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Page 101          Biennial Report of the State Board
                     of Corrections and Charities
                                1873

                                BAY

      The poor-house is situated in the town of Hampton, about
   four miles east of Bay City.  It is on a good farm and is located
   a long distance back from the road, affording a fine opportunity
   for neat grounds in front of the premises.  The building is a
   two-story frame structure, and there is a separate house for
   the keeper.  There is a young orchard on the farm, and some-
   thing of a vegetable garden.
      The surroundings about the house look neat and tidy, and
   the genearl appearance of things without and within, except
   in the men's room, was orderly and good.  The keeper is new,
   this being his first year in the business.  The floors are
   painted, and as a general thing they seem clean.  Tobacco is
   not furnished the paupers, and as a substitute, they use dried
   mullen leaves.  The farm is apparently well worked, and the
   keeper a good farmer.  There is no cellar to the buildings,
   which seems a great defect.  Two children under six years of
   age are in this house.  One old woman is lying on a bed, and
   is a great care, as she is so infirm as to be wholly unable to do
   anything.  The rooms in the female department appeared to be
   tidy and clean, but those occupied by the males did not seem to
   be thus kept; and notwithstanding it was a warm day, yet a
   half-dozen paupers, any of whom were able to, and should have
   been required to keep their room cleanly and in order, were
   hovering in idleness about a hot stove in the men's sitting-
   room.
      We were accompanied by Mr. Israel Catlin, one of the gen-
   tlemanly superintendents of the poor.

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Page 135          Biennial Report of the State Board
                     of Corrections and Charities
                                1907

      Infirmary farm four miles from Bay City.  The building was erected a
   few years ago at a cost of $25,000 to displace the old frame building
   and is a brick building, with modern improvements and well adapted to
   its purpose

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