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U ooufttrr in January. I8M, and -I- 

 tl tfllar- M<Uwillo ' ie 



1 

 oppnvdthe British oc- 



TV fired M|* n 



lUiishH by the destruction of thnr 

 and liMoonAsnUion of their cattle. 



I the AM that WM inipossd U|H .11 

 **d up their T 



dk of February WO mto of the bord 

 Dtorbamao.h*lf w.i 



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in, half ar to the Persian 



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 .1 in the line 



fterthe northern * 

 I. Hint I ^ram, on the north 

 fariristan. had been demarcated 

 Ue*Ssmissionsn returned to India in April. 



ALABAMA, A Southern State, admiti 

 the t'ttkm Dfe, 14. 1819; area, 52.250 square 

 Os. t The population, according to each d.- 



MUO?in 1860; 99*j998 in 1870 



: ; *-...., ..:. 



-The following wer, 

 the year: Governor, William C. 

 of state, James K. Jackson; 



I'uri- 



ty General, William <'. Fitt- 

 r of Agrieulturr. II. h. Une: Superin- 

 of Public Instruction, John <. Turn.r; 

 Adjutsrt Gewral. Charles P. Jones: h-.,f .!- 

 . i: i:- kaD; 

 ssN.MH l.llan.Thomat 

 a Head, and Jonathan liar- 

 A -ond-all Democrats. 



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* oa Oct. 1. 1894. was 99JJ99.400, of whirl, 

 MM99 are nayahfe ou July 1. 1906. and $054.- 

 ou Jan. 1. 1990. Under act of the Legisla- 

 ture thm outstanding bonds may be increased 

 by $JOO to exchange for old bonds, as fol- 

 low : (WOT A. hoods bearing 4 pur cent, interest 



MV C^rXboud.* *5 ^52*' $!95f " 



All bonds due in l* were 

 fe MM: those due in 1990 were issued to 



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January. 1895. Oof. 

 .r 

 of UM State there were liabilities 



, :- 

 of the 

 rsity tor which the latter 



of UM 

 uuuiiil of the -s 



$1J91.770; and principal of 



00& 



with the State by the United States 



joct to be called for at any time, on 



' rapport of thr public schools, $660,- 

 The (Jovrrnor oifta tho \#^ 



rund law. b> hi.-li the 



KtingnJihud, and to 



id thr refunding act so that thr bond- 

 b Subject to ca mpti..n af'.r I 



. ,' M. lodi atad measures \\hirh. in 

 !.-.- judgment, would reduce the aggregat< in- 



4''d by $140.(HK) |KT annum. 

 \ .i I ii.it IOIIH. The total assessed valuation of 



m the Stale in 1894 was > 

 :. thr tax rate was 5 mills, and thr 

 amount of taxe* $1,217,281. The assessed \alu- 

 in ISM nii,..untr.| to $260,179,690, and 

 x.s to $1.302,478, also on a 5-inill rate. 

 In 1891 taxable property reached it- 1 

 valuation in the history of the State 



. and in 1W thr | fci wrrr the 



i:.inkin-. I" thr la-f imb 



,ited States OomptroUer .f thr 



furreiiey. Alabama had. on < ' 



lubined capital was 



$8,604,000: amount of I'nitcd States b-.nd- h- Id 

 to secure < irmlation, $1,108,500; excess of such 

 bonds beyond requirement. $878, unt of 



ud'c.iin certificates held, $594,869 : 



issued for circulation, $7,085.860; redeemed, 



outstanding. $1 ; and loan. 



and discounts, $6,888,466. The State banks 



numbered 11. and had a combined capital of 



598,400, resources of $1,213,108, depot 

 $840.889, and Mirplus and undivided profits of 



I'hrrr \v,-re 4 savings bank-. 

 r.,inbined capital of $880,000, re- ' $855,- 



480, deposits of $868,051, and surplus and prof- 

 its of $64."' private banks had 

 capital ,,f $487,500, resources of $1,042,515, de- 

 posits of $4.50,242, and surplus and profits of 

 v - ::.'. 



I ducat Ion. The State appropriation for 

 public schools is about $500,000 per annum, 



poll tax, which if fully oo 

 make the amount about $750',000. Th.- 

 Governor, in a special message in .lanuarv. 

 euDad attmtion to thr State's indebtedness to 

 the school funds, reviewed the condition of thr 

 various institutions, and urged thr impon 

 a specific rate of taxation lor schools, to be sep- 

 arate from other State taxes, belirvii 

 taxation would bo met more willingly by 1 1. 

 pic when they could see just how much they were 

 mil purposes and how 



much from th- rvricral fund as interest on thr 

 school trust funds. The following are the appro- 

 priations for the principal institutioi 

 tural and Mechanical College at Auburn, $ . 

 normal college for whites at Florence, $7,500 ; 

 nonnnl college for whites at Troy, $:: 

 mal college for whites at Jacksonville. * 

 normal college for white girls at Livingston. 

 $2.500: normal college for the colored at 

 Montgomerr. $?..VKI : normal college f. .r He- 

 at Huntsville, $4.000; and the normal 

 1 -kegee, $3,000. 



the State appropriations, the Agrkul- 

 and Mechanical College receives annually 

 from the congressional land grant under the 



