The judges are appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate, for seven years. This court holds four terms each year at Trenton, on the first Tuesdays in January, April, July, and October; and the judges of this court hold Circuit Courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer four times a year in each county, except the counties of Atlantic and Cape May, in which two terms only are held. Superior Courts of Common Pleas are held four times a year in each county, by judges appointed by the Legislature, for five years, who receive fees, but no salary, and the number of whom is limited to five in each county. Henry W. Greene, of Trenton, Term expires. Salary. Chief Justice, 1853 $1,500 & fees. of Patterson, Associate Justice, 1855 1,400 & fees. Common Schools. — Abstract of the School Returns for Year ending December, 1847. There are in the State 171 townships, in which there are about 1,640 school districts. 16 townships and 164 districts are not reported in the preceding table, as no returns were received from them. Teachers' institutes and associations have been formed in some counties, and in 12 counties teachers and friends of education have established county associations and held public meetings, generally quarterly, for the discussion of subjects connected with education. The total amount of the school fund, on the 1st of January, 1848, was $370,742.95. The amount of money expended for free schools from the school fund, during the year ending December, 1847, was $30,000.00. The whole number of children taught was 52,795. The following table gives more particular returns. the State Prison, Trenton.· Number of prisoners, January 1, 1847, 167. Received during year, 90. Whole number, 257. There were discharged during the year by expiration of sentence, 81; by pardon, 20; by death, 2; escaped, 1. Total, 104. Leaving in prison, Jan. 1st, 1848, 153. Relief for Ireland. - The amount of New Jersey contributions for the poor of Ireland (including a small amount to Scotland) was as follows: Shipped from Newark, contributed from surrounding country, Sent via Philadelphia, about Sent via New York, about Total amount, about FINANCES. Whole amount received in 1847, Whole amount expended, Balance in Treasury, January 1, 1848, $27,055.95 10,000.00 7,944.05 45,000.00 $184,711.84 172,397.06 12,314.78 Prin. Items of Expenditure to Jan. 1, 1848. State tax due and remaining unpaid, 15,402.00 Paid State account of this amount, $3,411.41 Cash, balance on deposit, Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, 12,314.78 184,711.84 2,955.06 Chief Sources of Income to Jan. 1, 1848. 2,287.38 Balance in the Treas'y, Jan. 1, 1847, $8,773.81 6,460.16 Transit duties received from New repairs and improvem'ts, 1,639.52 Jersey Railroad, Interest on loans, 12,507.68 Toward paying off this indebtedness, without resorting to funds con Bonds and mortgages, authorized to be transferred to the School Fund, 6,168.88 33,885.66 Leaving a balance against the State of only 3,114.34 IX. PENNSYLVANIA. GOVERNMENT For the Year 1849. *WILLIAM F. JOHNSON, of Armstrong Co., Governor (ex officio, as Salary. Speaker of the Senate), until the 3d Tuesday in Jan., 1849, $3,000 Townsend Haines, of Chester Co., Sec. of State & Sup. Com. Schools, 1,700 Alexander Russel, of Bedford Co., Arnold Plumer, J. N. Purviance, John Laporte, Thomas J. Rehrer, Geo. W. Bowman, Wm. F. Packer, James Burns, William Power, Morris Longstreth, John B. Gibson, Dep. Secretary of State, 1,000 Thomas S. Bell, of Chester Co., 66 1,600 The judges of the Supreme Court appointed before 1843 have four dollars a day while engaged in holding court or travelling to and from the same. Those appointed since, and whose salaries are $1,600, have three dollars a day while thus engaged, as a full allowance for travelling expenses. They hold court in bank, once a year, in four several districts; 1st, for the Eastern District, at Philadelphia; 2d, for the Middle District, * Governor Shunk resigned, July 9, 1848, on account of ill health. † Appointments by the present Executive. at Harrisburg; 3d, for the Northern District, at unbury; 4th, for the Western District, at Pittsburg. District Courts. There are four District Courts, which are invested with the civil jurisdiction of the Common Pleas in their respective districts in all cases exceeding a certain amount. Salary. George Sharswood, Pres. Judge for City and Co. of Philadelphia, $2,000 John K. Findlay, 1st Ass't Judge 2,000 66 66 For the sessions of this court, the State is divided into 21 districts. The Judges, James Campbell, Anson N. Parsons, Wm. D. Kelley, each 2,600 2,000 Nathaniel B. Eldred, 1,600 J. N. Conyngham, 2,000 Nathaniel Ewing, 1,600 William Chapman, 1,600 Jeremiah S. Black, 2,000 10. Westmoreland, Indiana, Armstrong, and Cambria. Vacant. 11. Susquehanna, Wyoming, Wayne, and Pike, William Jessup, 12. Dauphin and Lebanon, 13. Luzerne, Bradford, and Tioga, 14. Washington, Fayette, and Greene, 15. Chester and Delaware, 18. Potter, M'Kean, Warren, Jefferson, and Elk, Alex. M. Calmont, 2,000 The whole amount of absolute State debt is $40,578,949.51. The annual interest on this debt is $2,002,240.47. The value of the productive property owned by the State in December, 1847, was $30,721,376.24. The value of State property, not now productive, is $520,000. Total receipts during the year ending Nov. 30th, 1847, Balance in Treasury, Nov. 30th, 1846, Total revenue, Total expenditures during same period, Balance in Treasury, Nov. 30th, 1847, $3,977,026 384.678 4,361.704 3.680,813 680,891 During the year, all accruing liabilities, including $2,002,240.47 interest on the public debt, have been met. During the last three years, the taxes have been cheerfully and promptly paid. No loans have been made; the public liabilities have been met; the revenues have increased from nearly all sources, and the public debt is diminishing. It is the first time since the commencement of the internal improvement system, that the permanent revenues accruing within the year, unaided from any other source, have exceeded or been equal to the demands upon the treasury. Common Schools. — The whole number of school-districts in the State, exclusive of the city and county of Philadelphia, for the year ending June 7, 1847, was 1,249. Of these, 1,054 contributed to the support of schools, and 1,048 made reports. The whole number of schools was 7,320. The average number of months taught was 4.22. Number of male teachers, 5,907, at an average monthly pay of $16.73. Number of female teachers, 2,767, at an average monthly pay of $ 10.20. Number of male scholars, 183,844; of female scholars, 148, 123. There were 6,607 studying German. The average number of scholars in each school was 45, and the cost of teaching each scholar per month, 42 cents. The amount of tax levied was $436,727.80; received from the State appropriation, $ 187,269.50. The cost of instruction was $450,515.77; of fuel and contingencies, $ 36,685.80; of school-houses, repairs, &c., $ 60,410.82. Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania. — Whole number of prisoners, Jan. 1, 1848, 294; of which number 278 were males and 16 females; 211 were whites, and 83 colored persons. Number of discharges during the year 138, of which 101 were discharged by expiration of sentence, 26 by pardon, 2 by Supreme Court, on writ of error, 1 committed suicide, and 8 died of disease. The whole number of prisoners during the year was 432. Percentage of deaths, 0.98 of whites, 4.76 of colored persons. Of 124 prisoners received during the year, 50 were natives of Pennsylvania, 46 of other States, and 28 were foreigners. I was committed for 10 years, and all the others for a shorter term. 10 cases of insanity occurred during the year. Number of prisoners received since the opening of the Penitentiary, Oct. 25, 1829, 2,300; discharged by expiration of sentence, 1,536; do. by pardon, 265; died, 194; escaped, 1; hanged, 1; suicide, 3; writ of error, 3; removed to House of Refuge, 1; sen |