FINANCES For the Fiscal Year ending November 15th, 1852. The total amount of receipts for the year ending Nov. 15th, 1852, was Total, Total disbursements for all purposes during the year, Balance in Treasury, Nov. 15th, 1851, $3,016,403.23 312,699.26 $3,329,102.49 2,736,060.71 $593,041.78 The constitution provides that "the State shall never contract any debt for purposes of internal improvement. It may contract debts to meet casual deficits in the revenue, or expenses not otherwise provided for, but the aggregate of such debts shall never exceed $750,000. It may further contract debts to repel invasion, &c., or redeem the present outstanding debt, but the money arising therefrom shall be applied to the purposes for which it was raised, and to none other. The credit of the State shall not be lent to any individual or corporation, nor shall the State become a stockholder in any association, or assume any debt, except such as may have been incurred in repelling invasion, suppressing insurrection, or defending the State in war. The Secretary of State, Auditor, and Attorney-General shall be the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, which shall consist of the net annual income of the public works and stocks, and of such funds raised by taxation or otherwise as may be provided by law, which shall be made sufficient to pay the accruing interest on the public debt, and annually not less than $ 100,000. A Board of Public Works, to consist of three members, shall be elected, and so classified, that one member shall be elected annually, and for three years." Total State debt and annual interest, Nov. 15th, 1852, $ 17,359,701.10 Interest. $ 58,750.00 837,707.53 23,038.57 110,335.95 $1,029,832.05 The irreducible stock funds, upon which the State pays six per cent. interest to the townships and districts from which the funds were received, form a part of the State debt which is not to be repaid. In addition to the public works, the State owns $3,038,848.21 of turnpike, railway, and canal stock. The amount collected on the canals for the year 1851 was $856,352.00. The total value of taxable property, real and personal, in the State, for the year 1852, was $ 507,581,910, upon which the State tax was $1,776,536.68. Taxes collected by Co. Treas., $1,608,964.40 Principal of surplus revenue, Chief Sources of Income. $279,274.96 59,630.71 Interest on surplus revenue, 43,311.83 Tax on foreign insurance companies, 2,208.86 Canal lands sold, 32,496.72 38,279.48 "special school and trust funds, 104,721.62 Repairs on National Road, The number and value of the domestic animals in the State, by the assessors' returns for 1852, were as follows: - Number of horses, 402,695,- value, $ 16,863,796; number of mules, 2,292, value, $ 125,925; number of cattle, 1,136,700, — value, $10,097,858; number of sheep, 3,050,796, - value, $3,581,385; number of hogs, 1,299,746,- value, $3,090,833. Total value of domestic animals, $ 33,759,797. The whole value of personal property, inclusive of the above, upon the duplicates, was $152,644,763. Common Schools. The constitution provides that "there shall be a thorough and efficient system of common schools established throughout the State," and that "the principal of all funds granted or intrusted to the State for educational purposes shall for ever be preserved inviolate and undiminished, and the income therefrom shall be faithfully applied to the specific objects of the original grants or appropriations." The school fund consists, (1.) of certain trust funds, the proceeds of lands originally given to certain districts of territory in the State, upon which the State pays the interest annually to the several counties in the proper district, according to the number of youth therein; (2.) of the State Common School Fund, which by the act of March 24, 1851, § 30, is made to consist of "the interest of the purchase money of the Salt Lands; the balance of the Surplus Revenue Fund; the interest of the Surplus Revenue Fund paid by the counties; receipts from peddlers' licenses, from auction duties, from taxes upon lawyers and physicians, and upon banks and insurance and bridge companies; and of such taxes, to be levied by the General Assembly, as shall be sufficient, with the above revenues, to produce, for annual distribution, the sum of $300,000" The amount of the Common School Fund for distribution for the year ending November 15, 1852, was $200,000; of this amount there were paid to counties $ 199,998. From the special school and trust funds there were paid $109,474.92, making the whole amount paid by the State for schools, during the year, $309,472.92. Statistics of Common Schools for 1852. — Number of townships in the State, 1,316; number reported, 1,121. Number of whole districts in the State reported, 8,597; of fractional districts, 1,285; of common schools in the State, 9,916; of male teachers, 7,272; of female, 5,292; of enrolled scholars, males, 240,152, females, 197,560; average daily attendance of scholars, males, 144,982, females, 121,285. Wages paid teachers from public funds, males, $181,379.73; females, $150,316.29. Paid teachers from all other sources, males, $ 417,807.62; females, $22,642.05. Months that schools were taught, males, 11,808; females, 13,954. 