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years beginning June 1 will be $537,485. This 

 sum deducted from the total appropriations leaves 

 $3,335,605, the amount to be raised by taxation. 



" The Legislature appropriated $444,500 for new 

 buildings and repairs, as follow: New insane asy- 

 lum, $100,000; Topeka Insane Asylum, $30,000; 

 Winfield Imbecile Asylum, $40,000; State Uni- 

 versity (chemistry), $55,000; Topeka Reform 

 School, $21,500; Osawatomie Insane Asylum, $50,- 

 000; Beloit Girls' School, $25,000; Agricultural 

 College, $25,000; Hutchinson Reformatory, $72,- 

 000; Olathe Deaf and Dumb School, $1,000; nor- 

 mal school, $20,500; Penitentiary brick plant, 

 $4,500. 



" To ascertain the appropriations for the cur- 

 rent expenses of the State for the next two years 

 the item for new buildings should be added to 

 the item of deficiencies and the sum of the two 

 items ($888,500) deducted from the total appro- 

 priations, leaving $2,984,590, which is less than 

 the amount appropriated two years ago. 



"The last valuation of taxable property was 

 $330,000,000. It is estimated that the valuation 

 of the State this year will be raised to $350,000,- 

 000. The 5-mill levy fixed by the Legislature on 

 this valuation will raise $3,500,000. The total ap- 

 propriations deducted from the amount of rev- 

 enues leaves a surplus of $164,395. 



" The levy of 1897 was 4.2 mills. The Legisla- 

 ture of 1899 found it necessary to increase the 

 levy four fifths of a mill in order to meet the 

 deficiencies. 



" This does not include, of course, the quarter- 

 mill special levy for the completion of the state- 

 house." 



Following are the appropriations for the sev- 

 eral State institutions for 1900: Blind Institute, 

 $23,694; Deaf and Dumb Institute, $49,090; For- 

 estry Station, $3,820; Winfield Imbecile Youth, 

 $52,460; Girls' Industrial School, $34,410; Sol- 

 diers' Orphans' Home, $34,890; Hutchinson Re- 

 formatory, $102,315; Emporia Normal School, 

 $45,500; Osawatomie Asylum, $186,494; Peniten- 

 tiary, $236,791; State boards, $45,000; State Sol- 

 diers' Home, Dodge City, $44,400; executive and 

 judicial, $330,000; Topeka Insane Asylum, $179,- 

 360; Topeka Reform School, $64,754; University 

 of Kansas, $140,000; Manhattan Agricultural 

 College, $59,000. 



The valuation of property for assessment in 

 1899 aggregated $327,175,107, of which about 

 $218,000,000 was real and about $58,000,000 per- 

 sonal. 



The claims of the State against the Govern- 

 ment for recruiting, equipping, and maintaining 

 soldiers for the Spanish war amount to $37,- 

 784.84. 



There are claims against the State on account 

 of the Quantrell raid during the civil war; those 

 acknowledged as legitimate amount to $77,000. 

 The House voted to pay them during the last 

 session, but the bill failed in the Senate. 



Education. The enrollment for the year at 

 the State University was 1,087. The graduating 

 classes of 1898 and 1899 numbered each about 

 200. The institution has graduated in all 1,545 

 students, and has had 7,085 enrolled. A depart- 

 ment of mechanical engineering has been estab- 

 lished. The necessary yearly expenses of a stu- 

 dent vary from $140 to $320. 



Two of the regents of the Agricultural College 

 were removed in May by the Governor on recom- 

 mendation of an investigating committee. The 

 charges that were held to be sustained were that 

 by their order the college soup house was op- 

 erated in violation of law ; that they had trans- 

 acted business without a quorum ; that they had 



spent more than the amount specified by law 

 and had misappropriated $200 given for a special 

 use, and had overpaid certain officers. Appeal 

 was taken to the appellate court by the regents 

 who were removed, and the court decided in their 

 favor and against the right of the committee 

 to hear and consider any other charges but those 

 submitted to them by the Governor; further- 

 more, the lower court decided that the committee 

 must determine the guilt or innocence of the 

 officer, and that it must file the evidence with 

 the Governor. The case was then appealed to 

 the Supreme Court. 



The income of the college is about $80,000 a 

 year, of which only about $18,000 comes from 

 the State. The class of 1899 numbered 54. 



The College of Emporia graduated 14 in June. 

 This institution is to have a new library build- 

 ing, the gift of Andrew Carnegie. 



Baker University received more than $20,000 

 in gifts the last year. At the annual commence- 

 ment 91 degrees and diplomas were conferred. 



The class at the State Normal School had 85 

 members. 



The school population in 1899 was 496,776. 

 The interest on the permanent school fund for 

 the first half of the year was $203,678. 



The State Board of Education has decided that 

 colleges to be " accredited " so that their gradu- 

 ates may receive certificates to teach must main- 

 tain departments of pedagogy. 



Charities and Corrections. A new asylum 

 for the insane was provided for by the Legisla- 

 ture, and a committee appointed to select a site 

 chose one at Parsons, but considerable opposition 

 has arisen to that location. 



The Institute for the Deaf, at Olathe, had 230 

 pupils in 1898-'99. About half are taught articu- 

 lation, with some degree of success. At the 

 School for the Blind there were 85. The Topeka 

 Insane Asylum had 828 patients, of whom 588 

 were men. 



At the Orphans' Home there were 178 children. 



The inmates of the Beloit Industrial School 

 were 119 in number. 



There are about 220 boys at the Reform School, 

 at Topeka. A committee appointed to investi- 

 gate the school reported necessity A for radical 

 changes, especially in regard to facilities for train- 

 ing the boys. One of the buildings was burned 

 in June, with a loss of about $5,000. 



The State Industrial Reformatory, at Hutchin- 

 son, has about 200 inmates. The building is not 

 yet finished. 



The binding-twine plant at the State Peniten- 

 tiary began operation Dec. 19. It requires a force 

 of 80 men. There are about 920 convicts in all. 



Military. The return of the Twentieth Kan- 

 sas Regiment from service in the Philippines was 

 celebrated at Topeka, Nov. 2, with great rejoicing. 

 The exercises included a procession, a banquet, 

 and ceremonies at the statehouse, with music, 

 addresses, the presentation of a sword to Gen. 

 Funston, and the return of the battle flags. 



The National Guard was reorganized* in Janu- 

 ary, but a new law necessitated another reorgan- 

 ization. Under the present law no one can be 

 mustered in without having passed a physical 

 examination. 



Products. From the biennial report of the 

 secretary of the Board of Agriculture it appears 

 that the home value of the farm products of the 

 two years was $288,259,096, which was a gain 

 of $43,465,301, or but slightly less than 18 per 

 cent., over the biennial period immediately pre- 

 ceding. The value of live stock (additional to 

 the farm products) on hand averaged for each 



