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CHAPTER XXV.
ELEEMOSYNARY INSTITUTIONS.
MUSKINGUM COUNTY INFIRMARY—JOHN M'INTIRE'S WILL—LEGAL ACTION CONCERNING THE WILL OF JOHN M'INTIRE—THE MUSKINGUM COUNTY CHILDREN'S HOME—M'INTIRE CHILDREN'S HOME.
MUSKINGUM COUNTY INFIRMARY.—The first legal step taken to provide for the poor by the county, was an "Act to authorize the establishment of poor houses," passed February 26th, 1816—[Chase's Statutes, vol. I, p. 998.] Like all early efforts, this was subjected to alteration from time to time. March 23d, 1850, the name "Poor House" was changed to the "Infirmary," as less obnoxious in sound. The struggles incident to opening up a new country were not confined to individual welfare, but partook of a communistic nature ; were for mutual benefit, and it was therefore a practical and reasonable act to provide for whoever should be found in need, by a mutual effort, such as this. This was also esteemed a Christian duty. "The poor shall never cease out of the land ; therefore I command thee, saying, thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy in thy land."—Deut. xv. 2.
The present Infirmary farm contains two hundred acres. The following extracts from the Commissioners' Journal, exhibit the acquisition of this property.
June 30th, 1838.—This day the Commissioners. purchased, of Andrew R. Jackson, one hundred (100) acres of land in Falls township, Muskingum county, and being the east end of lot No. 2, Jackson's division, in Quarter township No. 4, in township No. 1, range No. 8, for the purpose of a County Poor Farm, and obligated themselves and their successors in office, in their corporate capacity, to pay said Jackson for the same, as follows : Two thousand dollars ($2,000) on the first day of October next, to be applied to the payment of a mortgage in the hands of A. Buckingham & Co., and the balance as may hereafter be agreed upon.
LYLE FULTON,
ISRAEL ROBINSON,
SAMUEL MCCANN,
County Commissioners.
July 3d, 1838, Andrew Jackson, having presented a deed executed by himself and wife to the Commissioners of Muskingum county, and their successors in office, and assigns forever, for one hundred (100) acres of land, heretofore purchased by the said Commissioners, for the accommodation of a poor house for said county. It is therefore ordered by the Commissioners, that the Auditor issue orders on the County Treasurer for three thousand dollars, ($3,000) the price agreed upon for said land, the orders to be for such amounts as the said Jackson may require ; the said sum to be paid on or before the first day of October next, and the said Jackson to allow interest on all payments made before that time.
ISRAEL ROBINSON,
SAMUEL MCCANN,
County Commissioners.
October 8th, 1863, the second one hundred acres of the poor farm, adjoining the first tract, was purchased of Augustus C. Springer, for seven thousand dollars ($7,000). The contract for building the first "Poor House," was let to David Maginnis, May 15th, 1839, for
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$7,409.57. This building was partly destroyed by fire in 1859, and rebuilt and enlarged in 1860, at a cost of $9,500.
THE NEW BUILDING.—The architect was W. C. Hazlett ; the contract was let May 15th, (the 1st Monday,) 188̊. The contractors for excavation, foundation and brick work, T. B. Townsend ; for cut stone, Eisle & Berkimer ; for iron beams, Mt. Vernon Bridge Co. ; carpenter work, galvanized iron work, slate and tile roofing, Wm. Hall ; painting, Henry Mechlin; plumb- ing, Rockel & Sons. The total contract price, $44,000 ; to be completed in May, 1881. The building will accommodate zoo inmates, and have extra rooms for the Superintendent.
The farm contains about thirty acres of wood land ; the remainder is all under cultivation. The premises have been in use since 1841. In tbat year the total expenditures amounted to $4,950.27.
The officers were :
Superintendent—Sanford Howard.
Directors—Isaac Dillon, D. Brush and I. Slaughter.
The number of inmates at the close of that year was twenty-five. In June, of the same year, John Burtch was appointed Superintendent, at a salary of three hundred dollars per annum, board and house room for himself and family.
In 1842, the products of the farm were : Wheat, 250 bushels ; oats, 170 bushels ; corn, 480 bushels ; potatoes, 400 bushels ; turnips, thirty bushels ; buck wheat, ten and a half bushels ; clover, twelve tons ; timothy, three tons ; pork, 2,212 pounds.
