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of tin- institution. In the Alan lain! Agricul- 

 tural College 144 pupils wen- instructed during 

 1 s *!!:!, ami (ill were refu.-ed admission because of 

 lack of accommodations. The entire number 

 enrolled in 1891 was 82. A two-story brick 

 building, 00 by 40 feet, has been erected fora 

 aymnanum and library, and, for the latter, 800 

 volumes have been secured. The School for the 

 Deaf receives annually from the State $25,000. 

 Tin- cost of the building was $225,000. An in- 

 dustrial building was erected in 1892. The 

 piv>cnt capacity of the school is 150 pupils. 

 The School for the Blind has under instruction 

 about 100 pupils ; of these, 74 are free scholars 

 of the State. The entire revenue of the institu- 

 tion for the past year was $45,455.10, of which 

 amount the State appropriated $21,000. The 

 entire disbursements were $33,850. In the 

 Asylum and Training School for the Peeble- 

 Minded the boys are taught the ordinary in- 

 dustries of the farm, and it is intended to erect 

 workshops in which they can be taught certain 

 manual arts. The girls are taught to sew and to 

 knit. The capacity of the building is 64, and 

 thore are 51 pupils. 



The Hospital for the Insane during the past 

 year treated 549 patients. Its income was $98,- 

 035.52, and its present indebtedness is $11,584.46. 

 The Penitentiary is self-supporting, and in 

 addition has contributed to the revenue of the 

 State. Its capacity is about 700, and it now 

 confines 630 prisoners. 



The House of Correction has 232 cells, with a 

 capacity for about 300 prisoners. It is intended 

 for the reception of " short-term " prisoners. 



The amount distributed to the charitable in- 

 stitutions of the State and to the State prisons 

 during 1892 and 1893 is $542,757.32. 



The Live Stock Sanitary Board expended $5,- 

 997.67 during the year. 



Constitutional Amendment. The amend- 

 ment to the Constitution proposed in 1892, by 

 which power is given to the General Assembly 

 to create an additional judge of the Supreme 

 Bench of Baltimore city, was submitted to the 

 people at the election held Nov. 7, 1893, when 

 1ti.."i()7 votes were cast in favor of its adoption, 

 and 8.574 against it. The Governor issued a 

 proclamation, Nov. 24, 1893, that the amend- 

 ment was adopted. 



Land Office. During the two years ending 

 Sept. 30, 1893, 53 patents for land were issued, 

 granting about 9,281 acres, of which quantity 

 about 7,400 acres were vacant; 157 warrants of 

 survey were issued, and of these warrants 67 have 

 been executed. 



Coal. During the year. 3.327,749 tons of coal 

 were taken from the mines in Allegany and 

 Garrett Counties. The sixteen companies in this 

 region emplov 4.071 men. 



Judicial Decision. By a decision of the 

 Court of Appeals, in which all the members con- 

 curred, the employment of the "single-tax" 

 system, which has been in operation for more 

 than a year in the town of Hvattsville, has been 

 declared unconstitutional. Etyattsville is almost 

 a part of suburban Washington, and its 1,500 of 

 population is largely made up of people who do 

 business in that city. 



In 1886 the Legislature created a municipal 

 corporation under the name of "The Commis- 



sioners of Hvattsville." To it was given power 

 to levy taxes, but the rate was restricted to Jf 

 cent* <>n the $100 o( assessed valuation. In lMr.i 

 the single-tax " men secured the passage of an 

 act providing "that tlie Treasurer and assessors 

 should, in 1892 and biennially thereafter, assess 

 each and every piece of land within said town 

 separately with the improvements thereon, at a 

 fair cash value," and that ''the board of commis- 

 sioners shall levy a tax upon all the proj>erty not 

 exceeding 25 cents per annum per $100 of tin- 

 valuation." Under this statute the land within 

 the taxable limits of the town was assessed at 

 $369,709, and the improvements at $180,000. Per- 

 sonal property was not assessed at all. The com- 

 missioners struck from the assessment roll the en- 

 tire valuation on improvements, and levied a tax 

 of 25 cents on each $100 of the assessed value 

 of the land. Thereupon sundry taxpayers filed a 

 petition that a mandamus might issue to pro- 

 hibit the collection of the taxes actually levied, 

 and to compel the commissioners to restore the 

 valuation of improvements to the assessable 

 basis, and to assess and include in it all personal 

 property. The circuit court for Prince George's 

 County dismissed the petition, and from that 

 order an appeal was taken to the Court of Ap- 

 peals, with the result above stated. 



MASSACHUSETTS, a New England State, 

 one of the original thirteen: ratified the Consti- 

 tution Feb. 6, 1788; area, 8,315 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial 

 census, was 378,787 in 1790; 422,845 in 1800; 

 472,040 in 1810; 523,159 in 1820; 610,408 in 

 1830; 737,699 in 1840; 994,514 in 1850; 1.231,- 

 066 in 1860: 1.457,351 in 1870; 1,783,085 in 

 1880; and 2.238.943 in 1890. Capital, Boston. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, William E. 

 Russell, Democrat ; Lieutenant-Governor, Roger 

 Wolcott, Republican; Secretary of State, \\il- 

 liam M. Olin. Republican : Treasurer, George A. 

 Marden, Republican : Auditor, John W. Kim- 

 ball, Republican ; Attorney-General, Albert E. 

 Pillsbury. Republican ; Railroad Commissioners, 

 Everett A. Stevens, William J. Dale, Jr., and 

 John E. Sanford ; Chief Justice of the Supreme 

 Court, Walbridge A. Field : Associate Justices, 

 John Lathrop. James M. Barker, Charles Allen, 

 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Marcus P. Knowl- 

 ton, and James M. Morton. 



Finances. The receipts and payments en 

 account of revenue for 1893 were as follow : Cash 

 in the treasury on Jan. 1, 1893. $6,437.247.05 : 

 cash received during the year. $88,188.468,72; 

 payments during the year, $30,374.33:5.t>7 ; bal- 

 ance on Jan. 1, 1894, $9,251,380.10. On Jan. 

 1, 1893, there were securities in the treasury 

 amounting to $27,394,717.86. During the year 

 securities valued at $8,788,197.39 were purchased, 

 while other securities amounting to$l 0,238,733. 78 

 were withdrawn, sold, or paid, leaving on hand 

 Jan. 1, 1894, a balance of $25.939.749.47. The 

 total funded debt on Dec. 81. 1893, exclusive of 

 the armory, Fitchburg Railroad, grade-cross- 

 ing, and sewerage loans, was $23.331,415.55, to 

 meet which the State had in its sinking funds 

 $20,121,616.80, leaving the net indebtedness only 

 $8,209.799.25. The armory and sewerage loans, 

 and that part of the grade-crossing loan already 

 issued, together amount to $6,480,000. The Com- 



