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ers, were as follow: Amount on hand July 1, 

 1889, $1,413,326.74; receipts during the year for 

 tuition fees, $29,848.44; from public funds, 

 $1,487,515.98; from railroad tax, $204,747.72; 

 from loan voted, $582,787.10; from local taxa- 

 tion, $4,214,237.18; total receipts, $7,932,463.16 ; 

 amount paid for teachers' wages. $3,472,225.26 ; 

 for incidental expenses, $665,928.63 ; for salaries 

 of district clerks, $213,922.54 ; for purchase of 

 sites, erection of school-houses, and furnishing 

 them, $704,103.66; for repairs and rent, $350,- 

 280.08; for defraying indebtedness (sinking 

 fund and interest), $223,608.64; for library, 

 $27,801.71; total expenditures, $5,657,870.52; 

 amount on hand July 1, 1890, $2,274,592.64. 

 The number of volumes in the district libraries 

 was 130,880. The number of trees planted on 

 Arbor Day was 9,903. 



The permanent school funds were as follow : 

 Total amount of State school fund in State cer- 

 tificates and cash in the treasury to the credit of 

 the school fund, $3,140,853 ; university or semi- 

 nary fund, $540,000; county school fund $3,- 

 687,565.43 ; township school fund, $3,331,- 

 055.95; district-public-school fund, $48,407.61; 

 total, $10,747,881.99. 



The total number of students enrolled in the 

 preparatory and college departments of the State 

 University at Columbia was 245, and in the pro- 

 fessional courses 187. Of the latter, 9 were in 

 / the agricultural, 50 in the normal, 69 in the law, 

 17 in the medical, 38 in the engineering, and 4 

 in the commercial department. 



The semi-centennial anniversary of the laying 

 of the corner-stone of the university was cele- 

 brated July 4, 1890. The connection that had 

 existed for several years between this institution 

 and the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis 

 was severed in 1890. Dr. A. W. McAlester was 

 appointed dean of the medical department, and 

 a thorough three years' course was adopted. 

 The General Assembly enacted a law in 1889 by 

 which the military department of the State 

 University was made the Missouri State Military 

 School. The corps of cadets is to consist of one 

 from each senatorial and representative district 

 in the State, each to be an actual resident in the 

 district and appointed by the Senator or the 

 Representative in August of each year. These ca- 

 dets pay no tuition fees, but only laboratory and 

 incidental fees in any department of the uni- 

 versity where they may be matriculated, and are 

 reckoned a part of the National Guard of the 

 State, having its military organization and sub- 

 ject to its rules. 



By a congressional land grant the State re- 

 ceived about 300,000 acres for the endowment and 

 maintenance of a college of the mechanic arts. 

 All but about 60.000 acres has been sold, and 

 from the proceeds $312,000 invested in State cer- 

 tificates at 5 per cent. The State has designated 

 Columbia as the site of the college, but has so 

 far failed to provide the buildings to which the 

 congressional grant can not be applied. 



The enrollment at the State normal schools 

 was as follows : At Kirksville, 520 pupils ; at 

 Warrensburg, 744 ; at Cape Girardeau, 349. The 

 Lincoln Institute for training colored teachers, 

 at Jefferson City, enrolled 52 pupils in the nor- 

 mal department out of a total of 183. About 

 7,591 were reported enrolled in private schools. 



Legislative Session. The thirty-sixth Leg- 

 islative session began on Jan. 7, and adjourned 

 on March 24. A vote was taken Jan. 27 for 

 United States Senator. In the Senate George 

 G. Vest received 24 votes; Samuel W. Headlee, 

 7 ; and 0. D. Jones, 1. In the House Vest 

 received 106 votes ; Headlce^ 25 ; and Leverett 

 Leonard, 8. The following day a joint session 

 was held, the vote was verified, and Senator 

 Vest declared his own successor. Gov. Francis 

 sent in his message Jan. 9. Among his recom- 

 mendations is one for the restoration of the 

 Board of Fund Commissioners, abolished by the 

 thirty-fifth General Assembly. Under the head 

 of legal matters, the Governor calls attention to 

 the claim of the State against the St. Louis and 

 San Francisco Railroad for $300,000, being the 

 purchase price for that railroad, which the State 

 had sold on March 17, 1868. Suit was instituted 

 in the circuit court of St. Louis Jan. 30, 1889, 

 the day before the ten-year period of limitation 

 would have expired, for the principal and 6 per 

 cent, interest from maturity. The defendant 

 filed a demurrer to the State's petition, but it 

 was overruled, and the case set for trial at the 

 February term of the St. Louis circuit court. 

 The attorneys of the railroad have notified the 

 State of their intention to take depositions in 

 New York and various other cities, beginning 

 Jan. 10, 1881. 



In regard to education the Governor said : 



The last Legislature set aside one third of the reve- 

 nue for the support of the public schools, and, in 

 addition, appropriated $183,383 for the State Univer- 

 sity and State normal schools, making a total appro- 

 priation for the benefit of education for the years 

 1889-'90 of $1,514,988.99. In addition to this sum the 

 schools derived $427,520 as interest -on the public- 

 school fund and seminary fund, making a total of 

 $1,942,508.99 paid out of the State treasury for the 

 promotion of education in Missouri during' the past 

 two vears. This is independent of the money raised 

 in tne school districts of the State by local taxation 

 and from country and township funds, which, for the 

 two years 1889 and 1890 aggregated $8,64(5,480.23 a 

 grand total of $10,407,656.20 paid by the people of Mis- 

 souri for school purposes during the past two years. 



Among the bills passed by the Legislature were 

 the following : 



Prohibiting the alien ownership of land. 



Kequiring mine operators to give employe's noon 

 hour above ground. 



Extending the Australian ballot law to all parts of 

 the State. 



For the assessment of surplus funds and undivided 

 dividends of banks. 



Prohibiting pool selling and book -making. Mak- 

 ing it a felony to blacklist employes. 



For endowment of the State U'niversity. 



Eequiring original-package dealers to take out 

 dram-shop license. 



Appropriating $150,000 for a State exhibit at the 

 World's Fair. 



Fixing the legal contract rate of interest at 8 per 

 cent. 



Providing for the forfeiture of principal and inter- 

 est in cases where exceeding 10 per cent, interest is 

 charged. 



Appropriating one third of the revenue for school 

 purposes. 



Kequiring foreign corporations to become incorpo- 

 rated under the State law before doing business in 

 the State. 



Taxing sleeping-car companies $2 on the $100 of 

 gross earnings. 