171 school houses were built during the year at a cost of $61,837 41. Amount of building funds raised, $ 58,299.11; amount of tax on duplicates, $309,738.76;* received by reporting counties from State fund, $94,748.52; received from all sources, $126,677.17. Ohio Lunatic Asylum, Columbus. — E. Kendrick, Superintendent. Number in the Asylum, November 15, 1851, 301, 150 males and 151 females; received during the year, 275, 149 males and 126 females. Whole number treated, 576; 299 males, 277 females. Dis. charged during the year, 316, 169 males and 147 females. Of these, 141, 70 males and 71 females, were recovered; 58, 27 males and 31 females, were improved; 59, 35 males and 24 females, were unimproved; and 58, 37 males and 21 females, died. The actual expenses of the institution for the year were $ 34,296.40. Ohio Penitentiary, Columbus. Asa G. Dimmock, Warden. The number of prisoners, November 30, 1851, was 469. Number admitted during the year, 241. Whole number during the year, 710. Of these there have been discharged by expiration of sentence, by pardon, by death, by writ of error, and by escapes, 202. Number in confinement, November 30, 1852, 508. Of these, 370 were committed for offences against property, in cluding burglary, larceny, counterfeiting, horse stealing, &c., 13 for arson, 15 for forgery, and 110 for offences against life or the person. The receipts of the prison for the year were $45,898.93. Expenses, $43,095.24. Balance in favor of the prison, $2,803.69. There is a library connected with the prison, for the use of the convicts, of nearly 8,000 volumes. The institution has, since 1835, supported itself, defrayed the expenses of its buildings, and paid to the State in labor and cash the sum of $142,118.56. Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Columbus. Collins Stone, Superintendent. The Asylum has been in actual operation 23 years, during which time there have been 525 pupils. The number present, December 6, 1852, was 129, 65 males and 64 females. The expenses of the year were $ 15,461.84. Terms of admission $100 for session of ten months, payable quarterly in advance, which covers all expenses but clothing, travelling, and physicians' bills in cases of sickness. Session commences first Wednesday in October, and ends last Wednesday in July. During vacation, board at the Asylum is $ 1.25 per week. Institution for the Blind, Columbus. - Rufus E. Harte, Superintendent. The number, including graduates and assistants, in this institution, was, December 25, 1852, 68, 36 males and 32 females. During the year ending December 31, 1852, there were 72 pupils in the institution, 39 males and 33 females. The expenditures for the year were $11,981. Applicants for admission must be between the ages of 6 and 21. If able to pay, the charges are $100 for the 10 months' session, exclusive of clothing and travelling expenses. The session is from October 1 to August 1. Statistics of Crime. From the report of the Attorney-General it appears that during the year 1851 there were 1,336 prosecutions, 1,014 convictions, and 154 acquittals. The punishments were:- - Penitentiary, for 10 years and over, 1; under 10 years, 58; County Jail, 85. The amount of fines was $9,202.58; of costs, $14,518.17; of collectable costs, $4,653.25; of bonds forfeited, $4,350. The number of crimes committed under the influence of spirituous liquors was 166. ANDREW PARSONS,* XXV. MICHIGAN. Government for the Year 1854. of Shiawassee, Lieut. and Acting Governor Salary. (term of office expires 1st Monday of January, 1855), William Graves, John Swegles, B. C. Whittemore, $1,000 Secretary of State, Fees and 800 Attorney-General, of Niles, of Hillsdale, of Detroit, State Treasurer, 1,000 of Detroit, 800 The seat of government is located permanently at Lansing, Ingham County, to which place the public offices were removed in December, 1847. *Governor McClelland, having been appointed Secretary of the Interior, resigned his office, and Lieutenant-Governor Parsons assumed the duties of the office of Governor. The funded and fundable debt of the State, November 30, 1852, was $2,307,850.19; annual interest about $150,000. Some of the debt bears interest at 7 per cent., but most of it is at 6 per cent. There is, besides, the sum of $ 309,131.59 due the Trust Fund of the State. The resources and property of the State, other than State buildings, are stated at nearly $630,000. Common Schools in 1850. - Number of districts, 3,097; number reporting, 2,525. Number of children between 4 and 18 attending school during the year, 132,234. Number drawing public money, 125,866. Number of scholars under 4 years of age, 2,056; over 18, 8,346. 