INDIANA. 



403 



f|r r*r ernt. tock bfJd by BUM 



Kund Board $764,4300 



.Alii* XuuU 



00 



Total ouUUnding dobt $7,007,091 00 



.nt the State holds etooks 

 .moil scboul mod as fol- 

 Ux.: 



r cent stocks held by the 

 .* Kund Commissioners. . . $746,080 67 

 TV, . ,i . . .. rp r '.. rtMki H--M 

 . 



. i nt War Lou Bonds beld 

 i .1 



- ... B89.00000 



$1,610,478 95 



Tttel debt, exclusive of the amount held by 

 tto State... $5,896,01298 



The auditor estimates that the State Debt 



:,j? Fund tax for 1866 will, on July 1, 

 furnish $900,000, and that enough can 



awn from the general fund in the treasury 

 at that time, and added to this amount, to re- 



. all the outstanding two and a half per 



.s, amounting to $1,191,091.65, which 



outstanding in the hands of creditors 



$4,205,521.33. The assets of tho Sinking Fund, 



nidi-pendent of State stocks and bonds, which 



,\- are to be applied to the payment of the 



debt, arc estimated at $1,000,000, half of 

 which amount con be made available by July 

 1, 1870. This, if properly applied, would leave 



alonce of tho debt to be provided for and 



nation. $3,705,521, which, it is esti- 



i>.\ the auditor will bo fully accomplished 



.nt rate of taxation for that purpose 



by July 1, 1870. 



In the above estimate of indebtness no men- 

 tion is made of the internal improvement bonds, 

 amounting to $353,000. They form a part of 

 the old State debt, upon which a compromise 

 was made in 1846, and were originally, and in 

 some cases are still held by persons who failed 

 or refused to enter into the compromise. For 

 more than twenty-five years, no interest has 

 been paid upon them. " The attitude of tho 

 State in regard to them," says Governor Mor- 

 ton in his message to the Legislature, "is not 

 i tvditable and ought to be changed. Year by 

 year the State, by her accounting officers, pub- 

 nahea and confesses to the world that they 

 are a part of her indebtnese, but pays no in- 

 terest on them, which has now accumulated 

 to more than half a million of dollars, and 



s no offer to pay the principal, although 

 it h.is long been due. ***** 

 If the State believes that she is not bound to pay 



. and does not intend to do so, she should 

 through the Legislature promptly declare that 

 fact to the world, and have them stricken from 

 the books of the auditor. If, on the other hand, 

 she holds herself bound to pay the whole or any 

 part, she cannot honorably longer delay to take 

 action for that purpose, as her ability to pay 

 rannot be denied." 



The result of the enumeration ordered by the 

 Legislature of 18C5 showed that in 1866 tho 



559,778 



UN 



890,714 



12,093 



6,810 



4,163 



$1.020,440 



State bad a population 840,240 white male* 

 over tho age of twenty -one, which number mul- 

 tiplied by the ratio usually adopted, would giro 

 a population of over 1,700,000. This indicates 

 a ^ain of moro than 850,000 over the popula- 

 tion as returned by the United States census of 

 1860, and a probable population of 2,000,000 in 

 1870. Upon this enumeration is to be based 

 the apportionment of numbers of the State Le- 

 fri>!ature. 



The school fund of Indiana is estimated at 

 $7,611,387.44, and the revenue for school pur- 

 poses derived from this and other sources in 

 1866 amounted to $1,330,863.79. The follow- 

 ing table exhibits the principal facts relating to 

 the condition and progress of the public schools 

 of the State for the year ending August 1, 

 1866: 



Whole number of children between 6 and 21 years 

 of age 



Number of school districts 



Pupils attending primary schools 



Pupils attending nigh schools 



K umber of male teachers employed 



44 of female a '' 



Expended for tuition 



Total value of school property 



Total number of school-bouses reported 8,281 



Volumes in township libraries 265,883 



Number of private schools taneht within the year, 2,026 



Number of pupils attending private schools within 

 the year 49,882 



The normal school, authorized by the Legis- 

 lature of 1865, has been established in the town 

 of Terre Haute, which offered the institution 

 $50,000 in money, and a suitable building -site. 

 The plan of the trustees contemplates a model 

 primary training-school, a model high-school, 

 and a normal school proper. 



The benevolent institutions of the State, com- 

 prising asylums for the blind, deaf and dumb, 

 and insane, were reported at the close of the 

 year to be in a satisfactory condition. In 1865 

 an act was passed authorizing the enlargement 

 of the insane asylum for the reception and core 

 of the "incurable insane," who have heretofore 

 been supported by their friends or in the county 

 poor-houses. The construction of the buildings 

 has been commenced, but further appropriations 

 will be required for their completion. The 

 State has as yet taken no steps to provide a 

 hospital or other retreat for her volunteer sol- 

 diers disabled by wounds or disease contracted 

 in the national service, many of whom are 

 without home or friends. A property in Rush 

 County, known as "Knightstown Springs," has 

 however been purchased by private subscrip- 

 tions, and devoted to this purpose. It consists 

 of a farm of 54 acres, having buildings of a 

 capacity to accommodate 100 patients. Up to 

 November 80, 1866, 224 men had been ad- 

 mitted into this institution, of whom 184 have 

 been discharged, 14 have died, and 76 remained. 

 The two penitentiaries, the Northern and South- 

 ern prisons, are reported to bo well managed. 

 A>out $150,000 are required to complete the 

 fbrmer building. Although the constitution of 

 1851 directed the establishment of " Houses of 

 Refuge for the Reformation and Correction of 



