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pitals be vested in a board of nine trustees, to be 

 appointed by the Governor and Council ; the said 

 board to have full control of the hospitals, with 

 power to select their officers, determine all salaries, 

 to transfer from one hospital to another, and to suc- 

 ceed to the trusts, duties, and liabilities, held or ex- 

 ercised by the present boards of trustees of the 

 hospitals at W oroester, Taunton, Northampton, and 

 Danvers. 



3. That the government of the State Reform 

 School, of the State Industrial School, and of the 

 State Primary School, be vested in a board of seven 

 trustees, to be appointed by the Governor and Coun- 

 cil for five years (two for one year, two for two 

 years, one for three years, one for four years, and 

 one for five years) ; the said board to have full con- 

 trol of th schools, to select their officers, determine 

 all salaries, and succeed to the trusts, duties, and 

 liabilities of the present boards of trustees or in- 

 spectors. Three of these trustees shall be women. 



4. That the duties now by law vested in the visit- 

 ing agent be vested in the board of trustees of the 

 schools ; and that they shall have the power to select 

 such officers as may be necessary to comply with the 

 provisions of the law. 



5. That the State Workhouse at Bridgewater be 

 abolished, and that the buildings be used as an alms- 

 house for men ; that all the male paupers at Tewks- 

 bury be transferred to Bridgewater, and that the 

 almshouse at Tewksbury be used entirely for women ; 

 and that the government of the two institutions shall 

 be vested in a board of five inspectors, two of whom 

 shall be women, and appointed by the Governor and 

 Council for five years, one member to retire annual- 

 ly ; that the said board shall have full control of the 

 almshouses. select their officers, and determine all 

 salaries. Also, that the court at Tewksbury be 

 abolished, and that all cases requiring detention by 

 a sentence be tried before a regular court, where 

 they may have the means of a proper defense ; and 

 all cases sentenced shall be sent to the several houses 

 of correction. All cases heretofore sentenced to the 

 workhouse by regular courts shall hereafter be sen- 

 tenced to houses of correction. Those now in the 

 workhouse, under sentence, to remain until their 

 terms expire. 



6. That the chairmen of the Boards of Trustees for 

 the Insane, Schools, and Almshouses (as above), shall 

 be a board in whom shall be vested the authority, 

 powers, aud duties now vested by law in the general 

 agent of the Board of State Charities; the said board 

 to have the power to appoint a general agent, and all 

 officers necessary to enable them to comply with the 

 law, and to determine all salaries. 



7. That the government of the State-prison be 

 vested in a board of three inspectors, to be appoint- 

 ed by the Governor and Council, with full control, 

 including power to select their own officers and to 

 determine all salaries. 



8. That the government of the Reformatory Prison 

 for Women be vested in a board of five inspectors, 

 of whom three shall be women, to be appointed by 

 the Governor and Council, with full control, includ- 

 ing power to select their own officers and determine 

 all salaries. 



9. That annual appropriations be made from the 

 Treasury of the Commonwealth for the support of all 

 the institutions, and that all income be paid into the 

 Treasury ; and that an officer be appointed by the 

 Treasurer of the Commonwealth, whose duty it shall 

 be to act as disbursing officer for the several institu- 

 tions, paying all bills and pay-rolls, thus relieving 

 the superintendents of receiving and paying out any 

 funds on account of their various institutions. 



10. That all the returns now required bylaw to be 

 made to the Secretary of the Board of State Chari- 

 ties, and the returns from city and county prisons 

 now required by law to be made to the Commission- 

 ers of Prisons, be made to the Secretary of the Com- 

 monwealth. 



A report of the Bureau of Statistics of La- 

 bor, presenting the results of investigations in 

 cities and towns producing 86 per cent, of the 

 total products of the State, shows on average 

 decrease in wages since 1875 of about 9 per 

 cent., a general increase in the working time 

 and the number of hands employed, and a con- 

 siderable increase in the amount of production. 



MONUMENT AT LEXINGTON. 



The second volume of the census of 1875 

 has been published, and contains the statistics 

 of mechanical industries in detail. The whole 

 number of manufacturing establishments is 

 10,915; total value of buildings, $80,997,508; 

 value of average stock on hand, $89,061,506 ; 

 machinery, $73,484,914. Of the machinery in 

 use, not more than $5,120,488 in value was 

 imported during the decade 1865-'75, while 

 during the same period not less than $80,000,- 

 000 worth was made in the State. The amount 

 invested in buildings, stock, and machinery, in 

 1875, was $243,493,928, the total capital in- 

 vested in manufacturing industry being $267,- 

 074,802. The number of persons occupied in 

 manufacturing and mechanical industries was 

 316,459, of which 233,252 were males and 

 88,207 females. Of the males, 228,469 were 

 above fifteen years of age, 4,725 between ten 

 and fifteen, and 58 below ten ; of the females, 

 77,288 were above fifteen, 5.863 between ten 

 and fifteen, and 106 below ten. The average 

 yearly wages of both sexes and all ages was 

 $475.76; of males above fifteen, $568.18; fe- 

 males above fifteen, $343.42; of both sexes 

 below fifteen, $146.65. The returns of wages 

 paid are on the basis of 266,339 employe's in 

 cities and towns, and show a total tor one year 

 of $126,711,588. The highest average of year- 

 ly wages in a single occupation is $88fi.09v fn th 

 manufacture of musical instruments ; Inwest, 

 $249.59. in the manufacture of bags and bag- 

 ging. In cotton-mills there were 8,809,287 

 spindles, 80,964 power-looms, and 80 hand- 

 looms ; in woolen-mills, 1,883 seta o machin- 



