The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-01-07
Thus leaving, on the 30th of Sep
TENDER last, q balance of debt
charged upon the future con-
$3.50 o5


The mariners fund is constituted Of moneys collected
frsm the masters of vessels and from seamen and pas
sengers to desy the expenses Of the marine hospital
at New York. the quarantine establishment at that
neys collected and disburssd by officers appointed
for that purpose whose accounts are rendered to the
comptroller and audited and settled at his Office, and
the balance only of moneys collected over and above
the current expenses are paid into the treasury and
constitute the fund as here presented -
The capital of this fund.- at the present time, is fol-
/ lows -
Money invested in State FIVE per cent stock sa2 900 90
Mortgage from the seamen's Friend Society,
. without interest. 10000 90
Money in the treasury under protest. sls2l rs
Balance of money in the treasury, s0th Sep
TEMPER, 1910. 25,696 ~
A question has been raised as to the constitutionsy
OF the laws of the State imposing these upon
and SoVe IL
under protest, was paid under protest against the
right Of the officers Of the State to demand collect
H. suit was instituted by those officers in the courts
OF the state to recover money due urder these laws
That suit is now before the Supreme Court of the Uni
during the present term of that The only ques
ton raised so far as am informed the constitution.
atty Of the laws Of the State, imposing he taxes. |
csnnst permit myself to entertain doubt to the deci
sion of this question.
Alter this point shall been settled beyond further
controversy there to believe that the aen
ton OF the legislature should be the subject of
the expenditures under the health laws and the
Of tax imposed especially upon the sailor and also the
prscticabty Of reducing the amount Of money collect
ed and meeting all the necessary expenses OF such
execution OF those laws tho real of GU room
mercial marine demand and require.
our Pententiary system is extending itself with
son has been commenced within the last year the effect
Of which has been to diminish the number of convcts
remaining the prisons at the close Of the year
Still the aggregate number Of all the prisons
has increased, probably in about the usual ratio
me number in the Auburn prison. en- the soh Of No
the close of ls44 This dminuton has been caused by
the transfer to the Clinton prison Of "A convcts and to
fnro tatw 81
all the counties in the fifth Senate district and perma
neatly of the counties of Herkimer and st. Lawrence
son presents very favorable account Of its condition
Eleven deaths only have taken place among the
casualties, leaving but eight trins more than one per
cent az the consequence OF ordinary sickness The dis
cessully maintained and the earnings Of the convics
are shown to have exceeded the total expenditures of
the prison by the sum of $sss2 o. The of the
year have met the expenditures and leave balance
hand OF 81 1863 49, larger by 50 500 81 than the balance
o. the .ny year The expenses appea, to have
ding year and about $1,000 below the estimate for the
The number of convcts remaining in the Mount Plea.
SAINT prison. the s0th of September last 1877 less
by 66 than the number at the close the previous
There transferred from this the Clinton prison.
during the year, convics and for about half the
year all the counties in the third district and
trct excepting Herkimer and Lawrence, were trans.
ferred from this to the Clinton prison district which
causes have produced this dminuton in the number Of
The prison for females at Mount Pleasant receives the
female convicts from the whole State The number
naming in that prison. the 3Oth of September last
was 6l being IL less than at the close Of tho previous
year and showing that dimnution in the number Of
vcts OF this class. The number received during the
year was 49, discharged by expiration of sentences 49,
BY Pardons s, and BY deaths
not show as prosperous condition, financially, that
exhibited from the Auburn prison. The accounts of the
~, n anu or az Mount rlsasant are
the year. are given 81 and the receipts from
the earning Of convcts for the period at 1858
81, ltaving deficiency in the receipts of the year
meet the expenses, of Sls40 CO. This balance OF ex-
pendure has been paid BY drawing from the treasury
s 500 deposited therein from the former surplus
ings OF the prison. and S340 80 from balance hand
at the close Of the previous year The expenses Of the
last have been ss over those Of
1874 while the earnings have by trhe exceeded the
expenses of the previous OF this excess expen
$1,000 are said to have been aymens for expenses
actually made for the service of 1884, but the bills
that difference in the expenditures between these
two years as above exhibited is to very considerable
extent, rather apparent than real, and that no such
change of the Of actual as the gures
would seem to show, has in fact taken places although
the deficiency in the income to expenses Of the
two prisons reality The annual report Of the in
| spectors will exhibit more accurately and fully the
state Of accounts and the this Of
the expenditures over the earrings Of the convicts
The prison for the males has been visited during the
year, by malignant fever which swept OF twelve Of
the convcts The whole number of deaths for the year
was fifty one, which presents ratio Of mortality sepa-
rate from the deaths caused by the fever greatly
|
communication to me, by the fact that large share Of
the conycts received at that prison. drawn from the
cities Of New York and Brooklyn and that many those
convicted Of crime in such large towns have previously
impaired their heaths and injured their constitutions by
exposure and vicious habits or have become broken
down BY prior imprisonment that large proportion
pass directly to the hospital upon entering the prison.
and numbers prove to be too extensively for
covery, BY the attentions which there be paid to
| them The bad quality and short supply Of water for
the prison, during the dry season, believed to be
another cause Of the increased sickness and mortality in
An these subjects. together with the discipline Of the
will be presented discussed in the annual report Of
| the inspectors to the Legislature.
When preparations had been made at the Clinton pri.
son Tor the employment Of convict labor, orders
given for the removal Of convcts from the other pri
sons in conformity with which SO prisoners from Mount
prison. Al the same time very large district
signed to the new prison comprising all the counties in
Of strengthening the laboring force there rapidly
the opportunity for employment should require. The
to sentences before the close Of the fiscal
on the 30th OF September last In this time convict
the 3oth Of September 1865 That number had been in
creased on the Ist Of December to 1877.
The law Of ls44 directing the construction Of a now
prison IN the northern counties made preparatory
preparation Of ooo The act chapter TO- Of the
Of is45 amending the law of s44 made further appro.
pration of towards the OF the prison
or these two appropriations amounting to slo5,oeo
there had been drawn from the treasury previous
close Of the last fiscal year. the 500 lag 81 of
which $s7,iAs OF had been expended and balance OF
SABA 30 remained in the hands the agent This left
undrawn Of the appropriations $4s7o As but between
the LIST OF October and the LIST of December the further
of $l9655 30 drawn aving in the treasury on
| the last named day, $253ls Ia
The outer wall Of the main prison has been completed
and covered with substantial slate roof for the length
of 800 feet and one block OF cells l26 in number
structed within them This block occupies less than
halt the length Of the outer wall covered
and 10 the design OF the agent during the winter to
construct another like block Of cells within outer
walls This work is now in progress ana il completed
by the spring will finish the half Of the main prison
The other buildings erected substantial foundry
machine shop keepers hall, and . dwelling house
for the and clerk besides the ersctions
necessary to shelter and keep the convict and pro-
| tect the work.
The agent states that in quarrying stone for the build
ing the orebed has been opened to show that
it fully equals any antcipations entertained at the time
! of its purchase for the State.
The health Of the convics has been remarkably good
Notwithstanding their exposed condition and the charac