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LIBRARY OF THE WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, MADISON. 



The number of private schools outside of cities 

 is given as 448, their teachers 645, and pupils 

 27,213. In cities, 13,301 attended 213 private 

 schools twelve weeks or more, under 825 teachers. 



The number of colleges, academies, and semi- 

 naries reported, not including those under State 

 or public control, was 19; they paid for instruc- 

 tion $101,658. 



The finest building owned by the State was 

 dedicated in October. This is the Historical Li- 

 brary building on the university campus, Madison. 

 It is of white sandstone, and has cost $600,000. 

 It was dedicated by the State Historical Society, 

 for whose use it was built. The dedicatory ad- 

 dress was made by Charles Francis Adams. The ' 

 forty-eighth annual meeting of the society was 

 lield in the new building in December. The books 

 in the library include 215,606 titles. The sessions 

 of the summer school for library training, sup- 

 ported by the State Free Library Commission, 

 were held this year in the new building. 



Charities and Corrections. The number of 

 inmates in the charitable and penal institutions 

 Oct. 1 was 2,784, and of officers and employees 

 <532, divided as follow: 



The current expenses of the 9 institutions for 

 the two years ended Sept. 30, 1900, were '$1,272,- 

 379.20, divided as follow: State Hospital for In- 

 sane, Mendota, $218,787.43; Northern Hospital 

 for Insane, Oshkosh, $260,618.50 ; School for Deaf, 

 Delavan, $82,969.80; School for Blind, Janesville, 

 $71,541.35; Industrial School for Boys, Waukesha, 

 $136,075.57; State Prison, Waupuii, $164,435.59; 

 State Public School, Sparta, $84,393.64 ; Home for 

 Feeble-minded. Chippewa Falls, $141,576.24; State 

 Eeformatory, Green Bay, $91,981.08. 



A new and unifoi - m system of bookkeeping 

 went into effect in all the State institutions Oct. 1. 



All expenditures must be audited by the Secretary 

 of State, and all income reported to him. 



Militia. The number of organized militiamen 

 in the State was given in July as 2,745, and the 

 number of men available for military duty but 

 unorganized as 274,116. The expenses of the 

 Adjutant General's department, including the pay 

 of the militia while they were in camp, rents of 

 armories, and salaries, was $91,093 in 1899 and 

 $88,512.32 in 1900. Troops were paid $45,598.71 

 in 1899 and $43,638.74 in 1900. In the Pension 

 Department 976 cases were settled, in 404 of which 

 the claims were allowed. 



Medical Registration. The receipts of the 

 State Board of Medical Examiners for the two 

 years from licenses, registrations, and examina- 

 tions were $8,772.52, while the expenses were 

 $7,900.20, a balance of $863.31 being deposited in 

 the State treasury. The board granted 1,220 li- 

 censes at $5 each, and there were 1,260 registra- 

 tions at $2 each. 



Railroads. In the first eighteen months of the 

 operation of the law prohibiting State officials from 

 riding on passes, the expense to the State for 

 transportation of State officials and members of 

 State boards was $26,632.66. In statistics of rail- 

 way construction the State is credited with only 

 86 miles of new track, laid on 8 lines, in the 

 years 1899-1900. 



Insurance. The receipts of the Insurance De- 

 partment for 1900 were $431,318.87. an increase 

 of nearly $50,000 over 1899, and of nearly $200,000 

 over 1898, before the new insurance law went into 

 effect, the receipts for 1898 being $239,774.43. All 

 of this money is turned into the State treasury. 

 The Northwestern Life Company alone paid $241,- 

 636.16. The expenses of the department for the 

 year were about $13,000, not including payments 

 for publication of statements of the insurance 

 companies, which under the law are charged as 

 expenses of the department, but are paid direct 

 by the companies. 



The State is carrying insurance on its buildings 

 to the amount of $2,600,000, at an annual cost of 

 $8,064. 



Industries and Products. The latest labor 

 reports available are for 1897 '98. In those years 

 528 orders were issued requiring guards or pro- 

 tection around dangerous machinery, the erection 



