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The Alms-house. 185OfUiEKRU, thn» tha thank* of tii# County' Cnmntiaainnera be end tlfe v «i# Hereby 1 ii-niliiNil to U a Trueler# of the A Imabwu**, foe (he lei* MoiiMfactory m.mfTtr m * btch they Hat# dlachni;*! tit tr dottra, nod that the Cln k wf th te ‘! Hoard be Midi tit la heirhy r#t|M*Nt#il to have Hi#I tsportnf th# Trtial##* puhliahrd one# n wtvk for j : three aurr eeaie# week*, in ear.b of til# nrwapo-1 per# pruned to Hna mum yTHOMAS A. HOPKINS, j Cierk.I To thr (slt;'Hmix»HHur$ of Alhytmj County • QknTi.kmkm :ThaTruat### ofth# Allegany Com ■' ty Alme-Houae, beg leave to aubmiilo your Hon ' orabl# body. Hie following atatcment, whie . will exhibit to you the Kacaipte and Dtabureemenia, on nr,count of that liialtitiiiun for tba year end*! mg let June, 1855.^pscEirmAmount '.avied Tor aupporl ofthe II nee, §1200.00•* for payment of old d»bta, W»0 00“ for repair# of the H ouee, 350.00•• for Steward of the Ilouae, KM) 00•• for Truaieo#, 200 00Hacaived'from Ml. Savage Co., for lhair part of building fence. 100 00• • for llidra tuldti. Wuh-ere \ Son, m 9 42KXI'LNDITLKKS.Amount eapended by Chaa. A.Scott, for support of the tlouav, aa per lua ra* ceipia herewith handed to you, | Hi? 08•* expended by the True-teea, aa will appear by H # recaieta herewith fit-ed until thia atatement, 2176 33•• paid by J. M. Uuchaitan,Treasurer uf the True-lee# for claim# agamet th# I iou*#. a# p#r the re* cvipt# herewith filed, 83 98§2992 40 |i992 40 At the lael annnal meeting of your honorable . body, th# Tru*t#ra aakttl you for a Levy of I I*1 I Twelve Hundred Dollar* (§1*200). for the tup w«' port of the A una house, confidently believing , at i hat time, that that aunt would h« sufficient to pay tht rurreni expcnaea of the llnuae ; but bur theoa unforeaean and unavoidable, have been thrown on the Trtssteaa, which have made that ,ety insufficient to meet the juat demand# upan i ti.e Institution. Among#! those demand# th#1 Truataaa would rapraaaul that they were obliged i I pay for the traction of t ^Three diflrrent Celia lor the aafe-keep.’ mg of the Inaane, §115 00 1Lumber for Fencing, 50 UU I IWagon arid flarneaa, lOU 00 ITwo paire of Mutfa for Inaan# persons 29 00A id to John I’aul, by ord»r of Commit* paionara. * 20 00 j * 'Laiiniated loaa in deficiency of laat year'# crop of wheat and potato*#, 100.00 [ UInciaaaa of I'aupeuam in iha (louae, j Jaince laat report, equal to 35 per cant. 300.00 HeMaking baaidea aevaral amaller —--of 1item#, lha tun of §713.00i * wing to theaa unanticipated exj *naet, the •*' True tees ar* obligad to repreaent to the County t b*r rommioiimtfl that there fa now due and unpaid : by lha inatit tion.lh# aurn of ais hundred and * aty-three dollar* and *tghiy-s«k cents ifititiK. -I ■4), branle# eighty-twu ilnllara and nmaiy-atgbt . Ail ■ enia (t*2 98). (vaid by Mr Ilm hanan, Trtaau-irr t f the 1 ruateee, over and abut# lha amount ty* plated in hra band# for disbursement, aa will fully appear bV hi* voucher# herewith filed.Th# pereon I property in the Hoove and on in ih# 1 nrm. belong ng loth# County, aa will fully i *lt;• appear by the Inventory of thr same, hereto an no neged, am,tun.a to eighteen hundred mid Cony 1 three dollar# and twenty-hae eenta (§1,*43 25 ) During the year juai ended, the/., were admit- l»* ted into the I louae, HO paoi#ie — and dr#charged ' bei during the earn# period 57 there are in the \lt; llnuae at thta time 41 Dunag the year there W were II death# and *2 birtba, in thr llnuae. Du- pu rmg th* aamr pertwd 314 inaala wire gteth io l)lt; tranaient pauper# j tiFur the year ending June, !t?5|, the number Tl lt;f paupera aopfto. led m the House, avereged - h i » »mats fraction over 25—for the year juat cloaed , M tt.r average numtier waaoaer 31 Ftir the y.