PENNSYLVANIA. 



645 



Collateral inheritance tax .................... $461 ,465 48 their purpose. Our courts have come to exhibit a rec- 



SfTSV .................... ........ & S2 IJ ? rd ( decrees annulling the marriage relation startling 



Fees of office' ' ' ' 52 478 51 in tlie . ir number and history, and that must shock the 



Licenses on occupations' etc'. '. ". '. '.!'.'.'.'.'. '.'.'..'. '. 91l'.371 23 conscience of all thoughtful people, as it has already 



Commutation of tonnage-tax ................. 460,000 no been the occasion for reproach by the citizens of other 



Interest ..................................... 219,374 71 localities. It is undoubtedly a fact suscepti ble of 



proof by J udicial Coords, and within the knowledge 

 of ever / attorney in general practice, that parties in 



?. ther States desirin g to lay.^ irksome conjugal 



Salaries ...... ............................ . . . 72587 42 ties ac <l uire a temporary residence here for the sole 



Charitable and reformatory institutions ......'. 906,'l02 10 purpose of obtaining the expeditious relief which the 



Department expenses ....................... 99,826 '21 liberal divorce laws of our Commonwealth permit. 



Public printing and binding .................. 151,559 95 Those laws, and the practice obtaining under them 



Geological survey ........................... 87,000 00 seem to be based upon the principle that divorces 



enses s* II &T& & ^ tO be ^toted *>y * State and their 



5?;?96 08 Element mad easy, prompt, secret, and cheap. 



National Guard ...... 22752346 kpme ol tnose provisions do actually seem to invite 



County superintendents ! ! .* '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. 88,418 37 discontented husbands and wives to seek the dissolu- 



Soldiers 1 orphan schools ...................... 324,985 08 tion of their marriage ties. What other construction 



Normal schools .............................. 94,648 11 can be put upon the law that allows divorces for de- 



Mr^nsneotors 8 ............................ "tuffln So 8ertion extendin S for the P eriod of * w years, but per- 



Pi hliHhrht ............................. ?o 5? S? mits P roc eedings to be instituted within six months 



Penitentiaries' ' ' ' 216 425 00 after such desertion began ? In other words, applica- 



Legislative contingent !".".!!!!'.!.".!!'.".!'. 1 !.". "lO^OOO 00 tion is permitted to be made when the offense is only 



Legislative salaries ......................... 523,875 46 one fourth consummated, in anticipation of its finally 



Interest on public debt ............... ...... 819,95125 reaching the extent required by law. Each of the 



State loans redeemed ........................ 259,900 00 successive acts of 1847, 1850, 1854, 1855, 1858, and 



p ,T S o P n U sf ....................... 8 IJ'S? S? 1859 > has been eitner an extension of the causes of 



UnitedTtates consols purchased'. V.V. '.'.'. ..'.'::. 1,400,000 oo divorce ' 9 f the jurisdiction of the courts as to per- 



Premiums on same .......................... 324,875 00 8ons or subject-matter. At the same time, the rules 



Interest on Agricultural College land-scrip bond 30,00000 of practice, following the bent of legislation, have 



r . ,, . made smooth and easy the processes that bring death 



Education. The following are statistics of to the holy institution which is at the base of all pri- 



the schools for the year ending June 2, 1884: vate virtue, social safety, and national hope. 



Number of school districts in the State . 2241 There are two lines upon which the Legislature 



Number of schools ........................... 19,'919 P a 7 move in proceeding to correct this abuse. One 



Number of graded schools ................... 8,345 is in providing a more rigid and less expeditious di- 



Number of superintendents .................. 108 vorce law, and the other such legislation as will tend 



,?5 *p^W^ni-WWTtag,, 



HI? Wte-teW Kmm,e B d,t!ns.-The Govern- 



Average salaries of female teachers per month. 2989 OF recommends the establishment of a State 



Average length of school term, in months ..... 6-74 Board of Health; the creation of a commis- 



A^^S'ofpi^:::::":::::::::::: eSSS 8 j n to revise the bituminous mining laws, 



Cost of tuition ..... ......................... $5,403,63641 similar to the one appointed at the last ses- 



Cost of building, purchasing, and renting ..... 1,686,13274 S ; OT1 f ft rpvW thA nnt>irflr>ii-A Tninino- Iowa 

 Cost of fuel, contingencies, debt, and interest 



paid ...................................... 2,873,45266 some legislative enactment to prevent, in 



Agencies 1 Oftuiti n ' building>fuel ' andcontin " 9463221 ca P ital cases i th great lapse of time that so 



state appropriation". '.'.I'.!'.!'" "".I'.!'.'.'. ".!".! i',ooo'ooo oo often intervenes between the commission of 



Estimated value of school property ____ ....... 8i^8SG,'o98 co the offense and the punishment of the of- 



STATE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEAR. fender " ; the fixing of a definite salary for 



For the common schools ...................... $1,000,000 the'Secretary of the Commonwealth and the 



in aid of normal-school students ................. 40,000 Attorney-General, those officers being now paid 



lorthe 8 Cornjianter y inTans ntendeilt8 ' ' ' ^S ^^ ^ fixed SakrieS and P ai<tl y ^ & ? an 



___ amendment to the Constitution abolishing pay- 



Total ...................................... $1,126,800 ment of the poll-tax as a qualification for vot- 



The following tabular statement presents the in g? legislation regulating the sale of intoxi- 



contrast between 1873 and the present time : eating liquors ; the passage of a civil-service 



_ . law similar to those of New York and Mas?a- 



YEARS Number of Number of Registered Cosio[tli - chusetts. Relative to the pay of members of 



8cho l3 - teache "- pupils - ___ ' the Legislature, he says : 



16,305 19,089 834,020 $4,325,797 47 The act of 1874 fails to carry out the spirit and in- 



19 ' 919 22 ' 464 966,089 _5,403,636^1 t en t of the Constitution, and continues the per diem 



Increase . . . 3,614 3,375 132,019 $1 077 838^4 H 6 ?' if . ^ ot in a11 '> P"^ii at le ast in that part 



_ . _ . _ ! _ , |^,t 1,000 y* O f lt g lvm g members ten dollars a day for each day 



Tko oolo^a ^f to^k v not exceeding fifty that the Legislature extends its 



salaries of teachers have decreased. ses sion beyond one hundred days. The result has 



Uivorcc. Un _this ^subject the Governor sub- been to bring scandal and reproach upon the Legis- 



mits the following views : lature among the people, who have not hesitated to 



ni11<r , , u , , , , .... suspect that the prolongation of its sessions by the 



ri?vLS { A ^^^te /ears obtained noto- General Assembly to tie utmost limit of time for 



m7ni ? 1 P T lace ^ f h . er decrees of divorce may be easily wbich compensation could be claimed, has been for 



i quickly obtained Persons desiring to relieve the sole purpose of increasing its pay to the last dol- 



present desirable facilities for the accomplishment of Speaking of the liquor-traffic, the Governor 



