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· GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. Gentlernen of the Senat e and

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I t is req u ired by the Constit ution that the Govern or shal l, at t h e <!Om mencemcnt of each session, and at the close of hi s ter m of office, g ive to the Leg islature infor mation by message of th e cond ition of t he S tate, and shall reco mmend such measures as be shall deem exp edien t , accounting a lso to t h e L egislat.ure and accompany ing hi s message with a statement of all moneys received and paid out by h im from a ny fun ds subj ect to h is order, and at each r egular session present est imates of the amount of mon ey to be raised by taxation for all purp oses. In com pliance with t hese p rovisions I snbm it ·t he fo ll owi ng message.

S'l 'ATE F I NANCES .

Your attenti 01i is in the first insta nce invited to the hig hly satisfacto ry co nd ition of om· S tate fin ances, as sh own _b y th e repor ts of tl.l e S ta te T reasurer and the A uditor of P ubl ic Acco unts.

Balance on hand Novernber 30, 1882, was .. ... . .. .. .... . . ··1 L!72,11 4.50 Arno un t received .. .. . ........ ......... . . ... . .. . . . ... .. .... . .. .. 2,707,276 .64 Total amo unt r eceived .. .. . .. . .. ..... ... . . . . . . .... .... .. . 3,179,391.1 4 Total amount di sbu rsed .. . .. ... . . .. . .... ... .. . . . .... .. .. . . . ... 2,73 6,57<1.15 Balance in T reasm y Kovember 30th , 18

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Th e a m ou nt on h~'1 n d . _ ovember 30th , 188-1:, i.s crellitcd to t h e se ve ra l funds as follo ws :

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State General Fund ... .. .. ....... .... . .. . ..... .. ..... .. .. .. ..... $ 49,9i:l8.35State Sinking F und.. ... . .. .... . .. . .. ... . ... .... . .... .. . .. .. ...... 27,007 .80· Permanent School Fund......... .... .. .. ... .. ... ... .. ........... 45,953.64 Temporary School Fund ............ .. .... . ..... ..... . ...... .. ... 164,83 6 .76 Per manent University Fund ..... .. ... .. . .'.... .. .. .... .. .. ... ..

2, 91 6.34 Temporary University Fund.... ......... ... ... ...... .. ...... .. 56,667.87 State Bond Fund .. .... ...... ... ...... .. .. .. .. .. .... .. ... .. .. .. .. 10,751.15Insane H ospital Eund .. .. :.. .. .. ..... ...... .. .. . .... ... .. .. .. .. 33,976.-17 Normal Interest F und .. . ........ .... ...... .. . .. ........ : ...... . 18,043.1 I Normal Library Fund .... .... ... . ..... ....... ....... .. .. .... .. .

66 7.73 Normal Endowment Fund .... .... ....... ................... .. ..

957.3 5 State Convict Fund ....................... .. .......... .. ....... .

3 .3& State L ibrary Fund .. . .. .... ... .. ... .... ... , ..... ... . .. ... ..... .

284.00 State F unding F und ...... . ........ ...... ... ....... .... ... . .... ..

6 7 .25Saline Land L ease Fund .... ....... : . .. ... ......... ........ ..

3,808.45 University Library Fund ............ . ........ ... ........ .. .... .

975.00 Capitol Building Fund ..... .. .. ... ... ........... __ . ... ... .

11 ,723 .07 I nterest charged County Treasurers .. ....... . .. . .. ... .. .. .. . . .

I nterest on surplu investments ... ...·.............. .. .... .. .. ..

657 .49 13,531.25-

T otal as above .. ..... ................... .. . . ........ .' .. .... $442,81 6.99 · As will be seen from the Treasurer's report the balance of:$657.49-

interest charged county treasurers, and the balance of $13,53 1.25 interest on surplus investments, are unavailable, and should be ti·ansferred.

STAT E DEBT.

State indebtedness i represented by the following bonds: Sta~ Relief Bonds, due March 1st, 1885 . .............. .. .. . $ 50,000.00' State Funding Bonds, d ue April I . t, 1897 .......... .. ...... 449,267.35 T otal State debt .. .. .. ... ............... .. .............. _.. $499,26 7 .35

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By the act of 1877, in the matter of payment of principal and in_terest of State Rel ief Bonds, it was provided that payment should be made from the Sinking Fund, and in order; that said bonds may be -paid promptly it is _recommended by t he State Treasurer that the balance in ·the State Bond Fund, together with the amount hereafter collected, be transferred to the Sinking Fund, and thus made available for the purpose for which it is _collected.

REVENUE AND 'l'AXATION.

The assessed valuation of the taxable proper ty of the State in 1883 was $110,543,644.58, and in 1884 it was $123,615,886.95, showing an incr ease of $ 13,072,242.37. The rate of taxation for State purposes for the year 1883 was 7 4-10 mills, and for the year 1884, 7 556-800 mills on each dollae valuation, and there has been collected dlll'ing that period the sum of $1,307,122.05, distributed as::follows : General Fund ...... .. . ...... .. .. . ................. .. ... .. ... .. .. $ 931,037.19 93,065.34 Sinking Fund ... .. .. .. . .. . ........... .. . .. ...... . .. . ..... . .... . .

Comm~n School Fund .................. .. ........ ... .. .. .... .. 206,584.81 76,434.71 University Funa .. ... ... ..... . . .. ...... .. .. ..... .. .. ... . ...... .

Total.. .. .. . . . . . .... .. ..... . . . .. .... . ... .. .... . . . .... ~ .... $1,307,122.05 The levy

ot 1884 will y ield the follow-ing amounts:

·General Fund, 4 82-100 mills ..... . .. ... ... ... .. .......... .. .. $596,379.48 Sinking Fund, 6-8 mill .. ... ........ .. .... .. .... .......... · .. .. · 91,811.91 Common School Fund, 1 mill .. .. .'.. ... ...... .. .. .. ... .. .. . --· 123,615.85 University Fund, i mill .... .... .. · .... -- ...... .. · .. .. .. .... · " 46,355.94 ·Capitol Building Fund, ~- mill .. .. ·... .. ...... . .. ... ....... .. 61,807.95 R eform School Building Fund, t mill .. ············· · · ·· ··· ·· 30,903.96

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'fotal ... ...... .. ... .. .. . ·.. .......... .. .. . ........ . ...... ... $951,875.09

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Yom notice . is clirected to the 1l.uditorts statement showing a m o unt of taxes delmquent, with the hope that yo u in yo ur unitecl Wl·SCtO!ll J may succeed in dev ising some plan for the better collec ti on of t h e r~venu es, and that without imposing unnecessary burden. upon t h e -people. · There i a general demand t hat the law of 1883 making t , d l" ' axes e mquent January 1st of eacb year, and pro viding fo r a 1)enalt f y 0 u per cent, shall be repealed. I would cite for your exam ination t h e revenue laws of the states of Ohio and I nd iana. The law of t h e last named State provides that any person charged with taxes 00 th tax - d up I"1ca t e m · the hands of a county treasurer may pay t h e f ulie amon nt of such taxes on or before the third Mond ay in A pril • 01 may ' at· h"IS optiOn, · . ' pay the first mstall ment or or before such t hird Monday, and the remaining. installm ent on or before th e first lVfon~ay of November following. Providing that all road taxes sha ll be ~ncluded in the first instaJlment, and th at in all cases wh ere the first mstallment shall not be paid on or before the t hird Mondav in A )l·il the whole amoun t unpa1"d sh aII become d.ue and be retnru " ed d elinI ,. quent with proper penalties added. This plan is that of. Semiannual paymen t . A di VISIOn · · of t he b ur den. Taxes are defin ed as b . e~g the enforced proportional contribution of persons and propert lev1ed b h y,.

Y t e authority of the State for the support of the goYernment, and for all public needs. Applying this definition to our o wn case, ~nd we will all agree t hat best legislation upon th e matter of taxation is that which, while it shall meet the wants and needs of the State Gove rnment, WI.11 at t h e same hme, · . may wi th as f:ar as It safety be done, lighten the burden to him who so contributes.

PU BLJC I NSTITUTIONS.

In relation to the present management of the public institutions of the Stat e Jt · may be sa1d · that w1thout · an exception they are in excellent hand .

GO Y I~ RNOR's )fJ:oJSS AGE.

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l-lO:ilf E FOR. 'I'H];; l!'lUENDLESS.

The ad of 188 1, 1 rovid ing; for t l1 e erect ion uf a Home for t he F riendl ess, \vas cnrri cd into cff ct hy t he p urch ase of a site near the city o.f Lin coln , and t he er ect ion of a build ing t hereo n. The government of the Ho me " ·ns' ass um ed by th e Society of th e Hom e for ·be Fri endless, aml it is now nnd er .th e aetiv e eare and m;wagement of a boa rd eomposed of enm cst , pra cl ical C hrir-r i :-~n women, 'Tho wi t h wel l directed energy nre strivin g to mak e it wh at i · sh ould be. The _Home wa s opened to receiv inmates .Tn ntwr~' J, 1882, and sin ce that t ime has received, ad ults 95, childre'n 133, makin g a total of 228 .

T here h ave been surnencl er ed to t he H ome 15 children, and of t his n umber 57 have been placed in good homes in thi s Sta te. A n appropriation .is ask ed fo r by th e . ociet:· in charge for th e ptu·pos~ of erecting and fu_rn ishin g add itional builLlin gs, and to aid i11 th e maintenan ce of the Hm~1e . In my judg ment th eir request. to a reasonable amount sh ould b e g ranted. It mu st be r em em bere<l t hat the tit.le to -thi s property remains in th e State . . A vi sit to thi s institut ion will conv ince you of its ntility and wort h.

DEAF AND D U lllB INSTITU TE, AND FEEBLE lllU{DED CH I LDHEK .

Organized in A pril, 1869, thi s i1~ stitntion has since that t ime recaived for in struction 211 pupils. For th e lnst bie1mial term t here · has been a. r eported attendnnce of 141, The h cnlth of t he st nd ents has been good, a nd the method s of in strnction th e sam e as heretofore reported . ·vVh en we consider the availabl e mea.us a nd accommodations at hi s command , t,h e cond it ion of thi s instituti on under th e present management is admirabl e. Instruction in th e trad es, prin ting, carpenter work, se wing, fan cy work, and housework , is st ill eontiHuecl, and fund s are ask ed for to place the tra.des upon a more · ~?ffici cnt basis look ing to th e power of self-support upon the part of

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those receiving inst.ructiou . Your attention is 93-lled to .th e d eficie ncy

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of $ 6,500 in the appropriation for t his instit ution by rea sou of tai lure of the last L egislature to ma ke provision for the yea r eud in g· March 31st, 1885, in th e matter of wages of employees. Atteu tio n , is (~::til ed to the frequent applications for the ad mission of "feeb le m in d ed children " t o th. 1"s . ch oo, 1 a c lass w b o are not fi t " ul~j ect s fo r ·: deaf

s upport of th e Institute, a nd ;-;hou ld be gTantecl .

mute school.

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Ol"leaus Exposition. T he appropriations mad e by t he last L egIslatu re h ave b eeu amp le in e;yery r esp ect, an d m . t 1:1e ttem . . . g of" 11vm .expenses th ere w ill be a .·rna II balance r eturned to t.h e treasur y . A p~ropriati ons a re ask ed fo r , coveri ng th e matte1· of water supply a nd . anr .J 1" .

Improv em - en ts to buildings ftl)(l g rou u d s, m Itiou to tl10 genera I

By reference to t he census of ] 880 it is -show n 1k t t w e

had at that time 356 pet·sons clas. ed as feeble mind ed , 20 9 of w hom were under twenty years of age. T he State has und er tak en to car e for th e insane, t he blind, and the deaf and dumb. In v ie\v of t b ese fact-s, together wi t h the experience of other tatcs in t h is w o rk , I aru prompted to call your attention to the im portance a ud urg eHcy of t heir cla·tms, an d t he ad VL'H · "b"l" f makJUg . . 1on . . N e1 1ty o some pro vts 111 braska for this help less cia. s.

I NSTITUTE FOR THE -BLIND .

HOSPf'l'AL FO ]{ 'J'Hl!: I NSANE.

Thi.· most un f01-tunatc class ar e en t it led to ou r d eepest sympat hy, a nd to OUt· consta nt care aud watch ful ness, that :->o fh.r as may be poss ible t h eir condit ion s ha ll b~ i mpl·oved.

F rom th e rep ort of th e Super in tend en t. for th e biennial term !'!lld ing N ovember 30th , 1 884~ it appears that at t h e date of last rep or t, N ovember 30th , 1882, t h ere were rcn 1a iu ing in t h e Hospital 273 pa t ients. There hav e been received d uring t h e past two years 410 p a tients, making a total n umber of 683 that have been t reated d u ring this p eriod .

