State tax for 1850, and previous years, 60,338.99 Perkins Institution, Education of Money borrowed to defray expense of Constitutional Convention, Principal Items of Expenditure. N. H. Reports and Digest, 3,902.12 Salaries, Executive and Judiciary, $ 19,860.05 Railroad tax div'ds paid to towns, 30,507.28 Pay of Council, 770.60 Constitutional Convention, 39,917.18 Total indebtedness, State of the Treasury, June 4, 1851. Deduct available funds, viz taxes outstanding, Amount of indebtedness above available funds, $77,122.80 331.94 $76,790.86 Banks. -The condition of the banks, on the first Monday in June, 1851, was as follows: -Capital actually paid in, $2,501,000; real estate, $47,670.52; debts due the banks, $4,573,027.24; debts due from directors, $43,884.90; specie, $ 140,142.14; bille of other banks, $ 88,515.15; deposits in the banks, $553,359.97; deposits in other banks for the redemption of bills, $337,502.58; circulation, $2,012,837. The whole number of banks in the State is twenty-two. Common Schools. The present school law is in the fifth year of its existence. At the June session (1850) of the legislature, the office of School Commissioner was abolished, and County School Commissioners were created, to constitute the Board of Education. The commissioners are,— Rockingham. - Zeb. Jones, of Hampton Falls. Hillsborough. - Geo. W. Moor, of Amherst. Strafford. - John S. Woodman, of Rollinsford. Cheshire. - Joseph Perry, of Keene. Belknap.-Giles Leach, of Meredith. Carroll. Sanborn B. Carter, of Ossipee. Sullivan. -D. H. Sanborn, of Washington. The returns for the years ending May 20, 1849, June 1, 1850, and May 20, 1851, give the State Prison, Concord. -Rufus Dow, Warden, salary, $800; Rev. Eleazer Smith, Chaplain; William Prescott, M. D., Physician. Whole number of convicts in prison, July 1, 1850, 89. Received since, 26. Whole number, 115. There have been discharged during the year, by expiration of sentence, 7; by pardons, 11; death, 1; insane 1;20. Leaving in prison, May 31, 1851, 95. Of those remaining in prison, 92 are males, and 3 are females. The ages of the convicts at the time of their conviction were as follows:- from 10 to 20, 28; 20 to 30, 38; 30 to 40, 19; 40 to 50, 6; 50 to 60, 2; 60 to 70, 2. Of the convicts now in prison, 73 were committed for offences against property, as burglary, house-breaking, horse stealing, larceny, &c.; 2 for arson; 9 for rape or attempt to commit rape; 1 for manslaughter; 5 for murder. There are 11 sentenced for life; 2 for 20 years; 3 for 15 years; 1 for 12 years; 1 for 11 years; 7 for 10 years; 17 for 5 years; 12 for 4 years; 16 for 3 years. Of the whole number, 14 are foreigners, and 46 natives of New Hampshire. 26 convicts are employed in the cabinet shop; 38 in the shoe shop; 16 in the smith shop; the 3 females are employed in sewing. The expenditures for the year were $ 5,373.40; the receipts and earnings for 11 months were $6,673.07. The amount owed by the prison, May 31, 1851, was $1,579.99. The prison library consists of about 600 volumes. New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane, Concord. — Andrew McFarland, Superintendent. Since the opening of the asylum, for nearly nine years, there have been admitted, to June 1, 1851, 816 patients; 117 now remain in the institution. Of these, 59 are males and 58 females. The number of patients admitted during the past year was 88. Of these 44 were males and 44 were females. 98 were discharged during the year. Of these, 45 (31 males and 14 females) had recovered; 25 (14 males and 11 females) had partially recovered; 16 (7 males and 9 females) were not relieved; and 12 (2 males and 10 females) died. A new wing has been added to the Asylum the past year. State Reform School.· -At the late session of the Legislature, an act was passed authorizing the governor to appoint a board of three commissioners, to select and obtain the refusal of a lot of land of not less than 50 acres, which will be an eligible site for a manual labor school; to procure plans and estimates on the building, and to mature a system for the gov ernment of the institution. Under this act, Nathaniel B. Baker, of Concord, John E. Tyler, of Rollinsford, and John S. Woodman, of Hanover, have been appointed Commissioners. III. VERMONT. Government for the Year ending October, 1852. C. K. WILLIAMS, Ferrand F. Merrill, Rufus F. Andrews, of Rutland, Salary. Governor (term ends Oct. 1852), $750 of Woodstock, Lieut.-Gov. & Pres. Sen., $4 a day. of Rutland, Adjutant and Insp.-General, 150 of Danville, Fred. E. Woodbridge, of Vergennes, Charles G. Burnham, Calvin Jewett, George C. West, Superintendent of Common Schools. of St. Johnsbury, Commissioner of the Insane. The Senate was established in 1836. The House of Representatives is composed of about 230 members, one member from each town. Pay of the members of each house, $2.00 a day during the session of the Legislature. JUDICIARY. The Supreme Court consists of three judges, and holds its stated sessions in each county, once each year, with an additional term, each year, in each judicial circuit, at such time and in such county as the court shall direct. For the trial of cases in the County Courts (Court of Common Pleas) the State is divided into four judicial circuits. The first circuit includes the counties of Bennington, Rutland, and Addison; second circuit, Windham, Windsor, and Orange; third circuit, Chittenden, Franklin, Lamoille, and Grand Isle; fourth