Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-10-27
Annual Reports of State Officers.

| The following abstract of the Reports OF
State officers we copy from the Montpelier
correspondent ce of the St. Adams Nesse11-
ger:
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-
thorities during the past year, was 1875, Of
which 26 were discharged by the expir-
alton of their term Of service, S by ex-
ecutive clemency, and 5 by death. The
present number of couvicts is Sc, OF
whom 5 are females. There have been
two births in the prison this year. The
general healt b of the convicts has been
good. The expenses have exceeded the
income by $5,397 So. The superintendent
ascribes this deficit to the existing con-
tract by which the labor of the convicts il
let for AZ cents per day per capita. and
which contract expires in 1871. 1t ap-
pears that New Hampshire gets 80 cents
for the labor of her conviots, Massachu-
setts gets from So cents to $1O7, and
Maine employs her own convicts, yielding
surplus over all running expenses.
The report of the Trustees and Super
intendent of the Vermont Reform Schoo
exhibits the following facts Present
number of inmates, 102. OF this number
Franklin county furnished II ; Grand Isle
county none. The causes for commitments
were larceny, "a breach of peace, in
toxication, vagrancy, 8; burglary, 4
assault, disobedience, l !; malicious con.
duct, 3. OF the whole number, seven did
not know the alphabet when committed
The current expenses of the school the
past year were $6,13162. The Trustees
believe the State should make permanent
arrangements for the accommodation of at
least 200 boys. The Superintendent re-
commends that the Legislature be petit.
toned to amend the law, SO that the sen
tence of boy, in every instance, shall
continue during his minority, unless he
shall be pardoned or discharged.
The report of the Vermont Asylum for
the Insane gives the number of patients
in that institution the past year at 16S, OF
which were discharged recovered !; 8 dis
charged not recovered; II died; present
number, 1876. The excess of expenditures
over the income was So 1923.
The report of the Railroad Commits
sioner shows the excess of earnings over
expenditures of the following roads, for
the year ending May 31st, 1870, as fol-
lows: Vermont Central and Vermont s.
Canada, $558,976 50; Connecticut & Pas
sumpsic, 500, 46S SO; Rutland & Vermont
Valley. $177, 529. 10; Vt. & Massachusetts,
$95,95042.
The report of the Trustees of the Yer
mont University and State Agricultural
College, shows 70 students present the last
year. The annual income is little less
than $4,000. The number of Vermonters
in college is smaller than thirty years ago.
The ratio of attendance 1 to 1856 of the
population. Of the 212 Vermont students
attending colleges, Dartmouth has 70;
University of Vermont, 81 :; Middlebury,
50; Amherst, 10; and the remainder are
distributed among other colleges in the
South and West.
The condition of the twelve savings
banks of the State, including the Nation.
al Trust Co. of st. Adams, shows 1890
depositors two making no returns of their