The total n umber of pup ils received at the Instit ute for t h e edu cation of th e. blind from the date of its opening in Janua ry, 187 6, uut.il tbe present time is 60 . · T he building was intendt~l to accommodate fifty perw ns, a nd th e r·c ~a been a n atteoaance of thirty-six pupils during t he bien n ia l term:. .JU t closed . Of t hose who would b~ admissible under the r u les, a nd. resid ing in the State, there are but five known to th e superint en d en t wh o a re n ot in the chool. T he term is reported as one of g ener a l p rosperity. T he health of the students has been excellent, and iu the several department of :-tudy, con. isting of literary, m us ical, and industr ial, commendable progre. . ha. been made. T hiR sch ool in its wo rk in the L iterary D epartment wi ll compa re favorably wit h t h ose of like character in other tate,:. A ll recei"ve musical instruction a ud the work in this department is becoming more t horoug h each y ear.

An exhibit from the Iurlust1·ial D epartment has boon seu t to t h e

Of the nu mber tr eated 323 have been d i ·cha rged; 144

of whom were restored to mental health, sixty-nine wer e much im proved, s ix ty-t h ree unimp roved , h a rmless a nd incur a bl e, wet·e r eturned t o their count ies t o make r oom f o r recent cases, for ty-t h r ee have died ·d uri ng t he t wo years, leav ing in t he H ospital N ov ember 30th, 1 8 84, 360 p atients, which ex hausts t he u tm ost capacity of t h e present b u ild ing . A t t he rate of increase fo r t he past two yea rs, it is estimated by t he S uper inten dent t hat n ot less t h an 600 a pp l icat ions for the admis s ion of patients 'Ni ll be made d u r ing th e coruin g two years . A dd it ional room must lJe furn ished by t he Sta-te. The S uperin teud eu t recommends t he buildirw of a uew instit ut ion as preferab le t o increasing the si7.e of the present oue, a Dd ad vise· t hat t h e uew Hospital s h ould be as large as th e one w·e now have, and th at it be erected as .a whole and not by sections, as b eing more economical, and for t h e ~

furt h er reas on t hat it will b e ·need ed by the -time i t can be completed.

These recommendat ions a re concu n ed iu by th e Com missioner of

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q uests for special appropriation. for IWelled improv ·men ts. Yo ur attcntiou i calle 1 to the larcre amouDt due the H ospi ta l f rom t l1 c ,-cy er a l countie, havi ng patients chargeab le thereto, in ma ny cases t h e d elinquency being of long. tamling.

It ha.. been nrg d upon me t hat um· Ho. p ita] ir::, a. its nn n• c· i mpli e. ·, a place fo r the treatm ent of those who may be. nfferi ng f r om tullporaJ·y Inental derangement, and not a Iunati asylu .1, a p lu r·e for t h e confinement of the incurable ot· chronic in&'Hl e. A nd it is 'urth e 1· ur!!ed that Ill · a ne" · State hke · our own the co un ties . are not p n :p a r ed ~ to care fo 1· th ern lll · a proper man ner, and that spema · 1 prov iSIOn · · s h o u ·lcl

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a n additional b uilding, at a cost of $37,410. .This bu ilding has been compl eted~ and is now r eady for nse, and I am in formed t hat applicat ion:; for ad mission now on fi le w ill exha ust the i ncreased accom modation so furnished . I would impress upon you the great impor ta11ce of the work we have undertak en in the organization of th is R eform School, and would recommend for it ·all reasonable suppor t and encouragement.

S'l'ATE PEN l T EN'l'IA ll Y.

i'Teec.l ed im provements have been made at the State Penitentiary dur-

· stead of rcturnmg · be made fior th'Is c1a..s of patients ~n t1Jem t o t h en· · respectiYe.couuties to make room for more recent ca!': es, as ir:; don e nn-

i Llg the past two years, nuder th e direction of the Warden :mel B oard inO' S amon bo· which )· and worthv of S])ecia1 of Public L ands and Build . b ' •

cler the pre eDt sy. tem. Th e thoug ht is s ubmitted t h a t t l1 e ca r e of the iu· ane ·IS a burden that should be a.r: sumcd· ent ire · Jy J) ,Y t J1 t:1 t e, for the . , J • · . re:JEon t 11at proper care and treatm ent cann ot Je 0 1 I S r a r e.] y

mention, are the erect.ion of a fire proof Hospital Building, a more perfect water supply, and a thorough change in the systen.1 of sewerage and drainage, greatly improving the sanita ry condition of the prisou .

D iscipline is thoroughly maintained, t he 'governmen t being ),indly,

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g iven them in what are known as Coun ty H ouses, tl1 at a r e int en d ed

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Inore e. pecially for the care of the needy poor.

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T he medica l super vision is excellen t, and

t he state of health among the prisoners is good. Under the contract system, t he conv icts are furnished steady en1ployment, and their \vants

SCHOOL .

'Cnclet· the law regulating the management of this instituti on, boy and <ri ri nnel er -Ixteen · £' 1 g m'I ty of any c n· n1e e xyears of age 10un( cept murder or. ma nsla ughter may be received. T his scho0l w as estnhl i;:;hed and intend ed, not fo r p uni,.hment, strictly spea kin g, bu t l'ath ' l' fo r e~•_, u ca t'1011 and rc!lormatJOn. £· • A pace 1 of re:c;tra ·m t and correction foe th o e for whom :::ue:h treatment may suffice to re;.:tor e t h en1 to an Uf right life and fi t them fo r fu ture usefu lness. S ta nd in}!; bet wee n sh o nl d t he youthful offender and the instit ution prepared for and t'eceivc only hardened criminals, the interests of society deman d t Jwt a liberal policy should be pm·sued in carrying out and pr omoting t h e o_b.iect · for which it wa.<; crea.ted. The school has, at the p r eEen t tJme, · ixty-t hree inmate.» I n .A.ugm;t, 1883, the conti·act was l0t fur

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are well supplied by the present con tractor. ·warden Nobes in his report of November 30th, 1882, gave the number of prisoners as 261. S ince that time the11€ ha ve been discharged 131, t he number received being 1 78. The total nnmber confi ned iu th e penitentiary November 30th, 1884, ·was 259, and of t hat number 23 are undet· sent ence for life. P ert in ent to the subj ect iu hand, and to w hi ch I will, in passing, call your attenlion, are the q uestions of th e inequali ty of sentence as propor tioned to the crime or the r:ircumstances under which it was committed, as we have so oftt:n seen; and th~t of indeterminate sentence, t he advocates of which proceed upon the theory t hat the purpose of t he law being t o refor m, we should in all cases, other t han t hose meriting death or imprisonm ent. for life, take into consideration both th e antecedent" of the cri m inal and his cm1-

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<luct after sentence. This principle we have iu a meas ure t·ecog ni :-.ed in the enactment of what is known as the Good-ti me A ct , a nd I n 1ay add, that legislation is rapidly becoming more liberal in t h is d ir ecti on.

PARDONS, cmnmTA'l'IONS, A ND REMISSION OF FI NES.

The pardoning power vested in the Ex ecuti ve b as bee n e x er cised by me in but one instance, that of Jacob Smith, of York eo unty, couv icted for the offense of shooting with intent to ki ll , a nd sen te n ced to t he State Penitentiary for the term of one year. En tering up on h is sentence F ebruary 5th, 1883, and a pardon issu ed the 20t h of S eptember . ' of the same year. In t his ca. e, the provocati on to cr im e was g reat, itnd while it does not justifY, yet Rerves to exten uat e, a nd m y action in the premi es was based upon the petitions of a la rge nurnbe r of t he cit.i zens of said county, fonrteen members of the Gra nd J u ry by >vh om he was indicted, and upon the reeommendation of the Prosec u t in ao- A ttorn ey, and the District J tidge who passed sentence upon h irn .

The power of commutation has been used by me in two ea ses, viz. : George H art, under ·entence of death, from H all county, a nd J oh u R . Pol in , under sentence of death, from Cass county . In th ese tw o case the . entence of death was changed to imprisonment for li fe in the State Penitentiary. My action in this matter was d etermi n ed by letters fil ed by the Judge~ of the Supreme Court, who were un an imous in recommend ing that such action should be taken, a nd w it h the feeling that I would not be warranted in disregar d ing a recommendation com ing in such man ner and from such a source.

In the matter of the remission of fines, I have acted in but on e in.stance. A t the October term, 1882, of the Gage county d istrict cou r t, one C. E . Gifford was fi ned one hundred and fifty dolla rs for t h e crime of selling intoxicating liquors without a license. I t appearin g later that the facts were not fully understood, and that he was entitled to relief upon the merits of the case, th e fi ne was rem itted u po u the recommendation of the Judge who imposed it.

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GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE .

T h e pa rdoni ng power is to be used prud en tly , sparin gly, a nd conscien ti ously. S tand in g between society a t la rge, the p eople of th e State 7 a nd t h ose w h o are under convi ctio n and sentence fo r transgression of its. laws, I have striven to so act, and am fully j ustifi ed in t his connection in saying th at the attorney wh o prosecutes upon th e part of t he State, an d th at th e judge ~vh o after h earing the ev idence add uced u pon t h e trial of a cause p asses senten ce, .·houlcl b e slow indeed, eith er by p etit ion or letter of recommend ation, to emba rrass in any d eg ree t h e act ion of h im in :whose h and s t his power is pl aced, a~ d upon wh om in the full a nd fa it hf ul d ischarge of d uty, t he sole responsibility r ests.

EDUCA'l'ION.

Nebraska is justly proud of her Common Schools, a nd much of th ei1· effic iency is due to th e w ise p lan ni ng a nd well direct ed effort of ou1· p resent State Su perintendent of Pu blic Instr uction .

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statisti cs wi ll be found of in terest as showing the developmen t of ou r S tate in the d irect ion of h er d ea rest ed ucational interest, t h e· Common Sch ool: Total number chil d ren of school ao-e 209 403 · bovs 108 b

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998 ; g irls, 100,405. Total enrollment l:"W 618 · boys 71 680 · g irls, ' ' ' ' ' ' 65,938. Total number of teache rs employed 6 055 · males, 1,9 06 ' ' ' ,. fema les, 4,144 ; school h ouses built in 1884, 309. Total n u mber sch ool h ouses, 3,662. Tota l Yalue school p roperty , $2,786,385.

The p resent P ermanent Common School F und is as follows : Cash in T reasury November 30, 1884 .. .. .... .. .... .. . .... $ 45 ,953 State Funding B onds. . .. .... . .. .. .... .. .. . .... . .. .. . .. . .. .. . . . 326,267 R egistered Cou nty Bonds . . .... . . .. . ... . . . .. .. . . .. .. . .. .. .. . . 762,600 Mortgages ... ... . .. .. .. .. .·. . .... . .. . . . . . . .. .. . .... . . . ... . . .. . . . .. .

4,000 U. S . 4 p er cen t Bonds . .. . . .. . . . .. . .. . .. . . . . .. .. .. . . .. .. . . . . .

15,000 Claims in h and .· of A ttorney General for collection ..... .

21,900 N otes f r·o m sales of School L a nds .. ...... . . .. .. . . .. ... ... . . 2,801,495

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Total . . . .. . .. . .. . ... _. .. ..... . ... .. . . .... .. . .. . . . . . .. . . . . .. $3,977,216 81

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The following . tatement of the Temporary Commo n 'ch oo l F und will sho\r the so urces of revenue to this Fund, the amount appot·tionecl . ince December, 1882, and the dates of the. evera l appor ti o nm e nts : 1

Balance 111 Treasury Xovember 30th, 18 2 ..... .. . ... .. < '· 1 tate Tax Received ..... ............. .... ... ... •... ....... · ..

Interest on 'chool Land Sold .. .... .......... . ........... ..

Interest Lease of hool L-and .... ... .. .... ........ ... . .. .. .

Interest Permanent Investme11! .... ............... . ..... . .

Rent Gill espie Property ........ .. .... .. ....... . ...... ....... .

170,45 7 20G,i:584 262,993 2 71 ,646

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81 75 73 109,058 73 48 7 20

Total Received .............. ... ..... .. ........ . .... .. ... $ 1,021,228 65 Paid on Auditor's Warrants.. ....... ... ... ..... ... .........

