Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-01-24

STATE FINANCES.
The Reports of the Secretary of State
and State Treasurer show a balance In the
Treasury, on the 3lst OF December last,
belonging the various funds, of s77,05s,53.
The condition of the several fund, Is re-
ported as follows:
The general fund was indebted to the other
funds on TIE irst Of JaIuary, 1855 Is,slo IS
The deficiency OF the late State Treasurer was SoS aa
the gepersi fund anlou5tcd 10 $4,000 d.
Total 1896 sos 81
Amount of reeai pts during the year 1855 3Ss65S 80
jan mi l. 1877, ''-' -0' $1,000 %
.,+ ofscoo fnns il, 1856 s3s O2s As
Rece;pts during the vear $4,000 IS
Total Sl26,l16 rs
Amount of t.isl,u rsenents from tieSchocl fund
in 1856, 27,i3s Al
Balance due other funds Jan. /, 1857, sl,o21 65
ry Jan, l. 1855; ~ s,l l7,45s % %
Receipts during the year, l'',to4 %
Total sl55.233 SO
Amt of disbursements fro this fund in 1885, 143SS2 SO
Balance in the Treasury jan !, 1857, 1880 81
Jan i, 1856 s s,725 rs
Receipts during tho year, 1912 So
Total, s2a,4ss 30
Disbursements from this fund Ia 1863 1l,5I2 so
Balance in he Treasury Jan. ], 1857, $ll,s95 so
Income during f the YEAR 1856 slsos5 IS
Amt due other funds from this
Fund Jan. l. 1856, $3.o5S 10
Disbursements during the year 1913 ls-Sl5,OUl ~
Balance in the Treasury JAM 1, 1857, sl0S4 90
sss$ IsSs; from tn. e.as s'sssa g g
Balance in the Treasury Jan. /, 1857, s52,eos 80
The principal of the school fund draw
ing interest is as follows:
Amount due on certificates, &16i5,270 90
'' {" loans, 392,613 %
Total $2o07 .944 Is
The interest upon this sun, for ono year AT
To which add interest on school fund income, 1880 81
Total sl50,0o7 o0
The principal of the University fund
drawing interest is as follows:
Amount due on certificates, s262. $50 IS
60 loans, 1921 20
Total, S2J3,19l %
The interest on this SUM for year nj per
cont. is S2o,j-s 81
THE STATE DEBT.
The State Treasurer in his Report announ-
COS that fifty Bonds of one thousand dollars
each, heretofore issued BY the State fall
due on the iirst.day of April next, and sug-
gests the necessity of your making some
provision at an early day of the Session for
hquidating the same. l trust that this sug-
gestion will receive your prompt attention.
TIE SCHOOL FUND.
The Report Of the School Land Com
missioners, herewith submitted, presents the
following facts:
The capital OF The school fund On the alst Of
Increase This fund during year 1866 15o,6a4 Al
Total capital of tho school fund on
the 1st of January, 1857, S2o47,e03 "a
The capital of the University fund on the
3lst of Dec, 1880 S1S1,S76 20
Increase CT this fund during the year 1885, l2sol rs
Total capital of the University fund
Jan. /, 2S57, s31o,sS7 So
UNSAFE CONDITION OF THE RECORDS.
| call your attention to various recon-
mendations in said Report. The unsafe
condition, in case of fire, of records per-
tanning to the School Land Office, merits
your serious consideration. All records of
the various State officers, arc in ike dan
ger of destruction. Some provision should
made, BY which our records should be rem
dered more secure.
DELAY IN RECEIVING REPORTS.
The Report of School Land Commits
sioners was only received the day previous
to the meeting of your present session, too
late to give more than hasty view of the
subjects embraced therein.
No Report has been received from the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, al
though frequent applications have been
made for it at his office. The statutes require
all State officers to make their Reports to
the Governor, on or before the first Mon
day of January, in each year. | am,there-
fore, unable to give YOU any information in
regard to the most interesting subject-the
Common Schools of the State.
TIE STATE PRISON.
The Report of the Commissioner of the
State Prison, herewith submitted gives a
statement of the affairs of the prison for
the past year. to which l call your atien-
tion. The number of Convicts in the
Prison on the 3lst day of December last,
was one hundred and eight. The current
expenses of the Prison during the year
1856, were s27 1896 The Commission
Ell estimates the current expenses for the
,,.osapt xoar of Soz 00O M
The expenses of the State Prison have
been large for several years past, and are
necessarily Increasing with the increasing
humber of convicts. Iwou.d suggest to the
legislature the propriety of leasing out by
a single contract, the services of ali the con-
victs, providing that they shall be fed.
clothed and furnished with the usual ne
cessaries of life, by the contractor or con-
tractors, who should pay all expenses Of
guarding the Prison as we'll as d reasona-
Bic compensation for the services of the
convicts, be paid the State. This sys-
tenn has been adopted by some of the States
and proved in its results, mutually benefi