Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-01-20

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to the recommendation of the Boart
of Trustees of the State Hospital TO
the Insane at Madison, that two
wings be added to the building in &C
cordance with the original plan.
| There were in attendance at the
Institution for the Education of The
Deaf and Dumb, on the 30th of Ser
tember, 1875, l47 pupils. An appro
priation of $500, is asked for the
erection of kitchen and laundry
outside of the present building.
The number of pupils in attend
ance at the Institution for the Educa
ton of the Blind, at the close of the
year, was &c. The trustees ask foI
an appropriation sufficient for the
erection of the main building to re.
place the one destroyed by fire, as
the west wing already constructed is
entirely inadequate to accomplish
the purposes of the Institute.
recommend that you appropriate
to the State charitable institutions
such sums as may be necessary for
the maintenance and for the care and
education of the afflicted wards Of
| the State that are entrusted to their
keeping.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
The number of the inmates of the
Industrial School for Boys on the
30th of September was 800, and the
expenses Of the institution for the
year ending on that day were $45,.
1860. | recommend that an appro.
priation of $4,000 be made in accord
ance with the request of the Board OF
Managers, to make up the deficiency
in the building fund, and to complete
the building. / cannot unite in the
recommendation of the Board that a
law be passed providing that boys
may be received on APPLICATION of
parents or guardians for incorrigible
and vicious conduct, or vagrancy
Such course would, it seems to me,
be a serious departure from the pur-
poses of that institution, and one that
would require large addition to the
accommodations, and a correspond
ing increase of the expenses.
STATE PRISON.
The report of the Warden of the
State Prison shows that 230 convicts
were confined in that institution on
the LIST of Oct Der, 1874 and that
127 were received and 100 discharged
during the fiscal year. On the Both
of September, 1875, 248 convicts
were confined in the prison. of whom
236 were males and II were females.
From the report of the directors of
the prison, it appears that it's liabli-
ties and assets are as follows
LIABILITIES.
Total value Of property, machinery
and materials, Oct. l, 1874. IS S6,755 81
Appropriations received from the
State during the year ..... 1894, 81
Unpaid bills and accounts, Sept
80, 1875. I. ........... l6774 90
Miscellaneous items. ...... 2S4 II
Total Observation-Disclosures. $780, loo 81
ASSETS
Manufactured goods for sale, Sept
3d. 1875. ......, ..........S 1899 70
Bills receivable and debts DUE. 1870 80
Cash deposited with Corn Ex-
change Bank. .......... 1881 OF
Due from United States for keep
ing U. S. prisoners. .......... 81 80
Goods delivered to State institu-
tons. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 4,O72 SO
Value OF property, machinery and
materials, Sept. 80, 1875. ... 1858 So
Accounts of 1874 paid by the war.
den in 1875. =. ........ 1899 96
Cash on hand, Sept so, l875. Alb 50
Cost of prison administration for
fiscal year ........... 1858 81
The warden asks for, and the d.
rectors recommend, an appropriation
Of $25, 900 to pay the debts and cur
rent expenses of the Prison up to
April l, 1877, and also further sum
of Sc, 375 to reimburse the Prison for
goods furnished and to be furnished
TO the several State Institutions. In
this connection, your attention is
directed TO that part of the directors
report referring to the money depos-
tied by the Warden with the Corn
Exchauge Bank of Waupun. can
not agree with the directors that the
salaries of all officers and employees
of the Prison be left to the determi-
nation of their board.
The manufacturing buriness of the
Prison, during the past fiscal year
has not resulted in financial sue
cess, and [ am of the opinion that it
continuance is IN Just to our mechan-
les and opposed to the best interests
of the State. Prison goods have
been sold during the year at a small,
percentage above the cost OF raw
material, and the convict work thus
improperly brought in competition
with the honest labor OF the State.
At the last session of the Legislature
o resolution was introduced, the OBJ
iect of which was to secure the APP
pointment of commissioners to lnves-
tigate and report, whether a more
advantageous place for the location
of the State Prison could not be
selected. | would recommend the
passage of a resolution authorizing
tho appointment of commissioners to
investigate the advantage OF chang
ing the location of the Prison and
the employment of the conVicts.
THE APPoRTIoNMENT
1t will be your duty to re-divide
the State into Senate and Assembly
districts, according to the census
taken during the past year. La do
ing this, your aim should be to secure
equality in population, contiguity of
territory and identity of interests /;
and considerations of partisan ad-
vantage should not be permitted to
defeat these objects.
CENSUS AND IMMIGRATION.
The census, provided for by act of
the last Legislature, has been COM
pleted, and is published as an appen-
dex to the report of the Secretary of
State. From this it appears that the
population of the State is ], 1886, 729,
an increase of 182,059 since the last
previous enumeration of 1870. The
natural attractions which Wisconsin