireland,
655. .
James Mulcahey.
40
Worcester,
1695
Charles E. Mason.
-
Unknown,
1273. . .
Edith C. Pierce.
22
Unknown,
568. . . .
Edwin A. Robie.
47
Cambridge,
66
66
1703 ..
Edward S. Salmon
20
Uxbridge,
66
1130. . ..
Jemima Talbot
31
Ireland, Ireland,
66
66
1670. ...
Adeline Young.
51
Worcester,
List of Paupers having a legal pauper settlement in Worces- ter, but living and receiving aid in other towns, during the year 1878:
REGISTERED
Number in Family.
WHERE LIVING
PAUPER
NAMES.
AND
NUMBER.
AIDED.
1464 ....
Henriette Cotting.
1
2
Cambridge.
1499. ..
John Fitzgerald.
1
1
Chicopee.
854. . ..
Henry Mason.
3
3
Lynn.
1681. .
William Gore.
3
3
Cambridge.
1401. . ..
Warren R. Hale
2
2
Northampton.
1630. ...
Daniel Hurley .
3
4
Cambridge.
1526. . . .
Eliza King
Tewksbury.
1700. ...
Isaac Ladeaux.
2
1
Wendall.
1656. ...
David Nagle.
1
1
Warren.
1203. . . .
Lucy A. Parmenter
1
2
Cambridge.
1317. . . .
Emma H. Taylor
1
Orange.
1389. ...
George Whalen
2
1
Ware.
66
768. .
-
Nora S. Murphy
27
Ireland,
66
66
66
66
66
1312. ..
Mary Toomy.
57
4
Males.
Females.
.
.
1
66
66
66
66
66
66
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
List of Paupers aided in Worcester, but settled in other towns :
NAMES OF APPLICANTS.
PLACE OF SETTLEMENT.
NAMES OF APPLICANTS.
PLACE OF SETTLEMENT.
John F. Downs, Augusta Colburn, Michael Murphy, Edwin Erwin,
Leominster. Ashland. Holden. 66
Johanna Malony, Bridget Collins, Iveson Horace, Ann Kelly,
Springfield. ..
66
Hattie E. Damon,
Warren. 66
Bridget Morgan, Patrick Harrigan,
66 Leicester.
Jackson Pelteer,
Lynn. Southbridge. 66
Dennis Hearns,
Alonzo P. Cutting, Emory Rockwood, Betsey M. Bacon, Diantha Bacon,
Holliston. Dudley.
Louisa Johnson,
66 Princeton. 66
Thomas Connelly, Thomas Smith,
Lawrence.
George A. Snow,
W. Boylston. 66
Anthony Jordan, Mary Hart,
Upton. Malden.
John Fowe,
.. Millbury.
Josiah P. Bitner, Edward Roberts, Helen Osborne, Mary Edwards,
Southboro.
Robinson Hopwood,
N. Brookfield.
Mary Shehee,
Milford.
Mary W. Holmes, David Price,
66
John J. Ford,
66
Isaac Whittemore,
Hubbardston.
Patrick Boyle,
Webster.
Catherine Hynes,
Hudson.
Thomas Moran,
Natick
Dennis McSorley,
Boston.
Jane K. Dyer,
So. Braintree.
Lydia J. Duffin,
66
John Remmick,
Sutton.
John McIntire,
Weymouth.
Patrick Mellen,
66
.James Harvey,
66
Middlefield. New Bedford. 66
Rose McFarland,
Erastus Randlet,
66
Cambridge. Lowell. 66
Catherine Fitzgerald, Israel Adams,
N. Adams. Spencer. 66
Mary Holdsworth,
66
Edward Scott,
Hattie A. Dawless,
Addison Braddish,
Royalston. Marlboro.
Chas H. Nutting,
Fitchburg.
Geo. F. Sylvester,
Catherine Larvin,
66
Geo. W. Trombly,
60
Joseph Ceaulac, John Rice,
Westboro. 66
Berlin.
Bridget Curtain,
Sterling. 66
John Cosgrove, Paul Cluchy, Caroline Flagg, Alfred Roberts,
Jane E. Perry,
Palmer. Grafton.
Daniel Greene, Charles E. Reed, Ann Doyle,
60
'Theophile Goodreau, Joseph Bolster,
66
Wm. H. Strong, Albert Peterson,
Hadley.
Imogene Ellsbee,
Clinton.
Napoleon Diagneau, James McCurdy,
Auburn. 66
James Finnegan,
Mary J. Stevens, George Holden.
