KKNTUCKY. 



101 



Flnunn's. At tho close of the fiscal year 



ending .Inn. :;n. l^:i. there was a balance in llir 



ury of $? > . I ,! 1 J"). 1 J-I ; the ttal receipts 



fur ill.' \eur following were $3,709,8 19.41, and 



tul e\|.emlitiirt -s f-ir the same period were 



.ivinga dflicit on .luiif ::M, IS-.HI, 



'In- year ending .Inne :;, 



1"!M. I lie total receipts were $:i,H.VJ. :;!:;.;,'. ami 

 the i..tal expenditures $8,628,829.01, leaving 11 

 ce on the latter date, after deducting the 

 existing at the beginning of the year, of 

 $11.04. Although the bookof the State Treas- 

 urer showed tlii> slight lialance, there was, in 

 .-it that time a deficit of $229,025.77, for 

 which amount warrants had lieeii issued by the 

 \uditor. and were paid by the banks of the 

 city f Frankfort, by virtue of an arrangement 

 made with them by the Treasurer in considera- 

 tion of his having placed with them the State de- 

 - at an agreed rate of interest. The Auditor 

 estimates that there will be, at the close of the 

 present fiscal year, June 30, 1892, adeficit of $472,- 

 755.71. The new Constitution provides that so 

 much of any moneys as may be received by the 

 Commonwealth from the United States, under the 

 recent act of Congress refunding the direct tax, 

 shall become a part of the school fund ; but that 

 the General Assembly may authorize the use by 

 the Commonwealth of the money so received, or 

 any part thereof, in which event a bond shall be 

 executed to the Board of Education for the 

 amount so used. The Governor recommends 

 that such an appropiation of this money be made, 

 in order that it may be used to redeem these 

 outstanding warrants. 



The State tax rate for 1891 was 42-5 cents on 

 each $100, of which 15 cents was for general 

 State expenses, the remainder being devoted to 

 school purposes. The bonded State debt re- 

 mained unchanged in amount during the year, 

 being $674,000. 



Education. The following public-school sta- 

 tistics, covering the year ending June 30, 1888, 

 and June 30, 1889, are the latest available: 



WHITE SCHOOLS. 



COLORED SCHOOLS. 



Charities. At the three State asylums for the 

 insane there were about 2,120 patients on Dec. 



81. Each institution has nearly reached the 



limit nt its capacity. 



1'rlHOOH. '1 he report of the State Penitentiary 

 at Frankfort for (lie two yean* ending Dec. 

 1. I 'IM. is us follows: Number of pri.-oi.. 



i. 1^:1. 1.127; iiiimU-r received for the 

 year ending Dec. 1, l^'.io. Oil, and for tli- 

 ending Dec. 1, 1891, 701 ; numlx-r discharged for 

 the year ending I)ec. 1, 1890, 887, and for 1 1 

 ending Dec. 1. lfc!l, 779; number in confinement 

 on Dec. 1, IS'.H. <ji;j. The reduction in prison 

 population during the period is due to the trans- 

 fer of 584 prisoners to the new branch Peniten- 

 tiary at Eudyvillc. The number remaining in 

 the latter institution on Dec. 81, of this year was 

 881, and the number at Frankfort was 893. 



The buildings at Eddyville were completed 

 and turned over to the State on Dec. 24, 1890. A 

 total of $484.143.93 was appropriated by the 

 Legislature for their construction, of which $470,- 

 753.41 was expended. 



Coal. The coal areas of the State represent 

 both the Appalachian and the Central or Illinois 

 fields. The Appalachian field covers the eastern 

 section of the State to the extent of 10,000 

 square miles, and underlies thirty counties. 



In the western part of this State the lower ex- 

 tremity of the Central field extends over about 

 4.000 square miles. Twelve coal seams are iden- 

 tified in this district, but only five are worked to 

 any extent. 



The various scams comprise all varieties, from 

 bituminous shale to the finest cannel coal. The 

 State possesses some of the finest beds of cannel 

 coal known in the country, which are found in 

 both the eastern and western districts. 



The product of coal in Kentucky during the 

 census year ended June 30. 1880, was 946,288 

 short tons. During the year 1889 the total prod- 

 uct was 2,399,755 short tons, valued at $2,374,- 

 339. The number of employes in 1889 was 5,260 ; 

 the wages paid, $1,756,363; and the capital in- 

 vested, $6,581,380, of which the largest amount 

 was in Hopkins County, $1,268,440. 



Constitutional Convention. The conven- 

 tion that assembled at Frankfort on Sept. 8, 

 1890, to revise the State Constitution, after tak- 

 ing a recess from Dec. 19 to Jan. 6, 1891, contin- 

 ued its sessions until April 11, when it adjourned 

 to meet on the first Wednesday of September 

 following, having completed a new Constitution 

 and provided for its submission to a vote of the 

 people at the August election. One of the chief 

 evils permitted under the old Constitution was 

 that of local or special legislation. The General 

 Assembly of 1889-90 sat one hundred and forty- 

 nine days, and passed local laws, including in- 

 dex, covering 4,893 pages, at a cost to the State 

 in printing of $17.223.65, and in other respects 

 of $151,014.82. The average time and cost of 

 the four preceding Legislatures had been but 

 little better. The new Constitution prohibits spe- 

 cial laws on a large number of subjects and in 

 all cases where general laws can govern, and 

 limits the regular sessions of the Legislature to 

 sixty days. Other important features of the 

 new Constitution an the provisions forbidding 

 lotteries in the State; establishing the secret or 

 Australian ballot system for all elections (under 

 the old Constitution the ri'm-iwc system of vot- 

 ing prevailed) ; prohibiting the working of con- 



