cuit justice of the Common Pleas is to be appointed, until the whole number of four is filled up, and after that the Superior Court will consist of the chief justice and two associate justices, any two of whom will be a quorum. Two terms of the Superior Court are held annually at Concord, on the 2d Tuesdays of July and December, for the hearing and determining of questions of law and petitions for divorce, from all the counties in the State. This court is also vested with chancery powers. At the trial of capital cases two justices of the Superior Court, or one justice of the Superior Court and one circuit justice, are required to be present.

The judges of the Superior Court of Judicature are, ex officio, judges of the Court of Common Pleas. This court, before whom all actions for the recovery of debts, enforcement of contracts, &c., and all jury trials are brought, consists of one of the justices of the Superior Court, or one of the circuit justices of the Court of Common Pleas, and of the two county justices, who are generally appointed from among the yeomanry, whose principal duty it is to attend to the ordinary business of the county, expenses, &c. Terms of the Common Pleas are held semiannually in each county. Grafton County is divided into two judicial districts, and terms are held semiannually, in each district.

State tax for 1851, and previous years, 59,213.37 N. H. Asylum for indigent insane,.
From estate of Jacob Kimball for In-

765.80

2,021.66

Perkins Institution,

Education of

3,100.00 blind,

550.00

2,162.80

4,390.86 Officers' School of Instruction, $209,998.37 N. H. Reports and Digest,

14.96

Principal Items of Expenditure.

3,263.91 Railroad tax div'ds paid to towns, 28,133.79 State Prison,

1,500.00

The receipts, exclusive of loans, have exceeded the expenditures, exclusive of payments for borrowed money, $ 10,595.78.

$209,998.37

202.003.83

Banks.The condition of the banks, on the first Monday in June, 1852, was as follows: - Capital actually paid in, $3,076,000; real estate, $56,379.61; debts due the banks, $4,313,750.47; debts due from directors, $ 85,619.95; specie, $165,217.16; bills of other banks, $141,513 62; deposits in the banks, $ 613,769.75; deposits in other banks for the redemption of bills, $643,724.83; circulation, $2,328,363. The whole number of banks in the State is thirty-one.

Common Schools.

The present school law is in the sixth year of its existence. At the June session (1850) of the Legislature, the office of School Commissioner was abolished, and County School Commissioners were created, to constitute the Board of Education. The Commissioners are, —

Rockingham. Albert H. Hoit, of Exeter.
Strafford. Thos. J. Greenwood, of Dover.
Belknap. -Giles Leach, of Meredith.
Carroll. -Sanborn B. Carter, of Ossipee.
Merrimack. - Hall Roberts, of Concord.

Hillsborough.
Cheshire.
Sullivan. -
Grafton.. John S. Woodman, of Hanover.
Coos.-Geo. H. Pinkham, of Jackson.

-Lewis C. Brown, of Nashua.
A. H. Bennett, of Winchester.
William M. Ladd, of Claremont.

The returns for the years ending June 1, 1850, May 20, 1851, and May 20, 1852, give the following statistics, to wit:

1850.

1851.

1852.

State Prison, Concord, for the year ending May 31, 1852. — Rufus Dow, Warden, salary $800; Rev. Eleazer Smith, Chaplain; William Prescott, M. D., Physician. Whole number of convicts in prison, June 1, 1851, 95. Received since, 44. Whole number, 139. There have been discharged during the year, by expiration of sentence, 11; by pardons, 11; death, 6; 28. Leaving in prison, May 31, 1852, 111. Of those remaining in prison, 108 are males, and 3 are females. The ages of the convicts at the time of their conviction were as follows: from 10 to 20, 35; 20 to 30, 36; 30 to 40, 24; 40 to 50, 11; 50 to 60, 4; 60 to 70, 1. Of the convicts now in prison, 74 were committed for offences against property, as burglary, house-breaking, horse-stealing, larceny, &c. ; 2 for arson; 6 for rape or attempt to commit rape; 2 for manslaughter; 5 for murder. There are 10 sentenced for life; 3 for 20 years; 2 for 15 years; 1 for 14 years; 1 for 12 years; 7 for 10 years; 23 for 5 years; 9 for 4 years; 22 for 3 years; 10 for 2 years. Of the whole number, 19 are foreigners; 34 are natives of other New England States; 8 are natives of New York; and 46 are natives of New Hampshire. 32 convicts are employed in the cabinet shop; 40 in the shoe shop; 19 in the smith shop; the 3 females are employed in sewing. The expenditures for the year were $7,434 11; the receipts and earnings were $8,918.62; excess of income over expenses, $1,484.51. The prison library consists of about 600 volumes.

ent.

New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane, Concord. - Andrew McFarland, SuperintendSince the opening of the asylum, for nearly ten years, there have been admitted, to June 1, 1852, 923 patients; 118 now remain in the institution. Of these, 63 are males and 55 females. The number of patients admitted during the past year was 107. Of these, 53 were males and 54 were females. 106 were discharged during the year. Of these, 66 (30 males and 36 females) had recovered; 13 (7 males and 6 females) had partially recovered; 16 (5 males and 11 females) were not relieved; and 11 (3 males and 8 females) died.

