MAIXE. 



i :;; 



is absolutely no military - 



:i. As it is desirable to llttVO tt Hlll;lll 



troops :it command, to meet 

 ili:il may ari-e, it is proposed to fur- 

 nish sn.-li volunteer companies n may oiler, 

 ling ten, \vitli ;i complete equipment, 

 including uniform. 



The administration of tlio State pension 1 i\v 



Us in its labors to tlio duties of an entire 



I'u'l'T til- I'ilii'ient arrangement of the 



committee of tlio council, its cost has been much 



reduced. '1'ho work is now so systematized 



that in a:io<!i.->- \ ear its expense will probably 



:1 lc-s. Whole number of applications, 



. ; granted l,(i'.)."); rejected 256 ; suspended 

 for farther proof or explanation, 70. Amount 

 disbursed, including estimates up to February 



s(>8, $57,000. Tbe wisdom and justice of 

 such a provision by tbe State is painfully testi- 

 fied by the extreme necessities exhibited in the 

 applications. 



The amount expanded on pensions during 

 the year was about 850,000. The Board of 

 Guardian* of soldiers' and sailors 1 orphans has 

 an extensive field. It has not yet been possi- 

 ble to search out all the- > as to give 



letj returns. 936 have been reported. 

 Of these 155 have boon aided, and 11 cared for 

 in asylums. The amount expended, thus far, 

 is $9,500 ; estimated to end of the year, $1,500, 

 leaving a balance of $4,000 unexpended, and 

 not drawn from the Treasury. It has been 



1 that many of these orphans were without 

 any proper means of support, and some were 



;!ly suffering, and not the money only but 

 the guardianship of the State is needed for 

 their care. The demand is still great, more 



having come in during the month of De- 

 cember than in any month of the year. 



The cause of education has been sustained 

 with groat interest and liberality. The perma- 



-chool fund amounts to $940,121.23, the 

 income of which for the past year is s 1:!, -244. 14. 

 The receipts from the hank tax are rapidly fall- 

 ing off, being but 84,475. The people are de- 

 termined, however, that the schools shall not 

 suffer. They have raised by direct taxation 

 the sum of $518,292.97. an average of $2.28 a 

 scholar, and built seventy-nine new school- 

 house*, at a cost of $323,581.13. Add to this 



i in of $15,316.93, contributed to prolong 

 public schools, with $40,614.33 paid for private 

 schools and academies, and $6,428.25, paid out 

 of the State for the same purposes, making an 

 abrogate expenditure for schools of $935,131. 

 75, and you bave abundant proof that the 

 burdens and discouragements of the times are 

 not allowed to diminish the interest of the 



ie in common-school education. There 

 are also two Normal Schools, both of which 

 are in a flourishing condition, and are liberally 



:ied. 



The State has chartered a College of Agricul- 

 tural and Mechanic Arts, and commenced the 

 erection of suitable buildings for its uses. The 

 demand for such an institution, and the career 



of iW-fulri-'ss that will open before it are ob- 



: and when it i-- otice set in judi'-ious 



operation, it will not fail of strong friend.* 



among the citi/,-ns. or of th<k cordial -upport 



State. The lli-form School has entered 



upon a course of unusual prosperity. 



The reports of the Tni-tce- and Superintend- 

 ent of the Insane Hospital represent the af- 

 fairs of that institution in a healthy condition. 

 The number of patients at the beginning of the 

 year was 276. During the year 150 haw 

 admitted and \~1'\ d i. Number re- 



maining, :{n:; ; ill mm, I .V.) women. Of this 

 number, 1(5 are supported by their friends, and 

 221 are aided to the amount of $1 each per 

 week by the State. A go of physical 



health lias prevailed among the patients. 

 Thirty-one have died, mostly those among the 

 chronic insane, who had spent a third part of 

 their lives in the institution. Three thousand 

 one hundred and ninety-four patients have 

 been received into the hospital since it was 

 opened in 1840; 2,891 have been discharged, of 

 whom 1,310 recovered; 566 improved ; 50.6 un- 

 improved, and 509 have died. The institution 

 has received several donations during the year. 

 The number of male patients has exceeded 

 the number of rooms by about twenty-five, and 

 a new wing is much needed. 



The State Prison has been conducted npon 

 the same policy which has for several years 

 been looked upon with commendation. It ap- 

 pears, however, that its earnings for the past 

 year have not equalled its expenses by some 

 $7,000. The. reasons for this are more or less 

 directly on account of the crowded state of the 

 prison, though its affairs are honestly and judi- 

 ciously managed. During the year a portion 

 of the prison buildings has been torn down and 

 rebuilt. 



Tbe following statistics show the amounts 

 paid by the various towns and individuals in the 

 State for war purposes : 



Bounties to soldiers $8,490,559 28 



Recruiting expenses 202,490 23 



Interest paid oy towns 1,854,438 53 



Private contributions 1,000,000 00 



Total $11,047,483 04 



Number of men furnished, re- 

 duced to three years' service 31,603 



The Legislature passed a stringent prohibitory 

 liquor law, and appointed a State constable to 

 enforce its provisions. At the time the law 

 was passed, more than 3,000 persons in the 

 State were engaged in the illegal sale of intoxi- 

 cating drinks. After the passage of the law and 

 previous to the first day of May, more than 

 2,000 of these persons abandoned the traffic, 

 without one prosecution. During the time the 

 State police force have been on duty they have 

 prosecuted 436 persons, most of whom have 

 been convicted and appealed to the higher 

 courts. The State constable states there can bo 

 no doubt most of these persons will be convict- 

 ed on final trial. There have been paid as 

 tines $593. There have been 668 searches made 