The number of inmates during this year was nineteen.
The Directors were : John Peters, John Roberts and Wm. Camp.
The Superintendent, in 1874, was John Christie, and he was succeeded, March 1, 1881, by L. R. C. Howard.
The institution is under good discipline. The following requirements are found in the code : Cleanliness and good behavior ; the inmates shall perform such labor as may be assigned them—if practicable, this shall be such as they have been accustomed to ; to exercise in the open air, as recreation, in places assigned by the Superintendent; men are to shave, or be shaved, twice a week. And all are required to attend Divine service whenever held in the house, except those having conscientious scruples opposed to this requirement, and they are required to re- main in their rooms during this time. .
Those conforming strictly to the rules of the institution, may, on application to the Superintendent, be permitted to visit their friends, and have their friends visit them, according to the discretion of the Superintendent—except on Sabbath.
9th.—No visitor shall be allowed to enter or go through the rooms of the house without first obtaining permission from the Superintendent or one of the Directors.
10th.—Each pauper shall have the full bene- fit of any lawful donation made him or her individually, provided such donation be made with the consent of one of the Directors or the Superintendent; and donations made for the benefit of the house, shall be faithfully divided among the poor, or applied to their additional comfort, at the discretion of the Directors.
Among the prohibitions are : "Lying, stealing, profanity, quarreling, fighting, card-playing, immoral books, obscene conversation, and the use of intoxicants." T"hey shall not sell nor barter their utensils, clothes or provisions, nor offer any fee or gratuity, whatsoever, to any per- sons belonging to the house, nor accept or receive any reward from any other person, for services rendered or to be rendered."
The inmates at the close of the year, 1880, numbered 159.
Products of the farm, 188o : Wheat, 1,085 bushels, of which 500 bushels were sold for $450., and the money paid into the County Treasury ; 550 bushels were exchanged for flour for the use of the institution ; corn, 1,100 bushels ; oats, 100 bushels; potatoes, 100 bushels ; hay, twenty-five tons ; all of which was consumed on the place.
Infirmary Directors : One Director is elected annually, [See Sec. 957, Revised Statutes,] and the term of office begins the first Monday in December. The present Board consists of Robert Slack, whose term of office expires in December, 1881 ; Geo. A. Gardner, whose term expires in December, 1882, and Addison Palmer, whose term expires in December, 1883.
The powers vested in the Board are defined in Sections 961-2, Revised Statutes, and by virtue of this authority, they have appointed the present Superintendent for one year from March 1, 1881, at a salary of six hundred dollars, and his wife as Matron, at a salary of one hundred dollars, beginning at the same date, and the following physicians to attend the poor entitled to gratuitous service : For the Infirmary, Dr’s. J. G. F. Holston and L. M. Reamv, at a .salary of two hundred dollars each. And for the wards of the city, as given, with salary affixed : 1st and 2d Wards, Dr. A. C. Oatley, $120.00 ; 3d Ward, Dr. Seth Allen, $6o.00 : 4th and 5th Wards, Dr. W. C. Lenhart, $100.00 ; 6th Ward, Dr. J. T. Davis, $6o.00 ; 7th Ward, Dr. W. E. Atwell, $50.00 ; 8th Ward, Dr. C. H. Evans, $70.00 ; 9th Ward, Dr. J. R. Larzelere, $5 .00. Total, $910.00.
The total amount expended for the benefit of the poor not in the Infirmary, for the year ending March 1st, 1881, has been $3,000.00. , The en- tire expenditures for the Infirmary, including salaries, and "the out poor," for the same time, amounted to $16,000.00.
Under the provisions found in Section 976, Revised Statutes, the Board has entered into arrangements for transferring the children at the Infirmary, and any hereafter received into that institution, to the " McIntire Children's Home," where they are to be cared for, as other children received into the Home, and at the same cost that said children would be to the county.
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JOHN M'INTIRE'S WILL.
