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NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



met and organized on June 1, 1887, and were 

 in session till November 5, during which time 

 279 public acts and 46 joint resolutions were 

 passed, all of which received the Governor's 

 signature. Among the acts and joint resolu- 

 tions were the following: 



To extend the Whitefield and Jefferson Kailroad. 



To annex Roxbury to Keene. 



To amend charter of Concord. 



To revive charter of Swift River Railroad. 



To incorporate Blackwater Valley Railroad. 



For preservation of local histories and financial and 

 other reports of towns, etc. 



Incorporating Lake Shore Railroad. 



Decree of estates in divorce proceedings. 



Relating to New Hampshire National Guard. 



Transfer of stock in corporation as collateral secu- 

 rity. 



Authorizing a railroad between Northfield and 

 Franklin. 



Amending chapter 112 of General Laws. 



To revive and extend the charter of Littleton and 

 Franconia Railroad. 



Incorporating Boston, Concord, and Montreal Rail- 

 road. 



To make Election-day a legal holiday. 



To prevent fraudulent registration of cattle. 



Annexing a portion of mlmot to Danbury. 



To provide for weekly payment of wages. 



To regulate hours of labor and employment of wom- 

 en and children in manufacturing and mechanical es- 

 tablishments. 



Relative to extirpation of pluro-pneumonia and other 

 contagious diseases. 



Denning duties of Insurance Commissioner. 



Relating to savings-banks deposits. 



To annex Crawford's Grant to Carroll. 



To revive the charter of the Concord and Roches- 

 ter Railroad. 



To amend the charter of the Windsor and Forest 

 Line Railroad. 



Relative to billiard-tables, etc. 



In aid of purity of elections. 



To recora of investments in savings-banks. 



To prevent vexatious interference with lawful trades 

 and occupations. 



Providing for taxation of fire-insurance companies. 



To regulate transportation of intoxicating liquors. 



Relative to actions for personal injuries resulting in 

 death. 



Fencing canals and water-ways. 



Preservation and publication of local vital statistics. 



In relation to wild animals. 



Amendment of acts concerning preservation of bal- 

 lots. 



In relation to trust funds for support of common 

 schools. 



To incorporate the Bartlett and Albany Railroad. 



Raising the age of consent in females. 



Providing for highways to public waters. 



To regulate heating of passenger-cars. 



To ratify and confirm the lease of the Manchester 

 and Lawrence to the Boston and Maine Railroad. 



In relation to married women, in amendment of 

 chapter 182, General Laws. 



In relation to rights of husbands and wives for pro- 

 tection of minor children. 



Assessment of taxes upon corporations. 



To define and punish the misuse of railroad earnings. 



Providing for a convention to revise the Constitu- 

 tion. 



To authorize the Boston and Maine to purchase the 

 franchise and property of the Eastern Railroad in New 

 Hampshire. 



To insure building the Lake Shore Railroad. 



To prevent bribery and corruption. 



In relation to interests of the State in the Concord 

 and the Boston and Maine railroads. 



Vetoes. Three important railroad bills wero 

 vetoed, as follow : 



"An act in amendment of chapter 100 of 

 the laws of 1883, entitled an act providing 

 for the establishment of railroad corporations 

 by general law," " an act to authorize a lease 

 of the Northern Railroad," and "an act regu- 

 lating freights and fares on railroads and to 

 provide for compensation to dissenting stock- 

 holders in case of railroad leases." 



Finances. The Treasurer reports as follows : 

 Cash on hand, June 1, 1886, $84,353.06; re- 

 ceipts during the year, $1,108,044.84; total 

 amount, $1,192,397.90; disbursements for the 

 same time, $951,781.79 ; cash on hand June 1, 

 1887, $240,616.11 ; total, $1,192,397.90. Debt, 

 June 1, 1886, $3,090,577.49; assets, June 1, 

 1886, $92,035.53 ; net indebtedness, $2,998,- 

 541.97; liabilities, June 1, 1887. $3,079,161.30 ; 

 assets at same date, $247,860.51 ; net indebt- 

 edness, $2,831,300.79; decrease of debt in the 

 year, $167,241.18. Revenues State tax, $400,- 

 000; railroad tax, $101,191.22; insurance tax, 

 $6,563.32; interest, $1,416.81 ; telegraph tax, 

 $5,806.73 ; other items, $490.40 ; total, $516,- 

 226.13. Expenses ordinary, $142,841,72; 

 extraordinary, $24,805.55 ; interest, $181,337.- 

 68 ; total expenses, $348,984.95 ; excess of 

 revenue over expenses, $167,241.18. Ordinary 

 expenses in detail salaries, $49,272.99 ; print- 

 ers' accounts, $17,215.78; counsel, $1,554; 

 State Library, $500; clerks of Supreme Court, 

 $768.20 ; indigent insane, $6,000 ; convict in- 

 sane, $2,962.10; National Guard, $24,999.51 ; 

 bounty on wild animals, $1,198.05; nsh com- 

 missioners, $2,273.59; State-House, $4,578.61 ; 

 Industrial School, $6,000; Board of Agriculture, 

 $948.51; Board of Equalization, $335.83; Board 

 of Health, $867.30 ; treasurer's accounts, $200 ; 

 independent militia, $400 ; bank commission- 

 ers, $4,140 ; clerk-hire adjutant-general's de- 

 partment, Superintendent Public Instruction, 

 and Board of Health, each $500 $1,500 ; edu- 

 cation of deaf and dumb, $3, 997.45 ; education of 

 blind, $3,600, and feeble-minded youth, $258.- 

 28 : Normal School, $5,000 ; New Hampshire 

 reports, VolumeLXIII, $1,050 ; incidentals, $2,- 

 870.95; other small items, $550.57 $142,841.- 

 72. Extraordinary expenses abatements of 

 State tax, $219.32 ; Agricultural College, $3,- 

 000 ; White Mountain roads, $3,433.26 ; State 

 Library, $498.19 ; State Prison, $3,204.74 ; 

 indexing records, $1,200; dedication of Web- 

 ster statue, $2,257.32 ; State-House, $1,279.55 ; 

 Gettysburg monuments, $1,500 ; Deaf-Muto 

 mission, $150; publication military records, 

 $1,200 ; boundary survey, $6,416; other small 

 items, $447.17 $24,805.55. 



Constitutional Convention. The act providing 

 for a convention of delegates for the purpose 

 of revising the Constitution enacts that dele- 

 gates shall be chosen at the regular biennial 

 election in November, 1888, and that the con- 

 vention shall meet in Concord on the first 

 Wednesday in January, 1889. The delegates 

 are to be chosen in the same manner and pro- 



