Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-01-19

Taxes authorized by law. ... 23I 3GS So
Total revenues. .,........... S7s7, O6S SO
This es innate shows that it viii be necessary iot
this legisl lure to provide the sum OF $3.50 900,
and would reconm mend that the amount is rta-
sonable and proper.
CONTINGENT FUND.
The balance to the credit of the governors con-
tinsent fund ON January l. 1882, was SGi0.06, and
the expenditures from this fund during the year
were 81 3l3iS. In view of the condition Of this
flnd at the pr, sent time and the possible demands
upon it the present year, | ecommend that the
sum of two thousand dollars be appropla ted
thereto at this session.
CHARITABLE AND PENAL ISsTiTUTl-Ss,
At the last session of the gslature, law was
passed abolishing the several boards having con-
troll OF the different state Institutions and subs.i-
tuting thcretora single board Of five members,
desgna ted rs the state Board of Supervisors"
In conformity TO that law my predecessor ap-
pointed as such board, George w. Burchard Jas.
Binth Charles Luling, Lewis A. Proctor and
Charles d. Parker. This board entered upon the
discharge of its duties on the 9TH day of June
1881. Its first annual report covers period from
that date to December | 1881, by which 1t APP
pears that the expenses of the institutions have
been greatly reduced, without lmpairing the oti-
cheney OF the institutions.
The amounts turned over to the board of SUPER
vision on their assuming control for the several
institutions, were as follows:
For state hospital for insane. .. SiI 099 II
For northern hospital for insane. ... 45,4i6 0i
For industrial school for boys. ....... 1922 SO
For institute for education Of blind. H,3l2 7e
For institute for deaf and dumb. -. l2,0ll 81
For detailed information relative to the man
agement and financial condition of each of the
Institutions, you respectfully referred to the
first report of the Board of Supervision, which
will DE before you in printed form. From state
ment furnished by the president of said board, it
Is found that deficit exists in the current ex-
pense funds of the several institutions under their
control aggregatng S55,944.s2, divided among
different institutions as follows
State . pital for Insane Jan. !, 1882. 500 COS So
Norh'n Hospital for Insane, Jan. l, S2, IL 953 As
Institute for Deaf and Dumb, March
State Prison March 81 1882 700 90 %
Total ..................... S55,944 50
In these items are included the amounts prob
ably necessary to meet demands to the close Of the
appropriation year, March 81, for the Institute
Tor Deaf and Dumb and State Prison, and to pay
Tor cargo of coal not yet delivered to the North
ern Hospital for Insane. | would recommend
that appropriations to cover these deficits be made
US early in your session as practicable.
The board makes detailed statement of their
estimates for the current expenses OF the several
Institutions under their charge, for the next year
and which shows that there is to be supplied by
appropriation for the several institutions, as fol-
lsws.
For State Hospital for Insane. ... S43 ,0l9 70
For Northern Hospital for Insane. 49,. 81 1858 So
For Industrial School for Boys....... 329S7 "
For Institution of Education Of Deaf
ana Dumb. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81 QUO w
For Institution for Education of Blind 1850 90
For State Prison. Observation-Disclosures. $4,000 90
STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES AND REFORM.
The powers of this board now embrace gene
raj supervision over all the charitable, penal and
reforlnatory institutions in Wisconsin, both public
and private except the six state institutions. Th!
legislature Of last winter took away from this
board their general supervision over the state IN
stitutions, and gave them increased work in some
other directions the chief Of which is in relation
to the care of the chronic insane by counties un-
der chapter 233 of the Laws of 1881. Under this
law the board has power to control the treatment
by counties Of their chronic insane, by regulating
the distribution of the state appropriation, and
by their power to take the insane away from
counties where they are not properly cared for.
The report of the board will contain MANY de-
tails Of interest relating to the management of
the institutions under their care. The board ask
that the general power of visiting and reporting
upon the SIX state institutions be restored to them
CHRONIC INSANE
l desire to call your attention to the large in
crease in the number of incurable insane. These
unfortunate beings should command our warinest
sympathy, and humanity demands that adequate
provision be made for their wants. Our insane
asylums have been Obliged to return mar i this
unfortunate class to the counties wb they
came TO make room for other patients; and the
county authorities being unable to suitably pro-
vide for them, are obliged to keep them III the
poor houses and jails. The subject of at once
providing for this class so they receive proper
care and treatment should engage your earliest
and most careful attention.
En-cATIoN.
am pleased to be able to say to you that the
educational interests OF the state quietly but
steadily progressing, and although the percentage
of attendance is somewhat less than Tor the last
year vet tho public schools are in very salts
factory condition. The attendance has not been
so large for the past year on account OF the un-
favorable weather and the prevaIency of contagi-
Gus diseases in very many localities. The per-
eentage of attendance of children at all the
schools of the state for the year 1879 was b6.9i;
for the year $780, 69.04; and for the year 1881,
652 The number of children Of school age in
the state In 1880 was 4S3 229, and in 1851 was
4S9 l42, an increase of 1913. The total valuation
of school property in the state, being the school
houses. school house sites apparatus and Libraries,
Is IS $40, 40,96l. The total amount expended for
schcol purposes in the state during the year was
81, 1902 ,03S34, or S6.g7 for each person attending
school The amount expended for each pupil In
1850 was 1924, and in 1879 was s74a
The number of appeals before the superint'nd-
,nt have been less than last year and s a gratsiy-
ing indication of that humane and friendly spirit
of the people that ensures a good government.
The common schools of this state arc surpassed
BY the schools of but very few states IN the Union,
and this good condition is ina great measure que
10 the cominendable and able manner 10 Whlch
The superntendents of public instruction ana
their assistants have for many years periorpf"
their arduous and important onileS' b'T,y -
cars has rec ru ended that the adoption Of ID
oyYnship system OF school gare7n'nent be 'hs'
crnpnlsory
FINES ASn PES arTIrs.
Section Of article X OF our state constitution
provides. among other things that the era
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