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Show 1HELP FOR THE POOR. What the County Authorities Did in 1903 to Help Along the Indigents. In-digents. f County Commiflsloner H. N. Standish, j who. as chairman of tho Pauper commli- 1 tee, looks after tho poor of tho county, has just finished his report for the year pest. Tho report shows the county lo be in bettor condition as regards the amount expended In aiding families in destitute circumstances than it has been for the past five years The average amount glv'cn I to poor families in merchandise- and pro visions during tho past five years was $14,378.91, -while that for last year whs j' f13.450.55, qr SS2S.S6 less than tho iiverntf. ! ' Tho report shows this improved condi- ; tlon notwithstanding that tho county bus had to caro for a largo number of pooplo that it hna nut had to in previous yetofi. Tho last IjCglHlaturc passed' a law retiring retir-ing tho county to pay for ail Indigent coses placed under quarantine both in tho t city and elsewhere In the cbunty. Tho I city formrrly, had to pay for the care of I Its own Indigent cases. 1 Besides the ?1.1.4a0.fV expended bv the county for mcrphandise, duriny the past 1 year, S350S.55 was given out In cash, ma- 1 king the total cxcndcd 31J(?&9.10. Thl.s is exclusive of cases cared for at th county Infirmary and medicine, etc., furnished bv the County Board of Health. Th number num-ber of families bencfllnd was 631, consisting consist-ing of 1813 persons. The average amount rfcelvcd by each family was J31 31. and 1 by each person $3.35. Classlllcd as to resl- drncp, 470 families of 1FJ15 persons lire In i Bait Lako City und CI families of 253 persons per-sons elsewhere In the countv, Durjng tho year 111 Individuals utre burnished with transportation and hnjl out of the countv. |