The following is an extract from the Records of the Court of Common Pleas of Muskingum County :
August 4th, 1815.—At a called Court of Common Pleas, held at Zanesville, in Muskingum county, present, David Findley, Stephen C. Smith and Daniel Stillwell, associate Judges of said court, the last will and testament of John McIntire, deceased, was produced in open court, and proven on the oath of Samuel Culbertson and Job Stanbery, the subscribing witnesses. Daniel Conyers and Alexander Adair were sworn in open court as Executors, when the usual orders were made..
JOHN MCINTIRE'S WILL.-" I, John McIntire, who am a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the town of Zanesville, wishing to make a just disposition of all my estate, both real and personal, to take effect after my death, do make this instrument of writing, as, and for my last will and testament, hereby revoking and disannulling all former wills, by me heretofore made.
"In the first place, in lieu of my wife's full dower at law, I give devise and bequeath to her absolutely, the one half of all the personal property I may die possessed of, except my clock, which is not to be sold, but remain in my dwelling house so long as it will go. All my personal property is first to be valued by three men chosen by my executors, then my wife, Sally, is to make her choice of the one-half, or, should she not take the one-half, the residence is to be sold, and she is to get the money arising from the sale. I also give, devise and bequeath to her, during her life, my mansion house, barn, stable, and all my outhouses and improvements,. within the present enclosure, where ' I now live.
Secondly, so soon after my death as my executors, or a majority of them, may think proper, I order, direct, and empower them, to sell and convey in fee simple, in such parcels and in such manner, and on such terms as they think proper, all and every part of my real estate in the county of Muskingum, or elsewhere, except the real property which I own and which lays within the grant made by the United States to Ebenezer Zane, on the Muskingum River, which shall not be sold during the lifetime of my wife, and out of the sales and proceeds of the above lands, my executors are to pay off all my just debts as soon as possible, after which debts are paid, my executors are to pay to my wife, Sally, annually during her life, the one-half of the rents, interest, issues and profits of all my es- tate, both real and personal. The money aris- ing from the sales of my real estate after the ,payment of my debts, as aforesaid, is to be by my executors, vested in stock in the Zanesville Canal and Manufacturing Company, all excepting one hundred dollars, which I allow them to purchase a horse, saddle and bridle with, for John Chapman, who now lives with me, also another hundred dollars, which I allow to pur- chase a horse, saddle and bridle with, for Lucinda Green, who now lives with me. At the death of my wife, Sally, I allow my executors to sell and convey, in fee simple, in such a manner and on such terms as they think proper, all the rest, residue and remainder of my real estate then remaining unsold. The house and lot, as above bequeathed to my wife, with the clock aforesaid excepted, and the money arising from such sale or sales to be vested in the Zanesville Canal and Manufacturing Company stock, as my other money is ordered to be vested.
"Thirdly, I allow my executors, if they think it prudent and proper, to pay out of the afore said funds annually to Negro Mess, who has lived with me, and now lives with me, fifty dollars, during his lifetime.
"Fourthly, I give, devise and bequeath to my daughter, Amelia McIntire, otherwise called Amelia Messer, at the death of my wife, -my mansion house, with the premises before de- scribed, in fee simple, provided she leaves heirs of her body, or heir, with the clock aforesaid ; also I give, devise and bequeath to her and the heir or heirs of her body, and their heirs forever, all rents, issues, interest and profits, of all my Zanesville Canal and Manufacturing Company Stock, which are to be paid to her annually dur- ing her life, by the President and Directors of said company, on her own personal application, and not otherwise. She is not at liberty to sell, under the pain of forfeiture, any part of said stock, nor is the same ever to be liable for the payment of her debts which she may contract, or which her husband, sbould she .marry, may contract. Should she leave an heir, or heirs, of her body, then, at her death, the house aforesaid to be vested in them in fee simple, and all the stock aforesaid, to do with as they may think proper. But should my daughter, Amelia McIntire, otherwise called Amelia Messer, die with- out an heir or heirs of her body, then my house and lot, with the premises as before described, are to be held in fee simple by the company be- fore described, for the use and occupancy of the President of said company, with the clock aforesaid, he paying into the fund aforesaid, for the use hereafter described, a reasonable rent, to be fixed by the Directors, for the same ; and the President and Directors of said company are annually, forever, to appropriate all the profits, rents and issues of my stock, as aforesaid, and all my estate, of whatever kind the same may be, for the use and support of a Poor School, which they are to establish in the town of Zanesville, for the use of the poor cbildren in said town, the children who are to be the objects of this Institution to be fixed upon by the Presil dent and Directors of said company. This bequest to be absolutely void, in case my daughter Amelia, before described, should leave an heir, or heirs, of her body.
