Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-22
in 1884, $4,000 in 1888. $3.50 900 in :sy. $4,000 in

in 1897 $4,000 in 1885, $3.50 600 in .sy sls 900 in
! 1908, and IS 900 in 1909.
The Auditors report shows that $685. 900 of
| this amount Is owned by the permanent
school fund, and 5000 by the state univers-
| fty fund.- leaving amounts of bonds owned,
outside of the State funds, S256,OO0.
Under an act of the Legislature of 1857,
whereby the State assumed the payment of
certain suerrilla-raid claims, certificates of
Indebtedness, the principal of which aggre-
gates $685. 63.91, have been issued by the
Auditor OF State. This, less the first install
ment of s3o, 96.39 paid, with the bonds before
mentioned. constitute the total State debt.
SUGAR BOUNTIEs.
BY the act of 1887, as amended by the act OF
| 1882 provision was made for payment of
] bounty on sugar manufactured in this State,
| from beets, sorghum, or other sugar yielding
canes, or plants, grown in Kansas, to the
amount of two cents per pound, but no ap-
preparation was made to carry out the pro-
| visions of the act Under this law, CLAIMS
| against the State have been filed with the
Auditor by number of companies, for the
| years 1883 and 1880, which will be presented
| to the proper committees of your respective
bodies, for such adjustment as good faith re-
quires.
| While the purpose of the Legislature was
doubtless wise at the time, in view of the late
act of Congress revising the tariff schedules
and giving bounty of two cents a pound on
all sugars manufactured in the United States,
as an equivalent for the duty removed, the
question is presented whether the bounty
offered by this State should not be repealed.
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS.
The Auditors report exhibits the muni
| cipal Indebtedness of che State in DETAIL
county, city, township, village, board of ed
ucatiOn and school district, the grand total
on the first day of July, 1890, being s37 JIG 81.
| 80. This is divided among the several NUM-
| CAPABILITIES, as follows: County bonds and
| warrants, $l5,23I ,604.SS; township bonds and
nxOnv
rants, s. 900, 1926; school district bonds and
orders, s. ,9U7 ,477.9e. The amount in sinking
| funds July l, 1890, was s62s, 1865, leaving
net total municipal Indebtedness on that
| date of $36, 49l ,66O3S
On the first of July, 1884, the mum icipal in
| debtedne ss of the State amounted to 81 $751;,
1886. On the first of July, 1885, it was ST.,
779,29942 On the first of July, 1888, it had in
| creased to S31, 1O7, 6469O On the first of July,
1890, it had reached the of SD, JIG, 81. 80,
| less the amount in sinking funds, above
| stated.
LOCAL TAXATION.
Municipal indebtedness suggests local tax
| alton, burden voluntarily contracted by
| the people of the various municipalities in
| bonds voted to aid railroads and other pub
| lie improvements. The amount of taxation
| levied for all purposes on the assessed valu
alton for 1850 was s1s,432, 1885, as follows:
state 81, ,7S4.s0: county, S4,14',2s4.20; city,
| 2,o54,7456O; township, SI.4o7,5n.7i, and
| school. s. ,23s, 9S4.64, or an average of S3.72
|
| Educational.
| Your attention is urgently invited to the
| very elaborate report of the State Superin-
| tendent of Public Instruction, exhibiting in
detail the condition of our common schools,
and discussing in an able and suggestive
manner our whole educational plan. Moth
| ing short of careful reading Of this report
can give nm adequate conception Of the con-
dition or extent of our grand system of pop
| ular education.
The receipts for the school year ended
| June 30, 1890, including balance from previ
| Gus year, from district taxes, county school
| funds, sale of school bonds and all other
| sources, were $685. $50. So. The diSburse-
ments for the same time for teachers wages
| incidentais, library and school apparatus
! SITES buildings. furniture and other pur
poses, were S,972, 1856 S6, leaving a balance in
hand of district treaSurers June 30, 1899, of
| S7-3 ,693. 10.
THE UNIVERSITY.
The history of the university during the
| past two years has been somewhat eventful,
| but on the whole it's pre- sent condition is ex
! tremely gratifying. Early in this admins
| tratiOn, Chancellor j. A. LippincOtt, after
| years of honorable and efficient service, vol
| UNFAIRLY rendered his resignation, to take
| effect the first of September 1889 Pending
| the selection of successor, w c. Spangler,
Esq, was made vice chancellor. and dis
! charged the duties of such position with
marked ability and fidelity. After much
u
worthy successor to DR.. Lippincott, Prof. F. H.
Snow reluctantly consented to accept the
! position, and was accordingly selected as
chancellor by the unanimous voice of the
! Prof. Snow has been connected with the
| faculty since 1856, and conspicuOusly identi-
fed with the upbui!ding of the institution.
| AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
| During the past two years this institution
has continued to grow and prosper in every
| material respect. 1t has been for the past
| ten years, as now, in charge of President
| Fairchild, and the remarkable growth made
during that time is both creditable to him
| and gratifying to the State.
The attendance is constantly increasing,
| for the last year the enrolment reaching SIS
| students from sixty two counties in the
State, and sixteen other States, Territories
and foreign countries. AS the president
| states in his report: Farmers children hold
| the fort 342 strong; mechanics of various
| kinds are represented by "a; business men
| by 40; editors and other professional men by
"a; miscellaneous, 12.'
| THE NORMAL SCHOOL.
The excellent work being done in this
school, its constantly increasing attendance
and general prosperity, are gratifying to the
| State and complimentary to the president
and faculty. The teachers trained here go
out into our common schools to increase
their efficiency. An analysis of the attend
ance shows more females than males, the
total being IL % for lSS 80 against $50 for the
! previous year. Eighty-two counties and
four hundred old soldiers families are repre-
scented. OF ga pupils in the normal depart
ment reporting. lo4 are from the farm and
most of the others are from the humber
walks of life. The needed appropriations for
carrying on this institution are stated in the
report, which, it is hoped, will be promptly
and favorably considered.
EleemOsynary Institutions.
1t is gratifying to state that the manage
mrnt of our eight benevolent institutions
has been frugal, efficient and judcous
Their condition, both as regards the care OF
the inmates and the financial affairs pertain
ing to their maintenance, is set forth in the
very comprehensive report of the Board OF
trustees i'll charge, covering the past two
years. 4 careful study of this report, to-
gether with such visitation as it is Your duty
to exercise during the session, is absolutely
essential to accurate understanding OF
the present conditions and future needs OF
these great charities.
1t is noteworthy and characteristic of the
wise financial policy of the board of trustees
that of the S13l, 80. IL appropriated two years
ago for the support of these charities, an
expended balance of S50,I49.SS has been re-
turned to the State treasury. The average
number cared for annually in the eight nSti-
tutiOns during the two wears $50 at a