Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2022 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Executive Documents of the State of Minnesota For the Fiscal Year Ending July 31, 1892 INSPECTION OF COUNTY POOR HOUSES. REDWOOD COUNTY POORHOUSE was visited August 14, 1891. There were no inmates. The total number of inmates in two years has been 12. The largest number at one time was 7. The report for 1891, since received, shows that the total number of paupers in the poorhouse for 1891 was 4 and the average number for the year was less than one pauper. The overseer's contract is as follows: The county pays the overseer $1.25 per acre for plowing, furnishes seed and gives the overseer half of the crop. The overseer receives $2.50 per week for boarding each pauper, with extra pay for extra care. The overseer provides furniture, farm machinery, etc. The farm has about 170 acres of which 70 acres are cultivated and the balance is timber. The land is of fair quality. The house is an ordinary farm house located in the northeast part of the county, 8 miles from Redwood Falls and 3 miles from Morton. The house has on the first floor, parlor 13 x 14, bed room 9 x 10, dining room 12 x 13, kitchen 10 x 16, pantry 8 x 10. The second has four bed rooms; one 10 x 11 ft. and three 18 x 11 feet. The house is not adapted for use as a poorhouse. There is no means of separating the sexes and there is no sep- arate sitting room or dining room for paupers. The house was reasonably clean. ==========================================================================