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acts of 1869, and a similar statute of Pennsyl- 

 vania, providing for the appointment of com- 

 missioners to examine as to the true location 

 of the monuments that mark the boundary- 

 line between the two States, and to replace 

 any monuments that had become dilapidated 

 or removed, the commission have prepared and 

 filed in the Secretary of State's office a joint, 

 full, and final report of their proceedings, ac- 

 companied by maps and drafts. This com- 

 pletes the work, and the settlement of the 

 boundary-line. 



WISCONSIN. Stat3 Government. The follow- 

 ing were the State officers during the year : 

 Governor, Jeremiah M. Rusk, Republican ; 

 Lieutenant-Go vernor, Samuel S. Fifield ; Sec- 

 retary of State, Ernst G. Timme ; Treasurer, 

 Edward 0. McFetridge; Attorney - General, 

 Leander F. Frisby ; Superintendent of Public 

 Schools, Robert Graham; Railroad Commis- 

 sioner, Nils P. Hangen ; Commissioner of In- 

 surance, Philip L. Spooner, Jr. ; Commissioner 

 of Labor Statistics, Frank A. Flower. Supreme 

 Court: Chief- Justice, Orsamus Cole; Asso- 

 ciates, William T. Lyon, David Taylor, Harlow 

 S. Orton, and John B. Cassoday. 



Finances. The biennial -report of the State 

 Treasurer for the years beginning Sept. 80, 

 1884, and closing Sept. 30, 1886, shows total 

 receipts, $2,035,754.33 and $3,176,665.83, re- 

 spectively; and the total disbursements, $2,- 

 407,848.10 and $3,148,816.81, respectively. 

 Balancs in treasury Sept. 30, 1886, $736,720.- 

 24. No tax has been levied upon the counties 

 for the past three years for defraying the ex- 

 penses of the State government. In the pre- 

 vious two years a tax was levied and collected 

 from the several counties amounting to $609,- 

 664.43 for State purposes. 



The Governor reports that all of the account 

 known as the war-tax levied against Wiscon- 

 sin, amounting to $519,688.67, has been paid, 

 and that the United States owes, upon the set- 

 tlement, to the State of Wisconsin $8,409.43, 

 and some of the old claims are still pending. 



The bonded debt of the State, created in 

 1861-'63, for the purpose of carrying on the 

 war for the maintenance of the Union, has now 

 all been paid or converted into certificates of 

 indebtedness to the trust funds, except $1,000, 

 which falls due July 1, 1888. The property 

 valuation of the State, shown by the State 

 Board of Assessment for 1886 is : 



Total of personal property $1 14,922,900 



City and village lots 11 0,564.6-25 



Lands... .... 271,019,627 



Total $496,507,152 



Charitable and Penal Institutions. The total 

 amount expended for these during the biennial 

 term ending Sept. 30, 1886, was $735,008.99. 

 Of the amount appropriated two years ago for 

 the maintenance and support of the six chari- 

 table and penal institutions, $58,000 remained 

 unexpended. During the two years ending 

 last September, the total number of persons 



cared for in all the State institutions was 4,076, 

 against 3,721 for the previous biennial term. 



The State Prison had 443 convicts in 1885, 

 and 456 in 1886. The total expense of the 

 prison for 1885 was $54,944.03, and for 1886, 

 $62,163.40 the increase being caused by sub- 

 stantial improvements and the establishment 

 of a hospital. The receipts from convict-labor 

 were $49,386.57 in 1885, and $50,507.47 in 

 1886, so that the net cost to the State for the 

 past two years was only $17,213.39. 



The following is a statement of the insane 

 in hospitals and asylums, December 31 : 



State Hospital 634 



Northern Hospital 665 



Milwaukee Asylum 82T 



Chronic asylums 971 



Total , 



2,497 



Number in other places : 



Poor houses 



Jails 



Boarded out 



Total 150 



Railroads. The total number of miles of rail- 

 road in the State is 4,778.92, constructed at a 

 cost of $184,913,502.07. The average cost per 

 mile was $40,259.32, which includes equip- 

 ments, buildings, and depot grounds. For the 

 year ending June 30, 1886, the earnings of the 

 roads were $20,972,281.60, of which amount 

 $4,930,876.89 was from passengers, $14,575,- 

 609.53 from freight, and $1,465,795.18 from 

 mails and express. The labor to produce these 

 earnings has required the services of from 

 16,000 "to 18,000 men, at an average of $600. 



Education. The following is from reports re- 

 lating to school matters in the State for the 

 year ending June 30, 1886 : Pupils enrolled in 

 the public schools, 332,327; average daily at- 

 tendance, 177,004. Teachers employed in pub- 

 lic schools : male, 2,349 ; female, 8,699 ; total, 

 11,048. Average salary of teachers per month 

 in public schools: In cities, male, $106.58; 

 female, $39.90; outside cities, male, $42.64; 

 female, $28.15. 



Agriculture. The Legislature of 1885 made 

 provision for holding farmers' institutes by a 

 yearly appropriation of $5,000. 



Militia. The strength of the Wisconsin Na- 

 tional Guard on Jan. 1, 1887, was 2,254. The 

 last Legislature increased the compensation of 

 officers and men while in camp of instruction, 

 and appropriated $9,000 per annum for over- 

 coats and blankets. One company of infantry 

 and one battery of artillery were organized by 

 authority of the Legislature, making in all 37 

 companies in the organization at this time. 

 There was expended for 1886, $54,624.55. 



Political. The Prohibition State Convention 

 was held at Madison on July 28. The follow- 

 ing ticket was nominated : For Governor, John 

 M. Olin, of Madison ; Lieutenant-Governor, 

 Charles Alexander; Secretary of State, 0. M, 

 Blackman ; State Treasurer, A. C. Merriman ; 

 Attorney-General, E. W. Chapin; State Su- 

 perintendent of Public Schools, J. j. Blaisdell ; 



