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Seth P. Beers, of Litchfield, Commissioner of the School Fund, and

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A term of the Superior Court is held by one judge twice annually, in each county of the State, and the Supreme Court, constituted of the five judges, meets annually in each county. The judges of this Court hold their offices until seventy years of age.

County Court.-A County Court is held by one Judge three times each year, in the several counties. The Judges of this Court are appointed annually by the Legislature.

The Superior and County Courts have civil, criminal, and equity jurisdiction, and, to a large extent, concurrent and original jurisdiction. In all civil actions where the damages, or matter in dispute, exceed $35, the County Court has jurisdiction, and the Superior in all cases where the damages, or matter in dispute, exceed $70. The County Court has exclusive jurisdiction of breaches of the peace, not cognizable by Justices, and concurrent jurisdiction with the Superior Court in all other criminal cases, except where the punishment is death, or imprisonment for life, in which latter cases, the Superior Court has exclusive jurisdiction. In civil cases, appeals lie in all cases from the County to the Superior Court, where the matter in dispute exceeds the sum of $70.

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View of the different Branches of the School Fund, in 1825, 1831, and 1846.

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The number of children between 4 and 16 is 85,275, being 1,200 more than were returned last year. The amount of dividends to the schools this year is $119,385, and has exceeded that of any former year by about $1,650. The number of school societies in the State is 215; school districts, 1,644.

Statistics of Connecticut for the year ending October, 1845.

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The value of agricultural productions and live stock during the same year are given as follows: Of butter made, $918,839; of cheese, $334,451; of hay raised, $4,212,725; of Indian corn, $1,183,159; of potatoes, $1,115,377; of rye, $495,080; of wheat, $38,633; of tobacco, $243,805; of buckwheat, $88,566; of oats, $571,434; of neat cattle, $2,808,352; of horses, $1,249,521; of sheep, $315,004; of swine, $1,144,756.

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Legislature. The Senate consists of 32 members, who are elected for 4 years, 8 being chosen annually. Pay, $3 a day, and $3 for every 20 miles of travel. There are eight Senatorial Districts, each electing four Senators for a term of four years, one being chosen every year.

The House of Assembly consists of 128 members. Pay, the same as in the Senate.

JUDICIARY.

1. Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors.

This is a Court of dernier resort upon appeals from the Chancellor and Writs of Error from the higher court; it has no original jurisdiction except in cases of Impeachment. It is composed of the Lieut.-Governor, (who is President of the Court,) the Senators, the Chancellor, and the Justices of the Supreme Court. Nineteen members form a quorum for the hearing of arguments, and a majority of that number (ten) may decide a case, although a quorum do not vote. Three terms may be held each year, one of which must be at Albany; the others are usually held at the city of New York, and some western town. The compensation is the same as for members of the Legislature, mileage being allowed for each term of the Court. The Chancellor and Justices of the Supreme Court are not permitted to vote in the reviewal of the decisions of their respective Courts. The Court is at present (1846) constituted as follows:

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Reuben H. Walworth, of Saratoga Springs, Chancellor,

John M. Davison,

Hiram Walworth,

of Albany,

of New York,

Register,

Salary.

$3,000

2,500

[and $2,500 for clerk hire and office expenses Assistant Register, 3,000 [and $5,000 for clerk hire and office expenses. Reporter,

500 1st Circuit, Vice- Chan. Fees and $2,000 1st Circuit, Assistant Vice-Chan. 2,500

Alonzo C. Paige, of Schenectady,
Lewis H. Sanford, of N. York,
Anthony L. Robertson, do.
F. Whittlesey,

of Rochester, 8th Circuit, Vice-Chancellor,

1,600

[The Circuit Judges in the other Circuits are Vice-Chancellors for their respective Circuits.]

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Four law terms are held each year. Except in extraordinary cases, (as in the trial of McLeod, the Canada patriot,) this Court holds no nisi prius terms for jury trials. These are held by the Circuit Judges for the trial of questions of fact arising in the Supreme Court.

4. Circuit Courts, which are also Courts of Oyer and Terminer, and General Gaol Delivery. There are eight Circuit Courts, and the circuits correspond, in territory and name, to the eight senate districts. There are two terms annually for each County, except in New York and Kings County, where the terms are more numerous.

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6. Courts of Common Pleas.

Courts of Common Pleas are held in

each county, consisting of five judges. The court for the city of New York has a first judge, and two assistant judges.

7. Surrogates' Courts, (or Courts of Probate,) of which there is one in each County, Charles McVean, Surrogate for New York Co.

FINANCES.

Debt of the State. · The total Canal Debt, on the 30th of September, 1845, was $19,690,020.77; and the annual interest on this debt was $1,066,693.30. $14,449,737.23 of this debt is at 5 per cent. interest; $1,481,782.00 at 6 per cent.; and $3,647,136.00 at 7 per cent.

There is also the General Fund Debt, amounting to $585,549.24, on which the annual interest is 325,298.34. The State is liable also for $1,713,000.00 of stock issued on the faith of the State, and loaned to railroad corporations. The aggregate debt, then, is $27,288,570.10. The whole sum charged for the support of government dur

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ing the year ending Sept. 30th, 1845, is Receipts in this year, including the mill tax, and excluding temporary loans, were

Deficit in ordinary receipts to pay expenses,

$1,306,208.43

1,055,166.87

$251,041.56

The mill tax amounts to $548,504.09. There has been paid, during the fiscal year, for aid to the sheriff in enforcing the laws in the counties of

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