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Considerable interesting statistical in
formation is contained in the report Of
the superintendent OF public instruction
relative to the schools OF Michigan. The
information given Is for the school year
ending Sept. 5, 1898, and comparison 10
made with the school year of 1897. The
following facts with reference to the
schools Of the State are given: Number
of graded school districts, 672; increase.
80. Ungraded school districts, GAS:
decrease, "a. Township unit school dis
tricts, Ill. Number OF pupils shown by
the school census. 7O3,730; increase. p
4S0. Enrolled in graded schools, 2S7,-
274; increase, 6,263. Enrolled in ungrad-
ed schools, 20S, ,751; decrease, 2,OOO. Per-
centage OF attendance, 7O.5. Districts
having maintained schools, 1888. Aver
age duration Of school in months, 81
Districts furnishing free text books, 741s
increase, 32S. Private and select schools,
403; increase, %. Pupils attending such
schools, 45,465. Teachers necessary to
supply schools, 12,740; increase, 249.
Male teachers employed, 1925; increase.
62. Women teachers employed. 12O4S;
increase, 10. Total wages of men teach
ers, $1,075, 1925; increase, 21,34I.11-
Wages Of women teachers, 5000, ,690.32;
increase, $74,275.65. Aggregate wages
of all teachers, 81, ,146, ,44958; increase.
95,618.76. Average monthly wages Of
men teachers, $43.O5; decrease, Coo. Av-
erage monthly wages Of women teachers,
52S; increase, 33c. Examinations held,
321; increase, .. Applicants for regular
certificates, 15,646; decrease, 100. First
grade certificates granted, 1873; decrease.
81.
Attorney General Oren was recently
asked by Secretary Baker of the State
Board Of Health whether any person
practicing the system known as Christian
Science is or is not a physician, and.
therefore, required to report contagious
diseases to the local health officer. The
Attorney General in an opinion, says Ii
is plain from the wording Of the statute
requiring reports to be filed that II ap-
plies to all persons acting as physicians.
A physician Is defined as zone lawfully
engaged in the practice of medicine" and
it follows that unless person has receiv-
ed a certificate emitting him to lawfully
practice he is not physician in the State
Of Michigan and will be liable for holding
himself out as such. ''It seems to have
been the clear intent of the Legislature.
such persons as have received the neces-
sary certificate from the board Of regis
traton are to be considered physicians in
the State of Michigan" As to persons
who are described in the law by the
terms ''acting as physicians" and "prac-
ticing a system known as Christian Sci
ence" the Attorney General holds that it
was the intent of the Legislature to in
clude them with the physicians among
the persons who are required to report
contagious diseases to the health officers.
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Secretary of State Stearns reports that
there were 20, marriages returned by
the county clerks Of Michigan for 1898.
This Is the largest number ever recorded
for single year in this State, and repre-
sents a rate Of 1863 persons married to
1000 of population. The favorite ages
for marriage were between 20 and %
years for both brides and grooms, there
having been 3,941 marriages Of persons
between those ages. Next to this period
in frequency comes marriages of males
aged 20 to % and females under 30,
there having been 1898 of the latter.
Eleven Of the grooms were more than 80
years OF age, but in only one case was
the bride that old The oldest age at
marriage on record was reported last
year, the groom being 10 and the bride
81.
Gov. Pingrec has paroled the following
convicts upon the recommendation OF the
advisory board of pardons: Edwin
Schultz, sent from Wayne County. jan
uary, 1897, to five years at Ionia for
larceny; Fred Berlin, sent from Branch
County, March. 1898. to Jackson for
three years for larceny; Wallace Lobdell,
sent from Kent County, November, 1897.
to Ionia for three years for burglary;
Charles Palmer, sent from Wayne,
March, 1889, to Jackson for twenty years
for rape; Melvin Howard, sent from Van
Buren, County, September, 1886, to twen-
ty-ive years at Jackson for assault with
intent to kill, and George Cleveland, sent
from Hillsda.e, June, 1895, to Jackson
for eight years for assault with intent to
do great bodily harm.
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The Board OF State Auditors, after
conference with the State tax commits
sioners, voted to allow two and one-haif
cents per description of all mortgages re-
ported by registers of deeds to the tax
commission. BY this means of securing
luIOTHnutlOH Ill TCSuTu tO ulOrlSugeS tut
commission expects to reach nearly every
mortgage in the State. ta,rf s
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John CARRIER Of Washington, d. c.,
conducted an examination of applicants
for service in the census department next
year. at Lansing. There were about
ninety applicants who have been recon-
mended by Michigan Senators and Con-
gressmen for positions. 4
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Labor Commissioner Cox has decided to
collect statistics regarding the condition
of the retail trade in Michigan in Eve OF
the most important lines, as compared
with one and two years ago, and also the
outlook for the future. He proposes to
interview 100 dealers in each line located
in every section of the State. tss
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The State tax commission has been in
forned that in one county in Michigan
property is assessed at only one-tenth OF
its valuation.
short State>lrema.
st. Louis has voted to bond for $4,000
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