Poormaster
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title:
Poormaster
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Poormaster is the name of a now obsolete job position similar to that of Paymaster. Most of the states in the early United States had their own poormaster. The duties of a poormaster were to validate those who applied for relief and issue funds. The job was often a political sinecure before the 1930s. However the job was not without its risks. Those rejected often held grudges, and poormasters were sometimes guarded by police officers during the Great Depression. Harry L Barck was one such. He h
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American job position
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poormaster
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2021-12-15T18:37:50Z
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