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recommendations. Fortunately the Superintendents Messers William C. Griggs and A.G. Middleton, were old citizens of intensive acquaintance among the Poor. Their duty requires them to examine carefully the cases of applicants, placing their names on the lists when found worthy.

[[left margin]] Colored Destitutes [[/left margin]]

The colored destitutes were already well known to this office. They were to a great extent beneficiaries under former systems accepted on recommendations of reliable colored citizens, clergymen and others. In order to prevent imposition under the new system it was found necessary to appoint a colored inspector at a salary of $20 per month, whose duty it is to visit the homes of applicants and furnish the worthy [[strikethrough]] worthy [[/strikethrough]] with certificates entitling them to appropriate relief at the Kitchens for specified periods of time. This in a measure does away with the ticket system which was open to great abuse and trouble.

The inspector Mr Laurence Birrey who is

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