, 



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571 



1, 1800, $2,001,010.45; assets June 1, ply to all elections held for the choice of presi- 



, $20il,.*>00.1 1 ; net indebtedness June 1, 1800, dential elector-, repre-entati\e- to ( iigTHM, 



1.84; liabilities June I, 1891, $8,fi79,- State and county officers, and t<. tin- eleetion (f 



ll; as>et s.I une 1, 1801. $310.3:{r>.75 ; net in- all other officers cl -n at l.iennial electioMLOl 



wets Juno 1, 1801, $310,335.75 ; net in- 



lnes.s.June 1. 1 NO 1, $2,200,040.64; redurti..n 

 ofdei.t during the year, $231,418.70. The rev- 

 enue for tin \..tr amounted to $881,870.06, and 

 tin e\pciiM > (" xuio, I.')?. :!ii. making the excess 

 of iv\einie nviT expenses 'JvM, ll'J.70. which cor- 

 n-ponds with tin- reduction of the (It-lit. 



'rlif n-vcnue was derived from the following 

 sources : From the State tax, $500,000 ; from 

 railroad tax, $110,520.01 ; from insurance tax, 

 $i::,332.58; from direct tax refunded by the 

 1'mted Slates, $181,801.02; from interest on de- 

 posit-, '...' .V.i. 75; from . miscellaneous sources, 

 -7.10: total, $831.870.06. The expenses 

 were divided into ordinary, $894,570.97 ; extraor- 

 dinary, si is. iii-j.70 : and interest charges, $157,- 

 418,63. There was collected and distributed to 

 tin- towns during the year a tax on savings 

 hanks to the amount of $642,312.45. 



During the year State bonds to the amount of 

 $114,000 were paid, as well as a temporary St ad- 

 loan of $150,000, The funded State debt on 

 May 31 was as follows: Bond of 1873, due July 

 1, 1870, $500 ; municipal war loans, due from 

 Jan. 1, 1S!)2, to January, 1005, $2,200,100; 



county 



all other officers chosen at biennial eeetonfcOT 

 to any election-, of national or State officers. 

 Any city that chooses its municipal officers an- 

 nually may adopt the provisions of the u<-t for 

 such elections, by a vote of its qualified voters, 

 and any town mav adopt the provisions of the act 

 for its annual elections. After April 80, 1892, 

 city, ward, and town caucuses of qualified voters 

 r. pn-ent ing a political party which at the last 

 preceding biennial election [tolled at least 8 per 

 cent, of the entire vote cast in the State for 

 governor may in a city or ward nominate can- 

 didates for city or ward officers, and in town 

 for town officers, whose names shall be placed 

 upon the ballots to be furnished l >y the citv 

 clerk, town clerk, or Secretary of State. Sudi 

 caucuses may choose delegates to State, district, 

 or county conventions, and such conventions 

 may nominate one candidate for each State, dis- 

 trict, or county office whose name shall be placed 

 upon the official ballots. Candidates may also 

 be nominated by nomination papers, signed by 

 qualified voters of the State, district, county, 

 city, ward, or town in and for which the officer 

 is to be elected to the number of at least 500 



bonds of 1870, due 1801 and 1802 (July 1, $100,- where the officer is to be elected by the voters of 



000 each year), $200,000 ; total funded debt, $2,- the entire State; to the number of 2r>0 where 



400,000. the officer is to be elected by the voters of a 



The valuation of railroad property for 1801, as congressional district ; of 50 where the officer is 



fixed by the State Board of Equalization, was to be elected by the voters of a councilor, or 



$19,647,800, against $17,807,008 for 1800. An - 1 '- 1 

 annual tax of $500,000 is paid to the State by 

 the towns according to their valuation. 



Legislative Session. The regular biennial 

 session of the Legislature began on Jan. 7 and 



ended on April 11. The difficulties that pre- the Secretary of State at State expense ; and a 



atorial district. or of a county or city : and of 25 

 where the officer is to be elected by the voters of 

 a town or ward of a city. All ballots used in 

 biennial elections and in all other elections for 



ceded its organization and the action of the 

 clerk of the Lower House, by which the Republi- 

 cans obtained a majority in that body, are dis- 

 cussed at length in the " Annual Cyclopaedia " for 

 1800, page COO. On the opening day of the ses- 

 sion the returns of votes cast for Governor in the 

 November election were opened in the presence 

 of both Houses, and, as there appeared to be no 

 choice by the people for that office, a ballot was 

 taken which resulted in the election of Iliram 

 A. Tuttle, Republican, by a vote of 185 to 150 for 

 Charles H. Amsden, Democrat. The choice of a 

 successor to United States Senator Henry W. 

 Blair devolved upon this Legislature. At their 

 respective caucuses the Republicans nominated 

 Jacob H. Gallinger, and the Democrats Charles 

 A. Sinclair, the former receiving 05 votes on the 

 first ballot in the Republican caucus. Jan. 15, 

 to 62 votes for Senator Blair, 25 for Person C. 

 Cheney, and 11 scattering, and being nominated 

 on the second ballot. On Jan. 20 the separate 

 ballot for Senator taken in each House resulted 

 as follows : Senate, Gallinger 14, Sinclair 0, Har- 

 ry Bingham, Democrat. 1 : House, Gallinger 191, 

 Sinclair 183, Charles II. Burns, Republican, 1. 



national and State officers shall be prepared by 

 the Secretary of State at State expense ; ami all 

 ballots used in annual elections in cities and towns 



shall be prepared by the city or town clerk at 

 municipal expense. Every ballot shall contain 

 the names, residences, and party politics of all 

 candidates whose nominations nave been duly 

 made, the names being arranged alphabetically, 

 according to surnames, under the designation 

 of the office. Blank spaces are to be left at the 

 end of the list of candidates for each office for 

 those who wish to write in names not printed on 

 the ballot. The voter shall designate nis choice 

 by a cross in a square at the right of the name 

 of each candidate. The ballots shall IK- of plain 

 white paper, with 4 pages not more than 5 nor 

 less than 4$ inches in width, and not less than 

 inches in length. The names of candidates 

 shall lie printed in black ink and in uniform 

 type, and the ballots shall be folded in marked 

 creases lengthwise. On the back and outside, 

 when folded, shall be printed the words "official 

 ballot for," followed by the designation of the 

 polling place for which the balli ; an-d. 



the date of the election, and a fae aimilt of the 

 signature of the officer who prepared the ballots, 

 such fac simile being at no election a copy of 



In the joint convention of the following day that used at a former election, and being ke|>t 

 Gallinger was declared elected. On the same secret till the day of election. The selectmen in 



the different wards and towns shall prepare the 

 polling places therein, and shall cause the same 

 to be suitably provided with marking shelves or 

 compart inenis, at which voters may conveniently 



day Ezra S. Stearns, Republican, was elected 

 Secretary of State and Solon A. Carter, Repub- 

 lican, was re-elected State Treasurer. 



The passage of a secret-ballot act was an im- 

 portant result of the session. Its provisions ap- mark their ballots. 





