State Debt. -The entire debt of the State, January 1, 1852, was $5,726,307.80; composed of these items:-To individuals, $4,247,537.40; Southern Bank of Kentucky for stock, $150,000; Caddock fund, $2,000; Board of Education, $1,326,770.40. To pay which the sinking fund receives annually a tax from the banks, and dividends on stocks in the same; premiums on State bonds; dividends on stocks in turnpike roads; dividends from slack-water improvements; 5 cents on each $ 100 of property listed for taxation; tax on brokers and insurance companies; excess of revenue at the end of each year, over $5,000. The interest on the State debt has been punctually paid, and some portion of the principal. Common Schools. The school fund amounted in December, 1851, to $1,400,270; consisting of State bonds and bank stocks, besides an annual tax on property amounting to about $130 00. 99 counties and 5 cities and towns have made reports to the Superintendent for the year 1851 Number of children reported, 186,111; average number at school, 74,343. Money distributed during the year, $111,666.60. Number of children in the State between the ages of 5 and 16 years, 205,557, Board of Internal Improvement. - -David R. Haggard, of Cumberland, President; salary, $1,000. John M. Sharp of Warren County, and Thomas S. Page (Auditor), members. The latter is Secretary ex officio. There are 95 miles of railroad in actual use from Lexington to Louisville. The railroads from Covington to Lexington and from Maysville to Lexington will be completed during the year 1853. A road from Danville to Lexington (35 miles) is in the course of construction; also a road from Louisville to Nashville. State Institutions for the Relief of the Unfortunate. -Lunatic Asylum at Lexington. - Number of inmates January 1, 1852, 249. Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Danville. - Pupils, 67. School for the Blind at Louisville. Pupils, 35. Penitentiary. - Number of prisoners, 166. A second Lunatic Asylum at Hopkinsville is nearly completed. XXIV. OHIO." Government for the Year 1853. Term expires. Salary. REUBEN WOOD, of Cuyahoga Co., Governor, Dec., 1854, $1,800 Asa G. Dimmock, of Coshocton Co., Warden of the State Penitentiary, 1,200 William Medill, of Lancaster, Lt.-Gov. & Pres. Sen., Jan., 1854, $5 a day [during the session of the Legislature. William Trevitt, of Columbus, Sec. of State and Sup't of Schools, Jan., 1854, 1,400 Wm D. Morgan, of New Lisbon, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, of Cincinnati, Jabez Ritch, George E. Pugh, S. W. Andrews, of Columbus, Quartermaster-General, Thomas Powell, of Cincinnati, Paymaster-General. Elijah Hayward, of McConnellville, Librarian of the State Library, Commissioners of the Board of Public Works. Attorney-General, Commissary-General, 200 600 Jan., 1854, 1,500 G.W. Manypenny, of Zanesville, James B. Steedman, of Toledo, * For an abstract of the Constitution of Ohio, and for a list of the senatorial and judicial districts, see the American Almanac for 1852, page 295 et seq. JUDICIARY. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court consists of five judges, chosen by the people at large, a majority of whom form a quorum. It has original jurisdiction in quo warranto, mandamus, habeas corpus, and procedendo, and appellate jurisdiction. It holds at least one term in each year, at the seat of government, and such other terms as may be provided for by law. The judges after the first election (in 1851) were classified by lot, so that one should hold for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years. At all subsequent elections, each of the judges will be chosen for five years. Thomas W. Bartley, of Mansfield, Chief Justice, John A. Corwin, Allen G. Thurman, of Urbanna, Judge, of Cincinnati, (6 Salary. Term expires. Jan. 14, 1854, $1,700 1855, 1,700 Columbus, Clk. of Ct. in Banc. and Sup. Ct. Franklin Co. of Steubenville, Reporter, Courts of Common Pleas. 300 The State is divided into nine Common Pleas districts, of which the county of Hamilton forms one. These districts are subdivided into three parts, from each of which one judge, to reside while in office in his district, is chosen by the electors of each subdivision for five years. Courts of Common Pleas are held by one or more of the judges, in every county, and more than one court may be held at the same time, in each district. District Courts composed of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the respective districts, and of one of the judges of the Supreme Court, any three of whom form a quorum, are held in each county at least once in each year. The District Courts have the same original jurisdiction with the Supreme Court, and appellate jurisdiction. There is a Probate Court, with the usual probate jurisdiction, in each county, open at all times, holden by one judge, who is chosen by the voters of each county, for three