856 ,39 1 89 Balance

ovember 30th, 18 4 .... .... ............ .$

December, 1882 ...... .... .... · · · · .... · · · · · · · .. · .. · .. · · · · · · · · · June, 1883 ................. · · .............. ········ · · ·· ·· · · · · ·· December, 1883 .......... .. ..... . · · · · · · · · · · · · .. ... .. .. · · · · · · ·· June, 1884 .... ..... .. ... .. ..... .... ........... .. .. .. . .. ... · ·· ·· December, 1884 .. .. ..... ...... · · · .. · · .. · · · · ...... . .... . .. · · · . ·

164,836 76 170,507 10 200,096 48 1 8 2 ,38 4 26 3 03,4 04 35 1 64,804 85

Total .... ..... . .. .... ...... .. ... .. ...... . ....... .. ... ..... . ~ 1,021.1 97 04 L e<r i,:lation is needed to ecnre a greater unifonn ity of text books in our Common Schools, and if. uch re ult can be effected, it w ill p 1·ove a :ourcc of bO'J"eat benefit to the people. .'TA.TE :i\'OR\fAL SCHOOL.

The attendance at the State Xormal 'chool during the past two X umber grad uated, 89; the greater n um ber· of whom arc now engaged in teach ing in the school s of the State.

Thif' school i · con. tantJy growing in public favor, the atte n dance for the pa. t two years being twenty pel' cent greate r tl~an for a n y l i k pcr·iocl in its hi tory. Th e entrance fee of five do ll ars for each stuyear:; hru been 470.

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de11t is placell in the State Treasury for the use of th e Norm al L ibrary and is pa id out upon tl1e warran t or' th e Normal ·h ool Boa rd. A~ act of t.he Leg islature a ppropt·iati ng t he mon ey so paid into the Treas m y is necessary to make it avail ab le fo r the purpose intended .

Th e L ibrar.v a.t t.h is time nu mbers over t wo t housand C[lrefu lly selected volum es. Th e rapi<ll.v increasing attend ance creates a necessity for additi onal r oo m, and an a ppropr iatiou is asked fo r that pu rpose.

Train ed teacl1 er: improve and influen ce otlwrs with whom they come in co ntact. Thi s school is au importan t aid to out· commo11 schools ' its o ~j ect aucl purpose being to educate teachers. Th e benefi cial result.s of its work are felt among th e com mon schools of tl1 e State in

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whi ch th e great uocly of the people are direct ly interested, and for that reason it sboulcl receive your ab und ant care.

STA'l'E UKIVERSI'l'Y .

This institution is to-day better l:i tted for its work, and is fillin g· its place in the educati onal syste m of our $tate with more of vigor and general efficiency than at .any previous t ime in its history. At the meeting of th e Board of Regents, December 18th, 1883, a Chancell or was elected, his term of office to beg in January 1st, 1884. A Jnnch needed want was t hus suppli ed, and the un fortunate controversy, sta ndi ng for so long in the way of the best interests of th e Uni versity, has been forgotten in the new era of prosperity, which is th e res~J! t of hannony of purpose between the Chancell or and ot her members of the Faeulty .

The attend a nce d uring th e last term in all depa L"tm ellts was 282 .

In accordance wi t h t he prov isions of " An act to establish the U niversity of Nebraska," approved F ebruary 15th, 1869, a College of Med icine was added. T here are at p L'e:;ent 54 stndellts in attenda nce.

T he College of Med icine should be well sustained; and as soon as may be practicable, provision should be made for the add ition of a Coll ege of Law, a: co ntemp lated b.Y t he orga nic act.

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GOVERNOR'S M.ESSA.GE.

The Industrial College b as ~een reor ganized through out . T his department of the University w11l now take its proper r anl7 -" .a n d 1. n Point of relative importance should stand second to no oth er.. A n experienced stock grower and farmer has been secured as S up ennte .. n Industrial College Far m, the management of wL' dent of "-be u ~~h~ hitherto been in t h e bands of th e Faculty, and the change of · hl b fi · 1 "'b · system bas already proven hlg y ene Cla . L e van ous recommeu . . · d · b · b. · datto conta1ne m t eu 1e nnml report a ns d 0 "1 R eo-ents o re re£ 0 f tb e B oar ·r requests for needed appropriations should b erred to you. Tbe1 • e gra In all matters relating to our educational inter ests the State shnted _ bestow with a liberal h and ·

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ESC!IEATED .E'>TATE.

. 'd d by the Constitution and Statutes t hat all I t 1s prov1 e P:tohe to the State by escheat shall be m anaged by t b t' t·tythat may come . eG erintenJent of Public I nstr uctiOn, and the h Ov e!'nor a n d S up ' t'l'Oce f b e Placed in t he Permanent School F und. Official not·lee '"ed>; t h ereo . d f l'om the County J udae of Kea m ey county that in th ·as 0 rece1ve e 111 ter of the estate of Peter Anderson, deceased, pr oceedings had at· that court and that after diligent seal'ch for k indred b heel\ c1osed Ill ' _ • Yp l ication and other wise none had been found, and that after the Ub_ ment of t be j ust claims against the estate there remained in his h·Pay_ a balance of two hundred and for ty-six dolla rs and sixt cl o d s

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(246.60) which sum bas been turned over to t.he State ;nd by him paid into tbe State · T reasury as req uired by l _ ent, . aw th Treasurer' receipts for same, together w1th all papers relati ' e · -"- · h d b h ng t o the settlement of sai~ ~tate as J ~rms . e y t e County J udge o f Kearney county, remawmg on :file m th is department.

ex oHicio Sl:'cretaryof t h e several Boards. A lso recom mends a trraded fee in t he matter of tili ng A r ticles of Incorporation, togeth e: · with 1:nany other valuable s uggest ions rela ting to the p r in ting Jaws, regist rat ion of bonds, ami matters of genera l interest.

AGIU Cl iLTU R.G AND H OR'l 'I CULTU R E.

Agriculture is the leading and most important i11 d ustry of the State.

Y ou will carefully guard its intere ·ts i n all matters that may in any manner affect them, or that large class of p eople wh ose voca tion it is t o t ill the soil.

A n exa mination of the report of the State Boa rd of Agricul ture, which gives a d etailed statemen t of t heir proceed ings, plainly shows that their work has been well d on e, and tha t the aid g iven t his Board has been well bestowed . While th e p rices received for our fa rm produce are not as r emunerative as at oth er peri ods iu our hi story, y et :;peaking in gen eral terms, our agr icultural interests, as sh own by crop statistics, w ere never in a more prosper o,us comlit ion than at. the present time.

T he hortieult.nral interests of th e State are in a f1ourishir w <'ondition , and it; has been establish ed beyo nd a d ou bt· that N ebras ka is a ~..,ruit State. The matter of successf ul fruit cu lture is one tha t- enters ~

largely in to t he economy of h ome life, and 1 am !:'afe iu sa.ving t hat no one thin g has done more to attract Jiworable a ttention to our State than the magni:ficeu t disp lays made by om Horticu ltu ra l Society at the differen t competit ive e.xhibitioiJS in which, in the rm~j ori ty of case~, they ha ve eeeeiv(·d ior Nebraska the fi rst prize for t heir display of fru its. T he A gr icu lt nr aJ and Hor ticnlt ural Soeieties deser \'c your· fostering ear·e us mo:;t ser vi<:eable ::rgen L in d evelopi ug om· State, :wd

SECRETARY OF STATE.

as aids in pb cin12: lrer iu tht>. ran k t o which s he may jn;::tly aspire.

The Secretary of St..'l.te calls· attention to the need of inm·eas ed d erica] force in his department, made necessary by reason of h is cl t1t 1es ' a::; 2

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GOVE RNOR'S MESSAGE.

GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.

MILITIA.

The present condition of the Nebraska National Guard is clearly shown by the very full report of Adjutant General E . P . Roggen~ which embodies the reports of Inspector Geueral Major Franklin Sweet, Quarter Master General Cyrus N. Baird, and L eonard W. Colby, Colonel commandiug 1st R egiment, and as appears from these various reports, the command i · in excellent . hap e and has sustained and improved upon its past high stanllard of efficiency. As at p resent coo tituted, the guard is composed of nine companies of Infantry and one company of A..rtillery. The law requiring that a n Encampment shall be held at least once in two years has been conJplied with, a n_ having b E ncampment w h .iCb ' vas in every respect a successful one • een_ held at Crete, Nebraska, August 21st, 1883, and contmued fol' foul"

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1883, to W. H . B. Stou t, for the sum of $439,187.25, the building under the terms of the contract to be comp leted by the firsL day of D ecember, 1.889. The contractor filed his bond in the sum of t hree hundred thousand dollars, which was approved by the Governor and the work 'yas entered upon under the plan and specifications adopted by th e Board a nd furnished by VV. H. Wilcox, the architect of the plans for the east a nd west wings now completed. With you rests the <luty of making a n appropriation for the continuance of the work.

CENS US.

Your atteutiou is called to the necessity of passi ng a law and pro-

for the support and maintenance of t he State M ilitia should be in-

viding means for the purpose of carry ing into effect the provisions of section two (2) of a rticle Lh ree (3) of the Constitution, in the matter <>fa census, wherein it is made the duty of th e L egislature to p rovide for an enu meration of t he inhabitants of the State in the year eighteen hundred a nd eighty five, and every ten ycaes thereafter. R esults reached under the present law requiring Precinct A ssessors to make an

creased to at least five thousand dollars per anuum, which recomruend-

-enumeration of tbe total number of persons residing in t he several pni-

ations I cheerfully endorse, believing that it is for the be t inteeest,c;; of the State that this organization should be encouraged and strenothStates, recognizing the need of a properly d':' . en ed · Neighborin<r t:> ISClplined and well armed force, are taking an inc_reased interest, and a re placing their Militia upon a permanent bastS. We should not be

-cincts of each county, each year , a re far from being satisfactory . B est results will be reached by t he appointment of special en umNators, and

days.

~fhe Adjutant General recommends that provision sh ould be :tnade

for the holding of annual Encampments, and that the appropriation

to their duty as such might be added that of col lecting statistics of a .general nat~re, such as v;rould be of interest and importa nce as showing -our developmen t a nd resources.

behind them in this matter.

STATE LI'l'IGATION.

CAPITOL BUII,DING.

The Attorney G eneral in his report makes a detailed statement of

the moneys arising from said levy to pay for said build ing, awanJ ed

-all cases now pending a nd those d isposed of in which the State is interested. The schedules hereto attached, and marked "A," "B," and "C," will show the exact status of t h e severa l cases.

I would call special a ttention to the .report of the Attomey General .as to the needs of the Law D epartment, as well . as to the gener·al rec-

by t1Je Board of Public Lands and Bu ildings on the 9th. day of J u 1y,

-ommendat ions therein contained.

The contract for the erection and completion of the main builclino·

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of the Capitol was, after duly advertising as required the act 0~.

February 24th ' 1883, providing for the erection of sa id builcling , <a nu .1 • the levy of one-half of one mill

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GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.

GOVERNOR'S l\H ' -'i:.iAGE.

NA.TION.A.L LINCOL N MONUJ\1ENT.

By an act of t he L egislature approved F ebruary 23d, A .D. 18 83 there was appropriated the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars to ai~ in the completion of the National Lincoln Monument, at Springfiel d in the State of Illinois. · ' I w~uld .h ereby reoort that in conformity ·wi.th said act a . . ~ . warrant was drawn on t he treasury for the amount named payabl . . ' e to the . for .

Governor ' and that a draft for the amount so appropriated was warded to the Chairman of the E xecutive Committee of t he l\.f b h" .l.v.ton u. ment Association, and t h e rece1pt o same y 1m acknowledged.

MONEY RECE IVED F ROM T HE GENER.A.L GOVERNli1ENT .

T he Governor is by law made the agent to receive from the D Dlteq .

States all moneys that may be due the State, and as such agent I h . . a~e received drafts for the followmg named sums, whJCh ha ve been pl aced in the State Treasury to the credit of the P er manent School Fund required bv law, and for which I hold t he receipts of t he State T as · reaR urer. I n the month of Septembe1·, 1883, $11,746.67, being f'~~.., _ . five per cent upon sales of Government lands in Nebraska. In e month of J une, 1884, $17,495.95, being five per cent upon the the proceeds of the sales of lands with in the limits of the State of net braska heretofore embraced in the P awnee Indian R eservat lon · . :NeI t he month of November, 1884, $48-5.00 upon claim of t he St ate expenses incurred in suppressing Indian hostil ities.

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CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE REPORTED TO THIS DEPA.R 'l'' .

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Of the amount by me reported as received from the Un it d S . . . e tates for expenses Incurred by the State w suppres;:;mg Indian h 08 . 1.. b tb es twenty-five per cent i claimed by Patrick 0 . H awes for sei.VIces . · ,. as agent of thl:l State, said service being rendered, as he sets forth b . · . ' Y VIrtue of a contract entered w to between Mr. Hawes and A c t tng " Gov-

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ernor ·vV. H . James in 1872, which contract he insists is still in force.

The. last Legislature would seem to have o recrarded it as a claim by 0 ' hi m made fo r simila r se1:\(ices wns i11 clnded in the act making app ropriations for the pay ment of miscellnueous items of indebtedness O\Ving by the State. T his case. is refer red to you fo r ;·uch disposition as may seem proper.

