The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-01-21

SAuhIilS IuIlu ZiyO0o %
Interest fund. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1919 So
Permanent school fund. .............. ss,sas 81
Annual school fund. 116 100 IS
Normal School permanent fund.-. 1852 IL
Normal School interest fund. 1880 81
University permanent fund. 6y3A &c
University interest fund. 5lS 00
n Miiitsry fund tnna ' 81 6
From July to December 81, 1880, inclusive,
there has been received 1862 ,039A, which,
added to the balance on hand June 80, $780,
there has been disbursed $746, SIS, leaving a
balance of cash in the Treasury, Jan. H. 1881, OF
$3.50, 03OA.
The total bonded debt of the State is S, ISL,
975, of which amount $607 ,925 is held by the
permanent school fund, $l92 075 by the sink
ing fund, S, 800 by the State university, and
81 600 by the State Normal School, leaving only
$s7O,575 held by private individuals and cor
porations, and not subject to control of the
State. From the aggregate amount of debt
States and State bonds, sl,oO55O cash in the
Treasury belonging to the sinking fund, leav
ing the real balance $685., 7s4.5O. Our bonds
Seas o 9Se In fne
debts, but pay as we go, and will be fully pre-
pared to promptly liquidate all our obligations
as they mature.
THE PENIrENTIARY.
The number of convicts confined in the
Penitentiary at the beginning of the last bien.
NAL period, July 1, 1878, was 500; received
captured, i; received during the year closing
June 30, 1850, e96; recaptured, /; received dur.
ing the six months closing December 81, 1880,
14l; total, ,249. of which there have been dis
charged by expiration of sentence, 400; by
pardon, g.; by U. S. authorities. g.; by COM
mutation of sentence, Is; returned for new
trial, IL; transferred to Insane Asylum, TO-;
died, II; escaped, 8; leaving in confinement,
Dec. 81, 1880, 7l3-classifed as follows:
White males. .597
COlOred males. .lO9
White females. .............. 8
COlOrod females 1
Of whom 652 were sentenced by State and 81
by United States courts.
It is a sad fact that of the 500 convicts in
prison july /, 1878, and the I49 received from
that date to Dec. /, 1880 (naking total of L.
e49), 374 were boys, ranging from IA to q years
of age at the date they entered the prison.
heart but have been led to the commission of
crime by the many evil influences that have
surrounded them, and it is to be regretted
that under our present prison system they are
necessarily confined with and subject to the
influence of older, more vicious and hardened
criminals. In view of the fact that the State
another prison or increase the capacity of
the present one, would it not be well to so
shape the prison system for the future as to
result eventually in entirely separating the
classes to which have referred-thus AFFORD
ing additional opportunities for reformation,
which it is not possible to secure now?
tiary, including ordinary REPAIRS for the year
1872 were SS3 l2.51 for 1880, to the close of the
fiscal year. June 80, $99, l0092; while the total
siI6,9i6.s2. The estimated expenditures for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1882, are $780,
so2.75, and for the year ending June 30, 1888,
The work in the coal shaft for which an ap-
preparation of $4,000 was made by the last
Legislature, has been very successfully pros
January 10. 1851, and it is confidently expected
that an abundant supply of coal viii be
reached during the present month, which
State may indicate. The appropriation Of
SIS 900 is now exhausted, and it is estimated
that to the close of the fiscal year ending June
work. including the sinking of an air shaft at
q cost of $l3 600; during which time, 1t Is be.
ieved that ut least 100000 bushels OF coal
which win more than repay all the State will
then have expended In the enterprise.
AsYLUMs FOR THE INSANE.
Transmit herewith the second biennial re-
port of the State Insane Asylums at Osawato-
mic and Topeka At the commencement OF
mates in the Asylum at OsawatOmie. During
the biennial period closing june 30, 1850, l63
Wbich number there were discharged restored
II, improved 81, unimproved q, not insane ],
died q, tranferred to the Asylum at Topeka 4,
escaped 3, leaving in the Asylum, at the close
The asylum at Topeka was opened for the
admission of patients June ], 1873, from which
time TO July l, lSso, inclusive, there were II al
proved Is, not improved 10, died II, leaving in
the Asylum, June 30, 1880, l2l.
I invite your attention to the report of the
Trustees and officers of these Institutions.
This report furnishes a very complete and
satisfactory statement, showing the disburse-
ment of moneys appropriated for improve.
ments, current expenses, etc., together with
an estimate of expenditures for the next BIZ
ennial period. earnestly urge upon you to
adopt such measures as are necessary to pro-
vide accommodations for the many insane in
our State who are excluded from the asylums
Should be erected as speedily as possible. The
dictates of humanity and the honor and good
name of the State demand that not one of
this unfortunate class should be left uncared
for.
INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.
This institution, commencing with only ten
pupils in 1865, has increased to an attendance
Of iO9 pupils during the session OF lSI9-SO. 1t
will be observed by reference to the report OF
the trustees, that In order to secure tnorougn
efficiency in the management OF the fnsti-
tuition, It is recommended that an appro-
priation of 500 per capita be made for each
year. based upon an attendance OF ID pupils,
during the biennial period ending june 30,
1883.
ASYLUM FOR THE BLIND.
This institution is very successfully and
efficiently conducted, and reflects credit upon
all connected with the management. the
estimated expenses of the institution for the
two wears ending June 30, 1883, aggregate Ssa,-
90O Your attention is requested to the sever
nj recommendations contained in the report
of the Trustees and Superintendent, herewith
transmitted.
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
The second biennial report of the State
Agricultural College shows this institution TO
he in a very satisfactory condition. In lS1S-9
the whole number of students in attendance
was S0;-l5l males and Sc females. In lS19-0