St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-10-06
State Reports.
SAVINGS BANKS.

crease during the past year of 1904, and
VIA more than two years ago. Amount
of deposits 81, 675, 269.7l, an increase
during the year of S2,0l5, 7S4.59; of
these deposits so, ,09l 10 belong to
residents and the rest to nOn-residents
average amount to credit of each de-
position 1897 GO, an increase of 1892
over the previous year; 373 depOsitors
have to their credit over $1,000 each.
The inspector suggests that the legis-
lature shall reduce the amount of de-
pOsits allowed to the credit of any one
person to $500 instead of $1,000, with
possibly an occasional exception in
favor of worthy persons. Dividends
and earnings of stockholders in trust
companies $3.50, S2l .05, which does not
include amount paid as interest, only
dividends paid by four companies to
stockholders rate per cent of divi-
dends paid is a trit1e less than that of
the previous year. The inspector
thinks few of the banks paid larger
dividends than they can do with safety
in the future. Undivided earnings, in
terest and surplus held by all the
banks S439 ,634.2I, considerably larger
than last year. There has been an in
crease in the amount loaned on mort
gage security i'll this state of SllS, 49,
%, and on real estate security out of
the state S94S, 1851. Loans on per-
sOnal security are 1926, 964.72 greater
than last year, and loans to towns, vii
lagos, etc, are S3 ,6S5.7l in excess of
last year; and loans on bank stocks
500, 7l2.O3 larger. There is Sol ,645.02
invested in real estate and nearly the
same amount invested in United States
bonds as year ago. The amount
now invested i'll a very good class,
generally, of state, city, county, town,
village, etc, bonds is 81, 425, $4,000. In
the national bank stocks there is now
owned what has cost the respective
banks 1921 ,5I4.50. The six trust com
panies have capital of $450, 900, and
their deposits June 80, 1882, amounted
to 81, $50, Il3.04, an increase during the
wear of 1888, 235.2S. In concluding the
inspector refers to the standing of the
Vermont savings banks, which have
continued for twenty five years with
out disaster.
AUDITOR.
The report of State Auditor Powell
gives the amount of the orders drawn
at the auditors Office for the year end
ing July 81, 1881, at 1927 1924, and
$3.50, GIBBS for the year ending July
81, 1889. The orders drawn at the
offices of the county clerks, sheriffs
jailers, Justices of the peace and Judges
of municipal courts amount for the
wear ending July 81, 1881, to S43,714.-
IS, and to $50, sos % for the year end
ing July 81, 1882. The comparative
figures given below show the fines and
costs collected biennially for the pas
three terms by the various justice anC
municipal courts: Term ending 1873
court orders S165 800, net court eXpen'
ses S223, $50, fines and costs collected
S25, 563; term ending I660-court or
ders Sl35,379, net court expenses
SIG, sos, fines and costs collected S45,
$50, 6S3, net court expenses S93,I2S
fines and costs collected SOC, $40.
The county clerks, says the auditor
are entitled to no little credit for the
marked improvement in the matter o
court expenses. He suggests that thu
county clerks be paid a fixed salar!
! appOrtiOned upon the basis of CRANE
list of population, this salary to cove
all services paid for by the state, leav
ing the compensation for civil business
as heretofore. This would simplif,
the accounting and be much NOR
equitable plan. Should this not b.
done he recommends that the fees O
county clerks be definitely fixed b,
, law.
The treasurer's report for the yea
ending July 81, 1881, shows receipt
from convict labor at the state prison
were 5,2I7 40, from house of cOrrec
ton 81 ,672 "a, probate judges : ,35G
county clerks $50, 93l "a, assets Aug
: ., 1881, SI2S, 1928. For the year end
ing July 81, 1882, the report shows re
, ceipts from county clerks S26, 1929
: probate judges Sl2, 324.50, temporar,
! loans $50, 800, from state prison $40,
1919, house of correction 5000. Il
Il assets August |, 1882, SI54, 505.23.
Court expenses are divided as fol
: lows among the several counties, re
y spectively for the years ending July 81
> 1881 and 1882 Addison $l72l %
Sl752.70 Bennington S24S5.7S %
S4527.73 Caledonia S3656.27- 1884
Il o. Chittenden SSI56.50 - SS55I .3S
{ Essex Sll20.29 - SSI961 Frankli
d 1896. Sc 1891 40 Grand Isle 1919
! -S24l.5 80; Lamoille SASS. 70-S929
u 80 Orange S262S.04- Sl35I.I7 On
leans S353O.44 - 2O95.73; Rutlan
{ $685.. 23 - S653I .46 Washingto
+ S4644 S3599.56; Windham S25O4
63 - Sl66.S6 Windsor $1204.55 e.
Z SI925.60 Addison, Bennington, Chi
= tenden, Franklin and Rutland countio
" have increased court expenses the pas
4 year over the year previous the re-
" have decreased.
In probate returns the net eXces
: from all districts in the state was 1914
" 80 for last year and for the preced
: ing year there was net deficit
! S465.50.
u Among the expenses of the preceC
VI ing fiscal year were : House of co
Y rectiOn S9425.76, reform school S2l
u 5O6.6 90, state prison $49, 568.64, (whiC
includes necessary additions and i'll
y prOvements,) salaries SAC, 650.76, mil
u tia SI3, 1862, official expenses 81, 1866
IA, department of agriculture $25S6.9
, normal schools S7524.55, asylum fl
N insane S37 1873.
Il SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
of The report of Justus Dart, state 81
.e perintendent of education, covers
Dr. period of two years ending March 3
V, 1882. Superintendent Dartt says: TT
re work of the two years has been direc
IN ed largely to awakening an interest G
lie the part of the people in the imprOv
or ment of the common schools. By Il
:" last census there were inVermOnt ~ 9!
I'd people over ten years of age who cou
lie not read, and 1881 who could n
in write. The educational work pressil
IN upon the state, he says, is to remo'
h. this illiteracy and give intelligence
ly its place. About six-sevenths of Il
is scholars attend the ungraded distri