IDAHO. 



luting the nubility of stockholder* in corpora- 



'..r the appointment of a eoinity h'.rli- 

 'n-r in certain ea.-e-., anl pre.-eril. 



;ll le-troN ill;,' iliseet p. 

 >\'|.le for pro.sccutill<r otlell>e-o|| i II fi >rilllltif>n, 



liwc with the eallin-.' of Krand jun. 

 I ol the di.-triet judges. 



Apportioning to each comity the number ol mem- 



islaturc, whieh it shall eleet. 

 lor the observance bv the iiul.lie .schools 

 Friday lollowini: the lirst day <>!' May on Arbor 



-lal'lish a unit'orm standard of weights and 

 H.I t" provide lor a State sealer and in- 



Vili.ptiii!,' a L'l'eat seal lor the State. 



lii 1 1: tor thu organization and maintenance of 

 ilitiu. 



Appropriating $3,000 annually for the education of 

 deaf. dumb, and Mind of the State at some insti- 

 'on iii an adjacent State or Territory. 

 ,>tuMishiii!f a State board of equalization. 



I'o eiU'oree -e.-tion T, of Article Alll Of tllO Contl- 



ion, jin.hihitin.,' tlie employment of aliens oil State 

 i municipal \\urks. 



arities. At the State Insane Asylum at 

 kfoot, on July 1, 1890, there were 45 male 

 mid 1!) female patients. During the year follow- 

 ing '.2(5 male and 11 female patients were admit- 

 ted. The number discharged during the year 

 was 25, and there remained on June 30, 1891, 51 

 e and 25 female patients. The current ex- 

 ses of the institution for the year amounted 

 to $32,708.31. New and commodious buildings, 

 in olace of those destroyed by fire, are in process 



3ection. 

 ider the provisions of an act passed by the 

 slature early in the year, arrangements were 

 made for the education of the deaf, dumb, and 

 lind children of the State at the Colorado State 

 M.I, Colorado Springs. Late in August six 

 ildren were offered the advantages of this in- 

 t ut ion. 



Penitentiary. At the State Penitentiary 

 :here were 87 convicts on July 1. The State 

 owns a stone quarry near the prison buildings, 

 in which the convicts find occasional employ- 

 ment, 



Mining. The following table, showing the 

 production of Idaho's gold, silver, lead, and cop- 

 per mines during 1890, is compiled from data 

 collected by the Boise City National Bank : 



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Custer County produced $75.000 worth of cop- 

 per, and Washington County $50,000 worth, 

 making the grand total $13,824,500. 



I rrlgratlon. During the year ending May 

 81, 1890, crops were raised in the Slate l.y irri- 

 gation on 217,005 acres, or 880*07 square miles, 

 iilM.nl four tenths of one per cent, of the a 

 the State. The number of farms on May 81, 

 1890, was 0,654, of which 4,323, or about two 

 thirds, contained irrigated areas, the remaining 

 third being farms in the northern count ie> or 

 stock ranches requiring no irrigation. The aver- 

 age size of the irrigated portions of farms on 

 which crops were raised was 50 acres. The aver- 

 age first cost of water right was $4.74 an acre, 

 and the average cost of preparing the soil for 

 cultivation, including the purchase price of the 

 land but excluding the cost of water right, $10.50 

 an acre. The average present value of the irri- 

 gated land of the State, including buildings, etc., 

 is reported as $46.50 an acre, showing an appar- 

 ent profit, less cost of buildings, of $31.20 .an 

 acre. The average annual cost of water is 80 

 cents an acre, which, deducted from the average 

 annual value of products, leaves a net annual re- 

 turn of $12.13 an acre. 



Decision. Late in June the State Supreme 

 Court rendered a decision pronouncing tne act 

 of 1891 purporting to create the counties of 

 Alta and Lincoln out of the counties of Alturas 

 and Logan to be unconstitutional, on the ground 

 that the State Constitution forbids the division 

 of a county and the attachment of a part thereof 

 to another county unless the change is approved 

 by vote of the people in the portion to be sepa- 

 rated. The court held that the real object of 

 the act was to add to Alturas or Alta County a 

 portion of Logan County, the remainder of the 

 latter being called Lincoln County. 



ILLINOIS, a Western State, admitted to the 

 Union Dec. 3, 1818; area, 56,650 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial 

 census, was 55,162 in 1820 : 157,445 in 1830 ; 476,- 

 183 in 1840; 851,470 in 1850; 1,711,951 in 1860; 

 2,539,891 in 1870; 3,077,871 in 1880; and 3,826,- 

 351 in 1890. Capital, Springfield. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Joseph W. 

 Fifer, Republican ; " Lieut enant-Governor, Ly- 

 man B. Ray ; Secretary of State, Isaac N. Pear- 

 son; Auditor, Charles W. Pavey; Treasurer, 

 Ivlward S. Wilson: Attorney-General, George 

 Hunt; Superintendent of Public Instruction, 

 Henry Raab; Railroad and Warehouse Commis- 

 sioners, Isaac M. Phillips, J. R. Wheeler, and 

 John R. Tanner, who resigned early in October 

 and was succeeded by Jonathan C. Willis; Chief 

 Justice of the Supreme Court, John Scholfield ; 

 Associate Justices, Simeon P. Shope, Alfred M. 

 Craig, Benjamin D. Magruder, David J. Baker, 

 J. W. Wilkin, and J. M. Bailey. 



Finances. For the biennial period ending 

 Sept. 30, 1890, the balances, receipts, and dis- 

 bursements of the several funds in the State 

 treasury, as reported by the State Auditor, were 

 as follow : Revenue fund, balance on Oct. 1, 

 1888, $2.919,290.04 ; receipts for the period, $5.- 

 367,777.30; disbursements, $4,759,853.90; bal- 

 ance on Sept. 30, 1890, $3,527,213.44. State 

 School fund, balance on Oct. 1, 1888. $:50(i,- 

 2:>4.4:5 ; receipts for the period, $2,137,888.81; 

 disbursements. $2.129,852.02; balance on Sept. 

 30, 1890. $314,256.22. Delinquent Land Tax 

 fund, balance on Oct. 1, 1888, $331.06 ; no receipts 



