agriculture and the mechanic arts the free use of an experimental farm, of all requisite buildings, of the libraries, laboratories, apparatus, and museums of said Dartmouth College, and for supplying such instruction, in addition to that furnished by its professors and teachers, as the best interests of the students may require, and also as to any legacy Dartmouth College may receive from the estate of the late David Culver. The trustees are also authorized and directed to furnish, so far as may be practicable, free tuition to indigent students of the college, and to make provision for the delivery of free lectures in different parts of the State upon subjects pertaining to agriculture and the mechanic arts.

A resolution, giving $5,000 to the sufferers at Portland, was passed unanimously, and each member added one day's pay, making $5,981 in the whole. The salaries of the Supreme Judicial Court Judges were increased to $2,400 for the Chief Justice, and $2,200 each for the associates: that of the Attorney-General was fixed at $2,000. The salaries of the Judges and Registers of Probate were also advanced.

An attempt to tax United States bonds in this State has failed. The Legislature of 1865 passed an act levying a tax of 25 per cent. upon incomes accruing from notes, bonds, or other securities, not otherwise taxed under the laws of the State. The Supreme Court of the State, in March, decided that the act was unconstitutional, so far as it relates to all classes of Government bonds.

The condition of the treasury during the last financial year has been highly satisfactory. All demands upon it have been promptly met, and the credit of the State materially improved. The receipts into the treasury of the State for the fiscal year, ending June 1st, were $4,116,078.54. The disbursements, during the same period, amounted to $3,958,199.69. The total debt, June 1st, was $4,160,698.89.

The subject of public education has always been placed in deserved prominence in this State, and the school system has been fostered by liberal appropriations. The withdrawal of the literary fund, heretofore derived from the taxation of the State banks, and now lost in consequence of their conversion into national banking institutions, has very seriously diminished the aid formerly extended to schools, and the great advance in prices has likewise had a detrimental effect upon them; but the efficient efforts of the Board of Education have maintained the high character the common schools have always possessed.

The State Asylum for the Insane continues in a most satisfactory condition. The appropriations in its behalf have proved judicious, and productive of great good, and have been nobly seconded from time to time by benevolent individuals. During the year the munificent legacy of one hundred and forty thousand dollars was devised to the asylum by Moody Kent, Esq., the income of which will enable the trustees to

supply the institution with many improvements and specific curative appliances long needed. The asylum has accommodations for two hundred and eighteen patients, though on the 1st of May it contained two hundred and thirty-six.

New Hampshire has no asylum for the deaf and dumb, or the blind, but appropriations are annually made for the support of these unfortunate classes at the institutions of other States.

In the early part of the year the House of Reformation for Juvenile Delinquents was partially destroyed by fire, in consequence of which its career of prosperity was for a time interrupted.

The financial standing and general condition of the State Prison are quite satisfactory. The proceeds of the labor of the convicts have met the expenses of the institution, so that the prison has been self-sustaining, and the State is not called on for any appropriation in its behalf. The number of prisoners May 1st was 101.

In agricultural enterprise New Hampshire keeps pace with her sister States, by the adoption of new methods of improvement, and by constant devotion to every means of rendering the cultivation of her soil remunerative to the farmer. There is universal evidence of growing prosperity, manifested in well-ordered and comfortable buildings, cultivated fields, and domestic animals well bred and wisely cared for.

Increasing attention is given to manufactures, and the growth of towns and villages along the streams continues with great activity, and valuable water privileges are rapidly brought into requisition, adding materially to the wealth and prosperity of the State.

The measures inaugurated by the Legislature two or three years ago, and which also appointed commissioners to other New England States to request their cooperation in restoring to the rivers migrating fish, bid fair to be successful. The salmon spawn deposited some time ago is doing well, and it is believed the rivers will, in a few years, be abundantly supplied with both salmon and shad as in olden times.

