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FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
But we do not propose to confine the use of the elevator to communicating with the basement, intending to carry it to the upper story, where there is not a little space that may be utilized for either the circulating or reference department, according as it may be required by the one or the other of these.
As to the economy of using such an elevator in lieu of stair- cases, we have to say that the Building has been examined, esti- mates have been made, and a party has offered to contract to put in the proposed elevator, complete, at a cost not exceeding $1,500. The cost of working the elevator will be as follows :- To go to the basement and return will require 10 gallons of water at 50Ibs. per square inch, which is about the pressure of the city water at the Building. Therefore, by using 1,000 gallons of city water, at the highest price charged, namely 25 cents, one hundred trips to the basement and back could be made; and these would be equal to a person's climbing an elevation of 1,250 feet with a load of 2001bs. Seventy trips can also be made to the floor above for the same amount.
This kind of elevator is not a novelty, as there are already six of them in operation in this city, the first one having been in constant use at the works of the Washburn and Moen Manufac- turing Company more than four years. No person has been injured thus far by their use.
They are also in operation at the Royal Albert Hall, and in the principal hotels in London, where they are considered the safest and most economical that can be used.
In order to fit the basement for the requirements of the coming year, according to the estimates which have been made, shelving, heating pipes and gas fixtures will be needed, that are estimated to cost not more than $250.
The Building and fixtures are in good condition, and will need but little repair for the coming year.
Respectfully submitted by the Committee on the Building.
CHAS. H. MORGAN,
Chairman.
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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
To T. L. Nelson, Esq., President of the Board of Directors of the Free Public Library of Worcester :
THE Finance Committee submit the following report of the Receipts and Expenditures on account of the Free Public Library, for the year ending November 30, 1874.
Balance of former appropriation in the treasury, Dec. 1, 1873,
$869 14
City Appropriation for 1874,
12,000 00
Dog Fund, from County Treasurer,
2,765 11
$15,634 25
Bills approved and payments thereon as follows :
For Books and Stationery,
$5,806 33
Salaries and care of Building,
5,037 18
Gas,
914 46
Binding, Printing,
878 10
688 92
Repairs,
475 48
Coal and Wood,
467 50
Furniture and Fixtures,
45 75
Water,
17 11
Incidental Expenses,
120 05
Balance on hand, Dec. 1, 1874,
1,183 37
$15,634 25
$14,450 88
For the Finance Committee,
H. A. MARSH, Chairman
THE GREEN LIBRARY FUND.
THE Finance Committee of the Free Public Library submit the fol- lowing report of the Green Library Fund, for the year ending Nov. 30, 1874 :
Statement of the Fund, Dec. 1, 1873.
Notes secured by Mortgage,
$27,048 50
Bank Stocks (par value),
6,700 00
Deposit in People's Savings Bank,
629 19
$34,377 69
Statement of the Fund, Dec. 1, 1874.
Notes secured by Mortgage,
$27,048 50
Bank Stocks (par value),
6,700 00
Deposit in People's Savings Bank,
1,314 46
$35,062 96
Income for the year ending Nov. 30, 1874.
Interest on Mortgage Notes,
$1,941 53
Dividends on Bank Stocks,
630 00
Interest on Bank Deposits,
51 05
Bank Tax of 1873 refunded,
118 53
$2,741 11
One quarter of income added to Fund as per provisions of Will,
$ 685 27
Balance of income appropriated for purchase of Books, 2,055 84
$2,741 11
BOOK ACCOUNT.
Balance in City Treasury, Dec. 1, 1873,
$1,027 53
Appropriated for purchase of Books,
2,055 84
Interest on Bank Deposits,
45 78
$3,129 15
Expended for purchase of Books, .
$1,452 68
Balance, Dec. 1, 1874,
1,676 47
$3,129 15
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Respectfully submitted for the Finance Committee,
H. A. MARSH, Chairman.
THE READING ROOM FUND.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
Nathaniel Paine, Treasurer, in account with the Reading Room Fund of the Free Public Library :
DR.
To Cash balance, Dec. 26th, 1873, $11 08
" Cash for Interest on City Bonds,
300 00
" Cash for Interest on United States Bonds, 374 63
" Cash from City Appropriation, 200 00-$885 71
CR.
By subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals, $529 33
" Cash for postage, 5 87
" Balance of cash Dec. 26, 1874,
350 51-$885 71
The Reading Room Fund is invested in :
City of Worcester six per cent. Bonds, $5,000 00
5,650 00
United States Bonds, Total fund, -$10,650 00
Respectfully submitted,
NATH'L PAINE, Treasurer.
Worcester, Dec. 28, 1874.
I have examined the above account, and find the same to be correct, and that the investments are as stated.
HI. A. MARSH, Chairman Finance Committee.
THE TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
COMMISSIONERS OF HOPE CEMETERY,
FOR THE YEAR 1874.
To The Hon. Clark Jillson, Mayor, and the City Council of the City of Worcester :
THE Commissioners of Hope Cemetery respectfully present their twenty-first annual report.
CONDITION OF THE CEMETERY.
Since the purchase of this territory devoted to the sacred pur- poses of a cemetery, in 1852, so great have been the improve- ments, alterations and embellishments, that while the labor of each succeeding year, required to preserve the roadways, paths and lots already laid out, continually increases, the annual record pre- sents fewer radical and decided changes. At the time of the purchase, the land was thickly wooded and entirely destitute of all artificial divisions." Possessing a great variety of natural beauty, in a territory abounding in hill and vale, it offered greater obstacles to be surmounted in the preparation of the grounds, than if a more level and less picturesque area had been selected. But the wisdom of the purchase is now conclusively demon- strated by the beautiful cemetery, which is the result of the care- ful and well directed improvements of twenty-three years, and
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the city now possesses grounds which are acceptable to the citizens, and are of very considerable extent.
NECESSITY OF ENLARGEMENT.
The present area of the Cemetery includes some fifty-two acres. From the rapidity with which this territory is being appropriated, more than half the area being already sold to proprietors, and from the fact that the Rural Cemetery, the only other burying-ground of large extent, has already reached its utmost possible expansion, and also from the melancholy spec- tacle afforded by several small and now abandoned and neglected graveyards in our midst, it behoves the city authorities to con- sider the propriety of a further increase of Hope Cemetery, by purchase of adjacent fields upon the south and east, while the opportunity offers, and before other occupation renders further enlargement impossible. The Commissioners are convinced that the only security of a cemetery for undisturbed existence during any considerable length of time, lies in the extent of territory embraced within the enclosure. From the time when all the lots in a cemetery are disposed of, the grounds begin to lose the interest they held in the public mind, and at once, unless special provision is made, the lots and surroundings suffer from neglect. It is now practicable to obtain an addition to the area of this cemetery of at least equal extent, and the Commissioners recom- mend a present enlargement to the immediate action of the City Government. A complete survey of the proposed addition has been made, from the Cemetery southward, as far as Hope ave- nue. It is proper to notice in this connection the provisions of chapter 112 of the Supplement to the General Statutes of Massachusetts, entitled, "An Act Concerning the Enlargement of Burial-Grounds," which provides for the appropriation of land required for such enlargement, on the payment of damages awarded by the County Commissioners at a hearing, or by a jury.
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PINE MEADOW BURYING-GROUND.
The unsatisfactory and neglected condition of the remaining portion of Pine Meadow Burying-Ground, is brought to your attention. In 1866 and in 1872 the Boston and Albany Railroad purchased land from this burying-ground, and the removal of the remains there buried was accomplished with the approval and cooperation of the relatives and friends of the deceased. An attractive location in Hope Cemetery was prepared for the reception of these remains, and care and consideration attended the work of removal, which was performed under the superin- tendence of Hon. D. Waldo Lincoln, so that far from being a cause of complaint to the representatives of the deceased, all interested have been uniformly satisfied and gratified by this arrangement. The time seems to be fully come when all the remains in the Pine Meadow Burying-Ground should be removed. The encroachments of the railroads and the rapidly increasing oc- cupation of this section of the city, caused by the construction of the Union Depot, increases the liability to trespass and dese- cration. It is recommended that these grounds be sold and that lots contiguous to those already occupied in Hope Cemetery by removals from this Burying-Ground, be prepared for the transfer of remains, under superintendence of the Commissioners. It would seem not inappropriate that money received from the sale of the Pine Meadow Grounds be added to the deposit now on interest to the credit of Hope Cemetery, to be used in the pur- chase of new territory, or otherwise, as may be deemed expe- dient.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE YEAR 1874.