F iled in th is office a nd add ressed to me as Govem or is a report. entitled, " Repor t of T . P . Kennard, State agent for the prosecution and collection of cla ims of the S tate of Nebra;;;ka against t he U ni ted States," saicl repor·t being intended as a rr arg ument in support of Mr. Kennard's cla im aga inst the State, as wil l more fully appear. From the statements therein 0ontainecl and th e report of the State Treasurer, I find that in Septembet·, 1882, therelwns iu the State Treasury $6,275.89, being t he fi ve per ceut upon the net proceeds of the sales of land embmcccl wi thin the Pawnee R eservation, ag a inst which Mr K enmml filed his claim for fifty per cent of that amo"l.mt.. The records of the p roceedings of t he L egislature of 1883 sh~w t bat a bill was reported . mak.ing an a-ppropr iat ion of the su m claimed, the bill passing both Honse and Senate, bnt t.hrouo·h neo·lect d id not receive 0 0 the signat ures .oft.he officers of t he House a udlSenate, and t hus failed to become a law,. S ince tha t time. t here has been received $ 17,495.95, making a total a mount of $ 23,770.42, against wh ich Mr. K ennard files his claim for $11 ,885.21, being the amount due h im by the terms of the con tract tm cler which the services were perfor med, as set forth in the rep!:H'L T he L eg islature of 1873 by j oint resolu tion authorized the Govemot· to appoint an agent or agents to p rosecute to a fi nal decision certain ciaims of th is State, t he compensation to b e agr eed upon bet\veen the Govem or alid agents so a ppointed , payable after the collection of said claims in whole · or iu part. The Govei·nor, by virtue of the powel' confert'cd by this rcsolnt ioo, entered into a contract for the S tate with lVlr: K ennard, whel'ein M r. K eunard, as provided by t he contr·act, agreed to prosecute these claims, a mi was to receive for his ·:::~rvices 'fifty' per cent of the amou nt collected . · . ' · · •

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GO V fo:.l{NOR'S M ESSAGE .

In view of the eutiee re~orcl in this matter, aUt! without d iseussiug the question as to whether the contract was or wa not. a p1·ovid e n t one upon the part of the , tate, I ventm e to su~g;est hat it would be in furtherance of the idea that the obligation of the State i no le.c;s sacred t han that of an irul i,·idual, as well as being in the line of ecuu omy to cancel t h is claim in full, sti pulating, howe,·er, fo r a ful l a nd absolute release from further obl igation under said <JOntracr, a nd a l l contracts witu collection agents, as it woulrl . eem that t he t ime had been reached when N eb!·aska, th roug h her :cnators and rcp1·csen tatives in Congres , could be fully protected in her interests in thi ;;; t·e-

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and that on the ~th day of November, A. D . 1884 , a.t a gene ml election t hen duly held, the rm~j ori ty of t he electot'S of th e county of Brown voted to fo rm a n ew cou nty out of said COlliJty of Brown , to be k nown :as Keya Paha. counLy .

The const itut iona l and statutory requi remen l:.':i hav ing been fu lly (;Omplied w ith, I huve, by virtue of t he a u thority in me vested by the tfrtutes of :N ebraska in snc h case made and p rov ided, issued my proclamation order ing t hat a n election be held for the elect iou of county officers, and for tbe ' location of

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coun ties of Garfield a nd K eya Palm .

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G'F:O LOGJCAL SURVEY .

~EIV COU- ' TIES ORGA:-ffZED .

Siuce the la::.t session of the L eg isla ture, ~h e .necc.-;;at·~ papeJ-- have · Offi ce, a::.+, ·mg ·fo r t he oru-amzation f the 0 been filed io the Executrve "' · · D , s ·oux ·wd Hayes counties of Loup, Cherry, Bl'Own, uncty, 1 • • ' <· Proclamations in fo rm rel]_uired hy the Statutes have been issued , providing· for the organization of t he counties named above.

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zatiun bas been perfected or i now prog ressing in all save a nd except:... ing the county of Sioux, in which cotmty the partiPs cutt tnJ is.- ioned as temporary officers having t·efu ed to serve us such, a nd no for·t her action having been taken by this Def.lartment, the coun ty of S ioux: remaUJS unorgani7.ecf.

F'ORliLA.TJON OF NEW COUNT IE-S OUT OF.' EXISTING COUNTIES.

Resul ts hoped fo r a nd t hat may reasonabl) be exp cctecl frorn a propel'ly managed Geological S urvey, a re snch ::rs in my opin iou wil l war.Ta nt the necessa ry ex pendi tu res for that p nrposc. It may be said of the other State.'3 lying- in t be M ississippi and Mis ·onri River Valleys, a. maJ' ·ori ty of wh ich ' in t h eir bo·eneral ch a mcterist.i<:s, a re not un li ke • Nebrask a, t hat w it h out a n ex ception t hey have made p rov ision for such surveys, and so fa r a.- I am ad vised with results grati f)'i ng iu t he practica l demonst ration of th e existence of re ·ourees before unknown , and t he d iscovery of which is in poin t of pi'Ofit or retu rn to t he State not oul v commensurate with but vast.ly in exce.ss of t he out' " lay made.

CONS'l'J1'UTIONAL AMRNDJ\i.BN'I'S.

Pursuant to the provision." of cha pter eighteen, sections ten a n d

of W heeler at. a general election then d ul.v held, voted to form a new

Amenclmeuts to t.he Constit ut ion of ou r State can be submi tted to a vote of the p eople fo r their approval or· r~jectiou at the general election at wb ich members of th e L egislature are chosen, and at no other t ime. P r op osed am endments were subm ittecl at t he last general election a nd wit h respect to one of them it may be sa id t hat its ' . adoption would have been for t he b est interests of · t he State, a1.1d that

county of said county of WhePlrr, to he Jmown as Garfield cou n ty;

public opinion largely sus tain ed this view of the matter.

eleven of tbe Compiled Statutes, t·elat ing to tbe fo rmation of a new county out of one or more of the then existing counties, it has b een cer·ti.fied to rue by the Honorable the Secretary of State, t hat

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8th day of November, 1881 , the majority ofthc electors of th e con nty

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GOVERNOR'S ~l F.SSAGJ~ .

der, . assault with inte nt to mlt rape ' aJ·son ' robbery, "R n~ uisition hall aci vance .... ""'"1

k"IJ . · 1 , rape, or as au lt w1th 1ute n t to c o n•1 an d treason the person a.p p IY111 g fo r t Je 1 expenses'.mmdent . t1e to app 1·e h e n SI·o n· and

return of the fugitive, to he reimbun;ed by the StaLe upo n prope r proof being made as to prosecutiOn . and conv .iCtiOn . . I.t m ay 1) e uro·ed "" that such a law 1' 0 u11c a·I"Cr1mmate . . as agamst . those w l10 rn ig ht be . n ? OU ld b e· 1nade, unable to make nc h ad vance. For such, an exce ptiO upon the filiug of propel . . affid . . · · b"l "t S uch 1 av1ts settmg forth t hetr wa 1 1 ·Y · n

a law as herein indicated, wi ll be a ource of o-rea t savi n g t o t h e State. o NEW ORJ,EANS EXPOS £'l'ION.

Au act ofCongre: approved Februa ry lOth, 18 83, aut h ori 7-e d and provided for a World' Expo:ition to be held at t h e c ity of N ew Orleans in the year 1884. In accordance with t his a ct, P r csideljt Arthur issued his Proclamation i11 viting each State to partic ipa t e in this exlribit, and calling upon the Govemors of the r cs pect i v e States to name a Commissioner and Alternate to represent th eir S tate .

In compliance with tb i •·equest, I named as Commissioner, H ·o n. Robe r t "\\ · Fumas, and a. Alternate Commissioner, Hou. A lb inus Nauce , to repre. en 1' ebra ka at the Exposition . As an aid and to e n co urage t he work, the National Government loaned the Expos iti on m.a nngement one million dollars, and appropriated three hundred t h o usand dollars for the. purposes of a Government display. Frotu t he s um so loaned to them, the management placed to the credit of the sev.e ral States, conditioned upon theil' raising a like amount with in the S tate, the s um of 5,000. Tbis matter came to me too late for presentation to the Legislature of 1883, and as it was deemed of the greatest importance to the interests of Nebraska that she should be represented in this matter, steps were taken to raise the money. Publ ic spirited c it ize n s interested them elves in the matter, meetings were h eld and pl:lns di scu:;sed. At length, at a joint meeting ,of the State Ag t·i c nltu r al and H orticultural Societies th ey agreed to ad vance $ 1,000 each from the

fund at thei r di sp osal, a ud look to t he Leg islature to ·r eimburse them.

The remainder3,000- wa.s ohtn ioed from the banks at Lincoln and at O maha upon the per::;o nal notes of myself and th e m embers of the , ocieties above u ametl, for which you will be asked to provide. With his characteris tic e ne 1·g y and e nt husias m, Mr. Furnas entered upon t he prosecution of th e work placed in his hands, a nd the r esult of his work so untiringly and intelligently performed, is witnessed in the magnificient dis play of the varied resources of Nebraska n ow upon exhibition at N ew Orlea ns- a di splay that has called forth encomiums from the press o f t h e co un t ry, attracting gene ral atteutiou

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and elicitin g fron• those who h ave uot visited Nebraska expressions of wonder and asto nis hme nt at the g reat extent and v a riety of h e r

resources.

This is Nebraska's opportunity, and sh e must not fail to i mprove it. T o meet the s um s ac:.l vauced and borrowed, and to meet the necessary expenses of a proper co nduct of t h e Exh ib it until the close of the E xposition May 30th, will r equi re au appropriation of not less than $10,000, and I would r eco mmend s uch appropriation as a measure of th e wisest economy . The act s hould be p assed at once, with emergency clause attach ed .

CREATION

OF NEW BOARDS.

In making r ecom mend ations that include the creating of various Boards, I do so not unmindful of th e fact that obstacles are sa id to stand in the way of s uch action upon y our part; but they ar e n ev er theless s ubm itted, w ith th e h ope and belief that you will be able to surmou nt the d iHie ulty , if it in reality exists.

STA 'J'J<; BOA RD OF HEALTH .

A communication h a s bee n r eceived a t t h is D epartment from t be National Board of H ea l t h setting forth very fully the danger that menaces the p eople of t hi s country in th e apprehended appearance of

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Numbel' of acJ·e.-; nf a ll la uds o wn ed by t he State D ecem ber 1st, 1 884 :

Number of acres of all lands sold at public sale during t he y ears 1883 and 1884 : Common School 43 Agricultural Col;~g..~ .... .. ..... .... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .... · · · · · · · · · · · 8,170 ········· ··· ··· ····· ··· ··· ······· ····· ·· ··· ·· 12,66 8 95University ·· ···· ······ ······· ······ ··· ········· ·············· ······ 1,6 <10 oo

'ommon School.. .. . .. .. ... ... ...... .. .. ...... .. . .. . .. ... ....... 2,746,582 ricultueal Coll ege.. ... .... .. .... ... . . .. ... . .... .. ....... .. ...

89,080 ·u niversity.. ... .. .... . . . . ... . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . .. .. . ... .. .... . ....

44,906 N ormal Sch oo l .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. .. .

12,562 a line L a nd s .... . . .. .. .. . .... .... .. .. ...... .'..... .. .. .. .... .. ·.. ..

13,368 P eniten tia ry .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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92 07 08 39 87 71

Common School .. ..... .. ....... .... ........ ... ...... .. ...... .. .. .. 225,1 85 :30 Agricultural College .. .. ...... .. .. ...... .......... .. .... .... .....

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T ota l ...... . .. . . .. .. ... .. . . .. . ... .. . .. . . ...... . ........... 2,907,177 04 T he to La l n u mbe1· of a cr es of I ndem n it y School L ands r eceived by t he State is 71 ,629. 83 acr es, a nd of th is am o unt 39,194 .20 acres have -confirmed during t h e term of th e present Commissioner.

An application of the Neb r aska Stock Yards Co mpany, of L incoln , to lease certain d esc ribed salin e land ::; in L a nca ter co un ty, h as b een reported to me from the Board of Pnbl ic L an ds a nd B uil d ings, and is referred to y ou fo r s uch a ction as yo u may deem for t h e best in terests of the S ta te.

T he property b el onging to t h e P erma nent School F und, and knowu as t he G illesp ie p r operty, is in bad condition , a nd i · ret n m ing b ut small revenue to th e F u nd consid er ing its va lue: Your atten tion is called to th e 3 08 lots in t he city of L int:ol n owned by the State now occu pied by private p a rties a nd from which t he State der ive::; no r enta l 'v ha tever .