The mineral resources of the State are, at this time, attracting an unusual degree of attention, and the increasing interest manifested in them by capitalists and practical miners, with the very flattering results of their investigations, give fair promise that they may become a source of profit and revenue.

At the election for Governor, the total vote cast was 65,636, of which Smyth, the Republican candidate, received 35,137, and Sinclair, his opponent, obtained 30,481. The Legislature is divided as follows:

will be held in March, 1867. The present members are all Republicans.

NEW JERSEY. The receipts from all sources into the treasury of this State during 1866 were $449,421, and the actual disbursements, $619,336. The deficiency of $169,914 was met by the payment of certain sums to the State. The transit duties paid by the railroad companies were $87,658 less than during the previous year, while those of the Delaware and Raritan Canal increased $33,893. The indebtedness of the State consists of the war debt, which is represented by bonds amounting to $3,305,200. There are registered in the adjutant-general's office the names of 3,358 naval recruits, and 2,516 colored troops still in the service of the United States. The sum of $777,516 is due to the State by the United States for advances made to fit out troops. The indebtedness incurred in the several counties, towns, and cities of the State for bounties, excepting several townships not yet reported, amounts to $23,417,988. An act was passed by the Legislature at the beginning of the year to create a Board of Education. This board commenced its duties by codifying the various school laws of the State with such additions as experience had proved to be advantageous in other States. The income of the school fund from all sources in 1865 was $79,146. Of this sum the banks of the State paid $40,833. All of these institutions, excepting nine, have organized under the national law or surrendered their charters, and the amount from this source to the school fund, in 1866, was only 6,000. The State, however, appropriated $40,000, and the school fund contributed also $40,000. The amount of money raised by local tax for schools was $506,662, and the total amount appropriated for educational purposes was $746,794. The number of public schools in the State is 1972. The number of children in the State between five and eighteen years of age is 197,456, while the number who have attended school for the year was 37,950, and the number who have not attended school at all was 39,557. The Normal School has 151 pupils.

The College of New Jersey shows a considerable degree of prosperity. The number of students was 238, of whom 86 were from New Jersey, 45 from Pennsylvania, 38 from Maryland, 17 from Delaware, and the remainder from 14 States.

The apparatus of the college has been greatly enlarged and improved by the purchase of Dr. Torrey's chemical instruments and materials, besides a well-selected mineralogical cabinet, and specimens of natural history, fossils, &c. These latter include over 5,000 specimens of Alpine rocks, presented by Professor Guyot; 300 species of fossils collected in the State of New York, and nearly a thousand specimens, with numerous casts of large and rare reptiles. The libraries altogether include 24,000 volumes. A fund of $10,000 having been given by Gen. N. Norris Halsted, for the purpose

of building an astronomical observatory, the trustees have purchased a site for the building. at an expense of $4,500.

Besides the endowment of a large number of scholarships by private individuals (at a cost of $1,000 each, enabling the founder to select the student to enjoy it), the Professorship of Geology and Physical Geography has been endowed by the donation of $30,000 from John I. Blair. A family, whose name is withheld, has contributed $35,000 as a fund for the support of the president, and over $50,000 more have been added to the sustentation fund, by donations from other friends of the institution. These amounts, with the scholarships, raise the entire fund to more than $135,000.

Rutgers College, which received the donation of Congress for an agricultural college, has opened a scientific and agricultural department, which has advanced very favorably. The first class of seven persons was organized in 1865, and a second of fourteen persons in 1866. A class of three is pursuing a course of analytical chemistry. An astronomical observatory for this institution has been completed.

Seton Hall, at Orange, which suffered a great loss in the burning of its most important building, has erected another, and continuedi n operation with increasing numbers.

The agricultural districts of the State are rapidly increasing in population. Within the last fifteen years this increase has been faster than the average of the whole United States. The staple crops of corn, wheat, potatoes, etc., compare well in the yield with any of the newer States. The value of the market garden products of the State is below only one other State in the Union.

