The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-10-25


The following abstract Of the Reports
of State officers we copy from the Mont
pelier correspondence Of the It. Albans
Messenger:
The report of the directors and super
intendent Of the State Prison presents the
following facts: The whole number of
convicts in the custody Of the prison au-
thorites during the past year, was 1885, of
which 90 were discharged by the expira-
ton Of their term of service, 2 by execu-
tive cemency and ) by death The pres
ent number of convicts is sc, of whom D
are females. There have been two births
in the prison this year. The general
health of the convcts has been good
The expenses have exceeded the income
by s5,397 SO. The superintendent as.
cribes this deficit to the existing contract
by which the labor of the convicts is let
for IL cents per day per capita, and
which contract expires in 1871. 1t APP
pears that New Hampshire gets 80 cents
for the labor of her convicts, Massachu-
sets gets from 50 cents to Sl.07, and
Maine employs her own convicts, yielding
surplus over all running expenses.
The report of the Trustees and Super.
intcndent of the Vermont Reform School
exhibits the following facts Present
number of inmates. l52 OF th, number
Franklin county furnished II ; Grand
Isle county none The causes for COM
mitment were: larceny, 81 breach Of
peace, | INVESTIGATION, yaglancy, s
burglary, /; assault, disobediencc, /;
malicious conduct, 3. OF the whole num-
Der, ! did no, know the alphabet when
committed. The current expenses Of the
school the past year were Sc, 131 go
The Trustees believe the State should
make permanent arrangements for the &C.
commodation of at least 90 boys The
Superintendent recommends that the Leg.
islaturc be petitloned to amend the law
so that the sentence of a boy, in every in.
stance, shall continue during his minori.
ty, unless he shall be pardoned or dis
charged.
The report OF the Vermont Asylum
for the Insane gives the number of pa
tients in that institution the past year al
l6S, of which 7 were discharged rccov
cred 0 discharged not recovered II
died present number, 1873. The excess
of expenditures over the income was 50,
1923.
The report Of the Railroad Commits
soncr shows the excess Of earnings ovci
expenditures of the following roods, fol
the year ending May 3lst, 1870, as fol
lows: Vermont Central and Vermont 4
Canada, S55S,976 80; Connecticut 4
Passumpsic, s90,4GS.S9; Rutland anC
Vermont Valley, SIT ,529.lj; Vermont
a. Massachusetts,, S95, $50 II.
The report of the Trustees of the Yer
mont University and State Agriculture
/ College, shows 20 students present tn,
last year. The annual income is little
less than $4,000. The number OF Yer
monters in college is smaller than thirty
, years ago The ratio Of attendance | t.
/, l4S6 Of the population. OF the 81.
: Vermont students attending colleges
| Dartmouth has 10; University of Yer
, mont, 81; Middlcbury, So; Amherst
10; and the remainder are distributed
, among other colleges in the South ant
! West.
The condition of the twelve saving
? banks of the State, including the Nation
= al Trust Co. Of st. Adams, shows l., 24(
depositors two making no returns ofthei
: numbers), and deposits amounting in thu
J aggregate to S2,99S,6S4.
The expenditures of the last Legisla
t ture were $50, 322.32 of the Council o
: Ccnsors, sl,63l. so; Constitution Il Con
r vention, s10,752.s2 Scrgeant-at.Arm
department, 81 ,296.s0; Auditors order
t s190,Gl114.
AT the last session Of the Legislature
the Adjutant and Inspector General wa
! directed to ascertain and report the names
l Of all men who enlisted directly into thu
f regular army aud navy from Vermont
and the names of all who were transferred
Or enlisted from Vermont regiments int
the same. OF the first class he reports
1850, of the second class 10. No re
, turns were received from the navy de
partment.
: The Quarlrirna-ter Generals repor
| for 1870 shows receipts from the sale o
; public military property amounting t
: sl,7l0.50. The expenditures We're 50,
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