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inoperative, on the ground that the section of 

 the Revised Statutes to which it had been added 

 as an amendment had been repealed in 1880. 



At the judicial election, on the first Tuesday 

 of April, Chief-Justice Orsamas Cole, of the 

 Supreme Court, and Associate Justice J. B. 

 Cassoday were re-elected without material op- 

 position. 



The total State tax for 1882 is $449,280.86, 

 which is $212,778.07 less than the levy made 

 for 1881. The valuation of all property in the 

 State, subject to taxation, as fixed by the State 

 Board of Assessment, is $447,804,1*68, an in- 

 crease of a little more than $2,000,000 over 

 the valuation made one year ago for 1881. 

 The rate of taxation is reduced from 1-4858 

 mills in 1880 to 1-0033 mills in 1881. The 

 total of all taxes to be raised in the State is 

 $728,571.21, and includes the amounts due 

 upon special loans to counties and school dis- 

 tricts, and the special charges for the support 

 of the three insane asylums and the Boys' In- 

 dustrial School. This amount is about $220,- 

 000 less than the total tax levy made in 1880. 



The following is the number of inmates 

 which the various institutions have admitted 

 during the year, including those who were en- 

 rolled October 1, 1880: 



State Insane Hospital 770 



Northern Hospital for the Insane 660 



Industrial School 525 



Deaf and Dumb Asylum 179 



Blind Institute 84 



State Prison 439 



The number remaining in these institutions 

 on September 30, 1880, was : 



State Insane Hospital 487 



Northern Hospital for the Insane 512 



Industrial School 872 



Deaf and Dumb Asylum 163 



Blind Institute 68 



State Prison 805 



The board estimates that the current ex- 

 penses for the coming year for the State Hos- 

 pital will be $96,800, together with $45,600 

 special appropriations, which will be called 

 for ; the Northern Hospital will require $97,- 

 000, and $20,000 special appropriations ; for 

 the Industrial School, $104,710.44, and special 

 appropriations of $3,000 ; for the Deaf and 

 Dumb Institute, $34,600, and special appro- 

 priations of $15,800 ; for the Blind Institute, 

 $17,850, and special appropriations, $925 ; for 

 the State Prison, $45,800, and special appro- 

 priations of $10,000. 



During the calendar year 1881 there were 

 built 300 miles of railroad-track within the State, 

 against 288-22 miles laid during 1880. At the 

 close of the year 1881 there were 2,435-88 

 miles of road in the State, of which 2,321-25 

 miles were standard gauge and 112-63 were 

 narrow gauge. 



The following summaries of the statistics of 

 the public and private schools of the State 

 represent the condition of these schools in the 

 sixty-three counties and twenty-eight inde- 

 pendent cities, and cover the school year end- 

 ing August 31, 1881 : 



The total receipts for school purposes were 

 as follows: Counties, $2,118,349.37; cities, 

 $733,349.11; total, $2,851,698.48. The ex- 

 penditures were : Counties, $1,741,340 ; cities, 

 $560,698.34; total, $2,302,038.34. 



According to the report of the Commission- 

 er of Public Lands, the number of acres held 

 by the State, September 30, 1881, was 1,372,- 

 620-76, against 1,455,202-89 on the 30th of 

 September, 1880. The class of lands held is 

 shown as follows : 



School 197,862-75 



University 8,098' 14 



Agricultural College 24,876 36 



Normal School 652,754-90 



Drainage 588,476-65 



Marathon County 6,556 '96 



Total 1,372,620-76 



During the year 1880-'81 there were sold 

 87,608.20 acres. There are now out $107,027.- 

 99 in loans to individuals ; $152,344.38 to school 

 districts; investments of trust funds, $58,443. 

 The productive capital of the several trust 

 funds was, at the date of the report: 



School $2,633,818 94 



University 195.443 04 



Agricultural College 286,574 01 



NormalSchool 991,765 69 



Drainage 8,109 22 



Total, September 30, 1881 $4,065,210 90 



Total, September 80, 1880 4,205,392 66 



The incomes of the several funds, during the 

 fiscal year 1880-'81, were: 



School |192,617 03 



University, loans 22,401 26 



University, tax levy 44.55827 



Agricultural College 15,710 28 



NormalSchool 82,991 81 



Drainage 595 64 



Income for 13SO-'81 $358,87869 



Net income for 1879-'80 354,419 86 



Increase in earnings $4,458 68 



