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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (ILLINOIS.) 



ILLINOIS, a Western State, admitted to the 

 Union Dec. 3, 1818; area, 56,650 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial cen- 

 sus, was 55,162 in 1820; 157,445 in 1830; 476,183 

 in 1840; 851,470 in 1850; 1,711,951 in 1860; 2,539,- 

 891 in 1870; 3,077,871 in 1880; 3,826,351 in 1890; 

 and 4,821,550 in 1900. Capital, Springfield. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Richard 

 Yates; Lieutenant-Governor, William A. North- 

 cott; Secretary of State, James A. Rose; Auditor, 

 James S. McCullough; Treasurer, M. O. William- 

 son; Attorney-General, H. J. Hamlin; Superin- 

 tendent of Public Instruction, Alfred Bayliss; 

 Adjutant-General, Gen. J. M. Reece; Superintend- 

 ent of Insurance, Henry Yates; Justices of the 

 Supreme Court, Carroll C. Boggs, James B. Ricks, 

 Jacob C. Wilkins, Joseph N. Carter, John P. 

 Hand, James H. Cartwright, Benjamin D. Ma- 

 gruder. 



The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary 

 of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, and Attor- 

 ney-General are elected in November of presiden- 

 tial years and hold office four years. The State 

 Treasurer is elected biennially, in November of 

 even-numbered years, and may not serve two 

 terms in succession. The State Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction is elected for four years in 

 November of even-numbered years other than 

 " presidential years." The Legislature meets bi- 

 ennially in January of odd-numbered years. 

 The length of the session is unlimited. 



Valuations. The total assessment of the 

 counties for 1901, as given by the Auditor, was 

 $891,256,228, against $779,512,078 for 1900. The 

 Board of Equalization had not completed its re- 

 port at the end of the year. The delay was 

 caused by a suit for mandamus to compel the 

 board to assess the capital stock and franchise 

 values of 23 Cook County corporations. The 

 board added $172,000,000 to the valuations of 

 1900, and in round numbers $86,000,000 to the 

 assessments for 1901. 



Banks. The following figures were given in 

 the report of the State Auditor as to the condi- 

 tion of 151 State banks that were doing business 

 for the twelve months ending June 30, 1901: 

 Capital, July 1, 1900, $18,237,000; surplus, $7,142,- 

 301; undivided profits, $5,434,020; total invest- 

 ments, consisting of loans, bonds, stocks, and 

 realty, $160,755,094; total investments, consist- 

 ing of part of reserve due from banks, $39,464,- 

 173; gross earnings for the twelve months, $9,976,- 

 210; net earnings for twelve months, $2,895,611. 

 Of the above 151 banks, 134 report dividends 

 having been paid during the twelve months 

 amounting to $1,712,169.43. The percentage of 

 dividend per capital, surplus, and undivided profits 

 was 5.7, and the percentage of dividend per capita 

 was 9.8. 



In October, 1901, the Auditor's statement 

 showed the total resources and liabilities of the 

 167 State banks as $262,421,036. This report in- 

 cluded the following items: Resources loans and 

 discounts, $143,058,409; United States bonds, in- 

 cluding premiums, $323,424; other bonds, includ- 

 ing premiums, $40,995,820; other real estate, 

 $1,421,472; gold coin, $6,885,191; gold certificates, 

 $10,362,272; silver coin, $347.309; silver certifi- 

 cates, $1,385,905; national bank currency, $6,366,- 

 865; legal-tender and Treasury notes, $2,581,905. 

 Liabilities capital stock, $20,900,000; surplus 

 fund, $9,768,233. 



Charities. The report of the State charitable 

 institutions for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1901, 

 .shows the following figures: The number of in- 

 mates present Sept. 30 was 10,445. The average 



number during the quarter was 9,712. The per 

 capita cost of maintenance was $40.52. Deduct- 

 ing outside receipts, the cost to the State was. 

 $36.20. A comparison of the liabilities and avail- 

 able resources of the institutions shows that the 

 surplus for all, Sept. 30, was $137,219.74. 



The number of inmates present in the Northern 

 Insane Hospital at the end of the quarter was 

 1,158, of whom 523 were males and 685 females. 

 The other 4 asylums for the insane report as fol- 

 low: Eastern, Kankakee, 1,112 males, 1,029 fe- 

 males; Central, Jacksonville, 640 males, 623 fe- 

 males; Southern, Anna, 567 males, 503 females; 

 Western, Watertown, 335 males, 300 females. 



The Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, at 

 Quincy, had enrolled 1,563 inmates. The average 

 cost of maintenance for the quarter was $29.91. 

 The total cost to the State was $42,034. Surplus 

 of cash on hand and cash due, $26,371. 



The Illinois Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children, 

 at Lincoln, had 987 inmates 533 males and 454 

 females. The average daily attendance for the 

 quarter was 957. The average per capita cost of 

 maintenance was $36.93. The total cost to the 

 State for the quarter was $31,850.63 for ordinary 

 expenses, $13,388 for special expenses. The ac- 

 counts show a surplus of $18,062. 



The Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, at 

 Jacksonville, had present Sept. 30, 1901, 527 in- 

 mates 310 males and 217 females. The actual 

 cost of maintenance for this period was $16,626, 

 or $31.85 per capita. 



The Soldiers' Widows' Home, at Wilmington, 

 provided for 48 inmates during the quarter, at a 

 cost to the State of $2,223, or an average of 

 $51.28. 



The Soldiers' Orphans' Home, at Normal } had 

 217 males and 172 females. 



Education. The public-school statistics for 

 the year ending June 30, 1901, reported by Alfred 

 Bayliss, Superintendent of Public Instruction, 

 give these items: Number of children between the 

 ages of six and twenty-one males, 808,330; fe- 

 males, 787,515; total, 1,595,845. This number is 

 somewhat too small from the fact that the school 

 census has not been taken in Chicago since the 

 spring of 1900. Number of pupils enrolled in 

 schools males, 485,350; females, 478,284; total, 

 963,634, an increase of 4,723 during the year. 

 Average daily attendance, 756,558, an increase of 

 18,802. Average number of days the public schools 

 were kept, 159.6. Number of buildings used for 

 schoolhouses, 12,852. Number of schoolhouses 

 built during the year> 176. Number of pupils en- 

 rolled in public high schools, 40,639, an increase 

 of 1,881. Number of pupils enrolled in private 

 and parochial schools, 142,076, a decrease of 420. 

 Number of different teachers employed in public 

 schools men, 6,897; women, 19,632; total, 26,- 

 529, an increase of 216. Average monthly sal- 

 aries of teachers, $55.22 men, $61,69; women, 

 $53.51. The total expenditures were $19,601,994.- 

 69, an increase of $1,274,873.57. 



Insurance. The statement of the Insurance 

 Superintendent for 1900, issued in February, 1901, 

 contains the following figures: The companies 

 doing a general fire, marine, and inland naviga- 

 tion insurance business in this State may be 

 classified as follows: Illinois joint-stock fire and 

 marine companies, 6; mutual fire and insurance 

 companies, 9; joint-stock fire and marine com- 

 panies of other States, 121 ; foreign fire and 

 marine companies, 50'; mutual fire insurance com- 

 panies of other States, 12; total, 198. This shows 

 a net loss of 5 companies as compared with the 

 number authorized to transact business in this 

 State at the date of the last report. 



