SCHOHARIE COUNTY-PUBLIC RELIEF.

COUNTY AND TOWN POOR LAW OFFICERS.

Board of Supervisors.

Chairman, Arthur H. Woods, Schoharie. Clerk, Orson Spickerman, West Fulton.

Town of Blenheim.-William B. Kniskern, Blenheim.

Broome.-George Graham, Franklinton.
Carlisle. Rufus Richtmyer, Carlisle.
Cobleskill. David C. Lawyer, Cobleskill.
Conesville. Loren P. Cole, West Conesville.
Esperance. John J. Hunter, Esperance.
Fulton.-Jay Hilts, Breakabeen.

Gilboa.-A. Hagadorn, Gilboa.

Jefferson.-Lemuel Nichols, Jefferson.

Middleburgh. Frank A. Sullivan, Middleburgh.
Richmondville.-Oliver Auchampaugh, Cobleskill.
Schoharie.-Arthur H. Woods, Schoharie.

Seward. Benjamin F. Empire, Hyndsville.

Sharon.-George N. Jones, Sharon Spa.

Summit.-George Oliver, Charlotteville.
Wright.-Menzo Haverly, Gallupville.

County Superintendent of the Poor.

Ervin Spickerman, Middleburgh, N. Y.

Overseers of the Poor.

Town of Blenheim.-Adelbert Vroman, North Blenheim.

Broome.

George W. Conine, Livingstonville.

Carlisle.-William Passage, Grosvenors Corners.
Cobleskill.-Edward Karker, Cobleskill.

Town of Conesville.-I. F. Maybie, Manorkill.

Esperance.-Cyrus Saddlemyer, Sloansville.
Fulton. Timothy Haynor, West Fulton.

Gilboa.-George Hallock, Broome Centre; Peter Con-
row, Gilboa.

Jefferson.-Jacob Van Buren, Jeffersonville.
Middleburgh.-T. W. Neville, Middleburgh.

Richmondville.-E. L. Brown, Richmondville.
Schoharie.-C. L. Deitz, Schoharie.

Seward.-Eugene Esmay, Seward.

Sharon. Eugene Gilbert, Sharon.

Summit.-William Speenburgh, Summit.
Wright. Melvin Rickard, Shutters Corners.

COUNTY INSTITUTIONS.

SCHOHARIE COUNTY ALMSHOUSE, Middleburgh, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Lathrop December 29, 1902; by Inspector Rogers September 29, 1903.

Keeper. Ervin Spickerman, appointed January 1, 1887. Attached to the almshouse are 60 acres of land, 50 of which are reported to be under cultivation; value of land and buildings, $17,500; estimated value of the products of the farm during the year, $1,000; receipts from sales, $214.73.

Expenses in connection with the almshouse for the year ending September 30, 1903, $5,375.68; estimated weekly expense per person, $2.07; expense of temporary (outdoor) relief administered by the superintendent and overseers of the poor, $6,739.96; expense of support in whole or in part in institutions other than the almshouse, $615.90; aggregate expenditures for support and relief, $12,731.54.

Total number of inmates in the almshouse during the year, 55; remaining October 1, 1903, 27 (14 males and 13 females), including 2 blind persons; number of wayfarers to whom meals. were furnished at the almshouse, 60; number receiving temporary (outdoor) relief, 195; number supported in other institutions, 12; total supported and relieved during the year, 322.

STATE CHARITIES AID ASSOCIATION.

Central Office, 105 East Twenty-second Street, New York City. (See New York County.)

Has local visiting committees in 53 counties. The following is the list of members for Schoharie county: Mrs. Jacob Neville, President, Middleburgh; Mrs. C. W. Pitcher, Secretary, Middleburgh; Wellington E. Bassler, Middleburgh; Mrs. John Cornell, Middleburgh; George Danforth, Middleburgh; Mrs. George Danforth, Middleburgh; J. L. Engle, Middleburgh; John B. Grant, Schoharie; Mrs. John B. Grant, Schoharie; Miss Sophonisba P. Handy, Schoharie; Mrs. S. C. Kimm, Middleburgh; Mrs. Kingsley, Schoharie; Mrs. Mary Mayhem, Schoharie; Miss A. Lee Pitcher, Middleburgh; Mrs. W. T. Rivenberg, Middleburgh; Miss Margaret I. Scribner, Middleburgh; Mrs. S. C. Skinner, Middleburgh; Mrs. Delia Stanton, Middleburgh; Mrs. Austin Turner, Middleburgh; Charles White, Middleburgh; Mrs. Charles White, Middleburgh.

SCHUYLER COUNTY-PUBLIC RELIEF.

COUNTY AND TOWN POOR LAW OFFICERS.

Board of Supervisors.

Chairman.-Elmer Sherwood, Odessa. Clerk, Osborn Smith, Reynoldsville.

Town of Catharine.-Elmer Sherwood, Odessa.

Cayuta. Charles H. Smith, Cayuta.
Dix.-John W. Gurnett, Watkins.
Hector.-George Boyd, Reynoldsville.
Montour.-James P. Frost, Montour Falls.
Orange.-Lee B. Webb, Sugar Hill.
Reading. Charles Chapman, Watkins.
Tyrone. Andrew B. Lawrence, Tyrone.

County Superintendent of the Poor.

Frank W. Severne, Watkins, N. Y.

Overseers of the Poor.

Town of Catharine.-Oliver A. Fowler, Odessa.

Cayuta. Warren Bates, Cayuta.

Dix.-J. D. Considine, Watkins; Duane Anthony,

Beaver Dams.

Hector.-E. Compton, Logan; Frank Dunham, Burdett.
Montour.-Charles W. Fletcher, Montour Falls.

Orange. Henry Knickerbocker, Bradford.

Reading.-Oscar R. Haring, Watkins.

Tyrone.-Charles E. Shaffer, Tyrone.

COUNTY INSTITUTIONS.

As Schuyler county has no almshouse, its dependent poor are cared for by being boarded in families.

The total number for whom such care and maintenance were provided, during the year ending September 30, 1903, was 213. In addition, temporary relief was furnished to 217 transient wayfarers.

Aggregate expenditures for support and relief during the year, $14,064.86; for residents of the county, $13.937.76; for nonresident wayfarers or tramps, $127.10.