The judiciary powers are vested in a Supreme Court, consisting of five judges; in County Courts, or Courts of Common Pleas, comprising five Circuits, each County Court being composed of one Judge of the Supreme Court, who is, ex officio, Chief Justice of the County Courts of his Circuit, and two Assistant Judges for each county; and in Justices of the Peace; all the Judges and Justices being chosen annually by the Legislature.

The Supreme Court sits once, and the County Courts twice, a year, in each county. Each judge of the Supreme Court is Chancellor of a Circuit. The Court of Chancery has two stated sessions annually in each county. An appeal from the decree of the Chancellor lies to the Supreme Court.

Common Schools.-The School Fund has been abolished, having previously been borrowed by the State.

By an Act of the Legislature, passed Nov. 5, 1845, provision is made for the supervision and regulation of Common Schools, by the appointment of a State Superintendent to be elected by joint vote of the assembly, County Superintendents to be appointed by the Judges of the County Court, and Town Superintendents to be elected by the inhabitants of each town, at their annual town-meetings. To these Superintendents are committed the regulation of Schools so far as concerns the examination of teachers, course of instruction, government, discipline, and the selection of books. Each town is divided into a suitable number of school districts, the prudential concerns of which are under the management of a District Committee.

Vermont Asylum for the Insane, Brattleboro'. — William H. Rockwell, M. D., Superintendent. Since the opening of the Asylum there have been admitted, to September, 1845, 835 patients; 572 have been discharged, and 263 remain in the institution. Of the 835 patients thus admitted, 340 recovered, equal to 40.71 per cent.; 59 have died, equal to 7.06 per cent. Of recent cases discharged last year, 89.58 per cent. recovered. Of all chronic cases discharged last year, 31.37 per cent. recovered.

Terms of Admission. For first six months, two dollars per week, and one dollar and fifty cents afterwards. When the insanity is connected with

epilepsy or paralysis, $2.50 per week. No patient received for a less term than three months, unless he recover before that time.

State Prison.-Average number of convicts, in 1845, 68; expenditure, $7,803.65; income, $5,914.59.

Amer'n Asylum, (Hartford,) 1,960 91 School fund notes,

Insane Hosp'l, (Brattleboro',) 1,332 20 State bank collections,

Blind Asylum, (Boston,)

Court expenses,

Silk and cocoon premiums,
Destruction of bears, &c.,
Vermont Asylum,
Interest to banks,

804 75 6,000 00 1,757 09

COMMON SCHOOL STATISTICS FOR 1845.

7,034 16

1,120 00 Pedlers' licenses, 28,389 31 Bank dividend taxes, 1,776 45 Clerks of courts,

405 31 2,398 08

3,254 29

2,007 59

21

42.00

70.67

125.06

Grand Isle,

4 320 932 485 43 77

154 24,165 62,432 47,910 3,772 6,566 45,992.91 33,660.16 56,124.49

504.50 258.25 657.49

IV. MASSACHUSETTS.

GOVERNMENT

For the year ending on the 1st Wednesday in January, 1847.

of Salem,

1st Clerk, Sec. of State's Office,
1st Clerk, Treasurer's Office,

1,200

1,000

of Worcester,

Sec. of the Board of Education, 1,500
President of the Senate.

of Roxbury,

Speaker of the House of Rep.

of Boston,

Abel Cushing, Ja's C. Merrill, John G. Rogers, Justices, salary, $1,500 each.

FINANCES.

Balance in the Treasury, January 1, 1845,

The ordinary receipts in 1845, exclusive of money borrowed,

Cash on hand for ordinary purposes, January 1, 1846,

Indebtedness of the Commonwealth, January 1, 1846.

Balances to County Treasurers,

Militia services,

Support of paupers, military and other accounts,
Interest on State Stock, and temporary loans,
Interest on Western Railroad Stock loan,

Miscellaneous, $12,378.26; State Printing, $14,180.23,
Scrip of 1842 paid off,

Asylum for Blind, $7,777.55; for Deaf and Dumb, $5,209.22,
Agricult. Societies, $5,964.60; Normal Schools, $7,665.00,

$51,202.87

28,757.00 76,831.30

Stocks and various Funds belonging to the Commonwealth.

10,000 shares Western Railroad Stock,

9,585 83

49,750.00

26,558.49

46,550.00

12,986.77 13,629.60

$1,000,000.00

Notes, Stocks, $31,456.17; School Fund for Indians, 2,500.00,
Massachusetts School Fund,

33,956.17

Charles River and Warren Bridge Fund,

Western Railroad Loan Sinking Fund, (in trust,)

Western Railroad Stock Sinking Fund,

Total,

810,493.60

27,939.35

290,610.61

359,141.25

$2,522,140.98

STATISTICS OF CRIME.

Table showing the number of prosecutions, convictions, &c., in the year 1845, in Massachusetts. The population, in 1840, was 737,699.

*Murder, rape, assault with knife or gun, and felonious assault. + Assault and battery.

Riot, burglary, highway robbery and arson.

|| Larceny, cheating, counterfeiting, forgery, &c.

§ Breaches of license and Sunday laws, keeping brothels, conspiracy, perjury, adultery, lewdness, gambling, &c.

Of those convicted, 12 were sentenced to the Common Jail, 261 to the House of Correction, and 79 to the State Prison. The remainder were fined.

State Prison. — According to the report of the Warden, there were 287 prisoners in the Massachusetts State Prison on the 30th September, 1845; 96 having been received and 85 discharged during the year previous. Of these 223 were committed for offences against property, including burglary, larceny, counterfeiting, &c.; 13 for arson and malicious burning; and 37 for crimes against life and the person, including assaults of various kinds. There are 14 confined for life; 1 for 35 years; 1 for 20 years; and only 27