Acknowledgements and denials of settlement, 1870.

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Acknowledgements and denials of settlement, 1870.

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The State Almshouse at Monson provided residence for paupers without settlement in the Commonwealth from 1854 until 1872. St 1855, c 446, s 4 and St 1856, c 108, s 5 provided that if paupers, lunatics, and idiots sent to the almshouses were ascertained to have settlement, the muncipality of such settlement was liable for expenses incurred until their removal. Series consist of statements from municipal overseers of the poor that inmate has or has not settlement, and that the municpality therefore is/is not liable for expenses and removal.

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Massachusetts. State Almshouse (Monson, Mass.)

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St 1852, c 275 authorized the building of three state almshouses for paupers without settlement in the Commonwealth as certified by overseers of the poor or other local authorities, each with a superintendent and three inspectors who could bind out minors as apprentices. St 1853, c 352 appropriated funds for almshouses in Bridgewater, Monson, and Tewksbury, which opened in 1854. St 1855, c 366 provided for recording by the almshouse superintendent of birth and deaths and the making ...