MISSOURI. 



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Stone, Democrat ; Lieutenant-Governor, John B. 

 O'Meara ; Secretary of State, Alexander A. Le- 

 sueur; Auditor, J. M. Seibert; Treasurer, Lon V. 

 Stephens; Adjutant General, Joseph A. Wick- 

 ham ; Superintendent of Education, Lloyd K 

 Wolfe; Attorney-General, li. P.Walker; Com- 

 missioner of Labor, Henry Blackmore; Chief 

 Justice of the Supreme Court, Francis M. Black ; 

 Associate Justices, Thomas A. Sherwood, Theo- 

 dore Brace, Sliepard Barclay, James B. Gantt, 

 Gavin D. Burgess, George B. Macfarlane. 



Finances. During 1893-'94 the total revenue 

 received into the State treasury from all sources 

 of taxation amounted to $5,990,550.10. It was 

 divided as follows : 



The total appropriations made by the General 

 Assembly payable out of this fund amounted to 

 $4,025,934, which includes $1,227,000 set apart 

 for support of the public schools. Of these ap- 

 propriations, the Governor estimates that $422,- 

 704 were for purposes that may be termed ex- 

 traordinary that is, appropriations made for 

 special purposes, such as the construction of 

 public buildings, and do not need to be again 

 provided for. The remainder, which, after ex- 

 cluding that paid to the public schools, amount- 

 ed to $2,376.230, were made to meet the ordinary 

 expenses of the Government. 



During the biennial period terminating Dec. 

 31, 1894, the sum of $1,955,868.04 was paid into 

 the " interest fund." Of that sum, $1,063,875.18 

 were appropriated and used to pay interest on 

 the bonded debt, on the certificates held by the 

 State in trust for the public-school and seminary 

 funds, and the incidental. expenses of the Fund 

 Commissioners. The remainder, amounting to 

 $891.943.46, was transferred to the sinking fund, 

 for use in the redemption and retirement of 

 bonds. In addition thereto there were $52,172.17 

 balance in the sinking fund on Jan. 1. 1893, and 

 $7,000 were added thereto by a transfer from 

 the seminary fund. For the redemption of 

 bonds the last General Assembly appropriated 

 $1,000,000. In 1893 the Board of Fund Com- 

 missioners purchased $36,000 of unmatured 6- 

 per-cent. bonds on the basis of 4 per cent., and 

 called in for redemption at par $214,000 of 3A- 

 per-cent. option bonds, making a total of $250,- 

 000 paid on the principal of the bond debt. 

 During 1894 the Fund Commissioners paid 

 $414,000 of maturing 6-per-cent. bonds. 



The total valuation of real and personal prop- 

 erty in the State amounted to $924,296,052 in 

 1894, an increase of $37,016,712. 



A convention called by the Governor for the 

 purpose of considering inequalities in the as- 

 sessment of property "in the State met at the 

 capital May 22. The returns made by the asses- 

 sors to the State Board of Equalization show 

 great variations in valuations. Barton County 

 horses are valued at only $18.66 a head, while in 

 Audrain they are valued at $35.71 : Vernon, 

 |21.91 ; Warren. $32.96. In Vernon County land 

 is valued at $6.99 the acre: in Bartcn, at $7.53; 



in Boone, at $8.13; in De Kalb, at $9.45; and in 

 Caiiaway, at $5.60. Resolutions were adopted 

 recommending that property be assessed at its 

 true value, and that assessors in determining 

 the value of bank and other stocks shall require 

 sworn statements from the officers of such cor- 

 porations; that all surplus funds, undivided 

 dividends, etc., shall be assessed as cash ; that 

 building and loan association stock shall be list- 

 ed at cash value; and that all notes, surplus 

 funds, etc., of such associations shall be assessed 

 at 100 cents on the dollar ; that land be assessed 

 by the acre, and lots by the front foot and the 

 value of improvements added thereto ; and that 

 values so fixed be the cash market price at ordi- 

 nary sale on June 1 each year. 



Education. The number of children of school 

 age in the State is 928,369. The apportionment 

 of the school fund, $803,263.40, gives a, per capita 

 of about 86 cents in the distribution. 



The George R. Smith College, for the educa- 

 tion of the colored race, was opened at Sedalia in 

 January, and dedicated in March, when 58 stu- 

 dents were enrolled. 



Penitentiary and Crime Statistics. The 

 financial report of the Penitentiary shows that 

 the earnings of the prison for 1893 and 1894 are 

 $10,000 less th'an for 1891 and 1892. Yet, with 

 an average of 200 more convicts than in the pre- 

 ceding two years, the cost to the State for main- 

 tenance was'only about $26,000. 



During the last year and a half an immense 

 power house with 4 boilers of 875 horse power 

 each, has been erected and put in successful 

 operation. This plant furnishes the necessary 

 steam power for all the factories and State build- 

 ings connected with the prison, and by a switch 

 from the Missouri Pacific Railway the prison is 

 enabled to unload coal at its doors. 



There were in the Penitentiary on Dec. 31. 1892, 

 1,644 males and 45 females: Dec. 21, 1894, 2,129 

 males and 62 females. Only 1,030 of the con- 

 victs are contracted for, leaving several hundreds 

 idle. 



In June, 1893, a contract was made with the 

 Jefferson Shoe Company for the female convict 

 labor at 40 cents a day,' and since that date the 

 company has worked on an average of 34 of the 

 women. 



The crimes that cost the State more than $10,- 

 000 for each class, and the average cost for each 

 case in each class were : Murder, $72,966, each 

 case $380 ; rape, $11,222, each case $155.86 ; for- 

 gery, $13,657, each case $72.26; grand larceny, 

 $48,092, each case $67.35 ; burglary and larceny, 

 $25.166, each case $66.57; felonious assault, 

 $38,052, each case $61.17 ; robbery, $13,632, each 

 case $72.12. 



Militia. The National Guard consists of 1 

 brigade, composed of 4 regiments of infantry and 

 2 batteries, aggregating 2,134 men. The last ap- 

 propriation, $18,000, amounted to a per capita of 

 about $8.42 when distributed. Out of this the 

 different companies paid for armories, for travel- 

 ing and encampment expenses, and all other ex- 

 penses to which they were subject. For lack of 

 funds, no brigade encampment was held during 

 the past two years, and even the regimental ^en- 

 campments were abandoned in 1893. The Gov- 

 ernor asked for an appropriation of $35,000 from 

 the Legislature of 1895. 



