have been admitted since the opening of the institution. The building is now completed, is warmed by steam, lighted by gas, and thoroughly ventilated. Terms. - Board per week for those supported at public charge, $3; for those supported by friends, $3 and upwards, according to the nature of the case and their ability to pay. A bond is required in the penal sum of $ 500, to pay all charges for board, &c., and also to pay not exceeding $50 for such damages to the property of the asylum as may be done by the patient. State Prison, Trenton. -J. B. Gaddis, Keeper. Number of prisoners, Dec. 31, 1848, 176. Received during the year, 108. Total, 284. Discharged during the year, by expiration of sentence, 79; by pardon, 17; by death, 3 (one killed by insane prisoner and one by suicide); in all, 99. Remaining in prison, December 31, 1849, 185. White, -males 125, females 9; colored, males 51. 4 were committed for manslaughter, 6 for murder in the second degree, 4 for rape, 4 for forgery, 32 for burglary, 34 for larceny, 38 for violent assaults, and 4 for burning. 90 were natives of New Jersey, 27 of New York, 19 of Pennsylvania, and 39 were foreigners. The longest sentence is for 20 years, and two are under that sentence. IX. PENNSYLVANIA. WILLIAM F.JOHNSTON, of Armstrong Co., Governor, (term of office Salary. expires on the 3d Tuesday of January, 1852,) $3,000 Alexander Russell, of Bedford Co., Sec. of State & Sup. Com. Schools, 1,700 The judges of the Supreme Court appointed before 1843 have four dollars a day while engaged in holding court or travelling to and from the same. Those appointed since, and whose salaries are $1,600, have three dollars a day while thus engaged, as a full allowance for travelling expenses. They hold court in bank, once a year, in four several districts: 1st, for the Eastern District, at Philadelphia; 2d, for the Middle District, at Harrisburg; 3d, for the Northern District, at Sunbury; 4th, for the Western District, at Pittsburg District Courts. There are four District Courts, which are invested with the civil jurisdiction of the Common Pleas in their respective districts in all cases exceeding a certain amount. Salary. George Sharswood, Pres. Judge for City and Co. of Philadelphia, $2,000 For the sessions of this court, the State was formerly divided into 21 districts. Last winter, the number of districts was increased to 24. The following is a list of the judges. Districts. 1. Philadelphia, . President Judges. Edward King, Salary. $2,600 Judges, James Campbell, Anson V. Parsons, Wm. D. Kelley, each 2,600 Interest on unclaimed and outstanding certificates to be added to ment companies ($ 32,500), Total interest for the year, Add arrears of interest ($19,000) and guaranteed interest on internal improve The value of the productive property owned by the State in 1849 was $32,152,754.06. Total receipts during the year ending November 30, 1849, 51,500.00 $2,040,116.99 $4,433,688.65 577,290.39 $5,010,978.04 4,084,771.80 $926,207.24 Chief Sources of Income. Public improvements, Expenses of government, 1,628,860.13 Commissioners of Sinking Fund, 100,001.12 Retailers' licenses, . Interest on loans (and guaranteed interest), Domestic creditors, Cancelled relief notes, Damages on public works, Abatement of State tax, Counsel fees and commissions, House of Refuge, Spark arrester, Weigh-lock, Beach Haven, Miscellaneous, Common Schools. -The whole number of school districts reported, exclusive of the city and county of Philadelphia, for the year ending June 5, 1849, was 1,370. The whole number of schools was 8,287. The average number of months that schools were taught was 4.26. Whole number of teachers, 10,050. Average wages per month of male teachers, $17.47; of female teachers, $ 10.32. The average number of scholars in each school was 43; and the cost of teaching each scholar per quarter, $ 1.42. The amount of tax levied in the accepting districts was $583,187; received from the State appropriation, $156,487. The cost of instruction, fuel, and contingencies was $562,930; of school-houses, repairs, &c., $146,144. The number of taxables by the triennial return in 1848 was 460,782, House of Refuge in 1849. — Number of male inmates, 174; of female, 42. Total, 216. The average age of boys when committed was 13 years; of girls, 14 years. The expenses of the institution during the year 1849 were $ 14,254.53; deduct earnings by labor of boys, $6,356.54, and the net expense is $ 7,897.99, or $36.56 per inmate. In the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, there were, in 1849, 54 males and 53 females; in all, 107. WILLIAM THARP, X. DELAWARE. Government for the Year 1851. of Milford, Governor (term of office expires on the 3d Tuesday in January, 1851), Salary. $1,333 James Booth, Willard Saulsbury, Robert A. Houston, Robert H. Moor, Kensey Johns, Jr., Amos H. Wickersham, John Raughley, of Georgetown, of Georgetown, Attorney-General, of Newcastle, of Newcastle, Chief Justice, $1,200 Associate Justice, 1,200 of Wilmington, 66 1,000 Fees and 500 of Georgetown, Prothonotary of Sup. Court, Fees. of Dover, 66 66 Fees. Interest on unclaimed and outstanding certificates to be added to Public debt reduced during the year, $40,511,173.92 521,465.86 1,988,616.99 51,500.00 Total interest for the year, $2,040,116.99 $4,433,688.65 577,290.39 $5,010,978.04 4,084,771.80 $926,207.24 Chief Sources of Income. Add arrears of interest ($ 19,000) and guaranteed interest on internal improvement companies ($ 32,500), The value of the productive property owned by the State in 1849 was $32,152,754.06. Total receipts during the year ending November 30, 1849, Balance in Treasury, November 30, 1848, Total revenue, Total expenditures during the same period, Balance in Treasury, November 30, 1849, $951,249.03 Tax on real and personal estate, $ 1,293,921.23 237,105.33 Canal and railroad tolls, 23,860.68 Loans, Principal Items of Expenditure. Commissioners of Sinking Fund, 100,001.12 Retailers' licenses, . Interest on loans (and guaranteed interest), Domestic creditors, Cancelled relief notes, 1,628,860.13 391,628 81 Common Schools. -The whole number of school districts reported, exclusive of the city and county of Philadelphia, for the year ending June 5, 1849, was 1,370. The whole number of schools was 8,287. The average number of months that schools were taught was 4.26. Whole number of teachers, 10,050. Average wages per month of male teachers, $17.47; of female teachers, $ 10.32. The average number of scholars in each school was 43; and the cost of teaching each scholar per quarter, $ 1.424. The amount of tax levied in the accepting districts was $583,187; received from the State appropriation, $ 156,487. The cost of instruction, fuel, and contingencies was $562,930; of school-houses, repairs, &c., $146,144. The number of taxables by the triennial return in 1848 was 460,782. |