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Regents of the University, James Shearer of 

 Bay City, and Ebonezer O. Grosvonor of Jones- 

 ville. The following platform was unanimously 

 adopted : 



Rstolved, That the Republican party having fulfilled 

 their pledge to make the greenback dollar worth one 

 hundred cents in gold or silver, and having given to 

 the country a safo and flexible currency, well adapted 

 to the industrial needs of the people, we therefore op- 

 pose any radical change in our present financial sys- 

 tem, and congratulate the country on the successful 

 resumption of specie payments, and the signs of re- 

 turning prosperity in all branches of business. 



Raolved, That we invite in this election the coopera- 

 tion of all men of whatever former party affiliation 

 who are in favor of financial honesty and a safe and 

 sound basis for the business of the country. 



The election resulted as follows : 



TOR JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT. 



James V. Campbell, Republican 182,818 



John B. Shlpman, Fusion 126,270 



FOR REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY. 



Ebenezer O. Grosvenor, Republican 131,850 



James Shearer, Republican 181,794 



Georj*e P. Sanford, Fusion 126,614 



Henry Whiting, Fusion 126,883 



At the same election judges were chosen for 

 two new judicial circuits. In the Twenty- 

 second Circuit, composed of the counties of 

 Monroe and Washtenaw, the vote was: For 

 Gouverneur Morris, Democrat, 5,887 ; for Ira 

 R. Grosvenor, Republican, 4,987; for Robert 

 E. Frazer, National, 2,741. In the Twenty- 

 fourth Circuit, composed of the counties of 

 Huron, Sanilac, and Tuscola : For Cyrenius P. 

 Black, Fusion, 4,633; for Levi L. Wixson, Re- 

 publican, 4,987. 



The annual report of the State Treasurer 

 makes the following statement for the fiscal 

 year ending September 30, 1879: 



Cash balance, September 80, 1873 $400,340 85 



Cash receipts for the year 2,225,812 77 



Total resources for the year. $2,626,158 12 



Cash payments for the year 2,019,335 59 



Balance September 80, 1879 $606,267 58 



Of this balance $004,020.18 belongs to the 

 sinking fund. 



The receipts for the year may be classified 

 as follows : For delinquent taxes, sales of State- 

 tax lands, redemptions, State-tax deeds, and 

 tax histories and statements, $392,276.79 ; from 

 trust lands and funds, principal and interest, 

 $234,306.86; from deposit accounts, $2,009.23; 

 from counties State taxes of 1878, State-tax 

 land sales, general account, and taxes and re- 

 demptions $906,180.35; St. Mary's Canal tolls, 

 $21,000; earnings of convicts in State Prison, 

 $67,974.56 ; United States, 5 per cent, on sales 

 of lands in State, $606.91 ; escheats, $640.74 ; 

 specific taxes from railroad companies (includ- 

 ing street-railway and car companies), $430,- 

 739.42 ; fire-insurance companies, $50,415.83 ; 

 life-insurance companies, $19,770.65 ; mining 

 companies, $26,678.72; other corporations, $4,- 

 135 ; interest on surplus funds, specific taxes, 

 tax sales, and United States 4 per cent, bonds, 



$44,845; sales of Michigan reports, statutes, 

 and old furniture, $9,562.88 fees from State 

 officers and commissions of commissioners of 

 deeds and notaries public, $5,202.15; trespass- 

 es on State lands, $7,920 ; rents, licenses, and 

 refunded items, $596.41. Total, $2,225,812.77. 



Classified expenditures: On bonded debt 

 principal $46,000, interest $59,140 ; to counties, 

 $524,357.04 ; on appropriations, $589,817.52 ; 

 specific tax-fund transfers, $67,815.57; awards 

 by Board of State Auditors, $167,003.39 ; sala- 

 ries of State and judicial officers, etc., $177,- 

 222.10; swamp-land warrants, $6H,431.74; tax- 

 es, etc., refunded, $55,698.38 ; St. Mary's Canal 

 expenses, $2,335.58 ; State House of Correc- 

 tion expenses, $28,000 ; State Prison expenses, 

 $80,702.94 ; tax sales (advertising and county 

 treasurers' fees), $42,970.48; expenses of Le- 

 gislature, $98,537.47 ; miscellaneous items, 

 $9,537.16; special deposits, $2,170.87. Total, 

 $2,019,885.59. 



The bonded debt of the State on September 

 30, 1879, was : 



Two-million loan, 6's, due January 1, 1888 $591,000 00 



War-bounty loan, 7's, due May 1, 1890 299,000 00 



Non-interest-bearing bonds 28,149 7T 



Total bonded debt $913,149 77 



There was on hand applicable to the pay- 

 ment of this debt : 



United States bonds (with Fund Commissioners) $800.000 00 



Canal fund (total amount of bonds) 8,000 00 



Sinkingfund 604.000 00 



Total $t12,000 00 



The indebtedness of the State to the several 

 trust funds is as follows : 



Primary-school fund $2,441,784 79 



Five per cent, primary-school fund 820,427 44 



University rand 458,65596 



Agricultural College fund 139,875 48 



Normal School fund 55,81582 



Railroad and other deposits 8,186 08 



Total $8,419,145 01 



On the Normal School fund the State pays 

 6 per cent, interest, and on the other educa- 

 tional funds 7 per cent. 



The annual report of the Commissioner of 

 the State Land-Office for the fiscal year ending 

 September 30, 1879, shows that during the year 

 6,535 g 18 acres were forfeited to the State, and 

 69,044-58 acres sold. The number of acres held 

 by the State September 30, 1879, was 2,801,- 

 659-41, of whioh 2,198,476-39 were swamp-land, 

 442,510-83 primary school land, and 155,525-68 

 Agricultural College land. About three fifths 

 of this land, or 1,697,856-43 acres, are not in 

 market 115,358-88 acres being licensed to 

 homesteaders, 52,415*84 reserved on road and 

 ditch contracts, 1,826,965-34 reserved to the 

 Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie, and Mackinaw 

 Railroad Company, 111,752-80 withdrawn for 

 Menominee Iron Range Railroad, 69,745-97 

 to aid in the construction of a railroad from 

 L'Anse to Honghton, and 20,406-89 acres to 

 aid in the construction of the Days River and 

 Bay de Nor State road. The number of acres 



