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The Assessors are appointed by the Government
The Hoard of Equalization consists
State Assessors. It meets at Albany on the first
pose of equalizing the taxes, &c.
STATE GOVERNMENT. 37
State Assessors.—The object of the office is to collect the necessary statistics among the
several counties to enable the Board of Equalization to equalize the State tax among the several
counties, and fix the amount of real and personal estate upon which the State tax shall be levied.
be maintained and employed at the county charge, and that
children at suitable ages should be put out to some useful trade.
An act was accordingly passed Nov. 27,1824, authorizing the
establishment of county poorhouses. In most of the counties
such institutions were established within a few years. They
.were located upon farms, which were designed to be worked, as
far as practicable, by the inmates. The towns in Queens and
^Suffolk counties have mostly town poorhouses, and in these there
are no county establishments of this kind. The county of
Albany supports its poor at the city almshouse.
Statistics of Poorhouses and of the Support |
and Senate, and hold office for three years,
of the Commissioners of the Land Office, and the
Tuesday of September of each year, for the pur-
I In most counties a distinction is made between town and
county poor, the former including those who have gained a resi¬
dence ; and this distinction may be made or not, at the option of
the Board of Supervisors. Temporary relief may be extended
in cases where the pauper cannot be removed, or for other
causes satisfactory to the Superintendents. Towns may vote at
town meetings the sum estimated to be necessary for the support
of their own poor.
The following tables and summaries are from the last annual
Report of the Secretary of State:—
of the Poor, for the year ending Dec. 1,1858. |
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Number of town
paupers relieved
or supported. |
i-S
s. 1
III |
Expenses connect¬
ed with the county
Poorhouses. |
Expenses of ad¬
ministering tem¬
porary relief. |
Whole expense of
support of county
and town pau¬
pers for the year
ending December
1,1858. |
|
223 |
223 |
$5,879 68 |
$2,675 41 |
$8,555 09 |
|
|
• 1,178 |
3,727 01 |
8,250 01 |
11.977 02 |
|
219 |
271 |
2,725 44 |
6,136 14 |
8,861 58 |
|
|
|
9,393 21 |
16,968 47 |
26,361 68 |
|
........ |
3,725 |
5,094 65 |
5,846 58 |
10,941 23 |
|
|
|
2.850 48 |
6,513 53 |
9,364 01 |
|
151 |
103 |
3,997 33 |
1.078 19 |
5,075 52 |
|
|
2,585 |
3,076 02 |
6,362 84 |
9,438 86 |
|
|
|
12,158 15 |
12,158 15 |
|
|
172 |
2,950 52 |
2,422 61 |
5,373 13 |
|
312 |
386 |
3.096 93 |
2,948 62 |
6,045 55 |
|
|
|
15,965 09 |
300 00 |
16,265 09 |
|
5,915 |
5,915 |
35,028 73 |
20,474 90 |
55,503 63 |
|
223 |
136 |
2,695 47 |
2,273 45 |
4,968 92 |
|
........ |
56 |
1,315 79 |
1,489 11 |
2,804 90 |
|
|
|
3,701 44
3,079 68 |
922 00 |
4,623 44 |
|
66 |
|
2,192 46 |