years. Justices of the peace are elected in each township, for three years. Clerks of the Common Pleas are chosen in each county, by the people, for Salary. Sherlock J. Andrews, Judge of Superior Court of Cleveland, 1,500 1,500 1,500 Jacob Flin, 66 Criminal Court of Cincinnati, 1,500 FINANCES For the Fiscal Year ending November 15th, 1851. The total amount of receipts for the year ending Nov. 15th, 1851, was.. Balance in Treasury, Nov. 15th, 1850, Total disbursements for all purposes during the year, $2,878,656.71 130,412.12 $ 3,009,068.83 2,696,369.57 $ 312,699.26 The Constitution provides that "the State shall never contract any debt for purposes of internal improvement. It may contract debts to meet casual deficits in the revenue, or expenses not otherwise provided for, but the aggregate of such debts shall never exceed $750,000. It may further contract debts to repel invasions, &c., or redeem the present out. standing debt, but the money arising therefrom shall be applied to the purposes for which it was raised, and to none other. The credit of the State shall not be lent to any individual or corporation, nor shall the State become a stockholder in any association, or assume any debt, except such as may have been incurred in repelling invasion, suppressing insurrection, or defending the State in war. The Secretary of State, Auditor, and Attorney-General shall be the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, which shall consist of the net annual income of the public works and stocks, and of such funds raised by taxation or otherwise as may be provided by law, which shall be made sufficient to pay the accruing interest on the public debt, and annually not less than $100,000. A Board of Public Works, to consist of three members, shall be elected, and so classified, that one member shall be elected annually, and for three years." Principal. Total State debt and annual interest, Nov. 15th, 1851, $ 17,339,216.07 Interest. $ 58,750.00 837,707.53 26.586.10 100.178.63 $1,023,522.25 The irreducible stock funds, upon which the State pays six per cent. interest to the town ships and districts from which the funds were received, form a part of the State debt which is not to be repaid. During the year the whole 7 per cent. stock issued in 1843 was paid, and the certificates cancelled. The amount paid, January 1, 1852, was $1,429,981 52. This reduces the whole of the reimbursable debt of the State to $15,584,893.88. The State owns $3,038,848.21 of turnpike, railway, and canal stock. The amount collected on the canals for the year 1851 was $856,352.00. The total value of taxable property, real and personal, in the State, for the year 1851, was $450,836,511, upon which the State tax was $1,621,225.33. Chief Sources of Income. Domestic bonds redeemed, $455,495.61 Interest on domestic bonds, . "special school and trust funds, 100,345.83 Repairs on National Road, 38,562.68 252,168.92 The number and value of the domestic animals in the State, by the assessors' returns for 1851, were as follows:- Number of horses, 517,396, -value, $20,337,442; number of mules, 2,238,-value, $ 105,968; number of cattle, 1,116,145, — value, $11,382,590; number of sheep, 3,619,674, - value, $2,060,012; number of hogs, 1,456,643,-value, $2,297,229. Total value of domestic animals, $36,183,601. The whole value of personal property, inclusive of the above, upon the duplicates, was $102,478,340. Common Schools. The Constitution provides that "there shall be a thorough and efficient system of common schools established throughout the State," and that "the prin cipal of all funds granted or intrusted to the State for educational purposes shall for ever be preserved inviolate and undiminished, and the income therefrom shall be faithfully applied to the specific objects of the original grants or appropriations." The school fund consists (1.) of certain trust funds, the proceeds of lands originally given to certain districts of territory in the State, upon which the State pays the interest annually to the several counties in the proper district, according to the number of youth therein; (2.) of the State Common School Fund, which by the act of March 24, 1851, § 30, is made to consist of "the interest of the purchase money of the Salt Lands; the balance of the Surplus Revenue Fund; the interest of the Surplus Revenue Fund paid by the counties; receipts from peddlers' licenses, from auction duties, from taxes upon lawyers and physicians, and upon banks, and insurance and bridge companies; and of such taxes, to be levied by the General Assembly, as shall be sufficient, with the above revenues, to produce, for annual distribution, the sum of $300,000." The amount of the Common School Fund for distribution for the year ending November 15, 1851, including a balance of the previous year, of $ 11,022.45, was § 236,569.29 ; of this amount, there were paid to counties $ 198,079.78. From the special school and trust funds there were paid $ 100,178.63; making the whole amount paid by the State for schools, during the year, § 298,258.41. Statistics of Common Schools for 1851.