The total a m ount of T empora ry School Funds di::;bursed siuce t h e orga nization of th e S ta te is $ 2,309,423.79, a nd of th is amoun t $ 1,247, 040. 57, or over one-ha lf of t h e en ti re a moun t, h as been dis bursed d uring the past five y ears.

The following state m e ut w ill s how t he re veuue of th e T emporary School Fund from Educatio.nal lands: December 1st, 1884 , t here wer e under lease 9a3,6 38.19 acr es Ed uf~ti ou al lands, appraised a t $2,375,744.29, a nd bea rin g a ~1 annu al

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24 0 University ...... .... .... .. .. .. ..... ...... .. .... .. .... ................ 1,2:34 Nor mal School .. ... ........ .. .. .. ....... .. .... ... .. ................ .

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rental of $160,919.52, at an average vah1ation of $ 2.48 p e r a c r e.

T here were under sale 461,407.14 acres of Educatioua l la 11d ~, t b e unpaid principal of which i. bearing six per ceut on $3,11 2 ,54 2 .5 6, and amounting to $186,752.55. There were . 1,160,267. 35 vf t he P e r manent Funds invested in securities the ann ual interest on which is $8-±,585.q8, making in all a temporary Fund fl'Om land rece ipts a l one of $43 2,257.45 per annum. There are still vacant and uoappraised 1,478,086.13 acres of Common School Lands, or abou t one-half of· the original grant.

Result-s arrived at under the present Jaw have been p laced b efore you. I t now remains for you to decide what sl1all be t he future policy of the State regarding this great trust; and as to what that pol icy shou ld be you will find wide diversity of opin ion. H ere is room for your best thought. The entire subject of School L and L egislation is one to be considered with reference only to the best interests of the School Fund. The Constitution provides thaL our Ed ucational la nds shall not be soJd for less than seven dollars an acre nor for less than their appraised value. The Legislature has the power to increase th . minimum price of the.. ooe lands. This question, as well as that of strikinO' out t he sale clause, or if •sales are to be continued of striking out 0 the p rivate sale clause, and the further question of some met hod of appraisement in matter of sales whereby the School Fund may obtai n a more j ust valuation upon its lands, w.ill come before you for deci ston.

Continuing the lease system, with proper restrictions, my ow n j ud g-ment would favor retaining the title of all Ed ucatiqnal lands in th e State for at least a period of twenty-five years, that the great ad v a nce in val ue of realty iucidcnt to the rapid development of th e State m a. · be added to the School F und.

R umors have been put in circulation that were caleulated to r eii C'(·r on those upon who~ the duty re...<>ts of sacredly guardin g the intere~t.'-' of our Common School F und. My judgment, and my beli ef, is, that tht>

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hw has he~.; tl fit it hful1y ex ee u ted, and that no State can sh ow h er :--;,.JJOol Lan d:; and S choo l Funas in better sh ap e than are th ose of rcbra ka to-day . If, h o wever, there remains reasonabl e ground for a Lelief as t o th e m:tl-admi.n is trat ions of this tr ust, then it becomes your bounden duty to exam ine into the matter, to th e end that donbt may hr set at r est.

HAJLROAD LEGISLAT ION.

The power i:; you r~ unJ er t he Co nstitution to establish r easonable maximum r a t es of charges for th e tran sporta tion of passengers and freight on tl1 e di:!ferent railroads in this S tate. Our largely in crea~ed , auJ still rapidl y in cr eas in g population, wou ld seem to indi cat e that the time bad come wh en t h e passenger tmftic of Nebrask a h ad reached s tu:h proportions as, that without injustice to th e railroads, the people might ask for a r educed p asseng er rate. I would, ther efor e, recommend the en actment. of a Jaw providing for a maximum passenger n~te of three cents p er mile, and that s uch Jaw be mad e appl icable to the several lin e<> of r a ilroad iu the S tate, with r eference to th eir ability to earn mon ey .

While the legislation above r eferred to will afford a m easure of reli ef, the quest ioH of chief inte rest to th e people of an agricultural State like our own, is that of rates for the tran sportation of their pt'tK!uce and live stock. The demand for legislation of some kind looking to the .regulation of freight rates is general , and this demand . ltould not be unheeded by y ou.

T!1e power placed in your baud s by the p eople is to b e used wi sely and considerately . You will not be led away b y clamor, but y on will do as yoUI· best .i m1 g ment may dictate, cons id ering all interests involv ed. Th e ynestion of th e proper adjustment of freight rates is one most difficult. It presents features ::;o varied and intJ·icate that men unskill ed in th e d eta ils of railroad management may well besiiat·c to off«.>r a tl vil'(' lli th~C> matter. There a re those wh o advocate the

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enactment of laws es t a bl'1 h'mg max1mum . . f'tel . 'gbt _ rate:-. r ll r esp e c t to this my observation has been that when such legislation has be e u pI.oven unsatl. f'actory ' enactecll.t h·"s ~ to t 11e people' and . ·has · fai · led to . ·h th d d · . . d r ou1· C oust l accomp IS e en esJ.red. If 1t 1s true that no e · : i t uti.o n · · ers· ' then I h ave u o you cannot create a B oard of Railroad OorumiSSIOll l p a n to recommend, as I believe the relief deman' ded is· .t o b e had

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• her 3 1st, 1884. .''tatem en t of Railroads in t he State, g iv ing name, number of m il es, tl1 c nssessed vafuat.ion per mile, and total assessed va lnation . S tatemen t showing u umber of mi les of ra il road constructed in the State cluri ng the year.· 18 8 3 and 1884. S tatemen t showing the appropriations n eed ed t(w the opera ting ex penses of the govern ment from the · 31st <.lay of :March, 18 85, to the 31st day of M arch, 1887, as estimated hy t he heads of t he several d epa rtments, a nd· by th e A udi tul' of Publi c A ccou n t:;, wh en not oth erwi se e ti mated .

·roads upon existiug matters of difference.

CONCL USIO N .

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A:XD 'TA.TE~I E~TS 'l'RA:NSAil'I•r J::D .

Tran~mitted herewith for your information, and con tain iug ma n y useful and valuable u_gge- ti.oo _and recommeodati.o ns ~.o _w hi ch .yo u ~­ early and careful cons1deratwn IS asked, are the Bien nul R ep01 ts 0 · -the Secretary of 'tate, State Trea urer, .Auditor of P u blic A cco un ts , Commissioner of Public Lands aud Buildings, A ttorney G e u er a 1' Superintendent of Public Iu truction, Acljut11nt Genera l, S tate Librar ian, Principal of Institution for the Blind , Principal of D eaT a n d Dumb Institute, ' uperintendent of tbe Reform School, S u pe rin ten d ent of t he Inua ne Hospital, Warden of State P enitentiary, Principa l Of the State Norma l . chool Board of ReO'euts of the U nivers ity of ' 0 • "eb~·aska, and ~the Annual Reports of Board of F ish C<;>mn1 i ~sio n ers, State Agricultural Society, and . 'tate Horticultual Society . . .

Appended hereto and made a pal't of thi Message will be fo u n d the following tabular statments : Regist~r of convict discbarged from November 30th, 188 2, t o N ovembel' 30th, 1884. P anlonsand _commutations gran ted a nd rem i!':::; iou of fines. Statement of the l n;;urance Policies now in force covering 1-~u b lic property and build ings belonging to the State. I~eport of e xpe n ditures for Executive Office for the twoyearsending No vembe~· BO t h , 1884. , taten;ent of money ·received from the General Govern ment , .and paid into the State T reasury during the two year~ end ing D ecem.-

I deep ly a ppreciate the u niform k indness a nd cou r tesy r eceived by me Aom all connected wi th my admi nistration, and desire to tender them the assura nce of my h ig h personal regard .

T he office of l egislator carries with it grave responsibilities, a nd those w h om you have t he honor to r ep r esent in th is capacity will j ustly hold y ou to a strict accountability. In bidd ing y ou welcome, I may ex.press the h ope, t hat y our_ d eli berat ions m ay result in such action as sh all rirov~ most b eneficial to the varied interests of the State.

J AlVIE S W . D AWES.

E xecutive C hambCI', Lin coln, J anum ·y 6th, 1885.

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George H art. Convittedofmurder at th e Feb . te rm of the Dist Court for Ha ll county, A.D. 1SS2. Dent/! sentence commut ed to impris· nmnen t for U(e J a n . 22, 1883.

Jon R. Polin. Convicted of murder nt tb c Nov. te rm of th e Dist. Cottt't for Cass county, A .D. 1882. Death sentence commuted to impris· ·•11 mcnt tiJI' life <iept. 32, 1S8;l.

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5000 001 2500 00 25110 00 ?--o OO

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I

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18 s7 .

001]\[arch 20, ·ISS5.

00 " " oo " " nc jl\sa,· 5 , 188. ~,.

J :· 2oo OII ;M a rch 9, 1887 .

15Q 7:> 75 •ll

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mgg:~~l~ ~· l:k{:

3000 00 3000 oo 8000 ooi

60 OO .Ma r c h 16 , l SSG. 160 oo ,..Tul y v, 1 s<>t·•.

5000 00·

HJO

5000 00

! CO 001 "

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1 J88G

f,g~J'~:··A:ssu;&;;·c;; ~ggg ggl }~ 28::r~~~~~~~ ;~~~sG :

Nebr!ISkaand Iowa Lancashire ...... ······I Home tN Y) IEtna .... : ..... ::::::::::: · ......... ......... F'1re I nsuran ce ... ... ......... .... .... . 1Me rchonts ...... ...... . ' ........... ....... 1North G crm~n .... .... J ...... .. .... .... .. ,North Amenca ... .... 1

r,ooo 001 10000 00 10000 00 500(l

10000 5000 10000 ;;()()O

ool

001 00 00 001

100 Oil \ •· " 0 2 (I 00 A u g u s t 1 , l.SBtL

i88 ggl:f::H;~U~~g: 3110 00 Marc h 5 1886

150 00 " •, • · 300 00 " •.

100 oo 1.Ju ly ::1, 11:\!:\G.

EXP ~:N.D£T ITRE S

F'n r '(l;x ec ll livc Offi ce for twn ;year.~ r ndi1lfJ Nove mber so, 1881; .

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·--=-=-:::.=-=--======:::;:1=..= \ ,=p = ro=p=-,".i"' ' nuo ns U, Ma r ch 31, 1 1885. , Am ounts ,1. 0 - .- " clarl,·,',·n , .n,,ts_· u n ex1 - .,~0- . npprO J• rin t\!d.

1 ~Jarch 3 I , I ~ru rch ~ ~ . To tnl. pC'ndc: d · - - - · - - - - - _ 1S84. _ 1= .:.'::..: ' ·--c'' - ---'00 oo 1 00\ 85000 oo 1 ~3950 00 !;1050 ~· n1ary of ,ovcrnor..... .. . .................. .... . .... .. . ..

400 00 1600 00 1600 00 32110 OO J 2800 00 .:nlary Govcriwr·s Pri v ate Secre tory ............ . .

230 50 1[>9 50 ~00 oo.

-.!00 00 400 oo .

Postllge and p ost a l e xp e t~ s cs .......... .......... ..... . ] Ill 00 399 00 250 oo' :!~u oo· 5oo oo: Hoo l;:s, blnnl,s, nnd p r u1t.1ng ... ....... ... .... ...... .. ~03 uo 200 oo 200 ooi .Joo oo l S la t ion c ry .. .. ... .......... .. .. ....... . .. . ......... ........... .

196 10 200 00 200 00 , •100 oo.

'Tclcgro.oh , t el eph one , nnd e xpress .. .. ... ..... .. . .

5il 199 45 100 oo l W oo , ~ou ool Furnitu.rc a nd repa i rs .......... .......... ....... .. ... .. .

45 ;1 fl 54 65 50 oo , 50 00!

100 001 . ·undry office expe nses ... ......... ...... ..... .. .... ... .

To \'r'hOnl nn e1 fo r whn t. pu r po!"'e ·

I

I

~2500

~00

~g~

gg\

Of 1noneys 1·eceivcd fro m the G en m·al Gover nm en t ancl paid 1:nto the S ta.tr Trca.,·ztr.'l duri ng the two y ea1·s ending D ecember ."1 l, .l, 81;. ept., 1883, five per ce nt o n sulcs o f governmen t la nd s ......... ..... . ... ................. .. ...... .. .. .... ·u 74.6 ti7 .

J une, 1884, fiv e p e r ce nt on s1tl es o1 gove rnme nt l u nd s e mbraced i n the PFLwn ec lnd ia n R cservntio tl ..... . ........... . .. ......... .. ..... ... ........ . ..... . .. ....... ...... ... ........ .. ....... ....... .......... .. 171105 Ofi 485 00

No v. , 18S1, re imbu rsing State fOL' expen ses in curred in su pprc~si n g ru cl inn h ostili tie s ...

