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3.4 . • OVERSEER'S RLPORT, The Overseers of the Poor of Lexington, for the year end- ing Jan. 31, 1875, submit the following report: Vainatisn of personal property Feb. lst, 1875, 12,335 57 Valuation of personal property Feb. 1st, 1874 1,801 93 Increase in value of personal property $533 64 Amount paid for the support o? poor Less the increase of personal property Received from income of farm Paid on account of outside poor $3066 02 533 64 $2,532 38 $1108 96 1423 42 687 04 Cost of support at the House $736 38 There has been furnished to paupers at the Alma] -- house 308 weeks board, at a cost per week of $2 39 Whole nuinber of paupers at the Almshouse during the year Of this number there remained but one right Average number at the House 310 299 6 The Board of Overseers would advise that the system pur- sued for the past two years be continued in relation to the tY- 35 management of the Farm, for the reason that the town now has a Harm of some twenty acres, more or less, of 'as good land for farming purposes as any ie town, and one which, in our opinion, can in a very short time, with a small outlay, be made capable of supporting the House without much aid from the treasury. We do not believe it good policy for the town to own a farm and let it run to waste, as they have done for the last ten years. If it is a benefit for any one to improve their lands, it certainly is for the town. We have. for the past year been under the necessity of making soma outlay in order to facilitate the operations on .the farrim, be= lieving in the maxim "That if you do not suw you must -nota expect to reap." The buildings on the farm are'all.in gnoc]), . repair ancl from present appearances will need but very little!' done to thein for some time. We would also state that more room is needed for stores and other purposes, as the product of the farm will be ver much increased the present year. We would recommend that sit addition be made to the barn and cellar of twenty- four- feet, the probable cost of which will be about six hun- dred dollars. The property at the Almshouse consists of one horse, two cows, one hundred and thirty-five hens, twelve swine, wagons, sleds, plows, hammers, &c. Tho value of property in the ilouse is $1,249.62, consisting of provisions on hand, beds, bedding and furniture that is needed in the house, the; details being fully carried out in the inventory. There is due the town for milk, &c., $65, which Will probably be paid. The difference in the aanount of Brio income, which ex- ists between our account and that of'the Auditor's, is due to the fact that produce to that amount was sold and merchan- dise bought with the proceeds, and neither: transaction re- ported to the Town Treasurer. The aid furnished outside of the House is large, and by time. ':