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Sixth Biennial Report of the
Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities
of the State of Illinois
Pub. H. W. Rokker, State Printer and Binder
Springfield, Ill, 1881

         
         [p. 229]
         
         BROWN. - Brown county is under township organization, but
       the poor are a county charge. There is no change to report
       in the condition and appearance of the almshouse. Twenty-
       five inmates were present, of whom ten were children, and
       two insane. One of the insane paupers is kept in seclusion.
       The children attend the district school. The cost of the
       almshouse last year was twenty-one hundred and forty dollars,
       of which about four hundred and forty was expended for re-
       pairs and improvements. The amount of out-door relief is
       very small; last year it was seventy-eight dollars and fifty
       cents. The explanation of this lies in the rule adopted by
       the board, namely, that paupers who are not sent to the alms-
       house shall be maintained at the expense of the towns. The
       overseers, however, fail to keep the accounts and make the
       returns required by law. The almshouse keeper is paid a
       salary of three hundred and seventy dollars, and is required
       to furnish one team, two cows, and all farm implements. No
       regular almshouse register is kept. The county physician is
       paid ninety dollars a year. He visits the almshouse only,
       but furnishes his own medicines.
       
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