Total ...... ... ... ..... . .... ... ........... ..... .. .. .... .............. ... ...... ........... . . ..... . .. ..... . ....... .... ... .. .... ~'2!)727 fi-:!

ST ATEMENT 'ho11ling the n.nmber of miles, /.he asse-ssed ·val·uat·ion per m.i!c, a.u d the total assc~~ed ·vai U(I timts of 1·ail?·oads ht the State of Neb1·aska , as d et enn i ncil by tlw Stall' 'Bonrd of Eq 1Laliz ation , fm· llw y!'ar·s .lSBS a.ncl1884.

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~

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·s

~

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eel va lnati o n 1s ss. ,

a

Per mile.

I

Total.

I

.

~ Asse!:. ·c d

va.l u a t iou 1884.

~ ,·-Per --~ z \ mil e .

'l'otnl ·

,~-:;\114;~ ~212296 611 !J21475 00

5 Un ion P aci fi c .. .... ... ............... ... ..... ........ .. 4.55 . 7 1143 oo\s 52 122;6 si Omnba ft nd Rcpubl!cltn Va ll ey ... ........ 18•1.5 :fli\0 00 691875 00~· 2~4:75 1' ,1100 00 Om nhu, N iobrn1 a & Blac k Hill ~. ... . ....... 84. 10 40'•1 00 3 1Q6g9 10 97.90 -14.00 00 HOniG 00 l13 .3 1 4500 00 St. J oseph a n d Western ... .. .... .. .. ..... ......... 113 .2 3630 oo Burlington & ~Iisson,ri Il.i\' c r .. ....... .. ... ... 192.08 106UO 00 205:~:~~ ~0 19 1 . 8~ , 12500 Oil Omnh a n nd So nth \\ este rn... .. .... ..... . ..... . 46.G3 10H90 00 •198'1t1 t0\ 17 .1.l \12500 00 Neb ,aska ... ... ..... .... :.... .. .... .. .. ......... . ........ 135.68 5133 00 6964-15 44 135.68 5300 00 Nebras klt a nd Colo rn<lo...... . .... .. .... .. ...... ... ......... .. ...... ...... ... ...... ..... .... 73.86 •1000 00 R ep ubli'can Vnll cy .. ... .... . ... ..... ..... ..... ... 455.43 f>S-10 00 2659711 20 50~.98 53011 00 Atchison fln cl N~brusk a .. ... ... .... .. ..... .... ... 105 . 38 4980 00 524791 10 105. 38 •J9XCl 00 Lincoln and North Wes te rn ..... .. .. ...... .. .. . 73.05 4980 00 36:J789 00 7<;.05 4980 00 Siou x City n n d Pucilie...... .... ... ... . ...... ..... . ~ti.\!5 •1287 00 115f>31 G~ 2G. 95 4600 00 Fremont, Elkho rn a n d ~.ri ssou ri Vn.Jl ey ... ~11.11 4187 00 133:!7:!8 57 :J1.1 .12 4600 00 Chicngn 1 St . Po.nl, l\I iu n . nud Om aha ... ... 18!J.:;G ~~~? 00 817-167 12 221.58 1B20 00 M ! BSOUl'l P ILCifiC ... ............... .. ........ .... . .... .. l0 l. 47 '>I· ~ 00 581930 45 101. 47 6100 00

430760 00 509850 00

2g982~0 00

o8!ll~5 00

719l04 29:>·1-10 268169'1 524792 363789 123970 H 31152 957225 618967

00 00 00 40 00 00 00 GO 00

Total ..._..... .. . ...... . ... .......... .................. 1•17-l.G<l .... .. .... .. S16300985 '1312685. 71 .. .. ....... . 517777890 GO

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Ave rage asscssc<l ,·alnlttion p e r m ile ............ l?G587 n .................. ..........}lG619 43 .

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45

GOVERN OR'S MESSAGE.

44

GOVE R NOR'S MESSAGE.

STA'r EMENT No IV. R AI L ROADS CoNsTRUCTED I N TIJ E STA TE

During the years 1888 and 1884.

No. of M iles.

S howing the appr opr iations n eeded for the opcrat·i ng exp enses of the go vernment to JJ[a rch 31st, 1887, CUJ estimated blJ /he heads of the 11arious departments, and by - /.he A ttd-itor of P ublic A ccou nts when not otherwise esti·mated :

if~t~l~~~~~i~~Yi:i -_::!:~;=0;:=:=:; :;ll T otnl ... ........ .... ..... . ..... .. .... ..... ...................... ..... ............. ............ ..... ...... . .. .... ...... .. .... 64 1. 30

For wh nt pu r poses req u i red .

I!Annum Rp~\? I Amount. ,

J, t,:GI SL A'l'IVE EX P E1:fSES 19Tll S E SSION .

I

. • r m eers mem be rs nod e m p loyees ....... .... ..... ..... .. .... .. ....... : .. .... ...... S ;1.0000 00 X~~~d;;S1, 1°c:xpe n'scs .. . .. .. .... ... ...... .. ......... ... ... .... ................ ... ..... . ...... ' .. .. .. ...... 1 35000 oo S 75000 oo 1

GOVJ<:RNO H.

STATEMENT Showing the balance of each fund 1·emaining in IJ1e State Treasury N ovember 3U, 1882 , the receipts and disbursements to November 30, 1884, in clusive, an d the balance •·e?nrtining in the State T1·easur.lJ November 30, 1884.

00 salfLrY_ ..,..:·:ate ·sccreini:~; .-.::·.·.-:.-.-.-.:::·.-.-.-.-.-.:·.-.-::.-:.-.-.·.-.-::.-:::: :::::·.::::::::::::::::::::: - ~ggg gg:s 5000 8200 00 s a lfLr} f rl\d pos tnl e x pe nscs.. ... ...... ...... . ... .... ...•.. ..... ..... .... ..... ... ...... 200 00 400 00 600 00 1 ~~;t~~;,~~·!If~t~~cl~-~~~~~-~,.~~-~ ~ ~~~:;::.~: ~ : : ~gg gg 400 00 s t atJO I c p h Ol)C a nd l!X]ll l!SS .. . ..... ... ....... ... ..... .. . .......... .. ... . .. .... 200 00 400 00 500. 00 ~~,?~(~h~~\~c~;:J'~~~~~;;:: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::I i88 gg :!00 00

: :::::: : ::: :: :·:: : : ::::: : : :: ::::::

i

I

Disbu rse-\ m e n ts to Bala nce.; No v. 30, /Nov . 30, 1884 tS&t.

~~g 8~ s 1<i~!~~ ~~ :::::·. : : :·. ::·.: ::::::: : :: :. ::~;e;0~~:::::::~::: :·:: : ·. :~~:: ::: : 1

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.. •

$

-,

135208 87 170.157 43 7~8 29 24lo7 43 65 00

1884.

495571 850771 20158 105724 1375

1 ~l~

······io64ii·ss 35673 84

NAME OF FUND.

01 ........... ............Pe rma n ent i:icbool ... .. ... ....... .. ....

2'1 ..•.. .... •.•...........Tem po rar~· Sch ool......... ....... ...... u5 .. ... ........ .......Perm anen t Unive rs.ity. ... .... .. .. .. .....

52 .....•...•. .. •... .. .'f empornry Umverstt y.... .... ...... ...... ooi····· ········· ···· ·· ··Uui versity l,i brary. ....... ... .. .. .. .....

584826 856391 18000 7321 4 165

24 • 89i 00 1 081

oo 1

45953 164 836 2916 56f>67 975

64 76

34 87

00

if~i :::::::::::::::::::::::::::~~~J~~~~':.·.:·.::::::::·. ::::::::::::::: ....... ~~:.~--~-~ ······io75i..i5

306.';1 17 ................ .. ..... . I nsan e Hospital... ............ .. .......

32318 54

33976 47

· · · ···· ·· · · -~--~-~ ··· ·······4.9·4·7 1 ::::::::::::::::::::::::No·rm<;\n~~Tfiiiiiii::::::::::::::::::::::: ····· ... . 49"47 ·· ········· -~--~-~ 7401 82 43 f><l o 908 351 14

611

10641 29 1•• • • •• •• • • • • ••• ••• • •••••• No rma.llnte rest. ... ... ...... ... ....... ........ .... ......

1235 OO,............... ..........Normal Libra ry .. ..... ... ........... ...

610 81 604 9 00 ......... .......... .. Nonnnl End owmen t............ ... ......

6000 00 7651 36•............... ... .........Stnte Library.. .. ... .. ..... ..... ......

73-il 82

~~ ~~·······1450""iiili :::::::::::::::::::::::.:·..i:t~~~~3~:::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::: ll 20 ... ... .. ........ ...........Salt Hoyalty . ...... ................ ...

···· ····· ·········

18043 667 957 184

11 73 35 15

38g~ ~

11 20 ..... . ...... . .... .

13531 25 ········ ··· ·:····· ... ..... ....... .l rLvestmcnt Surplus Fu nd s......... .. .... .. .. ........... ...

13531 25 o32 18 12.> 31 ......... l 11 tcrest Ch nr!J:ed County Treasurers...... ... ......... .. .......

657 49 · · .. ...... . ... .... , ·10315 o-2,. .......... .... ........ ,Capitol Building ._.......... ........ ... .

28591 9~ 11723 07 ····· ···· ··· ······ 18906 86 .. ....... ... ... ... Reform School Bu ildmg..... .............

18906 So ......... .. . .... . .

a

472ll 1

ools ~7o;276641 I

I

T h e above amo u n ts include transfers from one fund to anot her.

l.! 2736574 1:, $ 442816 99 !

10700 00

SECRETA RY OF STATE.

S ttD

· Bah\n ces ' R e~e lpts Nov ~0 188~1 to Nov . 30,

T o ta l.

~~r~~ 0-~-~it~;sr~~-~~-~:·::·: ·:·: :·:·:::::·:·: ·:·::::::::·::·:·::·:·:·:·::·:· ::·:·:·: :·:·::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -f~~g gg 5 ,_J ~>~"Y o f C le rk for Sec reta ry of St u tc .as ex-q(licin Sec re tu r y o f t h e

•1000 00 1 8200 00 2800 00

c,.lil,r Y od . "p ubli C L a n ds ancl B ml d m gs," ' Educat io na l L a nds

]3oH rF s1nds,'' " Printutg ,'' " St~ pp ltcs ": ·: ··· ·· · · · · ·· · · ····· · · · · · · ·· ··· · · ·· · ·-- · ~ 1500 00 n.o.cl \ cle rk bire n_ccessu.ry 111 comp tlt ug and tabul a t i ng c e n- 1 as requ ired u nde r Sec. 8, A~·t. Ill ., Constit utio n .. .... ..... .. .... . s us, ······ ··· ··· ··· ········ ····· ·· ·· ······ · ··· ·· ······· ·······: ·· ··········· ········· ······ ··· \ 300 00 f?~~~~:,~.;; \~~~ j,~·: i~·;.;;; i:;:~i·ii: ·i·r; ;;.:ii~ ii··t)i·r";CJ:;;;ii;·~;;l:;;;;(i";·~·g.·: ;;;;(i··;;;:1 100 oo

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dtfLti OJ1 e ! 1~: olrl

ci

;;ooo oo 2000 uo GOO 00 ~00 00

11 n d DC IV l_ll ltll nSCr.lp b l !!-WS ··· ·· · ·····: ··· ···:··· · ····: ··· ··· ····· 1 100 00 800 00 ..... de ~ ll :::> ·css ion lnws for. publi c _pr int~r, copy1ng, 1ndexntg, a.n_p re f"'n otfn ~ 1wd e x pe nses 1 11 p roo l-rcad m g ....... ....... .... ...... ....... .... . .... ....... .

300 00 n o t!L . "'. e x pe nses .. . ._. .. .. .. . .... .... .. ......... .. ..... .. .. ..... .._....... . .... .. ... ...

50 00 100 00 S , n cl rY o flfce shi p m e n t o1 L >\WS n ncl _Jo urna ls to counttes a n cl mem- ~ E';.p_ct,'se~ f~l\ e J,cgi ~l." tmc, l Oth sesswn .. .. .. ....... ....... ......... ..... ... .. ... .. ············ i 75 00 o ~ 1 5 ·cnn cl re pau s ... .... .. ... .. . .. ... .... .... .... .. ..... .. ...... .... .... ... ....... .... .. .... ... ... ..

300 00 y u rn JtU' 1-· .. ir;-h t . t eleg raph , o nll t eleph one .. .. .. ... ... ..... ... .. .. ....... ... ... . 100 ou 200 00 res" 'e .

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,\ D.IU 'l' A N T (-;_EN l•: B. A L.