Mary O'Brien, Horace Fiske,
.James A. Hagar,
John W. Southland,
Patrick Flynn,
Lewis O'Rielly, Mary Brock, Margaret Martin,
Leander Taylor, John Donelly, Thomas Millet, Thomas Curran, James P. Luther, Andrew P. Clark, Baron P. Hoyt, Stephen Cabeau, Owen Sullivan, Call C. Turner,
Albert Rockwood,
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Persons having a legal Pauper Settlement in Worcester, and receiving full support at Bridgewater Work House:
REGISTERED PAUPER NO.
NAMES.
AGE.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
1566. . .
Augustus Provan.
27
Milford.
977.
Patrick Shea.
38
Ireland.
Boys sentenced to, and supported in the State Reform School at Westboro', and having a settlement in Worcester:
REGISTERED PAUPER NO.
NAMES.
AGE.
PLACE OF_BIRTH.
1496. .
Burns, John
15
Unknown.
617. .
Croak, James ..
17
Worcester.
1721. .
Collins, Edward.
14
Worcester.
1722. . .
Lynch, Dennis ..
12
Unknown.
1321 .. .
McCaffry, Edward.
17
Worcester.
235
McCann, George
12
Worcester.
1160. .
O'Toole, James.
17
Worcester.
1606. . . .
Quinn, Michael.
15
Worcester.
1519.
Rourke, Peter
18
Unknown.
1338. . ..
Shea, John.
12
Ireland.
1504. ..
Shea, John,
17
Westboro'.
1408. . .
Toole, James
16
Worcester.
....
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ALMSHOUSE DEPARTMENT.
Your attention having several times been called to the unprotected condition of the Almshouse property, consisting as it does, of so many wooden buildings, in case of fire, and no action having been taken thereon, this Board have deemed it advisable to call on the Engineers of the Fire Department to visit the premises and make such suggestions for its safety in such an emergency as to them seemed necessary; and they, in company with the several members of the Board, carefully examined the premises and the result was a recommendation by them that the dam on the almshouse brook be rebuilt in order to form a reservoir from which a supply of water could be obtained for the engines, as the wells on the premises would be of but little account ; also that stand pipes be placed in each wing of the main building near the division walls, and hose attachments made on each floor, and that a telegraph and tele- phone communication be built, connecting the alınshouse with the clerk's office and police station at City Hall, in order that an alarm might reach the Fire Department immediately, and the Board instructed the farm committee to carry out the sug- gestions as soon as possible, as the appropriation for the present year would cover the expenses.
Accordingly, a substantial dam, high enough to flow a pond of about three acres, has been built, at a cost of $583, thereby securing an ample supply of water which can be utilized either for fire or domestic purposes at any time it is decided to add the proper appliances for doing so. The stand pipes and hose will be added as soon as circumstances will permit. It is also recommended that an iron pipe of sufficient capacity be laid in the ground between the reservoir and the buildings, and a force pump attached to it, in order to furnish an additional supply at the house for domestic purposes, which is daily becoming more necessary and in case of fire, the engine would be already on the ground and in operation -an advantage which is obvious to any one.
A line of poles cut from the wood-lot of the farm has been set on Lincoln street, extending from the almshouse to the city, and
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a wire placed on them by the city electrician, and the telephone communication on the same is a complete success and great convenience, at the cost of $322.97.
The buildings are at present heated by several stoves and two hot air furnaces, one of which is entirely used up, and the other partly so, and the Board are unanimously of the opinion that it would be a matter of economy to the city, as well as safety with the class of people who work with them, that a steam boiler be substituted, thereby confining the fire to one location and the care of it to one person, and very much diminishing risk of con- flagration. We therefore respectfully recommend a suitable appropriation be made to cover the expense of the same, and will also add that the superintendent of, and the Committee on Public Buildings, fully concur in this recommendation.
The condition of the farm is constantly improving, and the continued application of the large amount of dressing obtained from the Piggery, in addition to the system adapted of pasturing the swine during the summer months, shows its effect on what we have sometimes been obliged to confess was, in a double sense, a "Poor Farm." The crops of the present year, have been, at least, equal to those of the best farms in this vicinity. We have harvested 70 tons of hay, 850 bushels of potatoes, 12 tons of mangel-wurtzel, 8 tons of ruta-baga, 4 tons of carrots, 8 tons of turnips, 50 bushels of table beets, 29 bushels of beans, 386 bushels of corn in the cob, 800 heads of cabbage, and 3 acres of barley, 3 acres of rye, 8 acres of oats, and the largest quantity of apples ever seen on the premises.
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