Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-01-13

| rI'Snr, except salaries and cost of erecting
new buildings, md otter permanent improve.
merits. In this prison Home Persons are con
fin d Who have been nyioted in the United
Sac gourts. But of pri.oners convicted 10
tn c urts Of this state there has been grad.
uA' duninuion. The following table shows
trc EumbCr Of prisoners convicted 10 the
courts of this stltc,1rd in U tied Stat courts,
confined in the pcnitcntiary on the 3ist day OF
December, fUr tho years named:
V ars, stac. US. Total
| 17t..,,......... ........ Ulj SO i,lG
| / 15.,........... o., ,....., 1881 q lT-
1876 ......................, 1882 II lAG
| l''i..............,..,. l,1ib 10 l,!V
iiSS1,ss iS,s .''''''''''''''''''''''' i'Hs o. W.
| ply ,..,... .,,.,.,,,'. /, ,.H 10 l,EI!
SsO........................ 1,lss 81 l,2ls
The cost of maintaining the prison for the
years h'rin named, eudin, IN the 3lst Of
December u each year, is a. follows:
1875. sl5O0Bl9; 1873, :l55 ,lO5 81; 1874.
| In charge of lc,srra; 1875 tl0i G25 90; 1876,
sl26l99 G.; 1877, s0G,OlOOli 1878, $751;.
| 95l o.
The exhibit for the two years lS77-7S, is not
a. fay rable Gs it ought TO be. A large
nrunt OF atOr was he.tOwCd On the court
| house for the supreme court, and other labor
| for tho state, for uhioh 10 compensation WAS
Rll,Sc'l. The rg nj "a Of tho prisoners were
expended for their support and maintenance
Outing sil The yeArA HbrVa nanei. The pro
ceeds OF prison labor are n, lOws for the
'est. men ortd: 1876 !Sl ,222 %; 1877, :7l,-
S7Lil; 1879 :99.I9 W.
a roruun oi thy cariirCs for the years 1877
! ~. w" yNptadui III bu i:g horses, mul, =
ard inpi, n.ci.rs -. industry. and other ma
(, si,. CT thc u'cof tue piain. Tnc bn,i.
rc's the pcnii,ntiafy Tor the Lost two yeIrs
thows al : rts # garrl0rs over the co-, oi
mai trrarc', nt 2il3'iH' Daring that
| tiun i1r opruires n,c3 i3,0, tlOS lG) 2S;
! iSS0 $ilJ is6 -; tai III jl7.D}
The c,.t Of mniuturing trc prriteii ,ry
wss Il. ,liow i"73 +S9 3lj S6 1880 t5J,-
500 n; total! 5'7a.5!jl3
| q. III IS BAN ". u: 81 on 20, t2000) has
uCCn paid intus Irlsl',, y 578. O6 Is Ia he
hauii of the " 3D. a.. =! ,32| II IA in ma.
| terial Tough. T., .asri f.. the usa Ut tho
prifoa, aud NV o. hand. Il addition ttorotI,
/ there is u laTg l.it.utl 1T pr lp7rty and ma
terial On bond at this me than there was 80
/ years HIy, ~hich h.s been purchasci 'ruN the
,Grnings of tde Prison Mach labor has been
prrfjrpCJ tuI tha s'ate IL preparing th1 site
and erecting workshop thereon, and in the
mtnufa tnrc uf brick, Of which there il large
Anonnt IN hand. From the results produced
In the lgst four years, have no doubt the able
" iden AID hn fGithfni assistants can make
the prison seIt.Hustalniug, including the aAi-
aries to be paid the warden, the officers and
! guards.
SCHOOL or MINES.
In JSuusry. 1875, the bua.d Of CurEtors of
/ the state university mot sSISFed wi'h 'hH
site previously selected for the fchUJl Of miHss
aud metoilurgy. bargained with the hO1rd ui
education, at RUlla, for their Bchuul bli!dl 4
and the tract of land on which IL wRs situated.
Prior to that date the scduCl Of 7iines hsG
been located 1T l.Dlla, but to obtain such leu
tion tho county OF Phelps. aInoagSt u.t.I
things had subscribed s7j 600 in c1Guty U.nd.
for the benefit Of said school The t1Gaii
loaned its credit in illgrant violation "i 'i''
constitution CT tho state. That instrImNf
provided 10 county should lord IT, IGd,ir
'tss twO.thirda Uf tho qualified ya;'!s u' SUI
county, at regular or srocrl c!'e
ion, shall assent thereto The j0d.e.
pf the county court Of that Cuur.
