ling the rising tide of lawless acts, and of lessening the 

 financial burden which the existence of the criminal 

 class and the necessity of the detection and punishment of 

 crime casts upon eaclrmember of the community, I think 

 I need not excuse myself further for addressing you upon 

 the administration of the criminal law, with the purpose of. 

 suggesting for your consideration some changes which it 

 appears to me the well being of the community demands. 



There is no surer way of attracting a man's attention 

 than I)y touching his purse, and we will first ascertain as 

 well as we may what it costs the County of Essex to de- 

 tect and to punish crimes ; and in this consideration, we 

 must omit altogether the enormous indirect financial bur- 

 den upon the community by reason of the existence of a 

 class of persons who add nothing to production and are 

 worse than mere drones in the community. 



The following table shows the receipts and expenditures 

 of the County in respect to the enforcement of the crimi- 

 nal law for the year 1890. 



INCOME. 



Gross income of four jails, $15,070 71 



Bonds, costs and forfeitures paid by persons 



convicted to the Superior and lower courts, 40,677 65 



Total Income. $55,748 .36 



EXPENDITURES. 



Cost of maintenance of four jails and houses of 



correction, $75,826 13 



One-half cost of maintenance including salaries 

 of the Lawrence and Newburyport Court 

 Houses, 1,100 85 



One-fourth cost of maintenance including sala- 

 ries of Salem Court House, 2,.323 15 



One-third cost of maintenance including sala- 

 ries of Clerk of Courts office, 3,883 96 