During the past year, Pine and Cedar Avenues have been graded and improved, and twenty new lots laid out. River and Cherry Avenues have been graded, and the adjacent land pre- pared to be laid out into lots. The land bordering on Laurel and Juniper Avenues has been cleared. Between Maple and Rue Avenues, sixty-two lots have been laid out, and a few of them have been sold. ()n Aspen and Chapel Avenues seven
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valuable lots have been prepared, two of which are already sold, and have been tastefully laid out and enclosed.
FUND FOR THE CARE OF LOTS.
It has been the experience of all Cemeteries of any considera- ble age, to suffer from the neglect of the proprietors of lots to take proper care of them. As time goes on, this evil always increases, and in many cases there are no relatives or friends surviving to care for the last resting-place of those whose remains are there buried. ' Hope Cemetery, now more than twenty years old, begins to show the existence of this difficulty, and it occasions much solicitude to the Commissioners and to those proprietors who, while anxious for the careful protection of their own property, are equally interested that contiguous lots should be kept in good order, and that the general attract- iveness of the grounds should not be marred by instances of neglect. The Corporation of the Rural Cemetery, in this city, have established a fund for the care of lots of such proprietors as may contribute to it. The amount required of the proprietor is one hundred dollars, and the deed of gift sets forth that this sumn is given to the Corporation of the Proprietors of said Ceme- tery, " to the sole use of said proprietors forever, in trust, nevertheless, that the Trustees of said Corporation for the time being shall, in order to obtain an income therefrom, securely invest the same from time to time, in their discretion, on interest, and shall apply the income and interest thereof faith- fully and as in their judgment shall be necessary and proper to keeping in repair the said lot in said Rural Cemetery, and the monument therein, and the fence surrounding the same, and to improving the same so far as said interest and income will allow ; the said Trustees exercising their own best taste and discretion in the manner and time of such repairs and improvements, and holding and appropriating any surplus which may accumulate from time to time, beyond keeping in suitable repair and pre- servation the monument, fences, trees, shrubbery and soil of said lot, to the general ornament and preservation of the grounds
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of the Cemetery. Provided, however, that the said Trustees shall never be responsible for their conduct in the premises, except for good faith and such reasonable diligence as may be required of mere gratuitous agents. And provided, further, that said Trustees shall in no case be obliged to make any sepa- rate investment of the sum so given, and that the average income on interest derived from all funds of the like nature belonging to the Corporation shall annually and proportionably be carried to the credit of each lot entitled thereto."
This arrangement has been in operation for fourteen years, and many proprietors have availed themselves of the opportunity of providing for the care of their lots when they themselves will be no longer present to look after them. The Corporation has lately adopted an increased scale of prices for lots yet remaining unsold, and engages to assume all care of lots hereafter pur- chased when they shall have once been put in good condition by the proprietor, to the acceptance of the Trustees.
The Commissioners, therefore, recommend that the Treasurer of the City of Worcester be authorized and directed, by an order of the City Council, to establish such a fund, and to receive the sum of fifty dollars from the owners of lots who wish to avail themselves of such an arrangement, and such other money as may be donated for such a purpose, and that the aggregate amount be regarded as a special fund, to be recorded separately in a book, to be called the Record of Gifts and Bequests to Hope Cemetery. And, further, that after such gift shall have been approved by the Commissioners for the time being, and the conditions required shall have been fully com- plied with, that the City Treasurer be authorized to give a receipt to the donor similar to that now in use by the Corporation of the Proprietors of the Rural Cemetery.
SALE OF LOTS.
The whole number of Lots sold since the opening of this Cemetery in 1852, has been 1,600, for which $28,872 has been received. During the past year, 94 Lots have been purchased for $3,726. While the price of valuable Lots has increased with
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the progress of general improvement and embellishment, the purpose entertained at the beginning of affording to all a last resting place has not been lost sight of, and desirable Lots are still offered at a very low price. That portion of the Cemetery set apart for free burials has received much attention and shows a marked improvement from its condition at the date of the last report.
