The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-01-12
4 ANIMAL ny y MESSAGE ~ Y Of gov: HORACE

4 ANIMAL NJ \ sAEs'!sAGE q! Y og gov: HORACE
::;5so'd aAcs1!!s' @l!e ,::ssi: :si l:.,,a :
~ Tie Message dehsetsd tothes; Leg
islature on Thursday is Very = lengthy!
EWe7give the principal points: Il en-
bodies. 4 = sssxE,hLt. ,c24i ,52:stc5 .
TIC total receipts of&be State Treas.
uay during the yearswsre s$7s2, ,069 .01,
E,netudinga a,balapcs Of S9l;a63,O5. The:
diaburseuest. Here.s596, ,995:M,. leav.
ing asbalance rof ,el26, ,l64 ..oosi hand.
The State debt vss,reduced during the
year $64, 1866, and is now 1886, ,503..
~: Taxes were levied for tho fiscal
year to the aggregate amount of $780,
2l4:l1 from which and the delinquent
taxes Of tc1mer7 years there has been
realized $3.50, ,460,83. There still re-
mains 1851 ,l66.4Q in delinquent taxes:
The. total valuation, of all taxable. prop:
erty i'm the sstate;as returned for: 1870,
was: :$85, ,4o6, ,877;;:an increase. of 49,
'163;;48l over that. of the previous year.
The revenues for the ensuing year ITO N
all sources, including the balance now
in the treasury, are estimated, at $751;
6s7.76.' The estimated ourrant lex
penses Of; the year are s$399, 9,676:4S,
leaving aprobeble balance of $88,02l..
49, The constitutional limit s;of* the
State Indebtedness has already been
:reaehed:s an'I .22iv2>t:yz r, s:.a:: :
Ii. The Commissioner of Statistics re-
ports the total TILED ,ared for. 1870 at
1,883,67l acres, Of which l,003,597
acres were in wheat, yielding 13,000,-
900 bushels /; 356, ,408 acres in oats;
yielding 8,553,792> bushels; 2o4,l2
acres in corn, yielding. i 7,552,773 bush.
| els. 49,, -,
Of the school lands belonging to the
State there has been sold during the
year l4,so2.56 .crcs,. amounting to
$S6, ,696.41 !; and Of the agricultural
college: lands 3,481.27 acres, realizing
$l7,867.35 for the State University.
The Surveyor General of the State
has' designated .368,734.25. acres. Of
swamp lands to which the State is en-.
titled AID which, with those previously
conveyed, amount III the aggregate to
1,o83,5oQ acres. The entire grants of
land, BY the State, to various railroad
co.u panics and State institutions amount
o2,225,o84,l7 acres; being 1,14l,5s5.-
IL actes more than. has been designated
and transferred to the State, and doubt.
less a much larger amount than. will
ever accrue 10 the State from the Gen
eral Government. There had been
decided, at the close Of the year, 1852.
467 acres Ct land to the various land
grant railroad companies Of the State,
from the lands donated BY Congress fc,
their aid.
! During ths year, l9l, ,677, ,776 feet Of
logs; were scaled in the First District
and 12l, ABS, $40 in'the Second, max;
ing total Of 31s,116,4l6 feet in tn.
State, which is an increase Of 1865, ,43z
teet over last year. @s;s:: 2.7'iI'-~
/ The Educational matters Of the State
are in a very satisfactory: condition
The whole number Of persons: between
Sand 21 years Of age, is ;l55, ,767,: an
increase of 2,022 during the year. OF
this number III, $50 have been attend.
ing tho public schools. The school.
houses in the State are valued at ST..
582,507. Our permanent school fund
has reached the magnificent sum oi
$2,476,222, derived from the sale Of
376,363 acres Of the school lands
stumpage, &c. The interest on this
fund, which was distributed among the
schools during the year, amounts to
$l76,8o6.35; an increase. over last
| year Of SIS, $685. The two-mill tax
in addition, yielded $156, $685. 81 !
Z. The three State Normal Schools ar<
favorably referred TO. of the St. CLOUD
school, Governor Austin says: 9Th,
Third Normal School is making yer,
eommendab]ee7progress, notwithstand
ing the disadvantages, under which i
has been compelled to labor. Tn,
board. has purchased the building
Known as the, 'stearns House,, in, ST
Cloud and fitted il up for, the school
at cost, including the. grounds Isl,
acres), Of $8,774.52. In this building
the school s is now, nov, working successfull!
and comfortable, s,5s, the Presiden
j Of the board, though, he T. adds, 'o'
quite too limited scale for extensiv
!, slefulnesss. !" The basement ST the pc,
inadsnt building hi, been completed
Il a!co.t Of ss,4s5. .55. The 6ihsnei,
management Of this and Of tho Sse1s,
Normal sshool Is adaakato ! stensI !