606 



OHIO. 



A comparison of these figures with the foot- 

 ings of the duplicate for 1870 shows an in- 

 crease of 50,182 acres in lands assessed for 

 taxation, and an increase of $195,137,901 in 

 value. There is an increase of $16,626,076 in 

 chattel property. The increase in real estate, 

 in cities, towns, and villages, is $122,634,297, 

 making a net increase of $334,398,274 in the 

 valuation of the taxable property of the State. 



The number of marriages within the year is 

 as follows : 



By license 24,271 



By batras 356 



2,871 

 6 



Total. 



24,62? 



The number of marriages this year is 832 

 less than that of last. The whole number of 

 marriages for the last ten years, from 1862 to 

 1871, inclusive, is 243,873, making an average 

 of 24,387 per year. There has been a steady 

 decrease in the number of marriages since 

 1866, there being in that year 30,479. 



The whole number of suits for divorce 

 brought within the year is 2,255. The num- 

 ber decided is as follows : 



Granted when brought by husband 323 



Granted when brought by wife 754 



Total 1,077 



The following shows the number of divorces 

 granted, with the cause therefor : 



Adultery 277 



Absence and neglect 445 



Cruelty 172 



Drunkenness 92 



Fraud 27 



Miscellaneous 64 



Total 1,077 



In 1866 the divorces granted stood in pro- 

 portion to the number of marriages as one to 

 twenty-six, in 1871 as one to twenty-four. 



The number of births reported for the year 

 ending April 1, 1871, was : Legitimate, 59,558 ; 

 illegitimate, 342 ; age and sex not given, 57 ; 

 total, 59,957. Adding estimate for one county 

 not returned, the total is 60,617. The number 

 of colored births in proportion to white births 

 staads as one to fifty-six. 



The number of deaths reported in the year 

 ending April 1, 1871, is 25,149. 



The number of persons naturalized in Ohio 

 for the year ending July 1, 1871, is distributed 

 as follows : 



England, Scotland, and Wales 459 



Canada 51 



Ireland 683 



Germany 925 



Other countries 181 



Total 



2,290 



The following is the number of deaths by 

 violence, reported for the year ending July 1, 

 1871: 



Homicide 49 



Killed by accident 277 



Suicide 79 



Violent diseases 161 



Total 566 



The criminal statistics for 1871 were: 



Persons prosecuted during the year 

 Executed ................ . . ____ . . 



Imprisoned in penitentiary ................... ...... 325 



Imprisoned in county jail only .............. 145 



Fined only .......................................... 1,812 



Fined and imprisoned in county jail ................ 186 



Sent to reform farm ................................ 23 



Acquitted 



Nolle prosequi 

 be 



1.649 



Died before 'termination of prosecution ? 1G7 



Indictments still pending 1,861 



Crimes committed under influence of liquor 438 



Indictments pending at commencement of year 2,039 



Indictments found during the year 4.812 



Persons against whom indictments were laid away.. 438 



The following is the number of paupers, as 

 returned by the county auditors : 



In county infirmaries 4.G51 



Otherwise supported by the county 860 



Total 5,517 



Persons supported by the State in Insane Asylums. . 819 

 Persons supported by tue State Reform Schools 155 



Total 974 



The following statistics of pauperism and 

 crime in Ohio were obtained through the re- 

 turns of the Federal census of 1870 : 



Number of paupers for the year 8.613 



Number in June 1, 1870 5,493 



Number of convictions for crime for the year. .. 2,560 



Number in prison June 1, 1870 2,805 



Annual cost of pauperism $378,987 



The number and value of new structures are 

 as follows : 



The following is the return of the number 

 and length of turnpikes and plank-roads in 

 Ohio in 1871 : 



Number of turnpikes 566 



Length in miles , 4,325 



Number of plank-roads 9 



Length iu miles 80 



There are 123 more turnpikes reported than 

 last year, and the length has been increased 

 793 miles, which includes the free turnpikes 

 built within the year. There has been a de- 

 crease of 26 in the number of plank-roads re- 

 ported, and the length has been decreased 110 

 miles. 



The returns of banks and their capital in 

 Ohio, for the year 1871, are as follows : Number 

 of national banks, 131 ; capital, $22,765,910 ; 

 private and other banks, 148; capital, $5,113,- 

 468; total capital, $27,878,378. This shows 

 a decrease of eight in the number of national 

 banks, and their capital has been increased 

 $192,029. The number of private banks shows 

 an increase of one during the year, and tho 

 capital of these banks has decreased $1,238,420. 

 The amount of legal-tender notes, or other 

 moneys exempt from taxation, as returned for 

 this year, is $10,707,080.50, being a decrease 

 on last year of $601,960.50. 