I

·1 ~· -~ j:j i·i·~ ;;·.; ·,:~;: ~jj(i. postnl -~:::i;c;;scs ·::::::.::::.:::·:::.::: ::·.::·.:::'·~ 3-~ ~ ..

17575 00

.

..

Jl~ol, s , bl~~i~b t , "t e legra p h , a !1 d t ele p h on e. .... .. .. ..... . ..... . .... .. ......... 100 oo Es:prcss, lr ·ms nnd nunnutn.u on ... :···· .. ~ . .. ... . ......... .. ....... . .... .. . . .. .. .. ..

50 00 ofnl Nc b ra ,:k tL NatJO!lfLI C.tm n l ..... .... ... .. ... ··· ···· ····· ····· ···· ·· 5000 00 S toro ge o r t o f t he .

S nP P A lJJ) l'fO R OF l' Ufl i.I C A CCOUNT~.

600 300 200 100 10000

00 00

00 00 00

U 200 00

~~~~::~·c;t-"ugg~~iie:~~;::::·.::·.-:·_: ·:::_:::·:·:·:·:::·:·.-: ::·:·:.:_.·_:_:_:_:_.-:·:·_ :_·: :::::·: ::·:::: ::::·: ·:::::·:::·: :::\$t&~~ ~~ s ~~~ ~g s n Ja r Y of ~nsnrnnce Cle rk ··· ······ ··· ·· ·· · ········ ····· ······ ·· ··· ···· ····· ·· ······· ····\ 1200 00

2400 00

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Book s , bl a ld ~ostal e x pe nses .... .. ........ ...... . ··· ·· ···· ········ ··••······ ····· ···· ·· 300 00 600 00 Postag e !tO nd re p JLirs. ..... ... .. ... ... .... ... .. ...... ..... ........ ..... .... ..... .... ........ ... ... ... ...

500 00 F urni t u re a ·apll nwl t e le p ho ne. .. ......... .. ........... .... .. ...... ...... ... .... .

75 00 150 00 ~~~Xct~~\~~~~g~xpc ;JRes . ..... ....... · ······· ·· ...... ... .. .•........ ... .... .. .. ..... .. ... ... 1 !\0 00 ~!

185oO oo

41:)

CiOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.

STATE:tviENT No. TV- Continued.

STATEMENT No. IV. - Continued.

I

I -- ,- -

R-ate per A.moun t.

Annum

For w hat purposes required.

Postage, e xpress, telegraph, and exch a nge .... ............................ ...... , 125 00

~ni~~,~~~ fiXtille8;·a:~'d--~ep~.::::::::::::::::::::::·.:·.:::::::::::: :::::: :::::::::::: 1 ::;:::::::::

~~~~Jar~iult~~\+~~~~·-: :: : :_: -:-:-: : : :-:-:-: : : : : :: : : : : : : :_: : : : : : : : : : : : : 1 2~ fg

P o st age and postal expe nses...... .......................... .... .. ......................

Express, telephone, and boxes.. ................... ............ .............. ..........

200 00 100 00

H~i£~~i~~-~ri~~~~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :~ ~

~~i~J~!;~~ijl~!~~~:t;rtfr.'i':t/!.i/-i//_):_.·_;_;-; _;/_E )77

$5000 00 4000 00 BOOQ 00 150 00 250 00 100 00 250 00 g 1:!750 00>

4000 00 1200 00 6~0 00 400 00 200 00 400 00 150 00 200 QO 2000 00 500 00 1000 00 150 00 uooo 00

4~gg

gg,

400 1000 400 100

001 00 00 00

1GSOO

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Tra vel ing ex pen es.... ...... ...... ............ .. ........................................................ !

StationCI')' , books, blo.n k~. etc .. ......... ...................... ........... .. ......... ~ ...... ...... / Rcp &irs t.o p n lJiic buildings in case of damage................. ............... ... .. .... .. .

Employe • wages, janitors, engineers, a nd mail carrier.................... .. .. ...... ..

8000 2000 500 300 5000 76UO

.

~g~g.s::ah~rre~d~~1 ~~b~~~oJ,e1~d J~~~~~';:Fs~~~ s~h~~~

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m~r.n1k~~~~:~!.-~-~~:..s~~~-~~:~i-~- -ro~ 2..y.e~~-~-~-d-~~~-~~-~~~ ...... ..... .

198110 00

650 001

450

oo'

2DO OO ' 100 00 ·>oo 00 5oo 00 -

I

001 00

2000 10110 00

1350 001 900 00 hOO 00 200 00

4110 001 JOOO 00 200 00 700001 JOUO 00 31250 OU

~Ei~~~;::-·:~~::·:·:·: : :·:·:·_-·:·::·::·:·:·:~·::::·:·:·:·: : ·:·:·:·:·. ·.·_·:.-:-:-:-:-:-:-:~-:-:-:-:-:-:-::::::::::::::::::::::::: ---~~--~-~ I NSTITU'.rt!: FOR TlU: l3Ll N D. . . of1lcers t eac h e rs, o.nd pb yb'ic ian ...... · .... .. .......... .. ..

3000 00

>; :~l~:;e~x pen ses , incl_ucling fuel, employes' w n.ges, etc ... : .. :::::::::::: 5500 00 :,34.00

0~

Ltv

g

·meots bn i ldlll g5 a nd gro un d s ............. .. . ................... .. ...... }fgg,~7~nsic o.ncl npp~un.tus ...................... .. ........ .... ......... .............. :::: :·::::::

I

grJt'bV~~~b~~,:a~~~~.'-'~-~.::::::::::::...::::::::::::::::: .... :::::::::·.:.:.:..::::::·::::::::::::.::::::.1

7000 00/ 3000 00

I NST!TU1'E FOR DEAF AND DUMB.

• 5833

rieB of prjucipn l nnd t encb ers ...... .. ...: ....................................... 11000 00 1 2'2000

J~>Ularntus nnd laboratory ........ ........................................... .... :: ------, .i\PP . i rs nnd cure of groun~s ..... , .._. ......................... .. .......... ........ :·:.:: - ~ B,e_p~ing stntion e ry, ~nd ~ ~ertiSlO g .............. .... .. ................... ...... : prJD ae @d pos t11 l expen,eo. ............................ ................ .. ............. pos~~ntnl c"pc u se s ........... ._....... ... .. ... . ......................... ..........

I _?cJ~n sc of non rcl of Ed ucn t1on ......... .. ....... ... ............. .............. ::::::::

00 00

341'

10000 00

!

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I

School l a n d ex p eru;cs. ....... ........ ..... ... ................... ....... .. ........................ ... .... , E xpenses in pro ecutin g delin quents ..... .............. ............... ......... ............

Amount necessn rv to pay premium " on hfgb rate of interest I

1- -i

Profm;~ors, lnstruclor~,

00

.- ---

AND FUNDS.

00

.. · s of Ch!Lncellor, etc. , includin in, ::; . 'itl,"lJe nta l e:xpenscs to b e pm.d from th e Umvers ity fund g 5, 000 001 110000 001 c •. torY Botnnicnlappo.ratus, Library, nnd st enm I.J eati'i:ig".'.' .. .. .. G 30000 00 14.0000 00 l.A-~l J Olfl , . .. ..... .. ······· · NORMAL SCHOOL. 1

00 00

oo

9000 00 2500 oo 10 00 S 32310 Of)

,;ill!I _

Dli:; TIU CT COURT.

I

F uel and light.s for Capito l build ing ................ ...... .. ... .................... 1... ......... 1 l<epairs and c!Lre nf Capitol building a nd grounds .... ................ ....... ,.... .........

~~f;~i:i~~¥,~~~-i.~:;~+;::::~<;;;: _:~ ::;;:~:~~~:~ :-: : : ·~:-: :::~~;~;;~~:~~~~:~~~~;;:;;:::;:;~ i~~ ~~ ~~~ ~

VC)!S. 17 , 1!!, _I !I: nnd _o, S upre me Co~rt R e ports .......... .. .... ~ . ......... .. .. . ............ s c co nd c clJtJOn Vol ·. a,,lO, ll,lLud 1-................................................ ...... ...... r,o p y ri g bt o n •1 vo ls . Repor ts ....... .. .............. ...................... ...........................

, of' eleven Judges........ . ..... ...... .... · Sid<'n of te n Di s tri ct At to •neys .. .......... :::·.:::: ............................. ... .... 2500 00 1 55000 00 ~a.Jnl:Y o r fo ur :· " . dctieieney Mt~rcii'7'i:(i':ii.... ~............ 1!',00 oo 30000 00 4 10 96 s,ai ~•_Y o r eleven :,; t cno7,mpluc Rep?,rtc rs ..._. . _............. ... ... .'.1"83....... . 102 71 i ::;a.l••'Y rfvc cl e h c ie n cy M · 7 -- ·;-- ........ 1 1G'_0020_ 2,01!' 330110 00 • ttl. to 31, 1883 ...

513 70 1189:!4 66 5 ,d 1trY o 1 ----1 UNIVERSl"l'Y. .

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~~~!fc::~~~:n::~~:l>.:::::::::::::::::::::::-::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1 ~gg gg ~~g gg

Lt>

100 00 600 00

I

I

I

sn lu.ri e s of Cbief Jus t ice n ud Lwo ,Judges.. ........................... ............ f'2500 00 S 15000 00

!~~i¥&J~iffiTI~i;ill~"y ~f;~

•1000 00 3200 00 2800 00 2800 00 •1000 00 600 00 600 00 800 00 150 00

BO ,\ :KD OF PUBLIC LAl'DS A .·r, BU JL DI!\GS.

Amount

SUPHEHE COURT.

I

SUPERlNTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

I ~~e I Annum

j

i~l~l~t}~t~~!fi;i~: ; ;~ _: : ~: : ~ ~: : ~:~·: : : ~ ~ ~;:; ~ ~ : :~: : : : ~:~: : ;;::~t~~ fgl

BOARD OF E Dl'CATI ON AIJ LA ' 0

For wb n t purposes required.

'l'otn l.

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nmASU.RER.

Cli 11e, v .

47

GOVERNOR'S Jd.ESSA.GE.

:lfJS:L':l 3-1

Living expenses ......._........ ... ..... ... ............. .. ................... .... 8'/500, $8500 Empl oyes wages.. ........................... .. ............ ........ ..... .... .. ...........

Living expenses, d elici e n cy to March 31, 1885 .......... ......... .. ...... :::::: 1~ue lun cl li g hts .......... _. . ...... .. ............ . . : .. .. .... ;; ... ......... ... ...... . : ... .. ........

F n c l nnd ligbt.s, deficwncy to Mn1·ch 31, 1885.. ... .. ...... ... ........ .... . .......

6000 00 11000

on

F OO 00 SoO00

~gg g~

--.... .. .. .. .. 1 16000 UO bOOO 00 :::::::::::: lOOO 00 3000 001 6000 00 ... .. ....... l OOO oo

2owo nn

48

STATEMENT No. IV. - Contin.ued.

STATEMENT No . IV. -Contimwd.

T otal.

.For what purposes requiTed.

I ~)~~? I

For " ;hat purposes required. · · . and "~tcward ..........................................................

1151500 oo 1s Salary Prtnc1pal Salaries teachers, )fatrou, Physician, Foreman, etc......................... 8150 00 Salaries do.. deficiency to Murch 31, 1 ; ...................................,..... ............

