STATE OF WISCONSIN.

GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE

AND

ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS

DELIVERED TO THE

LEGISLATURE IN JOINT CONVENTION,

Thursday, January 11, 1878.

VOL. I.

BY AUTHORITY.

MADISON, WIS.:

DAVID ATWOOD, PRINTER AND STEREOTYPER.

DOCUMENTS.

Governor's Message.

1. Report of the Secretary of State.

2. Commissioner of Insurance.

3. State Treasurer.

4. School and University.

5. University of Wisconsin.

6. State Hospital for the Insane.

7. Northern Hospital for the Insane.

8. Blind.

9. Deaf and Dumb.

10. State Prison.

11. Industrial School for Boys.

FIRST

ANNUAL MESSAGE

OF

WILLIAM E. SMITH,

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN,

DELIVERED TO THE LEGISLATURE

IN JOINT CONVENTION, JAN. 10, 1878.

MADISON, WIS.:

DAVID ATWOOD, PRINTER AND STEREOTYPER.

GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.

Fellow Citizens of the Senate and Assembly:

I congratulate you that, for blessings conferred and evils averted, the people of Wisconsin have reason to be profoundly grateful to that Divine Providence without whose favor neither nations, states nor individuals can prosper. If neither capital nor labor have received such ample rewards as in some preceding years, yet the representatives of both in Wisconsin have been spared the expenses, the losses and the bloodshed which in so many places characterized and accompanied the discussion and settlement of the questions at issue between them. There have been no disastrous failures among our banks, insurance companies or manufacturing establishments, which affords gratifying evidence of the honesty and prudence of our people; and as a result thereof, the private business interests of the state are upon a safe foundation.

PUBLIC FINANCES.

The reports of the Secretary of State and State Treasurer, filled with valuable information concerning public affairs, and showing the condition of the public finances will be laid before you immediately, and I refer you to them for the details in regard to the several funds.

The receipts into the state treasury during the fiscal year end

ing September 30, 1877, from all sources, were... Balance September 30, 1876...

Total.....

The disbursements during the same period, for all purposes,

$1,789,625 12

315.866 61

$2, 105, 491 73

$1,827,227 39

278,264 34