Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-01-18
GOV. RUSK'S MESSAGE.
Annual Recommendations of
the Governor of
Wisconsin.
The Usual Review OF F inancia
and State Topics.
b ID R9aoragIe. ~ Lea.slature.

To the Honorable. The legislature
You are. assembled under suspicious circum
stances The year just gone has been to our state
and people a prosperous one The true interests
of labor agriculture manufacture, commerce,
and OF every department of industry have been
happily subserved. Individual success and hap
pineSs among our citizens have been general and
phenomenal The cause of education, SO vital To
free people. has made great and substantial
advance, and our progress as state has been IN
every way marked and gratifying.
FINANCES.
The financial condition Of the state is very sal
factory.
The cash in the treasury on the Both day Of Sep
TENDER 1881, belonging to the general fund, was
so7 953S2; the receipts Of this fund for the fiscal
year were 81 2630i400, and the disbursements
were st1S6sO754 and the cash IN the treas
ury September 30. 1889, was 364,3206S The dis
bursements from this fund were SS54414 less than
Tor the year ending September 80, 1891 aud the
cash in the treasury at the end Of the year was
Si62Gf36 more than at the corresponding date the
previous year.
The receipts of the trust funds during the fiscal
year have been Si,06095l3l; the cash in the treas
ury, September 3D. 1881, was S54S,3i6SS the dis
bursenentS from the trust funds during the fiscal
year were Sl,dt6SSS.2l, and the cash in the treas
ury on the both day Of September, 1852, was
Sl624129S. OF the trust funds the sum of St9S-
1890 was during the fiscal year invested in United
States bonds; the sum of S16SS2.l II was loaned to
towns and school districts, and the sHm Of Slt,
AGO was paid out Of the trespass fund to the
beneiiclaries under the law
SCHOOL FUND.
The receipts during the ear for the School fund
are given ia the Secretary report AZ s33t 1890 O
which amount $4,000 was for United States
bonds which had been called in during the year
The disbursements from this fund are reported al
SiO96ll2, all of which, except the sum of S3SGt9
refunded for overpayments is invested according
TO law in interest bearing securities. The total
amount of school fund now at interest is S2,sO5,
23S3 and the cash balance belonging TO the fund is
S7,76131 The school fund income during the year
amounted to Sl91,38330, of which amount the sum
OF SlS5l6642 was apportioned to the different
counties for school purposes.
UNIVERSITY FUND.
There has been paid during the year tine sum OF
S2i4e3s1 to the University fund, nearly all Of
which was in payment of nterest-beariug securi
ties falling due; and there has been invested OF
this fund during the year in United States bonds
the sum of Sj2,Si250. At the end of the fiscal
year there Was Of this fund S9s ass 81 all of which
was at interest save S296j.39 cash ON hand.
The Agricultural College fund, which now nures
10 the benefit of the University, amounted on the
3)th day Of September 1882 TO S219GS9si, of which
S2f43S53l was bearing interest
NORMAL SCHOOL FUND
The Normal School fund on the Both day Of Sep
tember, 1882, amounted % SIiG5Oil2O, all of which
save Sl1 969G2 was invested in Understanding Sc.
curties The income from the furd during the
year was SS5,59i9s, all of which was dsbursed fol
the benefit of the Normal Schools
DRAINAGE FUND
The receipts of the drainage fund for the year
were sS5,0l293 almost entirely derived from the
sale of lands, and the disbursements were Sls,
IT. cRolx AND LAKE SUPERIOR II. n, TREsPAss FUND
The St Croix and Lake Superior r. r. Trcspass
fund consists of moneys collected by the state
for trespasses made upon the the land grant made
to the state by acts OF Congress, approved June
30, 1856 and May 5th 1864, commonly known rs
the 81 St Cr0iX and Lake Superior Land Grant
Under chapter as. Laws of 1869 and acts ameuda-
atory thereof, these lands have been protected by
the state and the moneys collected held IN trust
less expense of cOleCt0n-fOr the use and bene-