The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-01-18

compAn les is S399 900.
state Pr son and Charitable Institutions.
The report of State Prison Commissioner shows
that the FL
Number of Conv icts in prison Oct. LIST
1864, was, '=" ~
NJ, received duripp The last fiscal wear, 4S
I6s
,Jr,,her sdiscLaroed II
Mimi cnofned Oct. LET, 1865 81
He also reports that the paet year has been
characterized on the part of the cnnvicts by III
dustry, peaceiulness and willing obedience, and
presents vely gratifying statement OF receipts
and disbursements showing that, ot the $33 OOO
appropriated for the support of the institution
by the last Legislature, there was unexpended
81 8 200 81, at the close Uf the fiscal year. sum
more than sufficient to detray ali EXPENSES l'I
the last quarter. a"r
Various permanent improvements have been
made at a cost to the State of about So, 400, The
real value of which is estirated 10 be $24,ooO,
the State having reanzed $l06oo, from The labor
of the cODVlcts. .ss -.
Various recommendations are made by the
commissioner, ali of which merit your caretu
consideration.
4 he trustees of the Insane Hospital report
that the
No. of patients admitted to the Hospital "
during the year ending Both Sept 1865 is 81
Whole number receiving benefits of Hos
pitat during the year..------.------. 227
Number discharged during the year. 81
Leaving in the Hospital al the close of
fiscal 1T
They al-o report that they have been com
PEELED with much reluctance to comply with the
requirements OF the ia and discharge from lie
hospital sew ral incurable in order IA make
room for recent Corners. 9 endorse fully the rec.
nlmInendatiUn of the Trustees that steps be ia
ken tor the Immediate enlargement of the-IIas-
pital ~sE q t-EgE -.-..#sg Z.
The present buildings are much too small t"
meet the requirements OF the State. The last
census shows that iheIe are in the State 69l in
sane aud idotic persons, who are proper sub
iects for treatment at the Asylum OF these
less than two hundred can be accommodated,
leaving 500 to be taken care ot as best they may
in county jails or poor houses, or to be danger
Gus inmates of the houses of Their relatives. In
either case they deprived ut proper medical
treatment
Humanity demands that the State should take
the best possible care of these unfortunates and
do not doubt that the people of Tie State will
willingly pay the necessary tax tor the propor ed
enlargement. .a..# a'- rfsr.
| commend to your careful consideration the
remarks OF the superintendent upon this subject.
b. The institution has been managed in an eco
nomical, business like way, and will compare ia
vorably with any other If its kind in the country
The total amount expended during the last fiscal
year was,
For payment of current expenses, - $49 1873 Cd
For purchase OF land ----------- 2 500 90
.-.. SOL 1913 Oh
With balance in the Treasury Sept Both, 1865
of S6, S35, o.. -, ~. 5.. 'a
The board of managers of the State Reform
School report that the whole number of children
in the school during the last fiscalsyea was PAS
of which number 30 we're discharged during the
year. n ~ =.
rhe current expenses of the school during the
year amounted tn $i9, 756, AZ. Estimated expen-
SEES of this year$l6,ooo An appropriation OF
II, 900 is asked fOI the purpose OF erecting an
additional building, which is much needeu AL
80 $4,000 for the purpose of purchasing twenty
acres OF land, as an addition to the farm,
2 The Industrial branch offhe school is lyef ha ps
its best feature, ard the one from which most of
lis beneficial results are obtained. Out OF door
occupations are It course preferable, and there
fore, as the nuInberof inmates iofth9 school IN
creases, seems necessary TO procure more lands
for cultivation. -.i-- hs4stTats lev EidT .t-
This institution has already accomplished
much good, and promises yet greater and
more beneticent results in the future.
The suggestions of the managers are en-
titled to your earnest attention.
The Trustees of the Wisconsin Institute
for the education of the deaf and dumb urge
the necessity of an appropriation of SIS, 600
for the purpose of enlarging the institution
under their charge also one of $3.50 for
building wood house ; and 81, 900 for a
shoe shop. 2 - ta -@eEs-e~e 80 "
For the support Of the school during this
year they ask for an appropriation of $22,
PSI. Nv r. = =
There can be no doubt of the necessity of
the proposed enlargement of the buildings.
AnnlIPat1tu H.:
to the Institute because there is no room for
them. st..t
This should not be so. The State should
provide ample facilities for the education of
all OF this unfortunate class. The last cen
sus shows that there are sos deaf and dumb
persons in the State The present buildings
afford accommodations for less than one
hundred. The current expen ses for the last
fiscal year amounted to $15,45OS1.
The Trustees Of the Institute for the ed .
ucation Of the blind present full report Of
the condition of that Institution.
The total number ofspupils in attendance
during the last fiscal year was So.
Total expenses of the year SIG, Ala, %.
Estimated expenses for this year Sic, 500,
90.
There are 1913 blind persons in the State
as appears by the last census.
The State of Wisconsin may well be proud
Of Its charitable institutions, and of the man
ner III which they have been managed by
those who have them in charge. No State
in the Union has been more fortunate in the
selection of gentlemen to attend to this
very important branch of public business,
MILITARY. 0r
In submitting herewith the report of the
Quartermaster General wish TO urge upon
you the Importance of providing a. proper
building, Or buildings, for State Arsenal.
The report shows that there are now in
he possession of the State, ordnance. arms
aud military stores, as fol-
ows:
Nine field pieces, fully equipped. 5,1S6
nuskets and rifles, With accoutrements 4S1
abres and swords 103, 800 rounds of am
nunition 1000 haversacks and cante,,ns,
ogether with much other property ali OF
which is at present stored in four dife rent
faces, III rooms no way suited to its proper
and, unless steps be taken to
revent it, will soon become unfit for us, ,. |