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CONNECTICUT. 



eminent, guaranteeing the personal liberty and the 

 equal political rights of all the people ; and the House 

 or Representatives will give its constitutional support 

 to the President of the United States whenever, in 

 his opinion, a republican government shall have been 

 in fact established, and he may deem it expedient to 

 recoo-nize the independence and sovereignty of such 

 republican government. 



The rules were suspended by the following 

 vote: 



YEAS Messrs. Allison, Ambler, Ames, Archer, 

 Armstrong. Asper, Axtell, Banks, Beatty, Bingham, 

 Blair, Boyd, Brooks, Bumnton, Burdett, Benjamin 

 F. Butler, Roderick K. Butler, Cessna, Churchill, 

 Clarke, Amasa Cobb, Clinton L. Cobb, Coburn, Con- 

 ger, Deweese, Dickinson, Dockerv, Donley, Duval, 

 Ferriss, Ferry, Finkelburg, Garfield, Getz, Gilfillan, 

 Hawley, Hay, Heaton, Hill, Hoge, Holman, Hopkins, 

 Hotchkiss, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Alexander H. Jones, 

 Thomas L. Jones, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Knapp, 

 Lash, Lawrence, Logan, Loughridge, Lynch, May- 

 nard, McCarthy, McGrew, Mercur, Daniel J. Morrill, 

 Myers, Negley, O'Neill, Orth, Packard, Phelps, 

 Pomeroy, Prosser, Boots, Sawyer, Scofield. Shanks, 

 Lionel A. Sheldon, Porter Sheldon, John A. Smith, 

 Worthington C. Smith, Stevenson, Stokes, Stough- 

 ton, Taffe, Tanner, Tillman, Trimble, Twichell, 

 Tyner, Upson, Van Horn, Voorhees. Ward, Cad- 

 walader C. Washburn, Welker, Whittemore, Wil- 

 kinson, Williams, John T. Wilson, Winans, and 

 Witcher 98. 



NAYS Messrs^. Adams, Beaman, Biggs, Burr, 

 Cleveland, Davis, Eldridge, Golladay, Hale, Haw- 

 kins, Kerr, Niblack, Packer, Paine, Poland, Rogers, 

 Sargent, Stevens, Sweeney, Townsend, Van Trump, 

 Wells, Willard, Eugene M. Wilson, and Winchester 

 25. 



NOT VOTISTG Messrs. Arnell, Bailey, Beck, Ben- 

 jamin, Bennett, Benton, Bird, Boles, Bowen, Cake, 

 Calkin, Cook, Cowles, Crebs, Cullom, Dawes, Dickey, 

 Dixon, Dyer, Ela, Farnsworth, Fisher, Fitch, Fox, 

 Greene, Griswold, Haight, Haldeman, Hambleton, 

 Hamill, Hamilton, Hoag, Hoar, Hooper, Johnson, 

 Kellogg, Kelsey, Ketcham, Knott, Laflin, Marshall, 

 Mayham, McCormick, McCrary ? McNeely, Eliakim 

 H. Moore, Jesse H. Moore, William Moore, Morgan, 

 Samuel P. Morrill, Morrissey, Mungen, Palmer, 

 Peters, Potter, Randall, Reading, Reeves, Rice, San- 

 ford, Schenck, Schumaker, Slocum, Joseph S. Smith, 

 William J. Smith, William Smyth, Starkweather, 

 Stiles, Stone.Strader, Strickland, Strong, Swann, 

 Van Auken, William B. Washburn, Wheeler, Wood, 

 and Woodward 78. 



The resolution was then agreed to. 



In the Senate, on the withdrawal of the 

 Vice-President, Mr. Anthony, of Rhode Island, 

 was chosen President pro tern. 



This session of Congress closed on April 

 10th. 



CONNECTICUT. The public affairs of this 

 State during the year have pursued their reg- 

 ular course, with a marked tendency to im- 

 provement in several departments. 



The condition of the finances appears to 

 be satisfactory. The State funded debt was, 

 last year, reduced by $349,244.61, the whole 

 amount of her liabilities over the assets on 

 April 1, 18G9, being $6,974,992.10. The value 

 of taxable property for 1869 had also increased 

 by nearly eight millions over that assessed for 

 1868. 



The entire receipts of the State during the 

 last year were $2,380,790.42; of which $757,- 

 286.10 came from the two and one-half mill 



tax, $432,199.64 from savings-banks, $228,- 

 308.94 from railroad corporations, $126,400.81 

 from mutual insurance companies, $287,000 

 from sale of bank stocks, $204,386.28 from 

 bank dividends, and the balance from miscel- 

 laneous sources. 



The total expenditures for the year were 

 $2,526,045.81. Of this $799,900 were for the 

 redemption of bonds, $492,828 were for interest 

 on the public debt, $201,250 for public build- 

 ings and institutions, and $117,154.65 for the 

 maintenance of soldiers' children. 



Claims of the State against the General 

 Government, amounting to more than $200,- 

 000, have been so far disallowed. Under the 

 new views held in the Treasury Department, 

 however, it is anticipated that, if properly 

 presented, they will be recognized and paid. 



The number of men available for military 

 duty in the State is 83,185; but its actually 

 organized military force is composed of 3,691 

 men, commanded by 169 officers. The cost 

 of this military establishment, last year, was 

 $113,097; but the actual expenditure of the 

 State on that account was only $52,463.94, the 

 remaining $60,634 of that sum having been 

 made up and paid from commutation taxes. 



Public schools are well provided for in Con- 

 necticut. Their condition and cost to the 

 State are shown by the detailed report of the 

 Secretary of the Board of Education for 1868, 

 which states that "there are 1,572 districts, a 

 decrease of 18 from last year. There are 1,640 

 public schools, a decrease of five. The number 

 of children in 1868 was 123,650, and in 1869, 

 124,082, an increase of 432. Average number 

 in each district between the ages of 4 and 16 

 years of age, January, 1869, 79. Whole num- 

 ber of scholars registered in winter, 82,140; 

 in summer, 75,177. Number of teachers in 

 summer, 2,207 ; in winter, 2,225, of whom 651 

 never taught before. Average wages of male 

 teachers $56.64 per month, including board; 

 of females, $26.93. Twenty-nine new school- 

 houses were erected during the year; whole 

 number of graded schools, 203; number of 

 school-houses in good condition, 877; in fair 

 condition, 458 ; in poor condition, 304. Capi- 

 tal of the school fund, $2,046,108.87; revenue 

 of same in 1868, $136,015; in 1869, $124,- 

 082. The first year there was a dividend 

 of $1.10 per child; last year, $1.00. Capital 

 of town deposit fund, $763,661.83 ; revenue 

 from same, $43,985.75. Amount raised for 

 school by town tax, $160,347.35 ; increase for 

 the year, $10,666.36. Amount raised by dis- 

 trict tax, $467,804.77 ; increase, $872.87. Total 

 amount received for public schools from all 

 sources, $1,043,086.71 ; increase, $59,280.39." 



The better to provide the common schools 

 with competent teachers, purposely trained to 

 the performance of their duties, the Governor, 

 in his message to the General Assembly, warm- 

 ly recommended the reestablishment of the 

 State Normal School, which had been for some 

 years discontinued ; representing such a meas- 