"Lastly, I nominate, constitute, and appoint my friends, Daniel Conyers, Alexander Adair, and Nathan C. Findley, all of Zanesville, the
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executors of this, my last will and testament, with full and absolute power, by me in them, or a majority of them vested, to carry this will, and every part thereof, into full effect, and I fully empower them or a majority of them, to sell and convey my real estate as aforesaid described, in fee simple, and as fully as I myself could, were I living ; and, in case any one of my executors, as aforesaid mentioned, should refuse to act agreeable to my request, as an executor of my estate, then, in that case, I authorize, and fully empower the other two executors to fix upon, and appoint some other person, who will act as an executor, and after he is sworn according to law, as an executor is sworn, I do absolutely, and fully, vest him with all the powers which any of my executors are vested with, and all his acts as an executor are to be as binding as those of his co-executors.
" In testimony that this instrument of writing is my last will and testament, I, John McIntire, who am now of sound mind and memory, have hereto set my hand and seal, this eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and fifteen, at Zanesville, Ohio.
" JOHN MCINTIRE, [Seal.]
" Signed, sealed, and pronounced by John McIntire, in our presence, as his last will and testament, who, in his presence, and at his request, sign our names, as witnesses to the same.
J. W. CULBERTSON, JOB STANLEY."
Nathan C. Findley declining to act as one of the executors of John McIntire, deceased, Ebenezer Granger was appointed in his stead. E. Granger died in 1822, leaving Daniel Convers and Alexander Adair, surviving executors.
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO—DECEMBER TERM, 1867—MCINTIRE'S
ADMINISTRATORS ET AL. VS. THE CITY OF ZANESVILLE—Petition for the construction of the last will and testament of John McIntire, deceased. Reserved from the District Court of Muskingum county. T. J. Taylor, Solicitor for Children's Home.
LEGAL ACTION CONCERNING THE WILL OF JOHN MCINTIRE.—The Administrators and the Zanesville Canal and Manufacturing Company vs. The City of Zanesville.—[Ohio Reports, Critchfield, p. 352, et seq.] By a provision in the will in question, " the President and Directors of said Zanesville Canal and Manufacturing Company, are annually, forever, to appropriate all profits, rents, and issues of my stock as aforesaid, and all my estate, of whatever kind the same may be, for the use and support of a Poor-School, which they are to establish in the town of Zanesville, for the use of the poor children in said town, the children who are to be the objects of this institution, to be fixed upon by the President and Directors of said company.
" At the date of the will, said Zanesville Canal and Manufacturing Company were unincorporated; but soon after the death of the testator, they were duly incorporated, and authorized to accept and execute the trust ; and their corporate existence has been made perpetual for that purpose, by subsequent act of the Legislature.
" Upon the happening of the contingencies upon which depended this devise, the Zanesville Canal and Manufacturing Company accepted the trust, erected a school building in the city of Zanesville, and supported therein a "poor school," until the year 1856, when, owing to the flourishing condition of the public schools of this city, and the repugnance of parents and children towards a distinctive "poor school," the said Zanesville Canal and Manufacturing Company placed the building under the control of the city Board of Education, which Board conducted schools therein in the same manner as if it were a ward school, the Zanesville Canal and Manufacturing Company paying the expenses of said school.
" In 1865, the said Zanesville Canal and Manufacturing Company assumed the expense of maintaining another of the ward schools of the city.
" Of this fund, a sufficient sum to pay the expenses of schools taught in the McIntire School Building, from 1856 to 1865, was paid to the School Board for that purpose, and the additional sum of $8,000 annually, up to the close of the year 1880, with additional contributions for clothing, etc., of from $500.00 to $800.00 annually.
" Since the death of the testator, several additions have been made to the town of Zanesville. Some of these additions are included in the present corporate limits of the city, and some are not. Of the latter description, is a village, on the west side of the Muskingum river, called 'West Zanesville," in which lots were laid out by the testator, and denominated by him on the plat as 'lots in Zanesville.' The incorporated town, in 1815, was situated entirely on the east side of the river.
