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lands was conveyed to various parties in vio- 

 Jati.n of law and at inadequate prices. Mr. 



Kyroii D. l>;dl, tin- Attorney-General, falling 



si.-k, iv-i !i.-d his otlice early in this .M-.-H-, and 

 Isaac Mar-.!M, ir May City, hring appointed to 

 MI. (.(! him, commenced proceedings ! 

 co\cr tlio lands, and was successful in .v.ry 

 r,i--;ni.-.-. -.1 that the State lost nothing by the 

 ii-iti. - in tlio Land- Commissioner's office. 

 i.:uiv of is:;; made provision for a 

 ...me A-\ linn, in In' located in the eastern 

 part <>f tin- State. Commissioners were ap- 

 P .lint.-il t<> make the location, who selected 

 I'oiiiiae as the. place, and land was procured 

 tor the erection of the neivs-i.-iry buildings. 

 Another commission, under legislative author- 

 ity, selected Ionia as the location for a State 

 House of Correction. 



A short session of the Legislature was held 

 in March, for the purpose mainly of passing 

 upon the proposed revision of the constitu- 

 tion. A few acts were passed, but not of gen- 

 eral interest. 



The following statistics are abstracted from 

 tin- n port of the Inspector* of t 

 for the year ending September 80, 1874: < -n- 

 victs in the prison, September 80, 1873, 655 ; 

 received during the year (including 8 r 

 tnred), 818; discharged during \i-ar, by -.\ pi- 

 ration of sentence, 228; by commutation. :; ; 

 by reversal of sentence, 6; pardoned, 1:5; di.d, 

 7 ; escaped, 9 : total, 265. heaving in prison, 

 708. Average daily number, 687.1; average 

 daily increase, 70.7. Crimes for which con- 

 victs were received during year; against per- 

 sons, 65, including assault with intent to 

 kill, 5 ; to commit rape, 4; to rob, 4; adul- 

 t.-ry, 4; bigamy, 4; incest, 4; larceny from 

 person, 11; murder, second degree, 6; man- 

 slaughter, 9 ; murder, 4 ; polygamy, 8 ; pros- 

 litiitioii and concubinage, 4; rape, 4; against 

 property, 245; including arson, 8; bur- 

 glary, 84 ; burglary and larceny, 8 ; embezzle- 

 ment, 1; false pretenses, 13; forgery, 7; lar- 

 . -enies, 159; malicious mischief, 8; passing 

 counterfeit United States Treasury notes, 1 ; 



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robbery, 9; robbing United States post-office, 1 ; 

 uttering and publishing forged instruments, 1. 

 Of the sentences, 2 were for life ; 1 for 20 years ; 

 8 for 10 years and under 20 ; 46 for 5 years 

 and under 10 years ; 232 for 1 year and under 

 5 years ; and 24 for less than 1 year. Average 

 sentence, 2 years and 10 months, excluding life- 

 prisoners. The ages of the convicts were : 

 from 16 to 21, 80; from 21 to 30, 138; from 

 80 to 40, 58 ; from 50 to 60, 7 ; from 60 to 70, 

 4; from 70 to 80, 1. 



Nationality : Belgium, 4 ; Denmark, 2 ; Eng- 

 land, 6 ; Germany, 17; Holland, 5; Ireland, 

 18; Norway, 3; Ontario (Prov.), 44; Russia, 

 1 ; Scotland, 1 ; Sweden, 2 ; Switzerland, 1 ; 

 Michigan, 34 ; other United States, 172: 161 

 VOL. xiv. 30 A 



could read, write, and cipher; 68 read and 

 write ; 51 read only ; and 80 classed as illiter- 

 ate: 185 were single ; 10 widowers; 105 mar- 

 ried, and 10 married and separated : 115 tem- 

 perate ; 132 occasional drinkers, and 63 intem- 

 perate. First convictions, 205 ; second, 40 ; 

 third, 35; fourth, 80. White, 259; black, 

 41 ; mulatto, 10. Disbursements for rations, 

 $32,780.88 ; for other purposes, except build- 

 ings and repairs, $56,319.92 ; for buildings and 

 repairs, $3,311.79: total, $92,412.59. Income 

 from convict-labor, $94,027.47; fugitive con- 

 victs, $561; United States convicts, $2,627.- 

 49; visitors, $2,015; team-work, $1,105.00; 

 barber-shop, $142.90; other sources, $5,624,- 

 68 : total, $106,108.54. Whole number of con- 



