The county appropriation to the poor fund was $2,000.

The evidence

• “The building is now very convenient and safe, and there were 'thirteen occupants on the 31st day of December, 1878. The general appropriation by the county to the poor fund was, in 1855, $2,000 ; in 1856, $2,500 ; in 1857, $2,500 ; in 1858,”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/11-rock-county-ch05-press-institutions-tragedy.md, PDF p. 408 / book p. 412

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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