Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-01-24
PeNlTeNTlAav AFFAIRS.
Commissioners Adopt the Report G
Superintendent n. o. Hursum.

Superintendent n. o. Bursun1.
The annual report OF the board Of
Pentitentiary Commissioners TO Gov.
ernor otero IS cordial and emphatic
endorsement Of the report and efficient
administration OF Superintendent II. o.
Bursum.
The commissioners are: +. II.
Pierce OF Las Vegas, president; w. II.
Newcomb OF Silver City, secretary;
Louis HELD, OF Albuquerque; Juan
Navarro OF Mora and J. T. McLaugh.
lin OF Albuquerque.
The report OF sir. Bursum is submit
ted in del nil and is made the report Of
the board. II covers the period from
December I, 1900, TO November 80,
1909. A detailed financial statement is
made and from u the showing IL made
that the actual cost TO the territory for
the two years, after deducting the
earrings by convicts and the improve
ments including the cash expended for
permanent improvements, for the two
years was s57,441. The average cost
per day including clothing, feed, main
teIance and repairs Of buildings, salar-
les and expenses. gate moneys for dis
charged conyicts. officials, employees,
guards, commissioners and all other
items. was 2s.9 cents per day. During
the SID fiscal year there were furnish
ed 10 officers, guards. employees and
prisoners, 9S3.i4S meals, or an average
number per month of 1862 The total
cost was s15.3s7S0. During the fifty
third fiscal year the total number of
meals served was 9s,627, or an aver
age per month OF SAFE. The total cost
was .l5.s44. The average number Of
meals served per month for the two
years was 1000 and the average cost
per day per man was 1881 cents.
The number OF convicts imprisoned
on December /. 1900, was 215 The
number received during the two years
was 2l6, making @ total of 431. Dur
ing that time there were discharged by
expiration Of sentence 1856, pardons
and combinations ~. died 10. escaped
4. and sentences reprieyed Q. or total
OF 1876. making the number on hand
November 80 last. 1856. BY counties the
distribution was as follows Berna-
l;llo. received during the two years.
rs; on hand, 2s. Chaves, received IL,
on hand 3. Colfgx, received IA, on
hand JIG. Dona Ana, received, 25: on
hand 20. Eddy, received .: on hand,
4. Grant. received, 20 on hand. SO.
Guadalupe. received, 3; on hand g..
Lincoln, received. Q, on hand, 6. Luna,
received, 8; on hand. 7. Mckinley.
received. /. on hand. /. Mora, receiv-
ed. 3; on hand, g. Otero, received, IL (;
on hand, IL. Rio Arriba. received, 9;
on hand. 8. San Juan. received, 2; on
hand, 2. San Miguel. received, 81; on
hand. 49, Santa Fe, received, 10: on
hand, 3. Sierra, received, 9; on hand.
g. Socorro, received, IL; on hand, IL.
Taos, received. l. on hand. 2. Union,
received, 3; on hand. s. Valencia, re.
oeived, 2; on hand, 4.
The number of United States pris.
oners on hand December /, 1900, was
IL, and during the two years "a were
received. twenty-five were dIscharg.
ed by expiration OF sentence, leaving
is in the prison on November 80 last.
or the United States prisoners, none
were In the prison on the last named
date from the First district, two from
the Second 4 from the Third, S from
the Fourth, and from the Fifth On
November 80 last 2 jail prisoners were
held from the Fourth judicial district
and from the Fifth
: BY occupation the prisoners now in
the penitentiary ase classified as fol
lows: Laborers. go miners, 81; COW.
boys 70; farmers. H. cooks and sheep
herd srs each; blacksmiths, 8; ranch.
men and teamsters each; engineers
housekeepers, shoemakers and stone
masons each; BARRIERS. musicians and
merchants each; bricklayers, hos
Hers. goa,herders and painters each
bookkeepers. butchers. railroad clerks
ONCE clerks, cigarmakers, electricians
eRgravers, laundryman, laundress, ma
cninist helper, marble polisher. plum
her plasterer, printer. railroad man
sailor. telegraph operator and waiter
each
The crimes for which they are sery
ing are, Murder 81; larceny o
horses, II; larceny and burglary, II
each, larceny OF rattle, IA; assault
with intent to murder, s. robbery. Z
assault With intent TO kill and forgery
s each. assault with deadly weapon
with intent TO XIII, assault with inten
10 rape. assault on wife, incest, an
larceny ot neat cattle, each; larcen
from dwelling, larceny Icy embezzl'
ment, larceny OF sheep, rape, nnlav
fully discharging deadly weapon. vie
lation Of postal laws, and stealth
United States mali each; assau
with intent to MAIN, breaking into
postufiice. cmbezzling postal fund
emhezzling letters. false pretense
highway robbery having counterfe
money In possession. killing sneel