Clothing for poor, 1i!ed for animals. furniture, beds, bediling-, paint-s, oils. repairs, impro1·emenls, library, books, uppumtns.l

Inctd~~~~f~~ggze;;:::

~~g gg

:::::::::::·.:::::: :::·.:·.:::·:: .:::::::::::::::::::.::::::::::: :::·.::: ' 3 Finishing shoC, plu~teriug ceiling ned heaLing .............................. J······ .....

~~~~~22~~,,2,m

1

2500 00

1

I

lfJ;;oo 00 7000 00 6400 00 1ooo oo

}ggggg

:.ooo 00

~~J~g I1·~~r~~1~i~1~~~~9~~~~·~:::.:. : .::·::::::·::::::·:·:·: :·:·: : ::·:·: ·: : : : .::::::: ...{~ ~g ~~~g gg d h · . ... .. .. . 6COUO 00 ~;,~~~iis~i~lie~~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::l:::::::::::.: ~rsgg gg e JCJency on coal.to lllarch Jss.;....................... ...... ...... ... ... · ............

•1000 00 Board

1

Drug>, books, and lll!>trumcnts . .... .. ..... .. . .. ·.......................... ,

USlC,

PENITE~TIARY. .

I I Payment to Contractor·15168 75 275 prU:?ner· , April l, 1 5, to March 1, 1 . >t~ ·15 cents ............ :.!48·10 00 1 1 6, to O<!t. 1. 1886, at 4o cen ls ............... 1· · 300 " 310 " Oct.l,i886, to March 1,1"87,nt<t0cents....., ........, .......... .. 22144 00 •re!ephone in Warden's office, ;;ept. 12, 18&1, to :>I arch 31, 18~. at • ., , ........... 1 37 85 Tele"p~o~~~~\.i;;i:cii· 3i;·i·ss7· ::::·:.::: ::::::::::::·.:::::::::: .'.:::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1·:· ··· ...··· ~6& Establishment of a system of electric bells .................................... , ............ ; 1800 ·oo Board of ·warden's family ............ .................................... ............... ( ........... !

300 oo

··::::::::::1

i

b ks and blanks and clmms outstnndmg ........................ ..... ..... ~5000 00 Revenue 00 public b uildings ....................................,........ . ......... ............ ............... xnsurance ~n ntered taxable lnnds from u. S. lnnd OflJ ees............... .. ......... ...... ......... .Abstracts

t!lte !n· n c 4~ 7 • comp>led Sta~utes ..... :...................................... ........ ......... .............. .

1.~e%ti~l Electors, actu nl expenses ............................................. ......... ................ ..

J'rest FISH COli!MISSION.

S

, erin tendent.. ........................... ...... ............ ............... ...... nla.rY suystant to Superintenden t...................................................

20000 00 noo oo GOOOO 00 JOOOO 00

lOLO 00

1000 00 500 00

1000 00 .............. .

800 00 ...............

5000 oo 6800 oo ocidenta , .

• - - - ---- ----1 TotnJ. ........... ........: ..................................................................... ..................... 11664.03 60

'

800 00 600 00

500 00 400 00

~nlnrY ass15 spnwn, fry, npparntus, etc ............................................. .,..........

D 1,/H/ 4~gg 8~1 ...... ...... ...... ...... ..... ...... ............

t. !1c

c:'1'~fi'c~~~·.;;;~~~~ff~~~i~-~~~i~~~:~~:~~~~;~;·.~~{~~:;~::i:~:~~;:;;,:i:i;;: :::::::::::: :::·.·.·.:::::::::! ~"l>~~t.~~ ,',!}Jirg~J~n.~~~}~;: si.iit'e.j;i-i'!l'iiiig.·::.::::::.::::::.::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::: :::::: :::::::::::::::'I d..-ert1stng ~ journn.ls, n.nd such other prlntmg ns is required

I

FrUit t rees, plants, and ornamental trees ................................. ......

Library ............................................................................................ '!'ran portation ofpnpils and fugitive expense........... .....................

Medicine and medical attendance.......... ......................................

·usticc-nrrest und re turn, re ward s oftered bv

~g~f[:noti'nrld ..roiie·n:g·~ ·co·r;\;e·i,·iiig ·J'1i\r·~·u·iie··ofibi;cie~s ·t:o· ·sttiiC ···········I··· ......······

Fau!'?r~;:;r-~~~~~ii.ii<l.rt;·rn:isiiiiiii.iiiii·sam:;;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::·.::::::I:::::::::::: l~~~ ~~

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c

sheriffs' fee':;ci,ool ........................................................................... ............ .......... .... ..

Hef,•;~~nsurers· fees und mileage collecting State taxes uud

500 ool in 300 00 j upon mandate of the Supreme Court ....................................... ............

6000 001 General repairs ........... ............................................. ....................... ,...... ...... · Purchase of n~w booh. repail' of stock on hand, and binding sun· .

1000 00 dry mugnZlnesdonated during the last two years ......... ........... , ...... ..... ____ _ 1.02710 60 j

0

25000 uo 100 0 00 1000 00

yugitives fromn.!td sbcrifl's' fees nud milenge co 11 veying couvicl s to

88

.REFomr cnom..

, SOO 00

Wo~~~:ii~'gf,~~~~-~~;;~;;;i:~~~:~~;;;~:.::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::,:::::::::::: :~ gg Chicken house . . , - - - - s S0050 00

~~~~~r.;~~~~~~.-~~~a. ~n.~i:(i~~:Ui~s·.·.r.~~::~~~·~~athe.~:several ~~~~s::~~ic.~::a.~~l:::::::::::: Expenses of delivering convicts to ·heriffi countJCS, j 'ularleo . nperiulcndent, Assistant uperiuteudent, Matron and l

- -·

~fJ'{e?{;"o"~ ';}~~~~g~:~.:.P.'~~~..~~.~~-~-~.~~.. ~~~~~~.'..~~-~-~.~~-~~..~~·.. ~ngc •ISG, I S coxn.f~s~lle~tallyleY}ed und paid under protest, sectlons'i'44'iii)(i ........ · · ... ..... ..... .

1000 OU

1 110000 O<l 1 -----

mustcal instruments, and amusements ...... ·············; ·············

-

~==~ &i03~ 00 00

land lights ....................._. .................... , ......... :....................... ......

Fue tele,.rn.phmg, express and fre1ght expenses ...... ............ ........... .

Telephone. . 1 instruments, nnd amusements................................. ..... .......

gf

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AJ.Jllilln -

500 00 1000 00 110 • 1>rinting ~~l':-nct, lncludin&: cl!'ims ontstnn d ing ..... .................. ...... .......................... . .l' der c f State Honrd o f Agncultt.n e ......... ......... ... ..... .................. S:! 110 00 ·l()(ll)o ooj 15000 00 uPPort Stn.te HortiCI~tlll:nl ~oc,JCty ......... .......................... ......... 1000 o11 :woo 00 . 4000 00 2000 00 s pport f State Hlston cnl. SoCJeL) ......................... , ........................ 5011 00 1000 no 1COO 00

I

31,

Amount. / Total.

JOOO oo 1

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HOSPITAL F OH IX Al\E.

s

49

GOVERNOR'S MESSA,PE.

GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.

1 '

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1~gg ' 00 2000

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50

GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.

GOVERNOR'S :M:ESS.A.GE.

51

No.7.

Frank Stamon SCHEDUJ..E "A." LIST OF

CASES

vs.

The State of Nebras ka.

PEND ING OR DISPOSED OF IN THE SUPREME COURT.

No.8.

Orlando Dutcher. et al vs.

The State of N ebr aska.

No.1.

Jerry Ackerman et al vs.

The State of Nebraska..

Fine for contempt of court. } From . Richardson county.

Heversed. ·

T uO

bn R. Polin

· vs.

State of Nebraska.

.

No.2. vs.

The State of Nebraska.

}

For selling liquor. From Gage county. Affirmed. .

No.3.

Frank Denman vs.

The State ofNebraska.

Chas. D eGroat vs.

The State of N ebraska.

}

•. vs.

The State of Nebraska.

F. L. Lewis

}

Larceny. From W asbington county. Affi rmed.

No. 6.

George Hart v.s.

The State of Nebraska.

State of Nebraska, ex r el. } · P. Squires, To compel a uditor to a udit acvv • vs. count and issue wan·ant Wallicbs, Auditor of PubJudgment for state. · JoJ:n Accounts. ·

'fb~

llC .

No. 11.

c.

Drake vs. . St te of Nebraska.

The a

-rtr yv !ll·

Arson From Douglas . county. ·Judgment satisfied.

No.5.

) Murder. From Hall county.

Dei th penalty affirmed._

J

} Murder. .From Cass county Death penalty affirmed.

No. 10.

Manslaughter. From Lancas. } ter county. Affirmed.

No.4.

From Holt county. Af} Riot. firmed. , No.9.

tf}le

James l)olan

stealing. From Adams } Horse county. Reversed.

Keeping house o f ill-fame. · } . From: L a n caster co un ty. Affirmed .

No. 12.

rel. J.H.Foxworthy} To compel auditor to audit and TbeStateeX vs. . ~:tllow claim. Judgme,nt for . . f Public Accounts. · relator.

Auditor o No. 13.

The State, ex rei.

Hocknell,

George

VB

Auditor Public Accounts.

I}

To compel the auditor to register and certify bonds. Under advisement.

52

GOVERNOR'S .MESSAGE.

GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.

No.14.

Quin B ohanan VS.

The State of N ebraska.

}

Munler. From Lancaster Co. Reversed.

No. 22.

Jackson Marion

vs.

The State of Nebraska.

}

Embezzlement. From Adams county. Pending.

S. H. Richmond vs.

The State of Nebraska.

Stephen Bin:field

vs.

The State of Nebraska.

Horse stealing. From Kear} . ney county. Reversed.

No. 17.

Matthias Simmerm an vs.

T he State of N eb raska.

Clinton Dill vs.

Th e State of N eb raska.

Murder. From Kearney coun} ty . R eversed. 路 No. 18.

Murder. From Red Willow } county. Discontiuu ed by death of plaintifF in error.

VB.

rfhe State of Nebraska.

}

Forfeiture of recognizance.

From Johnson Co. Pending. 路

polllinick Brown . vs. 'fbe State of Nebraska.

VS .

The State of N ebraska.

M urder. From Gage county. } Pending .

VS.

The State of Nebrask a.

Resisting officer. From Gage } county. Reversed.

From } Manslaughter. county. Affirmed .

Hall

liquor. Fr~m L } Selling ter county. Affirmeg.ancas-

John O'Dea

vs. 'fhe State of Nebraska.

}

Obstruc~ing public road. From !V"ashmgton firmed.

county.

Af-

No. 27.

J a roes E. Boyd

vs.

The State ,of Nebraska.

"From } Contempt. 路 county. Pending.

Douglas

No. 28. .Alonzo George vs.

The State of.Nebraska.

From Douglas coun} Robbery. ty. Reversed. 路 No. 2.9.

No. 21.

W . H . Bryant

county.

No. 26.

No. 20.

Enoch Bradshaw

Cass

No. 25.

No. 19.

Chas. B . Holmes vs.

The State of Nebraska

From } Rape.

Reserved.

No. 24.

No, 16.

Francis Hare

From Gage county. } Murder.

Reversed.

No. 23.

No. 15.

Wm .B. Thorn vs.

T he State of Nebraska.

53

Roger C. Guthrie vs.

The State of Nebraska.

From Douglas coun} Bribery. ty. Affirmed.

54

GOVERN OR's MESSAGE.

55

GOVERNOR ' S MESSAGE.

No. 30.

H enry C. Seling et al }From Adams

VB.

The State of Nebraska.

coup~.

SCHEDULE" B. "

Pending.

LIST OF CASES IN THE DISTRICT COURTS. OF THE STATE.

No. 31.

No.1.

A lexander Patrick

Murder. From Seward :coun} ty. Affirmed.

VB . ·

T he State of N ebr aska.

The State of Nebraska VS

L yman Frost et al.

No. 32.

Henry M iller vs.

The State of N ebraska.

Embezzlement. From York. county. Under advisement.

}

l

vs. 'fbe State of N ebt·aska.

.Judgment for

No. 34: Matthias Simmerman vs.

The State of Nebraska.

Frances Hare }

.

Horse stealing . Fr.om Kear- , ney county . Affirmed . .

The State of Nebraska vs. ]T. W. Liedtke et al.

}

Manslaughter. From Buffalo county. Pending.

N o. 37.

Philip Merse et al vs. l'he State of Nebraska..

}

R iot. From Saunders ·county; : Affir med ..

tate.

P endin oo··

·

} York District Court. .J udg m ent against .State for costs.

No.4.

Wt11· D. Young

vs. 'fbe State of Nebraska.

In L an caster coun ty Distri ct · Co urt. Case dismissed at cost of the plain tiff.

}

No.5.

No. 36.

Mary A. Brown vs.

The State of Nebraska.

Willow Distri ct Co urt. } InSR~d S mug on claim against t h e No.3.

} Murder. From Kearney county. D eath penalty affirmed.

N o. 35.

vs.

The State of Nebraska. .

N o.2. · p age Francis

No. 33.

State, ex r el. Att orn ey G eneral, I . · InformatiOn. vs.

The NorthwesternMut ual L ive ( State.

Stock Association.

J

In the District Court of L a ncaster coun ty.

Foreclos ure of mortgage. .Judg m ent fo r t he stat e. Satisfied.

}

Diantha Latham vs.

The State of Nebraska.

l

In District Court L ancaster county . Claim sued. Set~l ed by .th e L ~g_is1 ~ture ma.k1 m g an app ropnatw n to pay I the same. Chapt er 74 L aws J 1883. ' , ~

-56

GOVERNOR's MESSAGE. I

SCHEDULE "0." (

FEDERAL COURTS. CASES IN THE (

No.1.

Geo.

W. HoaO'land b

vs.

The State of Nebraska.

1

In the Supreme Court of the United States. This case was settled by the Legislature making an appropriation.

Chapter 91, Laws 1883, to pay the taxes in controversy.

J

No.2.

The State ofNebraska VS.

J . M. Young et al.

}

In the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. Pending.

\

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r

'

,'

/

,

.