" A part of the fund so donated is still uninvested, and stock in the Zanesville Canal and Manufacturing Company cannot now be purchased, and, if so purchased, would be of little or no value.
The present case is a petition filed by the Zanesville Canal and Manufacturing Company, and the administrators, with the will annexed of said estate, asking the Court for directions and advice as to the manner of investing the remaining part of the fund, as to the extent and limits of the 'town of Zanesville, within the meaning of said will, and as to the proper manner of executing the trust within those limits.
" The city of Zanesville answers, claiming that the present application of the fund, in aid of the free schools of the city, shall be continued.
" Since filing the petition, a voluntary association, denominated the 'Muskingum Children's Home Association,' has been made a party defendant, and filed an answer in the cause. The object of this association is to 'secure proper care, culture and homes, for children in the city and vicinity of Zanesville, who, by misfortune or vice, are left in destitute circumstances, without the comforts or culture of home, church, or school.' It is located at Zanesville, and has al-
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ready received from the trustees, some part of the McIntire fund, to aid it from time to time in its charitable enterprise ; and the association asks that the Trustees be advised or directed to appropriate at least part of the trust for that use.
DECREE.—"This cause came on to be -heard upon petition and amended petition of the plain- tiffs, the answers of the defendants, and the exhibits and testimony, and was argued by coun- sel; on the consideration whereof, the Court directs and advises that the uninvested part of the fund, referred to in the petition, be invested otherwise than in the stock of said Zanesville Canal and Manufacturing Company, in such way, and manner, as shall be most productive and safe. And the Court is of opinion, and so advises said Trustees, that it is the true meaning and intent of said will, that, in the selection of children to be the beneficiaries of said bounty, that they be not confined to the limits of the original town of Zanesville, or to the corporate limits of the borough or city of Zanesville, but may, and should, select them also from the said village of West Zanesville, or from any and all other additions to said town or city, which, in the common and popular sense, constitute parts thereof at the time of selection. And the Court further advises and directs the said Trustees to discontinue the present plan of applying a portion of the proceeds of said trust fund, in aid of the common schools of said city of Zanesville, being of opinion that any permanent appropria- tion of said funds, or any portion of them, in that way, would be a perversion of the same from the true objects and purposes of the dona- tion. And the Court, further proceeding to ad- vise said Trustees as to their duties in the prem- ises, is of opinion and declares, that the real and ultimate purpose of the donor was, to educate poor children, resident in Zanesville ; that, in carrying out that purpose, the powers of the Trustees are not confined to the mere establishment and maintenance of a free school, or insti- tution for the education of poor children.; but that they may, when found proper and necessary to the end proposed, also adopt other means for the education of such poor children, in connection with such school or institution, and, as incidental thereto, including, among such other means, that so far relieving the wants of such poor children as to make their education practicable, when that end cannot be otherwise attained, and the proceeds of said fund are sufficient for that purpose. But the Court further advises, that the Trustees maintain and use, at all times, some suitable edifice, or edificeS, for instruction, and that when they see proper to dispense any part of said funds through other associations or persons, they retain in their own hands a supervisory power over them, and the right, at all times, to control their action. And it is further ordered and adjudged by the Court, that all the costs herein be paid by said Trustees, out of the proceeds of said trust fund.
Day, C. J., and White, Brinkerhoff and Scott, J. J., concurred.
MCINTIRE CHILDREN'S HOME.—The inception of this institution dates back to a time in June, 1865, when Mrs. Van Buren, Mrs. James, Mrs. Captain Hazlett, Mrs. D. Brown, Mrs. Louisa Brooks, Mrs. General Leggett, and Mrs. Joseph Black, convened, in one of the small rooms of the Second street M. E. Church, at which meeting Mrs. Van Buren was chosen President, and Mrs. James, Secretary. The result of this meeting was, that it should be ascertained what money could be raised for the purpose of caring for destitute children, to accomplish which, committees were appointed to solicit funds in each ward.
