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73 REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. To Me Citizens of Lexington : Your Board congratulates the town on the change in the statutes providing for the defraying of the care of the insane by the Com- monwealth as embodied in the Revised Laws. This change takes effect January 1st, 1904, and will result in a saving to the tows of about $1400.00 per year. It is with pleasure that your Board notes the fact that the depart- ments of Support of the Poor and Outside Poor respectively, have been among the few that have not exceeded the appropriation made by the town, which has been accomplished only by the utmost care in the scrutiny of all expenditures of every kind; governed at all times by the well defined purpose of the Board that no deserving charge of this community shall ever want for the necessaries and the comforts of life. Our wards are, and should be our sacred trusts, and after eliminat- ing all undeserving cases, we feel it our duty to give the best possible attention to those who are worthy of our care. The Board would suggest that the Gammell Legacy Trustees ex- pend some of the unused balance standing to the credit of that department for the purposes named in the bequest of the testator, as many of the inmates of the Poor Farm are in need of the little luxuries which the town cannot supply from the public funds. We trust this suggestion will be received in the spirit in which it is made, and that we shall have the co-operation of the Gammell Legacy Trustees during the ensuing year. 74 Your Board cannot allow the opportunity to pass without calling attention to the valuable assistance rendered us by the Lend•a-Hand Society and the local board of Associated Charities, each of whom has assisted this Board in a remarkable degree. It gives us pleas- ure to return to them our most sincere thanks, and best wishes for a renewed co-operation for the ensuing year. RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE FROM POOR FARM. Milk, Cow, Calves, Pigs, Apples, Potatoes, Corn, Rye, Team work, Stone, $624.34 40.00 16.75 53.75 6.06 13.45 21.05 5.66 5.00 12.00 $798.05 SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE PAU- PER DEPARTMENT. Augers, Barrels, Baskets, Bench and vise, Blankets, Boxes, Cabbages, Canned goods, Cart harness, Carriage harness, Carryall, $3.00 4.50 3.00 7.00 8.00 3.60 20.00 5.00 12.00 25.00 15.00