-Number of townships in the State, 1,316; number feported, 1,121. Number of whole districts in the State reported, 9,783; of fractional districts, 1,519; of common schools in the State, 12,664; of male teachers, 8,350; of female, 5,706; of enrolled scholars, males, 238,571, females, 207,426; average daily attendance of scholars, males, 203,487, females, 159,760. Wages paid teachers from public funds, males, $398,744.27; females, $ 135,336.96. Paid teachers from all other sources, males, $111,759.47; females, $40,254 20. Months that schools were taught, males, 29,041.34; females, 16,064.34. 300 school-houses were built during the year, at a cost of $ 109,303.77. Amount of building funds raised, $ 102,811.41; amount of tax on duplicates, $322,020.55; received by reporting counties from State fund, $510,267.28; received from all sources, $ 587,659.51. Ohio Lunatic Asylum, Columbus. -Samuel H. Smith, Superintendent. Number in the Asylum, November 15, 1850, 318, 170 males and 148 females; received during the year, 283, 133 males and 150 females. Whole number treated, 601; 303 males, 298 females. Discharged during the year, 300, 153 males and 147 females; of these 163, 77 males and 86 females, were recovered; 46, 30 males and 16 females, were improved; 51, 27 males and 24 females, were unimproved; and 40, 19 males and 21 females, died. The actual expenses of the institution for the year were $31,721.82. Ohio Penitentiary, Columbus. Daniel W. Brown, Warden. The number of prisoners, November 30, 1850, was 424. Number admitted during the year, 204. Whole number during the year, 623. Of these there have been discharged by expiration of sentence, 57; by pardon, 77; by death. 9; by writ of error, 1; sent to Lunatic Asylum, 7; escaped, 8; in all, 159. Number in confinement, Nov. 30, 1851, 469. Of the 204 admitted, 155 were committed for offences against property, including burglary, larceny, counterfeiting, horse-stealing, &c., 11 for arson, 7 for forgery, and 44 for offences against life or the person. The costs of prosecution, and the charges for transportation of the convicts admitted during the year, were $26,567.65. The receipts of the prison for the year were $ 39,374.28. Expenses, $35,517.74. Balance in favor of the prison, $ 3,856.54. There is a library connected with the prison, for the use of the convicts, of nearly 8,000 volumes. Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Columbus.-J. Addison Cary, Superintendent. The Asylum has been in actual operation 22 years, during which time there have been 499 pupils. The number present, December 30, 1851, was 132, 72 males and 60 females The expenses of the year were $ 13,331.92. Terms of admission $ 100 for session of ten months, payable quarterly in advance, which covers all expenses but clothing, travelling, and physicians' bills in cases of sickness. Session commences first Wednesday in, October, and ends last Wednesday in July. During vacation, board at the Asylum is $1.25 per week. Institution for the Blind, Columbus. — George McMillen, Superintendent. The num ber, including graduates, and assistants in this institution, was, December 25, 1850, 73; 40 males and 33 females. The oldest was 38 years of age, and the youngest 8; average 18 years. 48 were under 21, and 25 over 21. During the year ending December 31, 1851, there were 69 pupils in the institution, 39 males and 30 females. 4 supported themselves, I was sup ported by friends, and 64 by the State. The expenditures for the year were $ 11,202. Appicants for admission must be between the ages of 6 and 21. If able to pay, the charges are $100 for the 10 months' session, exclusive of clothing and travelling expenses. Session is from October 1 to August 1. Statistics of Crime. From the report of the Attorney-General it appears that during the year 1851 there were 1,336 prosecutions, 1,014 convictions, and 154 acquittals. The punishments were:-Penitentiary, for 10 years and over, 1; under 10 years, 58; County Jail, 85. The amount of fines was $9,202.58; of costs, $14,518.17; of collectable costs, $4,658.25; of bonds forfeited, $4,350. The number of crimes committed under the influence of spirituous liquors was 166. XXV. MICHIGAN. Government for the Year 1853. ROBERT MCCLELLAND, of Monroe, Governor (term of office expires. Salary. 1st Monday of January, 1855, A. Parsons, $1,500 Lieutenant-Governor, $6 per diem [during the session of the Legislature. Secretary of State, Fees and 800 Auditor-General, 1,000 1,000 of State Treasurer, John Swegles, B. C. Whittemore, Attorney-General, Exp. and 700 The seat of government is located permanently at Lansing, Ingham County, to which place the public offices were removed in December, 1847. |