$49,838 87, including last year's indebtedness, &c., while there have been received from all sources, and applied to support account $27,435 05, of which amount there have been received from Leaving an indebtedness of $22,403 82, to be provided for. For During the past summer, the work on construction has been in progress, under the contract with Mr. Silvers, and every facility afforded him by the officers of the Prison, consistent with the interest of the State. The buildings erected, and which were so much needed, are of the most substantial character, and will furnish workshops for a long time to come. Under the contract for the labor of the prisoners just made by D. J. Silvers, with your honorable Board, with ample room, and the known energy of the contractor, every person in the Prison can be employed profitably. Coopering and the manufacture of tobacco, will probably become the main business of the convicts. The gross proceeds of the labor of convicts for the past year, outside of those employed about the Prison, are: For the State, under the Superintendent.. $2,500 00 On contracts. 7,005 67 Proceeds of farm, including potatoes, and vegetables entering into daily use of Pri son. 1,000 00 The invoice of property belonging to the State of Indiana at this point, December 15, 1862, is nearly as follows: I again may be pardoned for urging upon you, gentlemen, the necessity of an early arrangement to meet the liabilities of the Prison. Allow me, here, to express to yourselves, the officers of the Prison, and the guards, one and all, my hearty thanks for the earnest co-operation which I have received in promoting the moral, physical, disciplinary and financial condition of my charge. I remain, gentlemen, Your obedient servant, HIRAM IDDINGS, Warden. CLERK'S REPORT. WARDEN'S OFFICE, MICHIGAN CITY, IND., To the Hon. Board of Control and Warden of the Northern Indiana State Prison: GENTLEMEN:-I have the honor to submit to you the following detailed Financial Statement and Statistical Abstract from the books of the Prison for the year ending December 15, 1862. Respectfully, your obedient servant, CHAS. F. KIMBALL. Clerk. |