White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-01-19

thousand. Eve hundred and Ga -
twenty -hundredths acres for s.tHo tHo nd
ses. OF this amount one tu0ol buo lpupo.
ninety-five thousand. Eve hunS1,ssd huuualsd sd
boldt Land District. and two h buas 'us Hun.
ninety-six Thousand. ,hirty.twoaaa,ed uaaa,ed ,ud
ty.hundred'hs acres in the Juus,;aa.' Sa 'ssa.
District. '''oa City
There has also been Confirm,
Stats twelve salt springs. w;,t to th.
acres Of land; for public buildiDa. $3.50
St, 100 acres; for State Uniys,.ss.o s o'S1S.
1856 35-l0O acres for schools lAy 4..
sections l6 and 36. 1888 5eI0o ~ lieu Of
Your attention is invited to ,b0 OV acres.
Of State Auditor. Attorney GsD.,'IPo G,,'Port,
Commissioners of Imuigrstio, i s, and
herewith transmit. Which
The State has furnished fl, =,
seventeen regiments. with an ,s, .a' var
twenty thousand eigh, hupdrsS s.rs''eO Of
ty two men, (includiug after. ..aT.,''' Eu .H'''
into those regimaDts to ill their l.r;usn',, lnsn',
ranks). OF this number ops IIIslm'isi ,I
two hundred and nine have r,.nI; Ir;Ous,nd
veterans. ''sd u
The quota for Kansas under tb..
calls to- July 18th, 1854 was s' saIlOO'
thousand one hundred and fonr s'een .s1
this quota under the last call, vb;.S u 10
bs. if assigned, to Kansas two t'oua VII
two hundred and tbirty-three. and ,aa r.s
total of sixteen thousand, three bu,I,, ,
and thirty seven. which, with dus TI'sa ~
ance for those enlisted from otbe, @ S,O,
and accredited to Kansas. will ain T'a.s'
the State an excess over and sho.s sTs
calls; but from some cause we bs,s :.
received credit for all the troops iurDi.sSs, -,
by the State.
most respectfully call your st,.,,i,.
to the subject Of education. I,c.npo,T -
too carefully considered BY yon. A.
mary statement furnished by the Suns,.
tendeut of Public Instruction shows ssi.s,
hundred aud foureten school district. ,.
ganized with thirty seven Thousand g.,
hundred and eighty-two children az
this number twenty-five thousand I'm,
hundred and twenty mine attended .cbool
the past year.
Number OF teachers empleved 7sr.
salary received. s5O.975 81; amouD, ~
received by Comfy Trsasurers irom
school districts. s49.993 O2; by di.tric,
tax. S5S. .237 25.
There are tbirty,lhree select school.
with fifty teachers and one tboussnJ
seven hundred and eishsv-six s,ndept,
four colleges. with sixteen professors AMI
four hundred AMI fifty-oue students anil
the State Agricultural College. with four
professors, and one hundred and seven
students.
There are in attendance at the COLLEGE.
select AMI common schools. twenty fopr
Thousand. seven hundred and ninety three
scholars.
We may trnlv feel gra,i6ed over hi,
manifest improvement in the means ofsi
ucation throughout the State. II there B,
one thing more than any other to which
the whole energy OF the State shogli BE-
directed. it ia the eincation cf the risng
generation. that they may be well inicm.
ed on ell snhiacts of importance. sni tn.
public policy Of the country guided by
wisdom and truth |; and | recomeni that
ample and judicious appropriation be
male for this object.
ak your attention to an abstract Of
the geological report Of Prof B r Mndge.
herewithtransmittsd. anil recommend that
an appropriation he male to complete the
survey. which is ali important, to the de-
velopments of the agricultural and miner
al resources of the State.
Your attention is called to the report Of
the directors of the State Peniteniisy.
herewith transmitted. By it you will
preceive the work Of building the Pen
itentiary progresses slowly.
On examination Of the contract for the
erection Of the north wing and wsrdan's
house of said PeDheDtisrv, on file in the
office of the Secretary OF State. it will be
discovered that the work was TO have been
completed on the 18th day OF Dec. 1864.
The report of the Directors will show
that IL is still incomplete. ard that thscOn-
tract has not been complied with. In Ad'
dition to the amount previously expended
the last Legislature appropriated hlty
Thousand dollars fro the erection Of the
Peniten.iary building. According to the
Tressnrer's repoft. twenty seven rhOu'-
and. five hundred and twenty-eight.
and sixty two bundre,iths dollars Of this
fund rema aims 10 the Treasury unexpended
To this amount an additional sPpro'
priatiou OF sixty thousand dollars is 70
commended by the Directors. 1t is Of tbs
greatest Importance that the work should
be be completed but before any fnrthe'
appropriation be made. l do earnestly re-
commend q thorough investigation Of the
whole matter. including the contract un-
der which the work has thus Tar progress
ed.
Total confined in Penitentiary tas perrepOrtJ :,
in1s64
Pardoued u
Escaped
Remaining
The reports Of ths Adjutsnt Gsnsrh'
Paymaster General, and Qusr!ermsa,f
General of the State. will be transmitted
IS soos as completed. With such recon
mendstions as the interests oftbs DsPsh'
msut shall sesm to require.
CENSUS.
Sec. 26. Art. 9. Of the Constitution re-
4uirs the Legislature to provide for tssI.s ssn
The census Of the State in toe year 1901
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