~ made the subscription Sithon; having Ia
,ssent Of the qualified voters Of the county
md the supreme court, in 1874, held tue bOnds
ssued by said county wero void. The schor
building was bought nt the price Ut t2j GtJ
10000 of which was paid at or abGIt the tins
of the bargain, and a credit was given the state
for the residue of the purchase money. Tho
board OF education of the city Of Rnlta made
its deed TO the state for tho public school
building and tho land connected Herewith.
The ourators of the state university executed
deed to trustee for tho lsnds sold 10 the
state by tho board of education, TO secure the
payment of five several promisHory nO'ea, each
for the sum Of 81 900, given to the said board
of education, by the curators, in their official
capacity, payable respectively On the 9th dsl'
Of January, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879 and 1880
with interest thereon, at tho rate oi
six per cent per annum. This deed
Nal %, ,far, lt, IaEa al
Of the payment Of the said several prOmissOry
notes, or any Of them, authority to sell said
real estate At public vendue, OF the court house
door in the city Of Rolls, for cash, by giving
sixty days publicsnotice of the time and place
Of said sale, and to convey to the purchaser
thereof the title to said property. In 1872 The
legislature directed there sbould be issued and
delivered to the treasurer Of the school OF
mines and metallurgy at Rolls, by the gov
ernor, thiTty-fve state bonds, each for $1,000,
with interest coupons at the rate of 0 per cent
per annum, payable seni-annually, and having
twenty years to run. Those bonds wero deliv'
red to the treasurer of the school of mines
The proceeds of said bonds were directed to be
applied toward the erection and equipment oil
o suitable building for the school of mines
and metsllurgy, under the direction of the
board Of curators. 1t appears that prior to the
execution of tho deedB herein named, con-
tract In writing was made by the committees
representing the board of education and the
board Of curators of the university. That
contract was ratified and approved by the re.
speotive boards, and in pursuance thereof the
deeds were mado and executed. In the con.
tract thus approved, 1t was stipulated the
board of ourators might take up tho notes,
agreed to be given by the ourators, at any
time before the maturity thereof, on the pay
ment Of the principal and interest due either
In cash or in the bonds of the board Of Uducu'
tion of the city of Rolla, at their par value, or
In both cash and bonds. The board Of eduoa'
tion has issued $35 1000 in bonds, with the pro.
ceeds of which the school building, sold as
stated, was erected. Some payments hsvf
been made by the curators on the notes given
BY them to the board of eddcation, but am
unable to state the precise amounts or dates
Of payments; aud none of the notes or bonds
given by the board of education
have been paid by the curators. The deed
OF trust of the ourators conveys no title, as th
board of officers had no authority to make
such convey ance; no authority to mortgage
or cucumber the building which had been
conveyed to the state. 1t is alleged the cura-
tors bave expended all the money arising from
the sale of said bonds, and the interest which
accrued before sale (no inconsiderable sum-,
towards the ero,tion and equipment of suit,
nble DuilulnE 1nT bhlu hOuuul VI hhiuon' onN
have not yet paid for the building. The board
of education of Rola desire to receive th
money promised to bc paid them for their
school building. Oonceding the proceeds a.
the state bonds have IN part been misapplied
the state has no adequate remedy. Under
these circumstances, l advise the amount 6ur
to the board of education of r lila to bc ssoer
tanned, appropriated, and paid to the proper
party and the notes be cancelled and filed in
the office of the state auditor.
REPAIRS OF THE CAPITOL.
The last Legislature appropriated the sum Of
$4,000 for repairs Of the state capitol. This
money has been expended 10 making new
ceilings for one ball aud repairing the ceiling
of the other, repairing the roof, the walls and
the rooms in the basement, and giving to the
building suitsble and proper draiaage, repair
ing the porch, the steps to the same, and the
tho walk thereto. In addition to this, new
window sash and glass have replaced tho old,
and much labor has been bestowed on
the oupols In my opinion this work
has been judiciously and oconom-
ically performed by Mr., Pred. Binder,
who was appointed by al.thcsos nav
ipg charge Of the expenditure Of the money to
superiutend the work Several rooms In the
basement have been repaired in such manner