-ar ! »» ending June, 1H57, the number waa 10 In N*. v ember. Itf53. when the ('ounty mok poateeamn of tha preaent Alma-bnuaa there wera m ti.e j Fi ilouae only eight paupna I NI’but it wi'l be aeen that the tnereaa# of thna* t th 1 supported in the llnuae, during UiSt year, h*a been equal to 95 par cent grMttr than lUoae »up ' p i ie ; during tha yMr rmmediatelypiaeedmg and [• near v do i' It that of the year ending June, i -5i. : '| here are now to tbe t u.a h ..,#« four differ-»nt peraona tarn male ami two fatwaie, laboring j fn under insanity of mind Two of the## wet# tup* . |h ported hy apeeiai levy, for some year#, m lha j |, ( Lunatie Aaylom, at Hxlttmr'ce, under the u- ^mane knew that tli«y mold be reaturaf to I nr , . ’ , reaaorv, »*y careful eneelieal aid, but all I ope#' for thetr reatnrarmn having gtven way. they have t een txuvgU barb, and are now ta# our A wno-Of ihe nwrwber receiving alnwa from th* Coun-| ty, outside of the liouaa, tba ti/nrei baee no n eana of a ever taming ; a# rhalt; eiaaa ml paupeta tt* are entirely under the beneficent care of tbe ►ri- Courtly'utwimaaionera. Rut thrtaiauo dnwbt,Ut that out door petitioner* hae* tncr#w*rd in a pro ,A pnrlrowai* ratio wuh thoee rewriting lha. footer- I ‘i. g prntectKio of ttm Alm*-ho«i#e. It ia trulyr,._ nsctancholy to refiecl upon tha rapid mere*## af j u• j, paupertam rn tiua county, within the laat few * Syeata ; th* philanthropic mmd ia at a lew to dr- j vine the true cauae, a# t« ia ceit «twiy not allnbu- ' if 'able to it,a mrreaae of population in the county ;' A fear ia entertained that, if alrirt enquiry Wat j 3 ,i!l made tnio the muditiiui and part b«#mry ut awcii | || the |» *uper. iheir iirraeot mr dttum wouid b* ira/'ta- I i ante to the red and rumoue ain of mtamperante | The I'ruaiaea have taken great tare la fotm a i I * 1 elm hie eetimate of the aum that WiH 1 e narraaw I n ry tu pay ex King daata agamet Ike Initnuiion. ^i and what will be nectwMiy in meet all mat and 1 ' reaaonabta demanda for the et-pporl of llir lli.u»e * * and for the payment of the Steward'# and True I! tree* aalanta, for tha eneumg year, an i they ; tannoi irarat Hit ronvtrtum that il will require , r .lt;if, raery ceul o» three thouennd five hundiod d*tl- ' n ° Ur* * «* * Th* Tr-iaitea t eed not repreaent in tba Couo-j ty t‘inimie*iiriefa, that the preaent Alina hnu*e *' i la by no meana ^par-ioua enough Inr the arvy/r IL,M and eaoperfaMr aironirwodatum af the Steward'#family and tha panperr, beeaoae iheaefacta hateCouniyCowtmtvatoneia, by dtf , ,J juea of the County, and ia ao ap- t ,parewt to eaary obaervam riiaen that vuita the ,[ Houee. They will leave tbtaeubjed tntiraiy in ,1 the hand# of thna* who alone have the power to lt;I apply the collect*** and 1 ratedy the t*«l com ‘ l*o- j planted of.i ll- In • onrludmg thia report, the Trwateta would U., I* damg violence to their own feehnga and rna* I ui I of joalire, wera they to withhold the ekpreaaiort I 4 of (heir molt unqualified approbation of the 1 1’ very attentive and efficient manner in whirh !‘I t'ii*v A Ncuvt, the Ntewafd af th* Alma houae1 lt;taid |)f Pafwu'g A. IfittM, th* Fhyaretan to lt;,'** the a*me, have dr«t harmed the highly rcapouaibla 1 ''l,r, and important duttea deaohmg on tke.u tenure 1t lively. oOll.N KOl.t K. 'JOHN Al IIL'CII ANAN,_ JOHN CUULEIIAN. t1 July 9. IH59—3t. Tiuaiaeadav•,Volt;r 4y Ik* /.'defer Tha Count y f'ommr«*ton era levied Hie aunt of Tk*t Thrmtlt;tnJ I'ottmr».T and Froat. Qax copy.
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Democratic Alleganian
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Sat, Jul 16, 1859
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