Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-12-16
To be provided for by mex. Legslasurs tlsg l7s %

To be provided for by next Legislature $ls9l75 70
THE report of Hon. Fred Kuehn, State
Treasurer, for the fiscal year ending Sept.
30, 1875, has just been published, and
from it the following statements are
taken: On the 3Oth of September, 1874,
the balance in the State Treasury was
$37s, 3449S. The balance on Sept. 30,
1875, was $277 ,6sl44. The general fund
at the latter date showed balance Of ST.
S46.5S. The receipts during the year
were 81, $50, SOC. AZ, and the expenditures
1851 1902. The receipts of the gener-
al fund were 81, 1876, 4S3.G7, and the ex-
pcnditures 81, EGO, 1Gs 80. This fund had 10
its credit at the beginning of the year $l25,-
531 80. OF the sum appropriated to the
several charitable and penal institu-
tons of the State, amounting to
$5O3, 927.97, on the 30th Of September
$e7 ,GS0.19 had been withdrawn The debt
of the State the Treasurer states to be So
252 ,O57. The State tax for 1874 was $685.
1888. The valuation of real and per.
sonal property as determined by the State
Board of Assessment was $421 ,2Sj, 1850 and
the rate of taxation lao mills. The
Treasurer remarks that it Is matter OF
congratulation that the State taxes have
been promptly paid, only $1,0Gs.S6
from st. CroiX and Wood Coun-
ties being lacking. Out of $50, 1868
due by the railroads $436, ALAG has been
paid, leaving only $l4 ,35l sc outstanding.
In accordance with the law passed in
1872 and in view of the fact that the new
wing of the Northern Hospital at Osh-
kosh has been completed, thereby increas-
ing the capacity Of that institution, Gov
TAYLOR, Hon. David Atwood, President of
the Board of Trustees of the Madison In
sane ASYLUM, and D. w. Maxon, Presi-
dent of the Board of Trustees OF the Osh-
kosh Asylum, met at the Capitol, few
DAYS ago. and divided the State into two
districts, as required by law, and ordered
that all insane persona residing within the
limits of the following named counties be
received at the Northern Hospital at
Oshkosh after Jan. l., 1876, so far as
tHe Sdiu Uos Iitai SaH iui hiSh "tNohihi'uo-
ton for the same: Ashland, Bayfield,,
Brown, Calumet, Clark, Dodge, Door Fond
du Lac, Green Lake, jefferson, kenoSha,
Kewaunee, Lincoln. Manitowoc, Mara
thon, Marquette, Milwaukee, Outagamie,
Oconto, Ozaukee, Portage, Racine, Sha-
wano, Sheboygan, Taylor, Washington,
Waukesha, Waupun, Waushara, Winnie
bago and Wood, and that all Of the insane
persons in the counties of Adams, Barron,
Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Columbia,
Crawford, Dane, Douglas, Dunn, Eau
Claire. Grant, Green, Iowa, jackson,
Juneau, La Crosse, Lafayette, Monroe,
PENN. Pierce, Polk, Rchland, Rock, St.
Croix, Sank, Trempealeau, Vernon and
Walworth be received in the Wisconsin
State Hospital at Madison. Ely Sec. II OF
said chapter the admission OF patients
from the several counties OF the State
shall be in the ratio Of population Of such
counties, but each county shall be entitled
TO at least two patients if it should seek to
do so. This division is made on the basis
of the capacity OF each capital, the capac-
itv Of Madison hospital being 800, that
O. Oshkosh being 500.