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MASSACHUSETTS. 



Constituting nine hours a day's work for county 

 employes. 



Limiting the height of buildings in cities to 125 

 feet above the street; elevators, sugar refineries, 

 steeples, domes, towers, and cupolas excepted. 



Giving the Commissioner of Corporations authority 

 to change the names of corporations. 



Kaising the compulsory school age to fifteen years 

 in cities and towns where opportunity is furnished 

 for industrial education. 



To authorize the Superior Court, in criminal 

 cases, to sentence persons convicted, although an ap- 

 peal-has been taken, where such appeal seems frivol- 

 ous. 



To prohibit the manufacture and sale of children's 

 toys and confectionery containing arsenic. 



Giving to the Superior Court exclusive original 

 jurisdiction of capital crimes. [The Supreme Court 

 formerly had exclusive jurisdiction.] 



Establishing a nautical training school, and appro- 

 priating $50,000 for its maintenance, provided a suit- 

 able vessel for such school be furnished by the United 

 States. 



Giving the Commissioners of Savings Banks au- 

 thority to prevent foreign co-operative banks from 

 transacting business within the Commonwealth. 



To establish a board of commissioners for the pro- 

 motion of uniformity of legislation in the United 

 States. 



Incorporating the Trustees of Public Keservations, 

 for the purpose of acquiring, maintaining, and open- 

 ing to the public, under suitable regulations, beautiful 

 and historic places and tracts of land in the Common- 

 wealth. 



To establish a sinking fund for the 'State House 

 loan, due in 1901. 



Education. The following public - school 

 statistics cover the school year 1890-'91 : Num- 

 ber of children between five and fifteen years, 

 376.491 ; number of all ages in the schools dur- 

 ing the year, 376,986; average attendance, 278,- 

 003; teachers employed men 1,010. women 

 9.030; average monthly wages of male teachers, 

 |118.07; female teachers, $48.17; number of 

 public schools, 7,239; average length of school 

 year in months, 8'9. During the year 244 high 

 schools were maintained, with 20,294 pupils in 

 attendance, an increase of 3 schools and 977 pu- 

 pils. Evening schools to the number of 206 

 were supported in 55 cities and towns. The 

 number of teachers employed therein was 1,018, 

 the total number of pupils enrolled 28,453. and 

 the average attendance 14,526. The whole 

 amount of money raised by taxation for the sup- 

 port of public schools, including only wages of 

 teachers, fuel, and care of fires and school-rooms, 

 was $5,707,514.37, an increase of $182,631.72 for 

 the year. The amount expended for new school- 

 houses was $1,026,032.27. The expenditures for 

 schools, exclusive of the sum paid for repairing 

 and erecting school-houses, was $6,652,972.67, or 

 $17.67 for each child of school age. The total 

 expenditures, including repairs and new school- 

 houses, aggregated $8,554.545.57 or $22.72 for 

 each child of school age. 



During the year 471 private schools and acad- 

 emies, having an attendance of 59,030 pupils, 

 were in operation. 



The new law under which two or more small 

 towns may unite in securing the services of a 

 trained superintendent of schools is producing 

 satisfactory results. 



At the State normal schools the following pu- 

 bils were in attendance during the year: At 

 Bridgewater, 234; at Framingham, 167; at Sa- 



lem, 260; at Westfield, 139; at Worcester, 170; 

 at the Normal Art School, 225. 



Charities. The following is a summarized 

 statement of the condition of the State charita- 

 ble institutions : Danvers Lunatic Hospital, pa- 

 tients on Oct. 1, 1890, 813; admitted during the 

 year ensuing, 300 ; discharged, 302 ; remaining 

 Sept. 30, 1891, 817; total expenses, $100,411.53. 

 Northampton Lunatic Hospital, patients on Oct. 

 1,1890,495; admitted, 141; discharged, 183; 

 remaining Sept. 30, 1891, 453 ; total expenses, 

 $82,721.18. Westborough Insane Hospital, pa- 

 tients on Oct. 1, 1890. 508 ; admitted, 397 ; dis- 

 charged, 412 ; remaining Sept. bO, 1891, 493 ; 

 total expenses, $98,008.28. Taunton Lunatic 

 Hospital, patients on Oct. 1, 1890,072; admitted, 

 238; discharged, 239; remaining Sept, 30, 1891, 

 671; total expenses, $110,489."40. Worcester 

 Lunatic Hospital, patients on Oct. 1, 1890, 785: 

 admitted, 549; discharged, 509 ; remaining Sept. 

 30, 1891, 825 ; total expenses, $172.327.20. Wor- 

 cester Insane Asylum, patients on Oct. 1, 1890, 

 299; admitted, 105: discharged, 53; remaining 

 on Sept, 30, 1891, 411 ; total expenses, $08,042.07. 

 State Almshouse at Tewksbury, insane depart- 

 ment, patients on Oct. 1, 1890", 364; admitted, 

 42; discharged, 42 ; remaining on Sept. 30. 1891, 

 364; almshouse department proper, inmates on 

 Oct. 1, 1890. 802: admitted. 2,815; discharged, 

 2,772; remaining on Sept. 30. 1891, 845. State 

 Farm at Bridgewater, inmates on Oct. 1, 1890, 

 545; admitted, 733 ; discharged, 600 ; remaining 

 on Sept. 30, 1891, 012 (of the latter number 223 

 are insane persons) : total expenses, $74,989.09 r 

 At the Perkins Institution for the Blind there 

 were 208 pupils on Sept. 30. The total receipts 

 for the year, including a balance of $60,415.35, 

 were $290,400.54, and the expenditures and in- 

 vestments $284.450.17, leaving a new balance of 

 $6,016.37. At the School for the Feeble-minded 

 at Waltham there were 296 pupils on Sept, 30, 

 1890 ; 83 were admitted during the year and 34 

 discharged, leaving 345 in the school on Sept. 

 30, 1891. The total expenses of the institution 

 for the year, including $78.846.24 for new build- 

 ings, we're $150,288.20. 



Prisons. The number of convicts at the 

 State Prison on Oct. 1, 1890, was 580 : during 

 the. year following 104 convicts were received 

 and 129 discharged, leaving 015 remaining on 

 Sept. 30, 1891. The net cost of supporting the 

 prison during the year was $148,487.26, from 

 which may be deducted the profit of $10.075.65 

 derived to the State during the year from the 

 manufactures and other industries carried on in 

 the prison by convict labor. At the State Ee- 

 formatory at Concord there were 733 prisoners 

 on Oct. 1, 1890, 668 were received during the 

 year ensuing, and 589 were discharged, leaving 

 812 remaining on Sept 30, 1891. The current 

 expenses of the institution were $175.430.80. 

 from which should be deducted $10,922.06, the 

 profit made upon the labor of prisoners, and 

 $6.953.36 received from rents, etc., leaving $151.- 

 554.84 as the net cost of the institution for the 

 year. The Reformatory Prison for Women con- 

 tained 242 inmates on Oct. 1, 1890, 216 were re- 

 ceived during the year following, and 210 dis- 

 charged, leaving 248 remaining on Sept. 80, 

 1891. The expenditures for the year were $50.- 

 011.85, and the receipts from labor of prisoners 



