

from the appropriation for the Mississippi river 

 from the head of the passes to the mouth of the 

 -. contained in making appro- 



priation for the construction, rv|air. and preserra- 

 MIII public works, and other purposes," 



iawon Jmie:i. 1896, 



To amend an act entitled An A. t topmvi..- 

 the entry of land* in (Jrvrr County. < Hdahoma, to 

 give preference rights to settlers, and for other pur- 

 roved Jan. 18, 1897. 

 Appropriating $50,000 for the reli '-ring 



A: ': m / SHM In " - ID : I f ' BOB, 



of cash balance for two years. $447,68 

 The judicial expei^,- for is." wen If : tor 



Che Comptroller ,vp,,rted tl.at 

 during the past ten .r t \\cl\c years tin- e\p ( i, 

 tin- > | rapidly, and much 



more in proportion than the -rand list and popula- 



Secretary of the Treasnj 

 an American register to the foreign-built steam- 

 ships M Massapeqna " and " Menantic." to tfiabls 

 them to en: mdcr tin- American flag ' 



sunVn-rs by famine in India. 



:ie Secretary of War to use ration* 

 forth.' rvlief of destitute persons in the district 

 orerflowed by the Rio Grande river at and n- 

 Paao, Texas. 



.mend section 8 of the act entitled " An Act 

 providing a civil government for Alaska," ap- 

 prove*! May 17. 1884, to create the office of sur- 

 veyor general for Alaska, and for other purposes. 



Authorizing the Secretary of War to use rations 

 for It. f destitute persons in the district 



overflowed by the Mississippi river and its tribu- 

 taries and by the Red River of the N,,rth. and 

 making an appropriation to relieve the sufferers by 

 said overflow. 



Authorizing foreign exhibitors at the TraiiMiiis- 

 sissippi and International K\piti<>n, to he held in 

 the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, during 

 the year 1808, to bring to the United States fo: 

 laborers from their countries, respectively, for the 

 purpose of preparing for and making exhibits. 



Appropriating $50,000 for the expenses of the 

 International Postal Congress. 



Authorizing the construction of bridges over 

 Pearl river in Mississippi, the St. Louis river be- 

 nesota and Wisconsin, and the Church 

 n Tennessee. 



< n\ M < IK [ | . a N> w England State, one of 

 the original thirteen; ratified the national Consti- 

 tution Jan. 9, 1788; area, 4,900 square miles. The 

 population, according to each decennial census, was 

 28W46 in 1790; 251,002 in 1800; 261.JM2 in 1810; 

 875,148 in 1820: .:'Ui.i7s m 1M<>: 



J in 1850: 400,147 in 1860; 537,454 in 1870; 

 688.700 in 1880; and 746,258 in 1890. Capital, 

 Hartford. 



< o\ eminent. The following were the State offi- 

 cers during the year: Governor, Lorrin A. Cooke; 

 Lieutenant Governor. James D. Dewell : Secretary 



ite. Charles Phelps: Treasurer. Charles \V. 

 OrOBv nptn.ller, Benjamin P. Mead all 



Republicans; Supreme Court of Krrors Chief .lu- 

 tice, Charles B. Andrews. BflpabttoMi; Associate 

 5e, Republiean ; Augustu- II. 



i K. I'.aldwin, Dem. 

 ... Democrat: Clerk, C. W. 

 Johnson, 



FlnanroH. I 1 del.t of the State was 



reported as $1,500.000 8j-per-<--nt. l.-n.N falling 

 doe Jan. 1, 1902, and $1.740,000 3-per-cent. I 

 due0.t. i. ino; total, $8,240,000. ^he condition 

 of the treasury was reported as follows at the be- 

 ginning of the year: Cash on han 1894, 

 $788,418.07; received during year endin 

 1 -'.-". $1,997,016;*.') ; n luring y< ar snding 

 Sept. 80 f 1896, $2.1 total. & - 

 Expenditures: For year ^ruling Sept. 30, 1895, 



> - ;<::<. . - >"..* ;,-,,.. .si. -;,..: 



519.84; leaving cash balance Get 1. 1896, x 



litures exceeded receipts in 1895, 

 $219,663.58; in 1806, $228,020.64; showing a de- 



IX)KRIN A. COOKE. GOVERNOR OK O 



tiou. The average annual expen-.x fur the four 

 years ending 1882 were $l/Jso. 11 7. !'.: for the four 

 years ending 1896 they were $2,124,591.22, an in- 

 crease of nearly 60 |>er cent 



Near the dose of the year tie 



that the civil list showed a total of $2,678,107 JJ8, of 

 Which $890,788.80 was the balance from 0,-t. 1. 1896. 

 Of the receipts const it ut ing the remainder the 



were: [nterest of school fund (transferred to 



civil li<t fund March 1, 1897), $11 mili- 



tary commutation tax, $147,885.80: nonresidents* 

 stock tax, $104,149.49 ; tax on steam railroads, $874,- 

 436.95; tax on street raih ix on 



ITS banks, $353,382.81 : tax on mutual life in- 

 suranee companii-s. *-jf?.;7i.71. Payment- 

 made partly as follows: ci\il-list orders, $I.I>MI.WI i.- 

 1!; registere<l orders, $460,784.06 ; interest on H 

 bonds, $104.7<K: the total of payments was $2, 

 080. leaving a balance to credit of the civil list. Oct 

 1, 1897, of $123,027 smaller by $ H?.70<i than thai 

 of a year previous. There was a decren 



from the collateral-inheritance tax. In 1896 

 the income from this source was $135,830. while in 

 1897 it was $77 -crease of $58,3 4 l. 



Banks. The savings banks of tie 

 ported as nearly all in a healthy condition. The 

 number is SJ number of 

 amount of dfpo-it-. including surplus, $1 1 



tax, $340.405. In his legislative message the 

 The ever-iiicreasjni: dilVu-ult ies 

 that savings-bank otlicers encounter in firocuring 

 I are sound and pay inc., me indi- 

 cate a itf.ssihlc. not distant, future when th'- rate per 

 cent, declared as dividends to d< ; ill of 



necessity be redu--. 'i." The number of State banks 

 is 8 ; Total assets, $8,:r>;.51.1 : total assets decreased 



