KANSAS. 



KENTUCKY. 





cure an exhibit of the resources of the State at 

 I In- ( 'hieai;o \N 'urld's Kxposit inn, the sum of $65,- 

 000 being appropriated for that purpose. Ann'iig 

 oilier appropriations were the following: $50,- 

 (Mio lor an additional wing to the State Normal 

 School; $70,000 for a detached ward cottage at 

 u.--.iwatoniie Insane Asylum ; and $50,000 for a 

 physics and engineering building at the State 

 University. 



A constitutional amendment granting women 

 equal rights of suffrage with men was adopted, 

 and its submission to the peopleat the -next elec- 

 tion provided for. 



Other acts of the session were as follow : 

 To prevent the introduction of cholera and other 



illtec-tloiis di>e:i.-e.-. 



To provide tor the construction and maintenance 



Of ll'Vi-es. 



Kcquiring railroad companies to stop at least one 

 passenger train a day going in each direction at 

 every enmity seat through which their line runs. 



Requiring every telegraph company to maintain an 

 office at every county-seat through which its line 

 runs. 



Education. In 1892 the number of persons 

 of school age in the State was 498,801, of whom 

 382,225 were enrolled in the public schools. 

 This is a loss of 7,345 from the enrollment of 

 1891. The average daily attendance was 239,- 

 299. a decrease of 6,803 from 1891. There were 

 9.123 school districts in the State, and 9,088 

 school buildings. During the year 179 new 

 schoolhouses were erected at a cost of $151,620. 

 To 3,722 male teachers an average monthly 

 salary of $52-10 was paid, and to 6,716 female 

 teachers an average monthly salary of $35-42. 



The total amount of money received during 

 the year 1891 for school purposes was $5,044,299.- 

 68. of which the. sum of $3,538,450.91 was re- 

 ceived of county treasurers from district school 

 taxes. In 1892"the whole amount received was 

 $5.010,981.97, of which $3,539,986.11 was re- 

 ceived from the treasurers of the several coun- 

 ties of the State from district school taxes. 



Prisons. At the State Penitentiary there 

 wore 837 prisoners on Dec. 1, 1893. 



The Legislature of 1885 made an enactment 

 providing for a State reformatory for male crim- 

 inals between the ages of sixteen and eighteen. 

 Propositions came from several cities of the 

 State for the location of this institution, and the 

 commission appointed to locate it selected 

 Hutchinson, ana a structure there exists in an 

 unfinished condition, although $260.000 has 

 been expended in its erection. 



Prohibition. The following is an abstract 

 from the Governor's message upon this subject : 



Prohibition is a part of the law of Kansas ; not 

 only statutory law, but a part of the Constitution ot 

 the State. A very large class of our people earnest- 

 ly believe in the efficiency of the law, while a re- 

 spectable element are not personally in favor ot 

 prohibition. Many of those who live in the larper 

 towns and cities believe that the expense resulting 

 from an honest, faithful effort to enforce the law e$- 

 eeeds the good results obtained, and is greater than 

 the people should he made to bear. In the rural 

 districts the law scorns to be generally enforced ; 

 hut it is not so well supported by public sentiment 

 in the centers of population. Extraordinary powers 

 luive t.een phu'ed in the hands of the executive for 

 the enforcement of the law in cities of the flret class 

 through the metropolitan police system. It is un- 



fiirtunatv but true that thru.- [M.wem huv<- in greet 

 meiiMire been nullified l>y vuriou* Uw-i-vu<l.> 

 vice.-, while nerioUH evils huvi: liillowid uln 

 not quite, us ohjc.eliomihK: u* the one nought to he 



destroyed. In mam |'i.i< . - :'.'-.> .- -iitinii-nt neem* 

 to hiive encouraged and connived ut the \-.n viola- 

 tion of the law, and thus contempt in brought upon 

 the authority of the Stute. 



KENTUCKY, a Southern Slate, admitted to 

 the Union June 1, 1792: area, 40,400 square 

 miles; population in 1890, 1,858.635. Capital, 

 Frankfort. 



(Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor. John Y. 

 Brown; Lieutenant-Governor, Mitchell C. Al- 

 ford; Secretary of State, Join 1 W. Hcadley; 

 Treasurer, Henry S. Hale : Auditor, L. C. Nor- 

 man ; Attorney-General, William J. Hendrick ; 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, Edward 

 P. Thompson ; Commissioner of Agriculture, 

 Charles Y. Wilson, all Democrats; Insurance 

 Commissioner, Henry T. Duncan; Register of 

 the Land Office, G. B. Swango ; Railroad Com- 

 missioners. C. C. McChord, C. B. Poyntz, and 

 Urey Woodson ; Chief Justice of the Supreme 

 Court, William II. Holt, Republican; Associate 

 Justices, William S. Prvor, Joseph H. Lewis, 

 and Caswell Bennett; Clerk of the Court of 

 Appeals, Abram Addams, Democrats. 



Finances. The following general statement 

 is given in the Auditor's biennial report: 



At the close of the fiscal year ending June 80, 

 1891, there was in the treasury a balance of $11 04 



The receipts lor the year ending June 80, 1892, 

 were.... 4,624,149 64 



Making a total of. H,584,l0 68 



Expenditures for the same period 4,807,708 68 



Leaving a balance, June 80, 1S92 $216,461 90 



The receipts during the year ending June 80, 

 1898, were 4,128,788 94 



Making a total of $4,840,286 14 



Expenditures for the same year 4,180,768 84 



Leaving a balance, June 80, 1698, of. $179,481 60 



The total taxable property for 1892, as re- 

 turned by the county assessors, under the as- 

 sessment made under the old law in the autumn 

 of 1891, and equalized by the State Board of 

 Equalization, was $552,764,538; and for the year 

 1893, under the assessment made in the autumn 

 of 1892 under the schedule of the new law, $596,- 

 799,076. 



Valuations. The proportion of assessed to 

 cash value of property has been 70 per cent., but 

 this year, by reason of the new revenue law re- 

 quiring a fair cash valuation, the Board of 

 Initialization raised the per cent, to 80, holding 

 that rate as the proper proportion to arrive at a 

 fair adjustment of the a^o-ed valuations as be- 

 tween counties, based on the previous jvarV ea-h 

 transfers of property. The land and personalty 

 subject to equalization, which excludes bonds, 

 stocks cash, etc., was assessed for 1893 in round 

 numbers at $321,182,000. The tax rate for 1893 

 \\a- 1'J 1 cents on each $100 valuation, while the 

 tax rate for 1892 was 47| cents. 



Banks. The tables compiled from official 

 data showed that from January to September 

 only 7 bank failures occurred in Kentucky. The 

 report of Kentucky banks outside of Louisville, 

 for October, showed the reserve held to be 26-50 

 per cent., the required per cent, being 15. 



