, 1873-04-12


In explanation of tho item, $50, 1876. tho
books slow that the State paid out in settlement
of liabilities Of tho Penitontiary previous to
Doc. l, 1870 STA 78G.7G, while tho actual losseH
on property aud bnd accounts and interest on
old liabilities only amounted to total Of s144,-
941.G1, leaving surplus Of $50, 145.15 going to
tho increase Of the assets to tint amount during
tho year over aud above md inside Of the gains
acnting bills receivable on hand Nov. 90. havo
boon found either on hand, paid since that dato,
or vouched for by receipts Of agentB In wloBo
hands they are for collection.
Contractors accounts outstanding Nov. 80
have all been verified BY actual payment. Tho
chcrgos to those accounts for conyicts 1abor
during tho ycnr wero found correct from exami-
nation of tho chocl-rolla.
. The principal accounta, bearing on the furnish
ing nud cutting Of stone for tic State House,
cannot ho absolutely verified until completion Of
tho story now going up and unfinished. Tho
cutting for tho basement and principal stories
has been aottled, finally and correctly, according
therefore, against the Stato-House Commission.
ers is, and can only be, m estimate. Tho samo
Of tho aceounts Of tho contractors for furnishing
mud cutting stone. A fnal adjustment eau only
bo made as tho different parts OF the wor1l are
completed, md tho material is on hand to
verify these accounts when tho proper timo
comes. hayo examined them Us closely Oh it ls
possible to do SO ut tho present, and am satisfied
that the estimates are Oh tho aafo sido TINT thoy
diminish rather than increase the profits repro
Bentod to have been made during tho year.
Tho liabilities Of the Penitentiary consist in
large part Of tho indebtedness to the stone oon-
tractors, and it is tho duty Of the Commission
crs, for thoir security and that Of tho State, to
continue to withhold from them largo porcont-
ago Of the amount apparently duo tllem OH tho
basis Of tho estimates made until q 1nal and
thorough adjustment Gun 10 arrived Ct, y
Tho average Of tho convict prisonors during
tho past gear, n1als and female, has boon ], ,2s3,
pf tLeso 1850 haye been employed at producing
the gaina established In tho balance sloot, Us
followa.
Labor, 0eased tocontractorl .3l5o, bf.cs
Machinery department.. lG,f20.S0
Stone department, u months) )........... S1,G57.lo
Te5fninG department. .i%0.o4
s31o,oo8.55
was 811, and tlyir I'D, so days laboe brought q
{rhation over G614 eents per tlay, including tho
work OF tenE.H employed, Which would amount
% but o fractlon, and which cannot bo estimated
Geparatoly. OF tho balance of 1858 convicts, m
hYerago Of 26 wore employed as State runners in
tho shops LOO at general prison work, md 88
we're on the sick list o. KEPT In confinement.
Tho systom, Of check rolls, for Keeping tho &C.
ono, onch guard making. a. daily report Of tho
prisoners III his charge during tle day, tho ro~
port OF tho whole. being proved by the
actual number known to ho on hand, tho proof
keeper, from which the ohargoaa arc made month
ly to contractors for tho labor Of co,lyifta en-
ployed by tllon.
As tho Inventories aro now made out, thoy fail
to show in q plain, atrlki1g inanper the amount
IT, value bf articles Of furniture md fixtures neo-
essary for the permanent use Of tho prison. apart
from tho amount Of supplioa aud 1natorial on
hand. Buth lions arc now ganorally kept under
the head Of exponae account, and 1t would nucm
advisable that thoy ba transferred to now ac-
eounts, to bo opencl updor tho hoal Of " Prison,
furniture, prison fixtures" etc., under Which all
articles for permanent uHa should 10 kept.
The Inventories taken at the end Of onch year
would show tho amonnt Of appreciation chargoa-
blo to profit and loss account, and that itom Of
e1popzo could readily 10 aeen. Tho thorough
examination have made OF tho accounts Of tho
Institution satisfied me that during tho past
year tt has not only boon Aelt.austaining, but has
Iogitimntcly made aud earned tho profits ropro.
eentol In tho balanco-shoot Tor November, lt7a,
Respectfully, 49, :"
- ALTnEp STINK.
1t having Leon charged that Lot Z, In Block ID,
M tho Srown 'of Morris, ILL.,, ownod W tho poni7
t6ntiary, had boon corriptly transferred to Mr.
lolior wo mado q full examination Of tho req
QrdH Of tho prtaon, aud found tue title Of the