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receipts from the banker, one of which he kept for his 

 own justification, and the other he transmitted to the 

 committee with his report of the collection, which he was 

 directed to send in as soon as the collection was made. 



As there were some persons who, from modesty or 

 other motives, did not choose to have it known publicly 

 how much they gave in alms to the poor, and on that 

 account were not willing to have put down to their 

 names upon the list of the subscribers the whole sum 

 they were desirous of appropriating to that purpose, 

 to accommodate matters to the peculiar delicacy of 

 their feelings, the following arrangement was made 

 and carried into execution with great success. 



Those who were desirous of contributing privately 

 to the relief of the poor were notified, by an advertise- 

 ment published in the newspapers, that they might 

 send to the banker of the institution any sums for that 

 purpose they might think proper, under any feigned 

 name, or under any motto or other device ; and that 

 not only a receipt would be given to the bearer for 

 the amount without any questions being asked him, 

 but, for greater security, a public acknowledgment of 

 the receipt of the sum would be published by the 

 banker, with a mention of the feigned name or device 

 under which it came in the next Munich Gazette. 



To accommodate those who might be disposed to 

 give trifling sums occasionally for the relief of the poor, 

 and who did not choose to go or to send to the 

 banker, fixed poor-boxes were placed in all the churches, 

 and most of the inns, coffee-houses, and other places 

 of public resort ; but nobody was ever called upon to 

 put any thing into these boxes, nor was any poor's-box 

 carried round, or any private collection or alms-gather- 