The Agricultural Society has been authorized by the Legislature to hold the necessary real estate, and has been located at Newark. The protection of the cattle owned in the State from rinderpest, was placed in the hands of this society, by the Legislature, with complete success. The society has also employed during the year an entomologist, Dr. I. P. Trimble. During the year he has issued one volume on "Insect Enemies of Fruit and Fruit Trees.” treating chiefly of the curculio, a native, and the apple-worm moth, or codling moth, which is an imported enemy. Nearly twenty years have been devoted to the preparation of the work. A second volume is in progress. Of the fruits of the State the society say:

"Are we to abandon entirely the culture of fruit in New Jersey? Unless the evil is taken in hand at once, we cannot but see that such is to be the inevitable result. The great cause of this evil is the insect enemies of fruit and fruit-trees. They have multiplied to an extent which threatens the annihilation of fruit in New Jersey. Can this evil be arrested? Our entomologist bids us to take courage. He shows us that there are means of baffling this enemy. He assures us that 'the protection of

fruit from these insects can be made a fixed science, so that the man who chooses to go into the business of fruit-growing may be sure of success, provided he permits no other pursuit to interfere with the proper attention to this at the right time.' There is no question but that very much of the decline of our fruits and fruittrees, particularly the apple, is due to the exhaustive system of agriculture, and the negligent and slovenly habits of the farmers of a previous day in the treatment of their orchards. But that day is, or ought to be, among the past."

The geological survey of the State is still progressing. In addition to the half million tons drawn from the marl beds by teams each year, there are now facilities for the production and transportation by rail of a thousand tons daily. About two hundred and fifty thousand tons of iron ore were mined during the year.

The number of convicts in the penitentiary is 543. The number of cells is 332, and the institution is based on the theory of solitary confinement. A commencement has been made for a State reform school.

The charitable institutions of the State are in successful operation. The number under treatment in the lunatic asylum during the year was 540; of this number 321 are supported by the public authorities. The deaf and dumb and the blind children of indigent parents are supported in the institutions of other States.

An act of the Legislature authorized the governor to appoint a sanitary commission whose duty it should be to report such information as they might deem important respecting the general sanitary condition of the State. They recommended the enactment of a general health code which should define more accurately the powers of local health authorities, secure diffusion of proper information, search out remedies, procure accurate statistics, etc,

The claim of the State against the United States for expenses incurred on account of volunteer troops amounts to $1,181,427, of which $356,667 has been allowed, and $144,740 suspended and disallowed.

A home for disabled soldiers has been secured on Mt. Pleasant, Newark, where the land has been leased and the buildings purchased of the United States. The number of patients up to the close of the year was 99. A house for soldiers' children has been also provided, and has under its care 40 children between four and twelve years of age. Preparations for a history of the part borne by the State in the recent war have been made, and John Y. Foster appointed to prepare the work. The sum of $5,000 has been appropriated to secure the removal of the dead soldiers of the State from the fields in Maryland to the Antietam Cemetery.

At the session of the Legislature held at the commencement of the year, a law was enacted requiring the names of all voters to be regis

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tered previous to the day of election. hours of holding the elections were changed from eight A. M. and seven P. M. to seven A. M. and sunset. At the same time eight hours was declared to be a legal day's work on election days. The amendment to the Federal Constitution, known as article 13, was ratified by the Legislature at this session on April 11th. The vote in the Senate was ayes 11, nays 10; in the House, ayes 34, nays 24. At this session an attempt was made to elect a United States Senotor in the place of Mr. Stockton, whose seat had been declared vacant by the Senate of the United States. (See CONGRESS, U. S.) It failed, however, in consequence of the refusal of the Senate by one majority to unite with the House in joint meeting. The Democratic members of the Legislature united in a protest against the election of senator. 1. Because there was no vacancy; 2. Because the Federal Senate acted by less than a majority of their whole number, against the facts of the case; 3. Because it was a high-handed violation of the constitutional rights of the State of New Jersey to have two representatives in the Senate of the United States, who are to be appointed in the manner prescribed by the Legislature thereof. Congress immediately passed an act directing the manner in which State Legislatures should proceed in the election of United States senators.

