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MICHIGAN. 



obligation. The payment of the Mexican creditors of 

 the United States is being made with all regularity by 

 the Treasury of Mexico, in conformity with the stipu- 

 lations of the convention of the 4th of July, 1868. 

 The Executive has submitted the question of the na- 

 tional debt to the study of a special committee. Two 

 nautical schools have been established, one in Cam- 

 peachy andone in Mazatlan, both for commercial pilots. 

 Both the national arms factory and the ordnance de- 

 partment have been supplied with machinery and ap- 

 paratus for increasing their production and hastening 

 the completion of their different works. _ A practical 

 medical military school has been established in the 

 hospital of instruction, and professors appointed. The 

 Executive appointed a special committee to study re- 

 forms of the general ordnance of the army. This 

 committee, fulfilling the trust placed in it, has termi- 

 nated its interesting work, which will be submitted 

 to the deliberation of Congress. As a rule, peace has 

 been preserved throughout the republic. The events 

 which took place in Lower California, Sonora, and 

 Sinaloa have not been of serious consequences. 



MICHIGAN". The financial condition of the 

 State, as shown by the annual report of the 

 State Treasurer, is as follows : 



Cash balance September 30, 1879 $606,267 63 



Eeceipts for the year 2,793,321 90 



Total resources $3,399,539 43 



Payments during the year 1 ,820,946 42 



Cash balance September 30, 1880 $1,578,643 01 



There were demands against this balance, 

 maturing on or before December 31, 1880, of 

 $260,820.12. 



The indebtedness to trust funds at the close 

 of the fiscal year, September 30th, was : 



To the sinking fund $908,895 27 



" " Canal fund 48,66475 



" " primary-school interest fund. . . 94,331 33 



Total $1,051,891 35 



Adding the latter amount to the maturing in- 

 debtedness stated above, and the total demands 

 against the Treasury aggregated $1,312,711.47, 

 leaving a net cash surplus of $265,931.54. 



The trust debt of the State, the principal of 

 which never matures and can not be paid, is 

 as follows : 



To primary-school fund $2,554,590 96 



" 5 per cent, primary- school fund. . . . 326,350 95 



" University fund 465,788 46 



" Agricultural College fund 153,137 70 



" Normal School fund 56.635 32 



" Railroad and other deposits 8,052 63 



Total 13,564,556 02 



On this debt the State pays seven per cent, 

 interest, except on the Normal School fund, 

 which draws six per cent. The interest paid to 

 these several funds during the year was: 



To primary- school fund $190,876 86 



" Agricultural College fund 10,240 28 



" University fund 32,393 51 



" Normal School fund 3,378 72 



Total . . 



During the year the State received as inter- 

 est on surplus funds, $32,763.05 ; on specific 

 taxes overdue, $6,640.54; on United States 

 bonds, $13,500 total, $52,903.59 ; and paid a 

 total interest on its bonded debt of $55.770. 

 Of the bonded debt of the State, $15,149.97 is 

 overdue, draws no interest, and has a reserve 



for its payment. The debt to become due is 

 $890,000. The sinking fund, applicable to its 

 payment, amounts to $1,208,895.27, leaving a 

 surplus of $318,895.27. By a decision of the 

 Supreme Court, made since the date of the 

 Treasurer's report, the constitutional provision 

 setting apart the specific taxes for the payment 1 

 of the bonded debt of the State, is held com- 

 plied with by holding a sufficient reserve for 

 that purpose ; and the surplus on hand, with 

 the future proceeds from specific taxes, is or- 

 dered turned over to the primary-school fund. 

 The State taxes for the fiscal year, as appor- 

 tioned to the several counties by the Auditor- 

 General, October 6, 1880, were: 



For general purposes $518,000 00 



" the university 64,25000 



State Normal School 



Agricultural College 



State Public School 



Institution for Deaf, Dumb, and Blind. . . 



State Reform School 



Michigan Reform School for Girls 



School for Blind 



Military purposes 



Fish Commission 



Improving Capitol grounds 



17,800 00 

 12,040 12 

 43,950 00 

 40,100 00 

 85,500 00 

 10,000 00 

 10,000 00 

 46,691 00 

 5,000 00 

 1,500 00 



Total current taxes $804,881 21 



Add indebtedness of counties to State 262,822 14 



Total apportionment $1,067,153 85 



The State taxes are apportioned on an ag- 

 gregate property valuation, real and personal, 

 of $630,000, 000. 



The annual report of the Commissioner of 

 the State Land-Office shows: 



Acres held by State, September 30, 1879 2,801,659 41 



Patented to State by United States during year 1,519 95 

 Forfeited to State during year 10,581-50 



Total.... . 2,818,760-86 

 Sold during year 94,040'05 



Held by State, September 80, 1880 2,719,720 81 



Of these lands, 2,136,727*58 acres are swamp- 

 lands, 426,860-39 acres primary-school lands, 

 151,345-45 Agricultural College lands, 2,195-63 

 acres salt-spring lands, 1,760 Asylum lands, 

 454-50 asset lands, and 377'26 acres university 

 lands. Of the whole amount, 1, 739,427*83 

 acres are reserved from sale, for homesteads, 

 on drainage contracts, and for railroads, leav- 

 ing 980,292-98 acres subject to sale, September 

 30, 1880. The receipts for lands sold during 

 the year, and for interest, penalties, trespasses, 

 fees, etc., were $287,919.93. The sales for the 

 year have been mainly to actual settlers. 



The workings of the liquor-tax law for 1879 

 (reports for 1880 not yet made) show: 



Number of dealers paying taxes 4,296 



Amount of taxes collected $393,819 04 



Taxes uncollected 41,129 61 



Three fifths of the uncollected tax are charge- 

 able to the county of Wayne, in which the city 

 of Detroit is located. The saloons or dealers 

 also increased in Wayne County 137, the total in- 

 crease in the State, Wayne excluded, being only 

 93. During the year 1880 a concerted effort 

 was made to array the temperance sentiment of 

 the State against the tax law, against any regu- 

 lating or restraining legislation, and in favor 



