726 



TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



According to the census, there were in- 

 cluded in the aggregate 456 colored persons, 7 

 Chinese, and 180 Indians. 



COLUMBIA. An act of Congress, approved 

 on the 21st of February, provided a Territorial 

 government for the District of Columbia, 

 with a Governor and Council of eleven mem- 

 bers, appointed by the President for a term 

 of four years, and a House of Delegates, elect- 

 ed by the people, consisting of 22 members. 

 The same act repealed the charters of the 

 cities of "Washington and Georgetown on and 

 after June 1st. H. D. Cooke was appointed 

 Governor, and the Delegates were chosen in 

 the latter part of April, to serve until the first 

 regular election, which took place on the 22d 

 of November. The number of voters regis- 

 tered was 28,520, of whom 17,746 were white, 

 and 10,774 colored. At the November elec- 

 tion 20 Republicans and 2 Democrats were 

 elected to the House of Delegates, and Norton 

 P. Chipman, Republican, was chosen for Del- 

 egate in Congress, at the first election. The 

 first session of the Legislature began on the 

 15th of May. 



CENSUS 



The financial condition of the new Territory 

 has not been definitely shown by official re- 

 ports. The funded debt of the city of George- 

 town in May was stated at $250,000, and the 

 City Registrar of "Washington declared that 

 the funded debt of that city was $2,099,124.22, 

 while the Auditor stated it at $2,058,699.83. 

 The latter city has also a floating debt of about 

 $1,000,000. The receipts and expenditures of 

 the city of Washington amounted to about 

 $1,500,000 per year. There were in the Dis- 

 trict, in May last, 21,177 white, and 10,494 

 colored children between the ages of six and 

 seventeen, while the public schools afforded 

 accommodation for only 7,912 whites and 3,924 

 colored. It is stated, however, that 5,604 

 whites and 605 colored were in attendance on 

 private and charity schools. A Board of 

 Health, Board of Public Works, and Board of 

 Charities and Correction, form parts of the 

 Territorial government, but no definite results 

 of their practical working are as yet ascer- 

 tained. The first regular session of the Legis- 

 lature occurs in 1872, and will probably receive 

 official reports from the various departments. 

 OF 1870. 



DAKOTA. The Territory of Dakota was 

 organized in 1861. It has an area of 152,000 

 square miles, and a population, in 1870, of 

 14,181, including 94 negroes and 1,200 Indians. 

 The capital is Yankton.. The present Gov- 

 ernor is J. A. Burbank, appointed by the Presi- 

 dent. The annual expenses of the government 

 are: For salaries of Governor and Superin- 

 tendent of Indian Affairs, Chief Justice and 

 two Associate Judges, and Secretary, $13,300 ; 

 for contingent expenses of the Territory, 

 $1,000. No special progress has been made in 

 the last year, though the number of settlers is 

 gradually increasing, and the resources of the 

 Territory are being slowly developed. The 

 contemplated Northern Pacific Railroad, which 

 will cross the Territory, is likely to give a 

 strong impulse to its growth. 



According to the census of .1870, 1,144 chil- 

 dren attended school during the year; 1,249 

 persons, ten years old and over, cannot read, 

 and 403 males and 306 females, twenty-one 

 years old and over, cannot write. The num- 

 ber of tribal Indians is officially estimated at 

 26,320. The assessed value of real estate was 

 $1,695,723; of personal property, $1,228,766; 

 true valuation of real and personal estate, 

 $5,599,752 ; taxation, not national, $13,867. 



The public debt, county, city, town, etc., 

 amounts to $2,596,545. True value of prop- 

 erty, $126,873,618. 



In the following table is given the census of 

 the territory of Dakota for the year 1870 : 



IDAHO. Idaho was organized as a Territory 

 in 1863. It contains an area of about 100,000 

 square miles. The boundary-line between it 

 and Utah has been but lately ascertained by 

 actual survey, and is found to be some distance 

 farther south than had been supposed. The 

 population is 14,999, of whom 4,274 are Chi- 

 nese. The capital is Boise City ; the Governor, 

 Thomas W. Bennett. The expenses of the 

 government are : For salaries of Governor and 

 Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Chief Justice 

 and two Associate Judges, and Secretary, $13,- 

 500 ; for contingent expenses of the Territory, 



