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1. A reducition of nearly 50 per cent, in the number of persons receiving public aid.
2. An average annual reduction of $337,192.09 in the ex- penditures on account of official poor-relief.
3. A general lessening in the rate of taxation for poor purposes.
4. Notwithstanding all this, a decrease in the population of the county poor asylums.
5. Better and more intelligent care of worthy persons actually in need of help.
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1890-1906 BICKNELL, ERNEST P. Observations on Official Out-Door Poor Relief. Proc.
Nat. Con. Char, and Cor., 1897, p. 249. BLOSS, JOHN M. Indoor and Out-Door Relief. Proc. State Conf. Char, and Cor.,
1901. In Indiana Bull. Char, and Cor., June, 1902, p. 49. County Charities. Proc. State Conf. Char, and Cor., 1902. In Indiana Bull.
Char, and Cor., June 1903, p. 93. BOARD OF STATE CHARITIES OF INDIANA :
Statistics of Poor Relief for 1890, Ann. Rept., 1890, Appendix 2, p. 60.
The Out-Door Paupers, with statistics for 1891, Ann. Rept., 1891, pp. 113, 138.
Out- Door Relief. Ann. Rept., 1892, p. 63.
Statistics of Poor Relief for 1893. Ann. Rept., 1893, pp. 84, 93.
Overseers of the Poor, with statistics for 1894. Ann. Rept., 1894, pp. 81, 90,
93- A Needed Poor Relief Law Recommendation to the Legislature. Ann. Rept.,
1894, p. 7.
Township Poor Relief, with statistics for 1895. Ann. Rept., 1895, pp. 36, 50, 53. Poor Relief by Township Trustees. Indiana Bull. Char, and Cor., Sept., 1895,
pp. 6, 1 6.
Relief by Township Trustees, with statistics for 1896. Ann. Rept., 1896, p. 76. Poor Relief Law of 1897. (Township Taxes.) Acts of 1897, p. 230. Indiana
Bull. Char, and Cor., March, 1897, P- 6. Official Township Poor Relief, with statistics for 1897. Ann. Rept., 1897, pp.
22, 62.
Township Poor Relief, with statistics for 1898. Ann. Rept., 1898, p. 99.
Poor Relief Administration. Law of 1899. Acts of 1899, p. 121. In Indiana
Bull. Char, and Cor., March, 1899, p. 6. Opinion of Attorney-General Win. L. Taylor, on construction of county and
township reform laws and township poor-relief law of 1899. Indiana Bull.
Char, and Cor., March, 1899, P- 4- Form of Statement to Commissioners, required by law of 1899. Indiana Bull.
Char, and Cor., June, 1899, p. 6.
