HAMILTON COUNTY-PUBLIC RELIEF.

COUNTY AND TOWN POOR LAW OFFICERS.

Board of Supervisors.

Chairman, Henry F. Kreuzer, Morehouseville. Clerk, Thomas

J. Hanley, Wells.

Town of Arietta.-James J. Walsh, Rudeston.

Benson.-Loren W. Sloan, Benson.
Hope.-William H. Wadsworth, Hope.

Indian Lake.-George F. Persons, Indian Lake.
Inlet. Frank E. Tiffany, Inlet.

Lake Pleasant.-Robert Slack, Speculator.

Long Lake.-Benjamin Leahy, Long Lake.

Morehouse. Henry F. Kreuzer, Morehouseville.
Wells. Charles A. Craig, Wells.

County Superintendents of the Poor.

Herbert Snell, Benson, N. Y.

John G. Hosley, Wells, N. Y.

Overseers of the Poor.

Town of Arietta.-Charles Stevens, Arietta.

Benson.-Edward Hogan, Benson.

Hope.-Edward Burgess, Hope.

Indian Lake.-William Wakeley, Indian Lake.
Inlet.-George F. Delamarsh, Inlet.

Lake Pleasant.-Nathan R. Page, Lake Pleasant.

Town of Long Lake.-Warren Cole, Long Lake.
Morehouse.-D. C. Partella, Morehouseville.
Wells. James Weaver, Wells.

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COUNTY INSTITUTIONS.

Hamilton county has no almshouse, but furnishes some temporary (outdoor) relief. The expense of such relief, administered by the superintendents anl overseers of the poor for the year ending September 30, 1903, was $2,645.85, and the number thus temporarily relieved was 27.

HERKIMER COUNTY-PUBLIC RELIEF.

COUNTY, CITY AND TOWN POOR LAW OFFICERS.

Board of Supervisors.

Chairman, E. V. Decker, Little Falls. Clerk, Clinton Noble, West Winfield.

Town of Columbia.-Oscar E. Shaul, Columbia.

Danube.-W. S. Barragan, Little Falls.
Fairfield. John Fields, Middleville.
Frankfort. Simon P. Weaver, Frankfort.
German Flats.-E. E. Jenne, Ilion.
Herkimer. William Honochs, Herkimer.
Litchfield.-H. H. Hull, Ilion.

City of Little Falls:

First District.-J. D. Murphy, Little Falls.
Second District.-E. V. Decker, Little Falls.

Town of Little Falls.-Harvey Rankin, Little Falls.
Manheim. John Garlock, Little Falls.
Newport.-Charles L. Fellows, Newport.
Norway. Charles F. Van Vechten, Norway.
Ohio. Eugene Hemstreet, Ohio.
Russia.-F. Ouderkirk, Cold Brook.

Salisbury. William H. Corey, Salisbury Centre.

Schuyler. Frank S. Way, Deerfield.

Stark. Ludwick Springer, Van Hornesville.
Warren. Thomas Williams, Jr., Jordanville.
Webb.-C. H. Van Auken, Fulton Chain.
Wilmurt. William S. Richards, Wilmurt.
Winfield.-Lynn B. Wheeler, West Winfield.

County Superintendent of the Poor.

Frank R. Zoller, Middleville.

Overseers of the Poor.

Town of Columbia.-Philip Spohn, Columbia Centre.

Danube.-Jacob King, Newville.

Fairfield. William E. Sheldon, Middleville.
Frankfort. William Bargy, Frankfort.

German Flats.-James Eagan, Mohawk.
Herkimer.-Clarence Dwyer, Herkimer.
Litchfield.-Irving Combs, Cedarville.

City of Little Falls.-Board of Charities. Established by chapter 565 of the Laws of 1895. Overseer of the Poor.— Jonah May.

Town of Little Falls.-Michael Murphy, Little Falls.

Manheim. Rush Faville, Dolgeville.
Newport.-George Irving, Newport.
Norway.-George Gage, Norway.
Ohio. Christopher Forbes, Gray.

Russia. William M. Ash, Grant.

Salisbury. William Williams, Salisbury Centre.

Schuyler.-George W. Knapp, West Schuyler.

Stark. Frank Shaut, Starkville.

Warren.-Charles E. Hyde, Jordanville.

Webb.-Leonard Ingersoll, Old Forge.

Wilmurt.-Peter Witters, Forestport, Oneida county.

Winfield.-J. J. Wholahan, West Winfield.

COUNTY INSTITUTIONS.

HERKIMER COUNTY ALMSHOUSE, Middleville, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Dorr March 7, 1903; by Inspector Rogers July 16, 1903.

Keeper. John T. Davis, appointed November 1, 1900.

Attached to the almshouse are 65 acres of land, all of which are reported to be under cultivation; estimated value of land and buildings, $30,000; estimated value of the products of the farm during the year, $800; receipts from sales, $450.95.

Expenses in connection with the almshouse for the year ending September 30, 1903, $11,367.37; estimated weekly expense per person, $2.33; expense of temporary (outdoor) relief administered by the overseers of the poor, exclusive of 12 towns from which no report was received, $7,713.47; expense of support, in whole or in part, in institutions other than the almshouse, $831.50; aggregate expenditures for support and relief, $19,912.34.

Total number in the almshouse during the year, 268; remaining October 1, 1903, 78 (52 males and 26 females), including 19 feeble-minded or idiotic, 4 blind, 1 deaf and 1 epileptic; number of wayfarers to whom meals were furnished at the almshouse, 123; number receiving temporary (outdoor) relief, 1,360; number supported in other institutions, 13; total supported and relieved during the year, 1,764.

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 Herkimer county: Miss A. A. Loomis, Secretary, Little Falls; Mrs. D. H. Burrell, Little Falls; Mrs. Charles L. Petree, Little Falls; Mrs. C. G. Strobel, Dolgeville; Miss Anna Waterman, Newport; Mrs. Walter Whitman, Little Falls; Mrs. Fred. Ellsworth Wood, West Winfield.

Herkimer County-Private Charity.

HOSPITALS.

HERKIMER EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (THE), Herkimer, N. Y.

Incorporated January 9, 1901.

Object. The care and cure of such injured and sick persons as may have claims on common humanity for assistance and relief.