5,272 14 |
|
117 |
66 |
3,178 46 |
250 00 |
3,428 46 |
|
|
17 |
400 00 |
100 00 |
500 00 |
|
|
4,656 |
7.399 10 |
15,219 04 |
22,618 14 |
|
|
1,015 |
6,440 95 |
11,960 67 |
18,401 62 |
|
|
29,881 |
146,499 66 |
32,110 47 |
178,610 13 |
|
48 |
70 |
3,564 41 |
561 26 |
4,125 67 |
|
|
|
4,630 62 |
4.094 01 |
8,724 63 |
|
|
|
6,954 37 |
11.781 23 |
18,735 60 |
|
2,817 |
4,614 |
18.432 62 |
28,815 88 |
47,248 50 |
|
|
|
9,680 76 |
13.330 00 |
2.3,010 76 |
|
|
110,822 |
351,152 10 |
139,731 54 |
490,883 64 |
|
|
3,687 |
5,322 80 |
7,552 98 |
12,875 78 |
|
|
7,062 |
13,271 67 |
31,298 65 |
44,570 32 |
|
1,733 |
3.538 |
10,159 82 |
40,384 84 |
50,544 66 |
|
|
2,402 |
6,795 93 |
7,065 80
10,755 09 |
13,861 73 |
|
|
1,330 |
9,288 35 |
20,043 44 |
|
|
510 |
3,781 97 |
4,140 10 |
7,922 07 |
|
2,830 |
3,330 |
5,126 74 |
43,199 99 |
48,326 73 |
|
492 |
342 |
4.702 40 |
3,974 70 |
8,677 10 |
|
|
|
1.388 84 |
2,590 53 |
3,979 37 |
|
381 |
36 |
22,303 15 |
2,287 75 |
24,590 90 |
|
8,578 |
3,986 |
16,172 00 |
30,754 00 |
46,926 00 |
|
|
1,642 |
9,457 82 |
3,496 42 |
12,954 24 |
|
449 |
636 |
■ 3.099 07 |
2.417 21 |
5,516 28 |
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|
2,499 |
6,990 24
7,460 42
7,174 72 |
13,944 38 |
20,943 62
7,460 42
9,331 21 |
|
206 |
868 |
2.156 49 |
|
359 |
297 |
2,471 70 |
4,510 44 |
6,982 14 |
|
113 |
160 |
3,547 8f |
1,400 00 |
4,947 87
7,938 62 |
|
|
1,164 |
3,918 89 |
4,019 73
5,729 07 |
|
|
870 |
4.420 89 |
10,149 96 |
|
453 |
225 |
12,008 79 |
4,260 00. |
16,268 79
7,489 96 |
|
|
296 |
3,357 03 |
4,132 93 |
|
417 |
■ 657 |
3,046 81 |
6,452 06 |
9,498 87 |
|
49 |
148 |
3,271 15 |
647 5.1 |
3,918 66 |
|
1,191 |
2,047 |
6,721 72 |
9,791 36 |
16,513 08 |
|
|
1,241 75 |
2,368 92 |
3,610 67 |
|
|
2,332 |
' 4.051 40 |
6.391 49 |
10,442 89 |
|
666 |
1,163 |
8,887 78 |
8,280 36 |
17,168 14 |
|
61 |
|
15,981 09 |
149 98 |
16,131 07 |
|
70 |
89 |
3,416 02 |
620 22 |
4.036 24 |
|
66 |
|
3,162 80 |
112 69 |
8,275 49 |
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23,205 |
207,207 |
$884,119 78 |
$607,271 50 I $1,491,391 28 |
Allegany......
Broome.........
Cattaraugus..
Cayuga.........
Chautauqua...
Chemung......
Chenango......
Clinton.........
Columbia......
Cortland......
Delaware......
Dutchess......
Erie.............
Essex...........
Franklin......
Fulton.........
Genesee........
Greene.........
Hamilton......
Herkimer.....
Jefferson.......
Kings...........
Lewis............
Livingston. ...
Oneida..
Onondaga .
Ontario.;...
Orange......
Orleans ....
Oswego.....
Putnam........
Queens..........
Rensselaer....
Richmond.....
Rockland......
St. Lawrence.
Saratoga.......
Schenectady..
Schoharie......
Schuyler.......
Seneca..........
Steuben........
Suffolk.........
Sullivan.......
Tioga............
Tompkins......
Ulster...........
Warren.........
Washington...
Wayne.........
Westchester..
Wyoming.....
Yates............
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Counties.
Monroe........
Montgomery..
