OHIO. 



549 



This shows a decrease of five in the number 

 of national banks, but their capital has been 

 increased $461,050. 



The number of private banks shows an in- 

 crease of twenty-three during the year, and 

 the capital of these banks has been increased 



The amount of legal-tender notes or other 

 moneys exempt from taxation, as returned for 

 this year, is $14,827,340, being a decrease on 

 last year of $7,080,455, 



During the year, Cuyahoga County has gained 

 $2,726,201 in valuation; Franklin, $721,193; 

 Montgomery, $114,411 ; and Lucas, $259,540. 

 On the other hand, Hamilton County shows a 

 loss of $308,607. 



The valuation of the five largest cities in the 

 State, together with the amounts assessed in 

 each for city purposes, is as follows : 



Valuation. City Tat 



Cleveland .............. $36,462,967 $1,272,012 97 



Cincinnati ............. 130,715,510 4,169,824 76 



Columbus .............. 16,018,693 384,448 62 



Dayton ................ 15,591,090 422,397 54 



Toledo ................. 9,079,400 468,373 88 



The number of prisoners in the penitentiary 

 on the 31st of October, 1869, was 974, and the 

 number of convicts admitted during the year 

 ending on that day was 347. This is a de- 

 crease, compared with the preceding year, of 

 27 in the number of convicts admitted, and of 

 67 in the number confined in the penitentiary. 



The earnings during the year ending 



October 31st were ............. .. . . . $175,663 06 



Expenses ............................. 143,635 83 



Excess of earnings over expenditures. $32,027 23 

 In 1868 the earnings were .............. $171,037 45 



Expenses ............................. 141,794 95 



Excess of earnings over expenses ..... $29,242 50 



The total number of persons of school age 

 in the State, in 1869, was officially reported at 

 1,028,675 ; an increase of 11,108 over the pre- 

 vious year. The total number enrolled in the 

 public schools in 1869 was 740,382, an increase 

 of 8,610 over the year 1868. The average 

 daily attendance in the public schools in 1869 

 was 434,865, an increase over 1868 of 24,144. 



The total of taxes for schools, school build- 

 ings, and all other purposes, the present fiscal 

 year, is $6,578,196.83, an increase over the tax- 

 ation of the previous fiscal year of $616,795.68. 

 Of this increase of taxation, the sum of $17,- 

 833.86 is in the State taxation for school pur- 

 poses, and the sum of $598,961.82 is the in- 

 crease of local school taxation. 



The Institution for the Education of the 

 Deaf and Dumb reports that in 1868 there 

 were 235 pupils in the institution. During 

 the year ending November 15, 1869, 68 pupils 

 were received. During the same time 3 died, 

 5 removed from the State, 11 left the institu- 

 tion from graduation, promotion, poor health, 

 or expulsion, and 18 were detained at home. 

 The number of pupils present at the close of 

 the school year of 1869 was 266, of whom 150 



were boys, and 116 girls. Since the establish- 

 ment of the institution, 1,113 mutes have been 

 admitted. 190 were admitted the first twelve 

 years or up to 1840 ; 258 in the next ten years ; 

 210 the next ten, and 348 in the nine years 

 since 1860. Several marriages among the 

 graduates have occurred the past year. The 

 reluctance with which parents often give their 

 consent to unions, where one or both parties 

 are mutes, seems to be diminishing. 



The State Library report shows 28,251 vol- 

 umes in the general library, and 4,567 volumes 

 in the law library. 



The State Board of Equalization fixed the 

 valuation of the railroad property within the 

 State, for taxable purposes, at $49,911,387. 



The adjourned session of the Legislature 

 opened January 5th. On the 9th, a resolution 

 passed the House, directing the Ohio delega- 

 tion in Congress to vote against appropriations 

 for the national buildings at Washington, on 

 the ground that the national capital would, be- 

 fore long, be removed to the Mississippi Valley. 

 On the 5th of March, a resolution inviting ex- 

 President Johnson to visit Columbus was voted 

 down. A woman-suffrage proposition was de- 

 feated in the House on March 24th, by a vote 

 of 49 to 36. March 31st, a bill, authorizing a 

 geological survey of the State, became a law, 

 and Prof. J. S. dewberry was subsequently 

 confirmed as State Geologist. April 1st, the 

 House rejected the fifteenth amendment to 

 the United States Constitution by a vote of 47 

 to 36, and on the 30th the rejection was con- 

 curred in by the Senate. In the same month, 

 after a long contest, a bill was passed permit- 

 ting contracts to loan money at eight per cent, 

 interest, all transactions where the rate is 

 not specifically mentioned to remain at six per 

 cent. In the same month a law was passed 

 exempting from attachment $1,000 homestead 

 property or $500 personal property, in addition 

 to the amount already exempted. A bill was 

 also passed to pay claims arising from the raid of 

 the Confederate general John Morgan in Ohio ; 

 but the Auditor, on the opinion of the Attor- 

 ney-General, subsequently refused to pay the 

 claims, on the ground of defective action of the 

 Legislature. On the 7th of May the Legisla- 

 ture adjourned sine die. 



The Republican State Convention met in 

 Columbus, June 23d, when the following ticket 

 was nominated : for Governor, K. B. Hayes ; 

 Lieutenant-Governor, John 0. Lee; Judge of 

 Supreme Court, Luther Day ; State Treasurer, 

 S. S. Warner ; Attorney-General, F. B. Pond ; 

 member of Board of Public Works, R. R. Por- 

 ter. The following platform was adopted : 



Resolved, That, as citizens of the nation, representing 

 the Eepublican sentiment of an honored Common- 

 wealth, we regard with sincere satisfaction the fideli- 

 ty evinced by General Grant to the Eepublican party, 

 and his policy, both foreign and domestic, and his 

 national Administration, and we pledge ^ our cordial 

 support to the measures inaugurated to insure con- 

 ciliation, economy, and justice at home, and command 

 consideration and respect abroad. 



