Ml< I! 





JMT MiM/a. The enrollment in graded MM! un- 



. 



i more than 3,0(10 Uu- 



.!!:'- 



f School at tbe be- 



ginning of the year wat 110. 



1)10 Agriculture Collet 



lhaiir%rrl--f..rr. TIN :.-.. ....- L8N M 



lieeo gathered .bowing thai 41 per cent, of 



hav become fanner* or are 

 ia toe tin u 



, - * 



1 - 



Mini in the oil 



her. The chemical def 



t culture, the best variety of 



Ing statistics are from the 



r .- MM I - . .:. ii S 



*rt meat u working on 



at Jackson prison. Tbe 



IM*. . 

 9 cent* a day to fml m..l 



U, tv;!.. I ' 



, r.. .r. 



MO total nuinlH r of convicts 

 'i. was 518. It cotta 8| centa a -: 

 feed and clothe the convicts. 



; i -on at Mari|tiette In* 44 employees. 



**>& At this j.ris,.| i...,. '^-- - ' '^ i 

 of the State, Coat per da nd cloth- 



n- ti.-ti there are 45 



average number of convict* wat 



t !> patt year. It oottt about 8 oenU a 



dav /XT nti 



employee*. NumU r . f inmates Oct. 81. 1896. 564; 

 .rim; the year, 880; released on parole, 



Industrial Home for Girls, at Adrian. 



. lUHalr* O. 



1886,804; received d.mi leave 



of absence, 12 ; out on con 1 



uka, The October report of the Bank Com- 

 missioner showed, from the abstract of reports of 

 tanks and 8 trust companies, that the 



had increased materially cince tbe open- 

 .iia and dbcounta. Dec. 17. 

 1896. w.re $86.945.. 1 the rt- 



and 



m were 

 poriUat the f. 



at th,. latt.-r $47.201 



r 



$r,'i.:::.:..;.;:-.'.; Tfa vrlnji * 

 IIltri ,v. ,,, $i-... v,, -,..,,...,:... 

 comnercial de- 

 .11 $15^74^65.- 



.nk have I- 



ifl through the year. The receiver brought 

 nits acaitiHt Mock)iol<l<T4 to compel them to par 



HJ,.n in hi-t favor was given in December. The 

 -stinl that the Unk must hare been in- 



iror mor 



11. \*M'. *inir 



>e, shows that the >tatrments of the offl- 

 nl to canital stock condition, etc.. have 

 been gronaly nii-lea<: 



In IT- ought to compel the reo 



M pay taxes upon the Mock of 



tho tanks which were asseased before the failure. 



urt held that the rvcciver was not liable, that 



these "UuaeiirertrfeUy prival*, personal liabilities 



--,..,'; 



.ft;., Bank 



.:.'. lice***! failed in August. 

 llailr.,.,.- i 360 mile* of road veWWM 



-... ran it.- i. - 



Haven and South Kastern bat been changed 

 from a narrow to a Mamlard gauge railroad, wkh 



at I'.. I<awtMii - 



.. 



rt on the railroads of the State 



VlietsJHsra 

 ^J^^IWMW 



i . . ... 



The earnings from Jan. 1 to Hrpf. 1 were $1?.- 

 t74.l. a derrease of 91 .ISS.15o5ffroai 18ML 



-The report of fire instiranoe com- 

 n Frtiruanr. shows that the total 



MM la the Slate J UMT whfah 

 i mutual oompaaiea. The stock 

 companies did the following amount of basinets in 

 Michigan last year: Fire rsskt writUm, $S84,U6> 

 8; inland marina riakt, $II.4IJM: flre ptw. 



S44J87S; inland marine OT. 

 miums. $166.404; losset incurred, flre. felSljto; 

 inland marine. $lSJ8ft. CompaV 

 of risk- 



port of life companies shows that the tiirinim of 



DM 41 ,. M i .,:..::.--. .- . 



hat of the previous year, was at foAm: 







UTU.a de<-rras.-..f $A.7:lc ; 1 it., urn* I. 



188. a decrease of $ I :,7 7 I i the de- 



;,:::,:.- f r r - MM M *- i" H tfcl 



v .,, ,;.;.; .;.'-.": ' ."-> ,- / 



duct* an4 iniMtfiti. Tht IVcwmber crop 

 report, issue.1 by the Secretary of State, said the 

 average (x.ndition of wheat in the State Dec. 1 waa 

 88 per cent of condition tn average year*. The 



t. -,. : . .:. bar of 1 ' vIsMl - ; rttjd sfkati : 

 l.y farmer* in tbe four montht August, September. 



,. . , . N ..... . :.,, , 



t I rg % A 



^MV' ia% ftlhtft ste *w* ttm^it> sat mf ftslatWIflfemlmlB^ 



the 

 but it 



.- 



; 



hare had d 



Its constitutionality waa 

 wat sustained by thr 



Dairy and 



f tTfN't tn 



1% WwO% UlMr ^Wt5^W% 



..'. 



v . >,- 



Food 



law 



me where 

 plaint 



court for a mandamus to compel him to 

 ietuea warrant. The court decided thaVtbe law in 

 uoiBstttiHtoiiil and sottaJned the commissioner. 



Mayor and (teferaor. Aft- r the election of 

 n. & Pingree to he Governor of the State tbe 

 qeettioo ante whother he could bold that office 

 an.l at the same time continue to be mayor of De- 

 troit. The case came before the Supreme Court, 

 and it was decided that the two offices could not 

 he held by one person at the tame time. 



