Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-10-12

hlldrcn oi school age is about 1i,A.O,
should we not seek for some means OF
ecuring n larger attendance TO or
ch, OILS 1t is tne ignorant and Idle chat
urnish inmates for our reform schools,
q Is and prisons.
1t would seem that the obligations Of
parents to their children ought TO be /
sufficient to secure the attendance Of q
N ich larger number OF SCHOLARS at our
public schools. 1t has, however, been |
lound necessary TO enact Laws rcgulat-
ing this matter, and we aic asked in the
secretary srclort if tho, c laws cannot, in
their operations, bc made moe effective
by making it the duty of the school Off
GERS to inquire into and prosecute viola
tons.
Is it not matter of prudence in the
expenditure OF our public money that 1t
should be paid only TO well qualified
teachers? As means of securing them
and receiving the greatest benefit from
our schools, we should, by generous aid,
develop the full power for the good of oar
Normal Schools.
MILITIA.
AS required under the Act for 1867, the
state has been divided into three mili-
tary districts. The first district consists
Rutland aud Chutenden the second
district, OF Washing, on, Orange, Wind
sor and Windhan; the third OF Gale
tionia, Essex, Franklin, Gland Isle la
noble and Orleans.
The necessary orders have been issued
under which organizations can be made
to fill up the regiments and battery. AS
yet only eight companies and two see
lions OF artillery have been organic
but it is believed that the continuance 81
the present policy will secure full or
ganization in ali the districts, and give
some vitality to our militia system.
a considerable portion OF the expenses
incurred during the year III the dcpart-
ment hava been iii collection, as requir-
ed by law, of the ara.s and equipments
III the hands OF ;hc state Miutla, an 1!
putting them in proper order. There
now remains outstanding quite an
amount of property belonging TO the
insured by the enactment Ola law more
stringent in its provisions than the pres
cnt statute.
STATES ATTORNEYS.
The operations of the law providing
what, in most counties of the s-tltc, is {;
wholly inadequate salary for the duties
that should be discharged by oar States
Attorneys, leaves undonc Il Large
amount of criminal business % the great
injury of our communities.
An increase ofsalary, or, what wolld
be better, q return TO Il system OF fees
would more fully comply with thai
Constitutional provision which requires
IT, at " laws for the encouragement o
virtue, and the prevention Of vice ant
| immortality ought to be constantly KEEP
III force, and duly executed.
STATE PRISON.
The report of the Off cers Of the STATE
Prison are quite full, and doubtless vii
prove satisfactory.
There are now confined in the institu
ton Il male and 4 female convicts. Tht
expenditure has been Sl3,2 leaving
| balance OF expenses over income OF So,
4l3-nea,ly the average OF the past foul
years. 1t cannot be expected to SHOW
better results during the continuance 0
the present contract fOf the labor of tn
convicts, which expires in 1871
The operate n of the laws of last session
are Leneficial IN their effects upon tn
discipline of the prison.
The communication OF sentence prOVid
ed Tor is much more effective than TIN
expectation pardon, and, entertaining
tins view, but few of the numerous az
plications for Executive clemency hav
been granted. The suggestions of th
officers of the prison on This point m ee
my cordial approval.
REFORM SCHOOL.
The Appropriation OF last year, for
work shop for the Reform School, la
been eXpcnded. The Trustees hav
erected substantial! brick building at
, cost of twcnty-ninc hundred dollars, an
have made other improvements Oh tn
, grounds and buildings with Il view [
the permanency of the Institution.
The expenses of The school have bee
| ten thousand and five hundred and thil
, teen dollars, from which is to be dcduc
: ed seventeen hundred and seventy-nin
Lllars, the earnings of the boys in tn
, shop. The products of the farm, for til
current year, amount i'll value to twent,
nine hundred and siXty-tive dollars, an
have principally been used in the SUI
Lort of the school.
The school has had eighty-scven il
mates during the year, and now has 81!
Cy-nine boys under its charge. TwelN
Of this number are placed out in goC
/ situations to remain during good b
, haViOr. This course relieves the Sta
i from expense, and must prove an a
S vantage to the boys who have becon
reformed and desire to show them 5elvt
worthy of being trusted. A number
young men have graduated respectful,
t prepared for business, and are in goo
e situations. 1t is suggested that the la
: III regard to alternative sentences, ncet
, amendment to make it effective, al
, that the profitable employment of Il
1 boys, would seem to require en- enlarg
L ment OF the farm.
I The Trustees report the school rs u
:, der efficient management, and that ii
:, accomplishing its work of reform with
: reasonable expectation of us .tul al
Q honorable lives from its graduates. III
e facts developed in this Report, are We