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1883, and the tax paid on gross earnings for 

 the year 1883 : 



Two thirds of this amount is returned to the 

 counties through which the various railways 

 run, in proportion to the number of miles 

 traversing each county, so that the Territory 

 realized from the 1883 tax the sum of $42,- 

 445.45. The gross earnings for that year were 

 $5,273,944.71. 



The following table shows the tax and mile- 

 age since 1879: 



One road, the Fargo and Southern, was 

 completed during 1884, and extends from Far- 

 go south to Ortonville, 122 miles. It is pro- 

 posed to extend the line next year south to 

 Flandreau, in Moody county, thus connecting 

 the northern and southern portions of the Ter- 

 ritory. There are now in operation about 

 3,000 miles of railway in the Territory. 



Education. The public-school system em- 

 braces common or ungraded schools, graded 

 and high schools, two normal schools, one ag- 

 ricultural college, and two universities one 

 each for South Dakota and North Dakota. 

 The laws are administered by school-district 

 corporations in fifteen of the oldest counties, 

 and by school-township corporations in all 

 other counties. To a limited extent in cities, 

 towns, and villages, the schools are under 

 boards of education created by one general 

 law and many special acts. The following sta- 

 tistics are summarized for June 30, 1884, the 

 close of the school year : 



School townships organized 567 



School districts organized .... 1,042 



Persons, June 1. ISSi, between ages of 7 and' 20 year's. 77,499 



Pupils enrolled in schools . 50 031 



School-houses (graded) !..!..!*.! ' 72 



School-houses (ungraded) ....'!!..'!!...!"'. 1,849 



Sittings in school-houses ..." ' .' 69^560 



Graded schools " (59 



Ungraded schools I'..!.'.!!!.!! ' 1 930 



Teachers employed, males !.,'.!.."! 1 !'.!! Vrf 



Teachers employed, females 2,048 



MOXEY EXPENDED DURING FISCAL YEAR. 



School-houses, sites, and appendages $639.962 83 



Teachers' wages 894,785 47 



Incidental expenses 135,406 70 



Interest on bonds 73 779 22 



Other debts and liabilities 70,944 50 



Total common-school expenditures $1,306.878 72 



Balance on hand June 30, 1884 296,684 27 



Total $1,603,562 99 



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Buildings, University of Dakota. Vermilion. . .. $30,000 00 

 Buildings, University of North Dakota, Grand 



* ; orks 80,000 00 



Buildings, Agricultural College, Brookings 20,000 00 



Normal School at Madison 7,000 00 



Normal School at Spearflsh 5,000 00 



Donated by localities to all these institutions . . 80,000 00 

 Salaries and other expenses in all these institu- 

 tions 23,000 00 



Aggregate cost of public education during 

 year $1,748,562 99 



The University of Dakota, at Vermilion, 

 Clay county, has handsome and substantial 

 stone buildings and ample grounds for all pur- 

 poses. The university is now in its third year, 

 with 105 students. The University of North 

 Dakota, at Grand Forks, was chartered in 1883 

 and opened in September, 1884. There were 

 over fifty students in attendance in October. 

 The Agricultural College, at Brookings, was 

 opened recently with forty-five students. A 

 normal school, at Madison, Lake county, has 

 an excellent building, not fully completed. 

 The school is in its second year, with forty- 

 five students. Another normal school is at 

 Spearfish, in Lawrence county. It is now in 

 its second year, with about thirty-five stu- 

 dents. The School for Deaf-Mutes is in the 

 eastern part of Sioux Falls. It has a superior 

 building. The blind of the Territory are edu- 

 cated in the Vinton (Fowa) State School by 

 contract with that State. All these schools 

 are free of charge for tuition. 



The Catholic Church has the Academy of 

 the Sacred Heart, at Yankton. It is now 

 used as a school for Indian boys, of whom a 

 large number are in attendance. They have 

 also a parochial school in the city of Yankton 

 with ninety pupils. At Dead wood and other 

 places they have similar schools. 



Yankton College is under the management 

 of the Association of Congregational Churches; 

 number of students, 106. 



Dakota Collegiate Institute, at Sioux Falls, 

 is under the patronage of Baptist churches. 

 Total number of students, 115. It has a nor- 

 mal department. 



Pierre University, at the city of that name, 

 under the Presbyterian Church, has an enroll- 

 ment of thirty-six. 



The Methodist Episcopal Church has located 

 a university at Mitchell, with a branch at Ord- 

 way, upon which work is progressing. The 

 Baptists have located a college at Tower City, 

 Cass county, which has received an endow- 

 ment of $100,000. The Presbyterians have 

 located a college at Jamestown, Stutsman Co. 



Public Institutions. The Insane Hospital, at 

 Yankton, has 150 patients. Another asylum 

 has been completed at Jamestown, with ac- 

 commodations for 50 patients. The Peniten- 

 tiary, at Sioux Falls, contains over 100 convicts. 

 A new wing was built during the year. The 

 new prison at Bismarck has been completed, 

 but is not yet occupied. 



Capital Removal. In May the Supreme Court 

 reversed Judge Edgerton's decision on the Cap- 

 ital Commission Bill (see "Annual Cyclopsodia" 