circuit, Washington, Caledonia, Orleans, and Essex. The County Court is composed of a circuit judge, who is appointed by the legislature, and two assistant judges, in each county, who are elected by the people. The salary of each judge of the Supreme Court and each circuit judge is $1,375 per annum, and the assistant judges receive a per diem allowance. The salary of the reporter is $450. The Court of Chancery has two stated sessions annually, in each county, and is always in session, except for the final hearing of a cause. An appeal from the decree of the chancellor lies to the Supreme Court. First Circuit. Robert Pierpont, of Rutland, Circuit Judge. Assistant Judges. Perez Harwood, Cyrus Farwell, Bennington County. Elisha Allen, Samuel H. Kellogg, Rutland County. Nathan L. Keese, Calvin G. Tilden, Addison County. Second Circuit. Jacob Collamer, of Woodstock, Circuit Judge. David Arnold, Henry Clark, Windham County. Hampden Cutts, Calvin French, Windsor County. Ira Kidder, Gouldsbourne Taplin, Jr., Orange County. Third Circuit. Milo L. Bennett, of Burlington, Circuit Judge. Israel P. Richardson, Truman Galusha, Chittenden County. Alvah Sabin, William C. Wilson, Franklin County. Henry Stowell, John Meigs, Lamoille County. William L. Sowles, Daniel Wait, Grand Isle County. Fourth Circuit. Luke P. Poland, of St. Johnsbury, Circuit Judge. Assistant Judges. David W. Hadley, Joseph Hancock, Washington County. Jefferson Cree, Alden E. Judevine, Caledonia County. Counties. Clerks of the Supreme and County Courts. Clerks. Residence. Counties. Clerks. Residence. Montpelier. G. A. Burbank, Danville. Jos. H. Brainerd, St. Albans. Bennington, Sam. H. Blackmer, Bennington. Washington, Jackson A. Vail, Windham, Marshall Miller, Fayetteville. Caledonia, Rutland, Fred. W. Hopkins, Rutland. Lamoille, Windsor, Norman Williams, Woodstock. Grand Isle, Addison, George S. Swift, Middlebury. Franklin, Orange, Joseph Berry, Chelsea. Orleans, Chittenden, David B. Buckley, Burlington. Essex, Common Schools. -Number of school districts in the State, 2,594; number of scholars, 90,110; average of wages paid male teachers per month, $13.55; average of wages paid female teachers per month, $5.54; whole wages for males, $65,759.16; for females, $61,312.65; number of weeks of schools by males, 19,360; by females, 43,238: whole wages to teachers, $127,071.81; cost of board, $70,492.87; cost of fuel, &c., $19,837.65; cost for wages, board, and fuel, $217,402.33; public money divided for support of schools, $90,893.91; average length of school during the year, 24 weeks; average of scholars per district, 39; expense per scholar, $2.20. The school fund was abolished in 1845, to pay the State debt. State Prison.-Year ending September 1, 1850.-Number of convicts, September 1, 1849, 62; admitted during the year, 33; total, 95. 19 were discharged during the year; 10 by expiration of sentence; 8 by pardon; 1 sent to the Insane Hospital; leaving in confinement, September 1, 1850, 76. 64 were employed by contractors in snath-making, and 5 in shoemaking. The contract per diem charge per convict is two shillings. The income of the prison for the year was $6,107.09. Expenditures and loss, $6,251.61. Balance of expenditures for the year against the prison, $144.52. Total liabilities, inclusive of interest, $17,873.70; total assets, $ 10,313.04. Excess of liabilities, $7,560.66 Vermont Asylum for the Insane, Brattleboro'. — William H. Rockwell, M. D., Superintendent. Since the opening of the asylum, there have been admitted, to August 1, 1850, 1,609 patients; 1,281 have been discharged, and 328 remain in the institution. Of the 1,609 patients thus admitted 745 have recovered, equal to 46.30 per cent. Of the 1,281 discharged, 745 have recovered, equal to 58.37 per cent. Of those placed at the Asylum within six months from the attack, nearly nine tenths have recovered. During the year ending August 1, 1850, the whole number of patients was 468. Admitted, 150; discharged, 140; remaining in the institution, 328. Of those discharged, 79 were cured; 26 died; improved, 16; not improved, 19. There have been 182 State beneficiaries in the Asylum during the year, and 143 remained, July 31, 1850. Income during the year, $34,240.12; expenditures, $33,868.93; balance in favor of the Asylum, $371.19. There is connected with the Asylum a library of over 1,200 volumes, and a large number of newspapers and periodicals are taken. Terms of Admission.- For the first six months, $2 per week, and $1.75 afterwards. When the insanity is connected with epilepsy or paralysis, $2.50 per week. Patients are received from other States for $2 per week, or $100 per year. Banks.-Number of banks in the State, 27; capital paid in, $2,159,410; circulation, $2,856,027. Total liabilities, $5,634,535.99. Notes and bills discounted, $4,361,727.73; deposits in city banks, $ 881,657.48; specie, $127,337.75; total resources, $5,800,322.91. By a joint resolution of the Legislature in 1849, savings' banks are required to report to the Auditor their condition on the first Monday of September, in each year. Returns were received but from two banks. FINANCES. For Fiscal Year ending September 1, 1850. Amount received into the Treasury, including balance of 1849, . expended, $ 125,374.76 122,252.73 $3,122.03 Principal Sources of Revenue. $26,846.36 In Treasury, Sept. 1, 1849, $8,330.29 94,309.56 49,738.25 Safety and School Funds, 1,671.40 4,112.29 Principal collected on same, 3,770.08 |