Interest on unclaimed and outstanding certificates to be added to them when funded, Domestic creditors, . Total unfunded debt, Total public debt due Dec. 1, 1851, Regular annual interest on loans, nearly $650.163.00 150,231.82 4,448.38 9,752.91 82,932.74 The State has an unavailable deposit in the United States Bank, of And depreciated funds in the treasury, unavailable, Total receipts during the year ending November 30, 1851, Balance in Treasury, November 30, 1850, Total available means, 897,528.85 $40,114,236.39 1,983,000.00 32,500.00 $2,015,500.00 $1,632,996.62 30,006,324.76 $31,639,321.38 280,000.00 41,032.00 $4,570,393.93 754,252.81 $5,324,646.74 21,074.63 1,719,788.54 Fees of the public offices, 3,524.60 1,405.42 Colonial records, Revenue commissioners, . Special commissioners, Public buildings and grounds, Amendments to the Constitution, Chief Sources of Income. 3,273.80 Other licenses, . Tax on real and personal estate, $1,372,170.37 Refunded cash, The total valuation of the real and personal estate of Pennsylvania taxable for State purposes for the year 1851 was $492,898,829; tax assessed, $1,529,757. Number of taxable inhabitants in the State in 1850, 491,977. Common Schools in 1851. — A system of popular education was attempted in Pennsylvania, and a common school fund established, in 1831. The State was not divided into districts for school purposes until 1834, and the act of April 1st of that year is generally considered the first common school law. The whole number of school districts reported, exclusive of the city and county of Philadelphia, for the year ending June, 1851, was 1,427. The whole number of schools was 9,462. The average number of months that schools were taught was 5.06. Number of male teachers, 7,677; number of female teachers, 3,422. Average wages per month of male teachers, $ 18.19; of female teachers, $10.91. Number of male scholars, 251,046; number of female scholars, 209,040; number learning German, 12,090. The average number of scholars in each school was 47; and the cost of teaching each scholar per month, $0.4375. The amount of tax levied in the accepting districts was $930,221.84; received from the State appropriation, $161,697.50. The cost of instruction was $711,643.46; fuel and contingencies, $75,161.89; of school-houses, repairs, &c., $276,541.65. The number of taxables by the triennial return in 1850 was 499,395. Since, and including 1844, the annual appropriation by the State for the support of schools has been $200,000. Common Schools in Philadelphia in 1851. — The city and county of Philadelphia constitute the first school district, but are not subject to the general school law. The direction of the schools is committed by law to 228 directors and 24 controllers; each of the eleven sections into which the district is divided being governed by a separate board of directors, all being under the supervision of the Board of Controllers. Number of schools, 270; 1 high school; 1 normal school; 53 grammar schools; 34 secondary schools; 142 primary schools ;. 39 unclassified. Number of teachers, 781, 82 males and 699 females. Number of male scholars, 24,508; number of females, 23,548; in all, 48,056. The State appropriation to this district was $31,307.30. Willard Saulsbury, of Georgetown, Attorney-General, Fees and 500 of Dover, State Reporter. of Georgetown, Prothonotary of Sup. Court, Fees. Kensey Johns, Jr., of Newcastle, Orphans' Court. Chancellor, The Orphans' Court consists of the Chancellor and a Judge of the Supe Fees. Fees. 1,100 Charles R. Stewart, of Baltimore, of Talbot Co., Pres. of the Senate, $5 per day dur. ses. Speaker of the House of Delegates, [$5 per day during session. The Court of Chancery, by the new Constitution, is continued until July 4, 1853, to finish up its business. It is then to be abolished. The judicial power of the State is vested in a Court of Appeals, and in Circuit Courts. Appointed. 1846, The Court of Appeals has appellate jurisdiction only. Its judges, four in number, are elected from districts, by the voters therein, for ten years, unless they shall before reach the age of 70. They must be above 30 years of age, citizens of the State at least five years, residents of the judicial districts from which they are elected, and have been admitted to practice in the State. The Court of Appeals appoints its own clerk, to hold office for six years, and may reappoint him at the end of that time. When any judge of any court is interested in a case or connected with any of the parties by affinity or consanguinity within the proscribed degrees, the Governor may commission the requisite number of persons, learned in the law, for the trial and determination of the case. The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, designates one of the four judges as chief justice. The office of Attorney-General is abolished by the new Constitution. Judges of the Circuit Courts. The fifth Circuit comprises the city of Baltimore. The judges of that Circuit, all of whom reside in Baltimore, are: William Frick, Judge of Superior Court, 1851 1861 2,500 1861 2,500 1861 2,000 1855 Wm. L. Marshall, Judge of Court of Com. Pleas, 1851 Henry Stump, Judge of Criminal Court, 1851 Chas. J. McGwinn, of Baltimore, State Attorney, 1851 The State is divided into eight judicial circuits, each of which elects a judge of the Circuit Court, to hold office for 10 years. The qualifications of the judges are the same as those of the Court of Appeals, except that they must be citizens of the United States, and residents for two years in their judicial district. There is in the city of Baltimore a Court of Common Pleas, with jurisdiction in civil cases between $100 and $500, and exclusive jurisdiction in appeals from justices of the peace in that city; and a Superior Court, with jurisdiction in cases over $500. Each of these courts consists of one judge, elected by the people for ten years. There is also a Criminal Court, consisting of one judge, elected for six years. Clerks of the Circuit Courts in each county, and of the Baltimore courts, are chosen for six years, and are reëligible. Each county, and Baltimore city, elect three persons as Judges of the Orphans' Court, to hold office for four years; a Register of Wills, for six years; Justices of the Peace, two Sheriffs, and Constables, for two years. Attorneys for the Commonwealth are chosen in each county by the people, for four years. |