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Fourteenth Biennial Report of the
Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities
of the State of Illinois
Presented to the Governor December 1, 1896


         [p. 94]
         
         GREENE COUNTY
         
         Visited June 21
         
         Almshouse four and one-half miles from Carrollton, the county
       seat. Farm contains 158 acres. Superintendent pays $500 per year
       for use of the farm, and is allowed $2 weekly for each inmate.
       Cost of maintenance, including $600 for a new building, is
       $9,314.51. Inmates present at date of visit 32, of whom 22 were
       male and 10 female; 4 were imbecile, 2 male and 2 female; 6
       children, 5 boys and 1 girl. Religious services are held.
       
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