On July 24, 1865, a second meeting was held, in the same place, and a committee was appointed to prepare a suitable Constitution and By-Laws. The meeting also decided to invite the co-operation of Rev. Mr. Platt, Henry Blandy, C. W. Potwin, John Taylor, Jr., Joseph Black, General Leggett, Rev. Levitt, Alexander Grant, and others. July 31, of the same year, they met and perfected an organization, and adopted rules to govern the Home. The name selected was significant of their intent, viz. : "The Musking- um County Children's Home." The officers elected were :
President—Henry Blandy.
Vice Presidents—Joseph Black and C. W. Potwin.
Treasurer—John Taylor.
Secretary--H. D. Willard.
Board of Control--Mrs. Van Buren, Mrs. Captain Hazlett, Mrs. Dr. Brown, Mrs. D. M. Leggett, Mrs. Benjamin Wheeler, Mrs. Brooks, and Mrs. Maginnis.
Matron—Miss Mary Flood.
The first "Home was opened in Mrs. Flood's brick dwelling, on Market street, east of Blocksom alley. In the spring following, these rooms were found insufficient for the accommodation of the children, and the Board of Contrôl contracted with Stephen Harper for his five-acre lot, situated on the old Wheeling road, one mile east of the Court House, opposite Harris's brick-yard, upon which was a one-story, frame house, containing four rooms, for which property, was paid two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
Rules Governing the Institution.-Parents or guardians, or, if none, the Trustees of townships, or Infirmary Directors, are required to sign a paper of indenture, giving the child to the Trustees of the Home, to be placed in their care and protection, to feed, clothe, school, and care for, as their own children ; the Home to provide suitable homes for the children, among good and respectable people.
Requirements from those who receive children from the Home :
Such persons are required to enter into bond to take care of the child, or children, as though their own. The child is required to be industrious and obedient, and, when of age, the adopting parents are required to furnish two suits of clothes, one of which is to be new.
The Trustees reserve the right to the child, so
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far as to see that the contract, on the part of those who adopt children, is complied with.
The importance of such an institution as the Children's Home having been demonstrated, as fulfilling the desires expressed in the will of John McIntire, who bequeathed his property for the benefit of poor children, the administrators of his estate generously came to the aid of the Board of Control, by paying the expenses, and affording such other assistance as was necessary to place the Home on a permanent basis.
September 4th, 1867, Mrs. Highfield resigned her Matronship, and Mrs. Ely (her daughter), was appointed to fill the vacancy, and Miss Kate Duross was appointed teacher.
In July, 1868, the McIntire trustees agreed to purchase and hold the mortgage debt of said Children's Home Association, and to contribute two thousand dollars a year to support the Home, the name being changed (May 16th, of the same year,) to McIntire Children's Home. After supporting the "Home" for eleven years, in the old frame building, in the fourth ward, the trustees became satisfied that a building ought to be constructed specially adapted for such purpose. The McIntire estate, having become the owner of "Woodside," a site containing some eigbt acres, and familiarly known as the homestead of Judge Richard Stillwell, and, subsequently, of Mr. Kaemmerer, the executors, by virtue of their official power, and in obedience to the intent of the testator, whose estate they control, set this tract apart for the "John McIntire Children's Home." Under legislative authority, the ground aforesaid was annexed to the city of Zanesville, and opened Kaemmerer avenue, which leads from the Home grounds to Adair avenue, thus bringing it into direct communication with the public highways of the city, while it is retired from the annoyances of a common public thoroughfare, and enjoys the delightful advantage of a suburban home, on a commanding eminence, amid the shade and beauty of luxuriant forest trees.
"And cloudless brightness opens wide and high,
A home aerial, where Thy presence dwells.
The chime of bells remote, the murmuring—
The song of birds is whispering, copse and wood,
The voice of children's thoughtless glee,
And maiden's song, are all one voice of good."
The executors made a contract with the County Commissioners, through a joint commission, consisting of Jeff. Van Home, on the part of the Commissioners, and C. C. Russell, M. M. Granger, and D. C. Converse, for McIntire Children's Home, as follows :
First—Said Association will build, during the year 1879, on lots 32, 33, 34, 35, 44, 45, and 46, Woodside (Kaemmerer's subdivision, recently annexed to Zanesville), a brick building, for said Home, suitable for the accommodation of one hundred children, and the necessary officerS and attendants of the Home, which building shall be the property of the McIntire estate, for the use of said Home.
