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for the new Salem Academy; $50,000 each to 

 the "Worcester Free School of Industrial Science 

 and to the Agricultural College ; and $80,000 

 to the Perkins Institute for the Blind. Amherst 

 College and the Institute of Technology had 

 leave to withdraw their petitions for aid. 



The liquor law, which was passed, was a 

 revival of the one previously in force. The 

 first eleven sections treat of the commissioner, 

 who shall be appointed by the Governor, give 

 bonds in the penal sum of $20,000, have an 

 office in .Boston, where he shall analyze liquors 

 and sell them to the authorized agents, keep 

 record of sales and purchases, and seal all 

 packages of liquor. He and his agents are for- 

 bidden to adulterate, or sell adulterated liquor, 

 under pain of imprisonment. The next five 

 sections authorize county commissioners to li- 

 cense the manufacture of liquors, to be export- 

 ed or sold in thirty-gallon packages for chemi- 

 cal and mechanical purposes, the manufacturer 

 to give bonds in the sum of $6,000, and keep 

 his books open for inspection. The next eight 

 authorize the appointment of bonded agents 

 by cities and towns "to purchase and sell," at 

 some convenient places, spirituous or intoxi- 

 cating liquors, to be used in the arts, or for 

 medicinal, chemical, and mechanical purposes, 

 and no other. Every agent shall receive a fixed 

 salary, keep open and accurate books, under 

 penalty, purchase of the commissioner only, 

 and make true annual returns. The next two 

 sections provide for an assayer and inspector 

 of liquors. Bond, $10,000. The next three 

 apply to importers, druggists, and chemists. 

 An importer of foreign liquors is allowed to 

 sell the same, unadulterated, in the original 

 packages in which they were imported. Drug- 

 gists may sell for medicinal purposes to each 

 other ; and a chemist, artist, or manufacturer, 

 may keep liquors for use, but not for sale ; and 

 any person may manufacture and sell cider for 

 other purposes than as a beverage, and unadul- 

 terated wine for sacramental purposes. The 

 next thirty-five sections forbid the manufac- 

 ture or sale, except as above provided, or the 

 keeping with intent to sell. Whoever by him- 

 self or by another person, directly or indirectly, 

 or by any device, parts with liquor for a con- 

 sideration in violation of the above provisions, 

 is liable for the first offence to a fine of $10 

 and thirty days' imprisonment ; for the second, 

 $20 and sixty days' ; for the third and every 

 subsequent one, $50 and six months'. The 

 whole machinery of evidence, search, and for- 

 feiture, is then minutely detailed, and provi- 

 sion is made for searching any house where 

 liquor is suspected to be sold, or concealed for 

 purpose of sale. The last section provides the 

 legal forms that are to be used. Cider is stricken 

 from the lists of intoxicants. 



The financial condition of the State is given 

 in the following statement, which was care- 

 fully prepared for the information of the Legis- 

 lature of 1870, and was incorporated in the 

 Governor's message : 



Funded debt $29,737,259 90 



Temporary loans 1,086,120 12 



Total amount of debt January 1, 1870 $30,823,380 02 



Increase during the year , $2,087,509 97 



The sinking funds established for the re- 

 demption of the debt amounted on the 1st 

 of January, 1870, to $11,476,351 27 



Cash on hand, applicable also to the payment 

 of the debt 1,054,710 51 



Back Bay lands fund in the Treasury (which 

 may be used for this purpose) 236,922 C2 



These sums deducted leave an indebtedness 

 of the State, for which still further provi- 

 sion is to be made, of 18,055,395 56 



From this last item there must be deducted 

 the loan to the Western Railroad (not pro- 

 vided for in the sinking funds), of 1,621,232 30 



Loan to the Boston, Hartford and Erie Rail- 

 road (unprovided for in the sinking funds) 2,832,154 00 



Loan to the Norwich Railroad (unprovided 

 for in the sinking funds) 146,864 00 



Loan to the Eastern Railroad 125,000 00 



Total $4,725,250 30 



Which leaves to be provided for by the State, 

 principal and interest, the sum of 13,330,145 26 



There are several other items which will 

 ultimately reduce the debt. Among these 

 may be mentioned .the receipts for the 

 Back Bay lands, which are estimated at. . 1,500,000 00 



Land sold to the Boston and Albany Rail- 

 road 435,000 00 



And the balance of the unsettled claims 

 against the United States Government, 

 which are estimated at 400,000 00 



This shows that the State is obliged to pay, 

 from current revenue and taxation, interest on 

 about $13,500,000. A large portion of the loan 

 is issued at five per cent, interest, payable in 

 gold. This indebtedness will be increased an- 

 nually for the next four years about one mill- 

 ion dollars, by payments to the contractors 

 for the work on the Hoosac Tunnel, under their 

 agreement with the Commonwealth. 



This amount, with that still to be issued to 

 the Boston, Hartford, and Erie Kailway, will 

 swell the liabilities of the State to $35,000,000. 



The following statement shows the Treasur- 

 er's balance-sheet for the year : 



Revenue receipts for the year 

 1869 $5,722,394 91 



Receipts on account of sinking 

 funds, loans, etc 11,329,353 84 



Cash on hand, January 1, 1869 1,161,932 80 



$18,213,681 55 



Ordinary expenses, 1869 15,450,227 47 



Payments, sinking funds, etc. . .10,620,645 27 

 Cash on hand, January 1, 1870.. 2,142,808 81 



$18,213,631 55 



The revenue receipts for 1869 exceed those 

 of 1868 in the sum of $612,458.68, while the 

 ordinary expenses are less than in 1868 by 

 $459,451.01. The revenue account of 1869 

 shows a surplus of $272,167.44, while in 1868 

 there was a deficiency of $798,742.25. The 

 estimated expenses for 1870 are $5,754,320, 

 and the revenue, $2,905,162, leaving a defi- 

 ciency of $2,854,157 to be supplied by taxa- 

 tion. The interest on the Troy and Green- 

 field Railroad loan will make up $310,000 of 

 this, and the conditional advances on the 

 Hoosac Tunnel contract $340,000, reducing 

 the amount of deficiency on the ordinary run- 

 ning expenses to $2,204,157. 



The taxable property of the State, for the 

 years 1868 and 1869, was as follows : 



