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factory, an indenture, in duplicate, is signed by the contract- 

 ing partd'CS. The children must be well clothed and sent to 

 school for a certain number of months in the year. Pay- 

 ments of five dollars per year axe required until the child is 

 IG years old; fifteen dollars when the child shall have at- 

 tained the age of 16 and twenty dollars when the child is 18 

 years of age. This sum is payable tO' the child, by the cor- 

 poration, when the guardianship of the home ceases. iA. 

 written annual statement of the condition and welfare of the 



THE CHILDREN'S HOME 



child is also required, so that the children are never lost sight 

 of by the home during their years of minority." 



The three buildings in which the children had succes- 

 sively been housed had all been found comfortless and incon- 

 venient and at last, after much discussion as to a proper loca- 

 tion, a very fine lot and private residence on River Avenue, 

 Fort Rouge, was purchased in 1888. The house was almost 

 rebuilt and extensively added to and when it was opened to 

 receive the little ones there was a moi-tgage debt of $3,000 



