550 



MICHIGAN. 



Number of school-houses .............. *...... 8,661 The cost of maintaining iails for the year is 



Number of pupils who can be seated. ......... 426,611 M timatpr1 fl t &109'7fi7fift Thft prmflitinii nf 



Value of school-houses and lots ............... $9,257,094 estimated at $iu<i, (bt.ou. me conaitiou oi 



Number of graded schools .................... 299 jails is said to be wretched beyond description, 



qualified teachers employed males. 8,548 t h oug h not exceptional as compared with those 



K'llUllOn. J^ol 1 O A 1 iJS.j.l 



Total wages of teachers for the year, males.. .. $787,775 53 of Other States. A large majority 01 the priS- 



' females.. 1,238,949 36 oners are innocent in point of law, nothing, as 



*^&^.^.* t T.^. 5,115 yet, having been proved against them; they 



"Whole number of volumes in town libraries... 65,875 are accused only ; they are forced into the so- 



Number of new districts organized ...... 140 cietv of hardened criminals. The promiscuous 



Number of private or select schools in the . -. -n i * j 



a tate ...... ............................... 170 association oi all classes of accused prisoners, 



Number attending private or select schools, as with no possible employment or occupation, is 



MryoVraU e 8^mber-6;V8V5Vbelonging ^ declared to be demoralizing in a high degree, 



to the several districts ......... ........... $598,505 71 and the question is asked : " If the btate, while 



Two-mill tax. ... ....... . . . ... . . . ........... 512 889 32 it nag a right to pun i g h has no right to con- 



Keceived from primary-school fund ........... 220,396 27 ' . , . 



From tuition of non-resident scholars ......... 35,46696 tainmate, may not the prisoner claim protec- 



District taxes for ail purposes ................. 2,261,11955 tion from such contamination, and especially 



ffie^ffl^::: ::::::::V:.V. $ffi II * ^ be innocent, as nearly all in jails are in 



Paid male teachers ......................... 786,88615 point of law, may he not claim of the State 



Paid female teachers ......................... 1,228,81695 rirntftprinn from tho nriminnl pnntnuirm tn 



Paid for building and repairs ................. 451,42649 )r .. te , C * *** UUU CO! 



Paid on bonded indebtedness .................. 869,78020 which the jail System exposes him ? If he IS 



Paid for all other purposes.. ........... '$949 84 Du t accused of wrong, shall he be placed in 



&!i*Ww i^ 8 9 ' 296 1T circumstances where nothing tends to repress 



amount on hand ........................... 4,067,80168 crime, but all instrumentalities are active to 



Bonded debts of the districts September 4, 1B585M45 generate it? Accused persons are, in fact, 



Total indebtedneVs of districts' September 4, ' held by the State as but hostages for j'ustice. 



1876 ....................................... 1,672,71092 The State has no right to impair the security, 



The number of pupils in the Asylum for *? right to take an innocent man and expose 



the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, is: Mutes, 178; him *? 8UO J dama e that after having failed 



blind, 42 : total, 220. Cost per head of main- to make . out a case a S amst . h ' * rei ? rns lnm 



taining them, $177.33. Very few are reported { 90Cietv a w ? ! nan , actua " y th /" he would 



in the State as needing such an institution who have PP ear ? d ,mply guilty of the accusa- 



have not been gathered in here. tion against him. 



The State-prison is reported as greatly over- ( e , gro ^ araount . f taxation levied in the 



crowded. Number confined at end of the year, | tat , e for al lPf Pr?nnn 9 ^"^^^""S 



835; increase within the year, 47. Of those J^gley at $15000,000. The indebtedness of 



received within the year 77 per cent, were in- the incorporated cities is $6,584,590.48. No 



temperate. The State-prison is more than self- report is made of other municipal indebted- 



supporting, the net earnings for the last two ne88 ' Th ^ Uow J ? l P ^ e is made in the 



years being about $20,000. message of the retiring Governor to the liquor- 



The report of the Board of Commissioners traffic of the State : 



on Charitable, Penal, Pauper, and Reformatory The law of 1875 providing for the regulation and 



Institutions estimated the number of persons taxation of the liquor-traffic has been m operation 



receiving aid or wholly supported by the State n f a ty two years< , II was th , e P u rP se of the fr ien , d3 



and counties to be as fnllm^ of thls act not onl . v to re g ulate but to restrain the 



traffic in strong drink that had grown to be, under 



In county poor-houses... 5882 ther law ^ the ^f eate8t ^ vil t of * he da ^ F ?. r ^ th ? 



Temporarily relieved outside ...... ' 85 - 240 P ur P ose * ascertaining what has been accomplished 



State Public School.. .. ................... ......... '255 under it, 1 addressed the treasurer of each county, 



Asylum for Insane ......................... ........ 1,016 asking for full details of the operation of the law in 



Institutions for Mutes and Blind .................... 2oO their respective counties. A tabulated statement of 



Harper Hospital Detroit .......................... 51 the re iies, together with a report made by the Au- 



Reform School ...................... 330 



County jails ..... '.'.'.'. '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 7 256 



L_ 

 Total .......................................... 54,210 



. 



In estimating the cost of supporting these 

 persons, it is assumed that the State-prison 

 and House of Correction are self-supporting. 

 nf otW <*nnnnH- 



For paupers in poor-houses, exclusive of value of 

 labor ........................................ $237.19720 



For temporary relief ........................... 255,579 23 



For transportation ..................... , ....... 12,64661 



ForaeKmb^nd-bund.'.v.v.v.v:::::::::;:: =56 S 



For boys in the Reform School . 26 235 88 



For children in State Public School ............. 28^408 49 



- 1 - . 

 Total ..... ................................ $725,168 00 



f . 



herewith. The information is somewhat in- 

 complete, but is probably as near correct as could be 

 expected. 



In 1875 the number assessed, as reported to me, 

 was 4,974. Of these, 4,215 paid the tax, amounting 

 to $461,462.92. It is altogether probable that those 

 w ^o have not paid have retired from the business. 

 In m6 the number assessed was 4,553. Of these, 

 3 ' 385 are ^ported as having paid the tax, amounting 

 to $384,387. The collectors of internal revenue re- 

 Prt the number of persons assessed in 1876 by the 

 General Government as dealers in liquors as 5,338, 

 but this includes druggists, who, as a rule, are not 

 assessed under the State law; while in 1874: the 



assessed 



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1 ' 106 m two y ear8 ' lt ls evident therefore, that the 

 act * l 8 ^ 5 has decreased the number of places where 

 liquor is sold very largely. As many of the persons 

 assessed have retired from the business, and others 



