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The foregoing estimate embraces only those who are without any means of support and are entirely dependent on common charity for subsistence.

The attention of Civil Authorities - both County and City - was repeatedly called to some of these cases during last month, and as I had hopes at the date of my last month's report -December 31st 1866 - that some measures would be adopted for their relief.- my Report was not as full on this subject as it otherwise would have been. The whole subject however has since been settled: by both the County and City authorities declining to render any relief to such cases. The County Court met on the 7th inst. and after having the whole subject brought before it and being urged by the judge, - Hon C. M. Jones, - to either [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] make an appropriation for the relief of such cases or authorize him to send them to the County Poor House, it declined 
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