EXPENSES OF 1874.
The total receipts in the year, including cash on deposit, have been $8,660.36, and of this sum $3,367.40 has been expended, leaving $5,292.96 still to the credit of the Commission. This amount is thought to be ample for the requirements of the ensu- ing year ..
The detailed statement of receipts and expenditures of the year 1874, is appended to this report. . Again the Commissioners desire to record their indebtedness to Wm. S. Barton, Esq., the City Treasurer, for valuable assistance in the sale of lots, and for other important services.
In behalf and by order of the Commissioners,
STEPHEN SALISBURY, JR., Secretary.
WORCESTER, January 23, 1875.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Report of Receipts and Expenditures for Hope Cemetery, in the year 1874.
RECEIPTS.
Jan.
1.
Cash on deposit,
$4,450 92
66
1.
66 in hands of Superintendent,
154 35
April 7.
66 for wood sold, 15 00
May 4. 66
posts 66
17 50
June 4.
66 wood
12 00
July 3.
66
66
66
6 00
Aug. 4. 66
66
66
12 25
66
4.
66 66 grading lots,
22 00
4.
66
66 grass sold,
5 00
Sept. 1.
66
wood 66
7 50
Nov. 7.
66
32 50
66
21.
66
66
7 00
66
30.
94 lots sold in 1874,
3,726 00
66
30.
66
66 interest on deposit,
192 34
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$8,660 36
EXPENDITURES.
Jan. 4. Paid Buttrick & Wheeler's bill,
$ 11 50
Feb.
11. labor on grounds,
164 82
66
14. C. Hamilton's bill,
2 50
66
23.
C. Baker's bill,
4 99
March 4.
labor on grounds,
175 16
April 7.
66 Curtis & Marble's bill,
9 37
66
66
labor on grounds,
224 25
May
1.
66
C. Hamliton's bill,
20 10
4.
66
labor on grounds,
259 00
June
4.
66
labor on grounds,
393 72
66
66
66
Smith & Jones' bill,
3 00
66
66
66 O. Garvey's bill,
6 00
66
66
66 for loam,
3 00
66
22.
66 City Water Works,
25 00
C. A. Hoppin's bill,
2 95
66
12.
66
Buttrick & Wheeler's bill,
60 00
1874.
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July 3. Paid labor on grounds,
439 62
66
6. Buttrick & Wheeler's bill,
56 95
9. C. Hamilton's bill,
10 00
66 17. 66 City Water Works,
50 92
Aug. 4. labor on grounds,
388 37
66
P. Gormley's bill,
6 62
66
Loring Coes' bill,
5 47
66
66 J. W. Jordan's bill,
19 65
Sept.
4.
J. D. Lovell's bill,
26 60
66
66
for labor on grounds,
290 11
Oct.
5.
66 66 66
329 75
Nov. 7.
30.
" repairs &c.,
1 63
$3,367 40
Nov. 30. Cash in hands of Superintendent,
194 77
66
Balance on deposit at interest,
5,098 19
$5,292 96
- $8,660 36
STEPHEN SALISBURY, JR.,
Secretary of Commissioners of Hope Cemetery.
.
66
361 23
C. Hamilton's bill,
15 12
REPORT OF THE CITY MARSHAL.
CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE,
WORCESTER, Nov. 30, 1874.
To His Honor the Mayor, and the City Council of the City of Worcester :
GENTLEMEN :- In compliance with Section 8, of the Rules and Regulations of the Police Department, I herewith submit my Annual Report for the financial year ending Nov. 30, 1874.
The following statement shows the strength of the Patrolling Force at the beginning and close of the past year. Also, num- ber of appointments made to, officers suspended, and resignations accepted from said Patrolling Force during the same period.
Strength of the Patrolling Force Jan. 1, 1873, 45
Number of resignations accepted,
4
Number of officers under suspension,
1
Number of appointments made,
4
Strength of the Patrolling Force Nov. 30, 1874,
44
The following is a statement of the rank and number of the Police Force : Marshal, two Assistant Marshals, one Captain of Day Police, one Captain of Night Police, one Detective and forty- tour Patrolmen.
The whole number of arrests for the year have been 2,360.