Second—The Commissioners of Muskingum county, pursuant to act of February 11th, 1869 [Volume 66, Ohio Laws, page will aid said association in and about the erection of said building, pay to said association the sum of six thousand dollars, ($6,000.00), payable as follows, to wit : On or before the first day of May, A. D. 1879, the sum of two thousand dollars, ($2,000.00) ; on or before the first day of January, 1880, the sum of three thousand dollars, ($3,000.00) ; and the balance on or before the first day of July, 1880.
Third—Said association will receive into said Home, in the same manner as other children are, and have been, received, children within the ages fixed by the Statutes regulating the Children's Home, children from the County Infirmary, and keep, and maintain, and instruct them in like manner as they do unto and for other children admitted to said Home, and will maintain a school in said Home, as required by the State of Ohio touching said Home.
Fourth—Said County Commissioners will use all legal power of taxation that is, or may be, given them,, (By law), for the purpose of raising money to fulfill the following stipulations, and will pay it, from time to time, to said association, as raised, to wit : For salaries of Superintendent, Matron, and other necessary officers and attendants, not exceeding their pro rata share of said expenses, properly belonging to the children admitted from said Infirmary, not exceeding the sum of three thousand dollars, ($3 ,000.00), a year, for furnishing books, school apparatus,, etc., their proper cost for said children so received from said Infirmary Directors.
Approved by Commissioners Simms, Tanner, and Van Horne.—[Commissioner's journal, pages 405-6.
The new Home building was begun in June, 1879, and finished in August, 1880; the opening was celebrated, and it was dedicated by appropriate religious ceremonies, and a sense of relief came, lifting the shadows that over us roll.
The structure is one of the most beautiful in this vicinity ; the entire length is one hundred and twenty five feet, by ninety in width ; the basement is built of limestone, with range-work above the window sills. The east and west wings are two stories high ; the central portion is three stories high ; the roof is Mansard ; the walls are of brick, with handsome stone trimmings. In the architrave, over the main entrance, the name of the institution, "McIntire Children's Home," is cut in bold, stone lettering. The building fronts south, and the stone steps at the doorways are neat and remarkable for easy ascent and descent. The building contains thirty-five rooms. There are several avenues of escape in case of fire. The building is heated throughout by steam, from the boiler room, in the basement, and so perfect is the system that no accident can occur. The structure is to be lighted by gas, furnished from the pipes of the Zanesville Gas Light Company.
The laundry is located in the rear of the kitch-
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en, and is a substantial brick building, thirty-two feet square; and supplied with all the appliances necessary.
The school house, seventy-five yards east of the Home, is a handsome two-room edifice, with a capacity of one hundred children.
The Home farm comprises one hundred and four acres of land, and is in charge of two farm- ers, for whom neat tenement houses have been erected. Two new frame houses have been built, one for the janitor of the Home, the other for the overseer of the farm. They were constructed from the material of the large frame building which formerly occupied the site of the Home, built by the late Judge Stillwell. The barn and stables have been newly repaired and painted, new board fencing around the farm, picket fence around the Home building and grounds immediately attached, the lawn laid out in walks, and ornamented with evergreens, and, all in all, the new Home is a charming place.
Arrangements have been made with the Infirmary Directors, under authority vested in them, [see Section 976, Revised Statutes], to take into the Home the children that now are, or may here- after, come to the Infirmary, and care for them as other children.
The present officers are :
Trustees—Moses M. Granger, Daniel Applegate, D. C. Conyers, R. S. Granger, Edward J. Brush, Charles C. Goddard, Charles H. Abbott, John R. Stonesipher, Charles C. Hildreth, Alexander Grant, and George W. Thompson. The officers of this Board are : President—Alexander Grant.
Vice President—Charles C. Goddard. Secretary—George W. Thompson. Board of Managers— Mrs. Stanberry, Mrs. G. N. Guthrie, Mrs. Robert Fulton, Mrs. James R. Peabody, Mrs. Laura Taylor, Mrs. Alexander Sullivan, Mrs. Thomas Griffith, and Messrs. A. Grant, Charles C. Goddard, and George W. Thompson. Matron—Mrs. Ann W. Ely. Teacher—Miss Kate Duross.