4,065 scholars have attended unincorporated, private, or select schools. Amount of school money apportioned, $42,794.44; raised by tax, $81,392.44. Raised for purchasing, building, &c. school-houses, $46,797.01. Received from local funds, $ 5,389.59. Volumes in township libraries, 84,823. Mill tax for township libraries and support of schools, $ 17,957.30. A State Normal School has been established at Ypsilanti, with an endowment of school lands. It is under the control of a Board of Education of six persons, appointed by the Legislature. It went into operation in April, 1853. Asylum for the Insane, and for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind. - By act of the Legislature of 1848, the Michigan Asylum for educating the Deaf, the Dumb, and the Blind was established at Kalamazoo, and by the same Legislature, the Michigan Asylum for the Insane was established at Flint. Both institutions are endowed with lands, and are under the con trol of a board of five trustees, elected by the Legislature. State Prison, Jackson. - Peter Dox, Agent. Number of convicts in prison, 30th November, 1849, 109; received during the year, 50; discharged during the year by expiration of sentence, 21; by pardon, 2; by escape, 2; by death, 2; by order of Supreme Court, 1; in all, 28; leaving in prison, 30th November, 1850, 131, of whom 115 were white and 16 colored. Of the 50 received during the year, 25 were committed for larceny, 3 for burglary, 5 for burglary and larceny. The income of the prison during the year was $10,700.58; the expenditures were $ 16,736.14; deficiency supplied by the State, $6,000. The average number of convicts was 119; the average value of their labor per day was 33.27 cents for each convict. The number of days lost by sickness, old age, and bad weather was 3,578; by solitary confinement, 641. Of the 131 in prison, 5 were educated at college, I at a medical school, 8 in academies, and 91 in common schools; 94 can read and write, 34 can read only, and 3 cannot read; 19 learned to read in prison. 86 were American-born, and 45 were foreigners. Pauperism in 1850. Number of persons relieved or supported, 1,564, at a total expense of $24,575.38. The actual value of the labor of the poor was $381.50. Crime in 1850.- Number of cases prosecuted by indictment, 306; prosecuted otherwise, 223. Of the offences, 112 were assault and battery; 125 larceny; 10 assault with intent to kill; 13 false pretences; 12 burglary and larceny ; 24 perjury; 12 passing counterfeit money; 26 violation of license laws. *The Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, and Auditor are required to reside at Indianapolis during their term of office. Lieut.-Governor and Presi dent of the Senate, $3 a day. Secretary of State, 800 Treasurer of State, 1,000 Auditor of Public Accounts, 1,000 of Indianapolis, John M. Lord, of Indianapolis, Quartermaster-General, Steph. D. Tomlinson, of Indianapolis, Adjutant-General, of Indianapolis, State Printer, Austin H. Brown, David W. Miller, of Jeffersonville, Warden of State Prison, Samuel H. Patterson, of Jeffersonville, Lessee of State Prison, Francis King, $2,500 100 100 Profits. $600 Profits. $500 Private Secretary to Governor, 350 The salary of each of these judges is $1,000. Heretofore the number of circuits has been thirteen, but the last Legislature reduced the number to eleven, by distributing the counties. The Legislature also established a Court of Common Pleas. It divided the State by counties into 44 districts, each of which elects a judge to serve for four years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. Their salaries vary, according to the population of their district, from $300 to $800 per annum. Four terms a year are held in each district, on the first Monday of January, April, July, and October; but if the Circuit Court of any county is in session, then the Common Pleas shall be held on the Monday succeeding the Circuit term. This * The State Agent of Indiana has an office in the city of New York. |