Number of males,
2,196
Adults, 2,043
Females,
164
Minors,
317
Americans,
749
Residents,
1,795
Foreigners,
1,611
Non-residents, 565
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Nativity of those arrested :
Born in Ireland,
1,362
Italy,
4
America,
728
Sweden,
3
Colored,
21
Norway,
1
Canada,
122
France,
15
England,
53
Denmark,
2
Scotland,
16
Germany,
31
Total,
2,360
British Provinces,
2
The offences for which these arrests were made are as follows :
Assault and battery,
168
Forgery,
1
on officer,
12
False pretence,
2
with dangerous weapon,
4
Gaming on Lord's day,
1
Aiding prisoner to escape,
4
Insurance broker without license,
2
'Assault with intent to ravish,
1
Indecent language,
3
Attempt to obtain money by false pretence,
3
Incest,
1
Assuming to be an officer,
1
Indecent exposure of person,
1
Adultery,
11
Insulting language,
5
Assault with intent to commit. rape,
2
Illegal voting,
1
Arson,
1
Keeping unlicensed dog,
1
Breaking and entering,
7
Keeping house of ill-fame,
2
Breaking glass,
12
Burglary,
2
2
Bastardy,
9
Murder,
3
By order City Marshal of Spring- field,
2
Neglect of family,
1
Conveying liquor to prisoners,
1
Obstructing railroad,
3
Common drunkards,
8
Open shop Sunday,
1 4 1
Conveying mortgaged property, Concealing stolen property,
1
Peddling without license,
7
Carrying dangerous weapons,
1 Profane and indecent language,
8
Contempt of court,
1
Playing cards for money,
4
Carrying concealed weapon,
1 Receiving stolen goods,
2
Capias,
2
Run away from home,
5
Common railer and brawler,
1
Selling mortgaged property,
1
Common nuisance,
2
Single sale,
1 6
Drunkenness, 66 2d offence,
126
Stubborn and disobedient,
8
Disturbing religious meeting,
1
Surrender of bail,
2
Defrauding boarding house,
15
Trespass,
3
Driving away team,
3
Threatening,
15
Disobedience, 1
Truancy,
7
Evading railroad fare,
23
Violation of Sunday law,
8
Embezzlement,
4
" City ordinance,
23
Escaped prisoner,
2
Vagrancy,
29
Fornication,
12
Total, 2,360
The amount of property taken from and returned to prisoners during the year, amounts to $12,323.72.
Whole number reported married, 60 single, 1,229
1,131
2
Cruelty to animals,
3
Obtaining goods by false pretense,
2
Pawn Broker without license,
179
Larceny,
13
Insane,
Injury to building,
4
Lewdness,
Malicious mischief,
1,434
Suspicion of larceny,
Disturbance of the peace,
115
. Selling adulterated milk,
1
287
CITY MARSHAL.
Occupation of those arrested for the year ending November 30, 1874 :-
Agents,
27
Laborers,
659
Brakemen,
26
Loafers,
24
Blacksmiths,
33
Lathers,
5
Barbers,
11
Last makers,
2
Bartenders,
13
Laundresses,
6
Bakers,
12
Machinists,
43
Boot treers,
7
Moulders,
60
Butchers,
12
Masons,
48
Brick makers,
14
Merchants,
24
Brewer,
1
Musicians,
6
Boot clicks,
3
Manufacturers,
3
Belt makers,
2
Marble worker,
1
Box makers,
2
Melters,
11
Book keepers,
14
Minister,
1
Boiler makers,
16
Painters,
98
Brass moulder,
1
Printers,
28
Baggage master,
1
Peddlers,
23
Boot crimper,
1
Plumbers,
4
Bill poster,
1
Pattern maker,
1
Brokers,
7
Physician,
Carpenters,
90
Polisliers,
6
Clerks,
13
Puddlers,
4
Cigarmakers,
2
Pawnbrokers,
2
Curriers,
17
Plasterers;
4
Core makers,
2
Pressmen,
2
Contractors,
Pipe maker,
1
Coopers,
4
Ropemaker,
1
Carders,
6
Shoemakers,
273
Cooks,
3
Students,
81
Cabinet makers,
2
Saloon keepers,
30
Car driver,
1
Stone masons,
25
Comb maker,
1
Spinners,
17
Conductor,
1
Screw cutters,
12
Card setter,
1
Slaters,
3
Carriage trimmer,
1
Sole-leather cutters,
2
Clothes cleaner,
1
Sailors,
5
Dyers,
17
Seamstress,
1
Domestics,
22
Spoolers,
2
Dresser tenders,