On August 30th, the Governor issued his proclamation, convening the Legislature in extra session for the purpose of passing the amendment to the Federal Constitution, article 14, and for the election of a senator to Congress in the seat vacated by Mr. Stockton. This body reassembled on September 10th. The Governor (Ward) in his address recommending the amendment to the Federal Constitution said:

I recommend the ratification of the proposed amendment to the Constitution by the Legislature of the State of New Jersey. I regard it as the most lenient amnesty ever offered to treason, while every provision is wisely adapted to the welfare of the whole country. Its immediate adoption by threefourths of the States will insure the settlement of all the questions at issue, and unite a whole people in the work of perpetuating and strengthening a free government.

With regard to the senatorship he said:

While questions of great importance are pressing upon the attention of Congress, New Jersey, through an existing vacancy, and the protracted illness of one of its senators, is unrepresented in the Senate of the United States. As the existing vacancy took place during the first meeting of the Legislature, no appointment could be made by me, and I regard your election of a senator as only second in importance to the ratification of the constitutional amendment. Since your first meeting an act has been passed by Congress, and approved by the President, regulating the times and manner of holding elections for sena tors in Congress, a copy of which I herewith transmit. It is designed to render as certain as possible the representation of the States in the Senate by preventing all factious opposition to the will of majority of the Legislature.

The only change in the political division of

the Legislature was caused by the change in the views of the President of the Senate (Scovill), who held the casting vote between parties in that body. The constitutional amendment, article 14th, was passed in the Senate on the 11th, by eleven votes in its favor, the ten Democrats not voting. In the House the vote was yeas 34, nays 24. The act of Congress requires the election of a United States Senator to take place on the second Tuesday after the commencement of the session. On the 19th both houses of the Legislature met in joint convention and declared Mr. A. G. Cattell elected by 44 votes. The Democratic members did not vote, but presented a protest, which was entered on the minutes. The grounds of their action were: 1. That there was no vacancy; 2. Because the act of Congress of July 25, 1866, under which it was proposed to make the election, was unconstitutional.

The State election in November was for the choice of members of Congress, members of the lower House, and one-third of the Senate of the State Legislature. Of the five members of Congress elected, three were Republicans and two Conservatives, or Democrats. The new Legislature was divided as follows:

The receipts from the three principal sources of general fund revenue were:

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15

16

The State tax levied in 1866 was 5% mills, for the following purposes: for schools, of a mill; for general purposes, 13 mills; for canals, of a mill; for the bounty debt, 21 mills. The direct tax levied in 1865, and payable during the last fiscal year, amounted to $6,033,817.34, exclusive of the mill tax for school purposes and county treasurer's fees.

The comptroller regarded the present system of managing the United States deposit fund as cumbrous and unsafe, and recommended the calling in of the mortgage loans of the deposit fund, and investing the money in stocks of the State of New York or of the United States. The ascertained losses during the past five years, from defalcations, inadequate security, and other causes, reduce the net revenue to between five and six per cent., although the loans are made at seven. At five per cent., the annual difference between the nominal and the

real revenue would be about $70,000. The estate was assessed at not more than half its real comptroller also recommended that, while real value, and the larger portion of personal property escaped altogether, sworn returns should be required, and more stringent provisions adopted for the assessment of all kinds of property, and that for that purpose the State Board of Equalization should be clothed with additional powers.

The following is a detailed statement of the condition of the canal fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1866:

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS.

Balance in the treasury and invested, October

funds except the canal fund..

$18,651,102 36

Balance in the treasury, Sept.

80, 1865..

Receipts of year..

1, 1865 Received during the year..

$3,922,950 14

6,704,292 69 $10,627,273 03

5,742,688 91