State Reform School. - At the session of the Legislature in 1851, an act was passed authorizing the Governor to appoint a board of three Commissioners, to select and obtain the refusal of a lot of land of not less than 50 acres, for an eligible site for a manual labor school; to procure plans and estimates on the building, and to mature a system for the government of the institution. Under this act, Nathaniel B Baker, of Concord, John E. Tyler, of Rollinsford, and John S. Woodman, of Hanover, were appointed Commissioners.

A site has been selected in Concord, upon the shores of Long Pond, and plans, &c. prepared for a building which will accommodate 300 boys and the officers of the institution, &c., and workmen are now engaged thereon.

III. VERMONT.

Government for the Year ending October, 1853.

ERASTUS FAIRBANKS, of St. Johnsbury, Governor (term ends Oct.,

Salary.

$750

Lieut-Gov. & Pres. Sen., $4 a day.

of Montpelier,

66

of Proctorsville, Sec. Civil and Military Affairs,

225

of Burlington,

of Woodstock,

of Burlington,

of Northfield,

of Windsor,

Fred. E. Woodbridge, of Vergennes,
De Witt C. Clarke,
Thomas E Powers,
Chalon F. Davey,
George Nichols,
Hiram Harlow,

The Senate was established in 1836. The House of Representatives is composed of about 230 members, one member from each town. Pay of the members of each house, $2.00 a day during the session of the Legislature.

JUDICIARY.

The Supreme Court consists of three judges, and holds its stated sessions in each county, once each year, with an additional term, each year, in each judicial circuit, at such time and in such county as the court shall direct.

For the trial of cases in the County Courts (Court of Common Pleas) the State is divided into four judicial circuits. The first circuit includes the counties of Bennington, Rutland, and Addison; second circuit, Windham, Windsor, and Orange; third circuit, Chittenden, Franklin, Lamoille, and Grand Isle; fourth circuit, Washington, Caledonia, Orleans, and Essex. The County Court is composed of a circuit judge, who is appointed by the Legislature, and two assistant judges, in each county, who are elected by the people. The salary of each judge of the Supreme Court and each circuit judge is $1,375 per annum, and the assistant judges receive a per diem allowance. The salary of the reporter is $450.

The Court of Chancery has two stated sessions annually, in each county,

and is always in session, except for the final hearing of a cause. from the decree of the Chancellor lies to the Supreme Court.

Stephen Royce,

An appeal

Salary.

Supreme Court.

of Berkshire,

Reporter,

of Bennington,
of Woodstock,
County Courts.

First Circuit. Robert Pierpont, of Rutland,|

Assistant Judges.

Ransom Jones,
Aaron L. Beach,
Alvah Sabin,
Augustus Young,
James M. Hotchkiss,
Giles A Barber,
William M. Sowles,
Daniel Wait,

Second Circuit. Jacob Collamer, of Wood-Fourth Circuit.

Chittenden County.

Franklin County.

Lamoille County.

Grand Isle County.

Luke P. Poland, of St. Johnsbury, Circuit Judge. Assistant Judges.

David W. Hadley,
Joseph Hancock,
Alden E. Judevine,
Andrew McMillan,
William Moon, Jr.
Nehemiah Colby,

Third Circuit. Asahel Peck, of Burlington, David Hibbard, Jr.

Washington County.

Caledonia County.

Orleans County.

Essex County.

Clerks.

Residence.

Bennington, Sam. H. Blackmer, Bennington. Washington, Shubael Wheeler, Montpelier.

Common Schools. - Number of school districts in the State, 2,594; number of scholars, 90,110; average of wages paid male teachers per month, $ 13.55; average of wages paid female teachers per month, $ 5.54; whole wages for males, $ 65,759.16; for females, $ 61,312.65; number of weeks of schools by males, 19,360; by females, 43,238; whole wages to teachers, $127,071.81; cost of board, $70,492.87; cost of fuel, &c., $ 19,837.65; cost for wages, board, and fuel, $217,402.33; public money divided for support of schools, $90,893.91; average length of school during the year, 24 weeks; average of scholars per district, 39; expense per scholar, $ 2.20. The school fund was abolished in 1845, to pay the State debt. The office of State Superintendent was abolished in 1851.

State Prison. - Year ending September 1, 1851. - Hiram Harlow, Superintendent, salary $500. Number of convicts, September 1, 1850, 76; admitted during the year, 35; total, 111; 20 were discharged during the year; 14 by expiration of sentence; 5 by pardon; 1 died; leaving in confinement, September 1, 1851, 91; of whom 87 were white males, 2 white and 2 black females. The services of the convicts are let out to contractors. The contract per diem charge per convict is two shillings. The income of the prison for the year was $ 7,380.80. Expenditures, $7,374.60. Balance of receipts over all expenditures, $6.20. Total liabilities, exclusive of interest, $4,436.82; total assets, $6,158.42. Excess of assets, $ 1,721.60.