Report by Committee on Education, relative to the erection of a Chair of Homoeopathy in the University, Statement of Isaac Turner, made and sworn to before the commit- tee on Public Lands, in the House of Representatives of the Memorial of the Professors of the University of Michigan, Report of the Committee on Public Lands,.. Report of the Committee on State Prison,. Report of Committee on Public Lands concerning the Grand Rap- Communication from the Superintendent of Public Instruction,.. 23 Minority Report of the State Prison Committee,.. Report of the Select Committee, to whom was referred the Report Report of the Committee on Roads and Bridges, on inemorial of Lewis Ives, for authority to maintain a bridge in Springwells, 26 Memorial of E. O. Haven, A. S. Welch and J. A. B. Stone, com- mittee of the State Teacher's Association, with the concur- rence of Levi Bishop, E. C. Walker, U. Tracy Howe, James V. Campbell, Z. Pitcher, D. Bethune Duffield, Orson Jackson, Joseph Warren and Ira Mayhew, uniting in the prayer of the memorialists, asking for an appropriation to furnish three cop- ies of the Michigan Common School Journal and Teacher's Report of the Committee on State Affairs relative to the claim of the Sault Ste Marie Plank Road Company,. Memorial of the Board of Education, containing a statement of the operation, condition and fiscal necessities of the Normal School and asking an appropriation of money in aid thereof,- Report of the Committee on Elections, - Report of the Committee on Elections, .. Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs, with accompanying Communication from the Secretary of State transmitting Abstract of the Reports of the Superintendent of the Poor for the sev- eral Counties in the State of Michigan, for the year 1854,.. [ No. 1. ] COMMUNICATION from the Auditor General, transmitting Report of the Agent of the State Prison, relative to the amount of cash received and expended by him on account of the State Prison, during the year ending Nov. 30, 1854. AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, To the Legislature of the State of Michigan: As required by section 39, chapter 172, I have examined the accounts of the Agent of the State Prison, and find them correct, as appears from the books of this office. The Report of the Agent is herewith transmitted. JOHN SWEGLES, Auditor General. REPORT OF THE AGENT. MICHIGAN STATE PRUON OFFICE, Nov. 30, To the Auditor General of the State of Michigan: SIR-The following balance sheet shows the amount of cash received and expended by me on account of the State Prison, during the year ending on the day of the date hereof. PETER DOX, Agent. Peter Dox, Agent State Prison, in acc't with the State of Michigan. To the Auditor General of the State of Michigan: The following is believed to be a true inventory of the moveable property, goods and materials on hand at this Prison, and belonging to the State, on the 30th day of November, 1854. PETER DOX, Agent. IN THE AGENT'S DWELLING.-1 cook stove, furniture and pipe, 6 parlor and chamber stoves, and pipe for each, 1 large dining table, 2 breakfast tables, 1 kitchen table, 1 bureau, 2 dressers, 2 stands, 1 book case, 1 cupboard, 1 sink and hand pump, 1 bedstead, 1 small bell, 1 oil cloth for principal hall, 1 stair carpet and carpet for front and rear parlors. IN THE PRISON OFFICE.-1 stove and pipe, 1 writing desk, 3 tables, 3 book cases, 6 office chairs, 1 copy revised statutes, a collection of session laws and legislative documents, 1 Inspectors' record, 1 convicts' record, and 1 set of account books, 1 safe, 3 sets of window curtains, 2 candlesticks, and 1 oil cloth for office floor. IN LIBRARY ROOM.-1 stove and pipe, 1 table, 1 book case, and about 500 volumes of books. IN GUARD ROOM AND ARMORY.-1 stove and pipe, 1 table, 1 clock, 4 revolving rifles, 6 carbines, 4 muskets, 2 revolving pistols, 2 common pistols, 4 powder flasks, 2 powder canisters, 4 bullet moulds, and a small supply of ammunition. IN THE HOSPITAL.-1 medicine case, 1 case of surgical instruments, 1 dispensatory, 1 instrument for adjusting dislocations, and about $100 worth of medicine. IN THE CHAPEL.-1 stove and pipe, 1 Chaplain's desk, 6 keeper's chairs, 1 common chair, and seats to accommodate 350 persons. IN PRISON BUILDING.-4 large stoves and 500 feet of large sized pipe, 2 large suspended lamps, 12 side lamps, 2 water casks, 1 large and 1 small oil can, 2 chairs, and tables, benches, bunks, beds and bedding, clothing and night buckets to supply and accommodate 246 convicts. IN THE KITCHEN.-4 large and 1 small cauldron stoves and pipe, 2 tables, 2 sinks, 1 small pump, 1 bread cupboard, 1 bread tray, 1 clock, 12 patent pails, 3 baskets, 6 water cans, 15 baking pans, and tin plates, cups, basins, spoons and knives and forks to supply 246 convicts. IN THE STORE ROOM.-1 set scales and weights, 1 flour and 1 meal bin, 653 bushels potatoes, 33 bushels rye, 3 bushels barley, 15 bushels beans, 20 bushels turnips, 736 pounds of flour, 259 pounds of meal, 10 pounds of pepper, 16 pounds of saleratus, 200 pounds of lard, 30 gallons of molasses, 18 gallons of vinegar, 2 barrels of salt, 1⁄2 barrel of pork, 85 pork barrels, and a number of old boxes and barrels. IN THE WASH ROOM.-2 large cauldron stoves and pipe, 1 clothes box, 4 pails, 1 water cask, 6 soap and pounding barrels, and 1 small stove. IN FEMALE DEPARTMENT.-2 stoves and pipe, 2 tables, 4 chairs, 2 stools, and 6 beds and bedding for each. IN THE BARBER'S SHOP.-1 stove and pipe, 1 barber's case, 3 chairs, 1 table, 1 shaving can, and 1 full set of barber's tools. IN THE TAILOR'S SHOP.-1 stove and pipe, 1 tailor's board, 4 sets of tailors' tools, and 181 yards striped cloth. |