4
School teachers,
2
Engineers,
6
Switchman,
1
Farmers,
93
Superintendent,
1
Finishers,
5
Stable keepers,
3
Firemen,
3
Teamsters,
88
Foreman,
1
Tailors,
15
File cutter,
1
Tinsmiths,
6
Gardeners,
3
Tanners,
4
Gas fitters,
17
Tailoresses,
Gunsmiths,
2
Telegraph operator,
1
Giggers,
2
Trunk makers,
Gentleman,
1
Upholsterers,
3
Grinders,
3
Varnishers,
5
Grocer,
1
Wire workers,
33
Housekeepers,
47
Weavers,
36
House work,
98
Wood carvers,
5
Hostlers,
40
Washers,
2
Hod carriers,
11
Waiters,
4
Harness makers,
5
Watchmen,
4
Hackman,
1
Wheelwright,
1
Heaters,
6
Wool sorter,
1
Hotel keeper,
1
Junk dealers,
6
Total,
2,360
1
7
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The whole number of persons accommodated with food and lodgings at the Station House during the year has been 4,703.
Males,
Females,
4,592 111
Americans,
1,740
- Non-residents,
4,549
Foreigners,
2,963
Minors,
762
Residents,
154
Adults, 3,941
Making a total of prisoners and lodgers for the year, 7,063.
The nativity of the lodgers is as follows -
Born in Ireland,
2,007
Denmark,
7
America,
1,836
Australia,
1
America (Colored),
62
Holland,
1
England,
373
Russia,
1
Scotland,
112
Spain,
2
British Provinces,
31
Norway,
1
Canada,
90
Prussia,
3
France,
36
Poland,
1
Italy,
1
Portugal,
1
Belgium,
4
Germany,
104
Switzerland,
29
4,703
The following statement shows a portion of the miscellaneous duties of the Police during the year :-
Disturbances suppressed,
102
Intoxicated persons sent home,
160
Buildings found open and secured,
252
Notices served,
7,982
Stray teams taken up and cared for,
66
Lost children restored to friends,
51
Defective streets reported,
18
Value of goods found exposed and returned to owners,
$2,905 00
Value of stolen property recovered,
$7,629 00
Fire alarms given,
45
Fires extinguished without alarm,
6
Injured persons provided for,
21
Lights hung in dangerous places,
78
Street lights reported not burning at nine P. M.,
101
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CITY MARSHAL.
The expenses of the department for the year have been as follows :
Salary of Marshal and assistants,
$5,003 82
Pay roll of Police,
47,279 95
Telegraphing, stationery, &c.,
70 55
Brooms, lamps, matches, &c.,
7 84
Care of office and cellars,
330 00
Advertising,
48 74
Ice,
20 80
Repairs,
17 08
Provisions,
189 15
Cloth, buttons and badges,
1,051 40
Furniture,
20 95
Printing,
34 10
Washing,
21 69
Total,
$54,096 07
The resources of the Department for the same period are :
Appropriations,
$43,500 00
Unexpended balance appropriation of 1873,
2,249 72
Received for cloth,
1,179 30
Officers' fees from courts for 1873,
8,810 10
Horse hire,
37 00
Care of prisoners,
7 50
Total,
$55,783 62
Expenses of the Department,
$54,096 07
Leaving balance on hand,
$1,687 55
Making the entire expense of the Department, above the earnings, $44,062.17; or $5,573.38 less than the net expenses last year.
JUVENILE OFFENDERS.
In the execution of the law, Ifeel that there is scarcely a more delicate and important duty than is connected with the class known in our courts as juvenile offenders; and I am more and more satisfied that to reform the parties in these cases should constitute a very prominent consideration in their management.
The law wisely provides a special court for their trial, also an agent acting under the Board of State Charities to attend to the trial for the purpose of ascertaining what is the best possible dis- position of such cases, with a view of saving the youth if possible.
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