New York..... |
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Acres of land at¬
tached to Poor-
house. |
Estimated value
of Poorhouse es¬
tablishments. |
Value of labor of
paupers. |
Weelcly expenses
of each person. 1 |
Number of county
paupers relieved
j or supported. |
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183 |
$10,000 00 |
$250 00 |
$1 02 |
243 |
|
130 |
8,000 00 |
200 00 |
59 |
1.335 |
|
200 |
6,500 00 |
200 00 |
1 12 |
160 |
|
96 |
20,000 00 |
800 00 |
83 |
2,778 |
|
171.8 |
12,000 00 |
2,524 00 |
787 |
4,106 |
|
175 |
13,000 00 |
|
894 |
245 |
|
172 |
5,000 00 |
449 76 |
72 |
109 |
|
90 |
3,000 00 |
250 00 |
89 |
2,738 |
|
204J |
35,000 00 |
1,000 00 |
1 09 |
565 |
|
118 |
6,800 00 |
180 00 |
72 |
250 |
|
200 |
5,000 00 |
250 00 |
90 |
136 |
|
106 |
15,000 00 |
|
1 00 |
1,771 |
|
154 |
49,091 00 |
3,500 00 |
70 |
1,292 |
|
100 |
4,500 00 |
200 00 |
1 00 |
44 |
|
162 |
4,639 75 |
200 00 |
42 |
84 |
|
' 86 |
8.000 00 |
|
|
112 |
|
134 |
8,000 00 |
500 00 |
662 |
175 |
|
130 |
10,000 00 |
600 00 |
685 |
97
21 |
|
65 |
10,000 00 |
742 90 |
1 10 |
4,908 |
|
107 |
14,000 00 |
500 00 |
76 |
1,464 |
|
|
400,000 00 |
1,500 00 |
2 22 |
37,730 |
|
59 |
3,500 00 |
200 00 |
93 |
126 |
|
118
172 |
18,000 00
16,500 00
40,375 16 |
700 00 |
74
1 035 |
286 |
|
134 |
350 00 |
70 |
2,858 |
|
150 |
7,500 00 |
400 00 |
1 637 |
1,063 |
|
120 |
12,000 00 |
1,000 00 |
81 |
3,980 |
|
150 |
8,100 00 |
1 00 |
8.102 |
|
36i |
16,000 00 |
1,380 00 |
915 |
2,460 |
|
212 |
21,200 00 |
700 00 |
68 |
2,753 |
|
267 |
25,000 00 |
1,500 00 |
985 |
1,679 |
|
107 |
10,113 75 |
375 00 |
1 07 |
865 |
|
60 |
4,350 00 |
500 00 |
1 14 |
747 |
|
170 |
15,350 00 |
|
42 |
63 |
|
196 |
10,000 00 |
300 00 |
58 |
555 |
|
144 |
29,000 00 |
500 00 |
1 48 |
966 |
|
125 |
21,000 00 |
800 00' |
1 45 |
1,881 |
|
47 |
11,000 00
7,200 00 |
700 00 |
805 |
384 |
|
130 |
500 00 |
737 |
2,931 |
|
200 |
6,000 00 |
300 00 |
94 |
505 |
|
113 |
8,000 00 |
128 00 |
94 |
403 |
|
110 |
5,000 00 |
100 00 |
77 |
57
144 |
|
126| |
16,000 00 |
300 00 |
855 |
1,535
1,175 |
|
200 |
10,000 00 |
275 00 |
1 00 |
|
|
|
1 00 |
56 |
|
100 |
1,500 00 |
200 00 |
83 |
350 |
|
60 |
6,000 00 |
750 00 |
84 |
240 |
|
100 |
6,000 00 |
500 00 |
72 |
99 |
|
140 |
9,000 00 |
500 00 |
70 |
1,280 |
|
200 |
2,500 00 |
100 00 |
49 |
82 |
|
174 |
12,000 00 |
755 00 |
50 |
2,629 |
|
193 |
7,620 00 |
325 00 |
1 275 |
1,335 |
|
165 |
35,500 00 |
1,150 00 |
1 018 |
1,312 |
|
111 |
5,000 00 |
150 00 |
801 |
170 |
|
123 |
5,500 00 |
200 00 |
96 |
65 |
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7,208.8 |
$1,059,339 66 |
$29,484 66 |
$ 90.5 |
103,499 |
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During the year 1858, 38,582 were admitted, 38,400 were dis¬
charged, 1,007 absconded, 849 were born, 2,584 died, and 646 were
bound out. |
Supported in Poorhouse.—Males, 6,219; Females, 7,203; total,
13,422. Foreigners, 6,503; Lunatics, 1,838; Idiots, 437; Mutes,
36. Temporarily Relieved.—Foreigners, 58,709; Lunatics, 2,408;
Idiots, 595; Mutes, 52. |
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