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.-o (Report continued.) Pardoned 15 scaped Died * Remaining September 30, 1830 Convict*—December 31» 1828 Received in 9 months Discharged on expiration of service in 9 months 10 Pardoned in 9 months Escaped none Died none O 0 0- 92 16 108 1 2 a o —12 96 -3 06 JaUing «,«. ft* «*•»>«• 10 *'“< ** *“ * ** " quarter of 1830“ ^ dA8jI aCcoUNT , 1799 99 Debts due prior to lo« P* 1 ®, 8t0 14 P^ious 40S 72 13 ■ , <boa 1»*4 Debts of 1889 ,mn «• 1987 SO Debts of 1st and «dq«-1*» ‘Sg S Paid in business of 3d quarter, Cash oo baiM June 30, I WO, Collected from bosiness 1SK» Collected “ to 1929 ■ A uAott 99 Cash sales 3J quarter 1830, 1098 72 Collected from credit sales ^ ^ haod gept. 30,1830, 1830 3997 6< 6S5 01 §46S» 62 B Tv 1 tffiT'Z Fb,;fct shows the conditiooof^eHo,; Vital during the quarter, as toJ* » °& e ^°?jo*£ Wa 1, i» u ug.. there has been a good deal of sickness since the first of January, there has not occurred a single fatal disease * , . In the discharge of their duties as regards the convicts, d,, . r ' n £> »he current year? two cases occurred which should be provided for by Legislative enactments, should the like occur *“ two instances writs of habeas corpus, granted by the Judge of he Superior Courts of the Ocmulgee Circuit, were served on he Principal Keeper, requiring him to take convicts to distant coun ties, in one case to teslifv, and in the other to stand his^trial on a second indictment In both instances the Inspectors felt them selves bound bv the circumstances of the Institution, the impossi bility of sparing the Guard already employed—the heavy expense to be incurred by employing additional guard sufficient—tbe in terferenee with the sentence already passed on the convicts—and the general responsibility of their trust as regards the security ol Hie Prisoners during their terms of punishment, to direct the Prin cipal Keeper respectfully to decline in part a compliance with the KiioM'Wktf'S c<&«A-I. h .?£ the order of the Court, but to deliver them to the proper officers of the counties respectively to which they were to be taken, when ever he might apply for them in due form- It is no slight matter for tbe Inspectors thus to set up their authority, even partially, in opposition to that of the highest Judicial I ribunal of the coun try; and nothing hut the clearest convictions of duty could induce them to doit. Having done it, they state the fact candidly to the pr »’>er authority, with the desire, that special direction may be •riven to govern their conduct hereafter in similar cases. OF CONTRACTS AND PURCHASES. There hare been no public contracts made daring the quarfpr. The purchases on credit were $3211 83 There has been paid off on this debt 277 96 Balance of the quarter's purchases da® $2933 87 The cash purchases are shewn in the Book Keeper’s Report OF THE STOCK. ow *-• —* -f ilia s;inrlr on il»n 30ih SeDiember, accompanies this Report as required by law. The following table shows the condition of the stock on the 30ih of Jane and 30;h September last Cash sates 3d quarter 1930, Credit sales. Increase of Stock* 1098 6756 66 138 14 $6993 52 Nett less on 1st and 2d quarters, Profit in 3d quarter, Statement shearing profit of Third Quarter, . tMO. 1098 72 Expenditures chargeabi ^ quarter, - .* ~ Debts due bj Peniter.wry on business 3d quarts, _ Due Contractors foi subsis tence 3d quarte*, * * 407 25 Balance fur pro?*, $6365 79 627 73 $6993 52 5 75 32 627 73 Departments Carriage, Wagon, Cabinet t, Coopers, Segar, Harness, Shoe, Tailors, Blacksmiths, paints, Tools in store TABLE OF STOCK. flaw Materials. \ Manufactured Articles Nett profit in 9 months, - - - * ~ $»53 41 Comparative Statement of the threeQuarters Cash sales 1 st qr. 1458 83 2J do. 1177 43 • 3d do. 1098 72 Credit sates 1 st qr. 24 do. S i do. Increase of Stock 1st. quarter, - 2d do. 3d do. 3736 03 3345 27 4230 57 5756 66 13,332 50 170 97 2338 65 13S 12 Expenditures 1st qr. 2d do. 3946 60 4620 40 3J do. 30.4 67 -11,591 67 Debts of 1^ qr. due by PenhcutafJ", - tS2l 32 2d do. 2709 76 3d do. 334l 12 7572 20 2647 751 Veit prop, in 9 months $19,163 87 552 41 $19,716 28j |t 9,716 28 The statements concerning the finances might stop here, but lor a nitvnAc a ftf nrnvinir that 1 hr* rpsnll is riff lit. 8 balance sheet is subjoined Preparatory for the balance sheet the five following state-merits are made out—they show bo^w the items in the bal ance sheet are obtained. (0 Statement shearing the Receipts and Expenditure on the old busi ness in the Lr 2d and 3d Quarters of 1830 Collected old debts in 1st qu.trt r (Paid old debts dur by Fenten- 1830, 2d 3d do. do. 2657 35 2977 i d 403 72 tiary in 1 -t quarier 1836, 2d SJ do. do. 522 41 97 66 13 Balance, $ 433 07 £610 12 $6043 19 $6043 19 „ (3) Statement shewing the Receipts and Expenditures cm account of the business of 1829 in the 1st, 2d and 3d Quarters of 1830, Pai<! d.-bt* of |829 in 1st quar ter 1830 - - • 358234 Collected debts of 1829 in 1st 1830. 454 29 I 1682 52 351 28 15 38 622 86 371 25 44 26 417 81 189 -- 18 0. 1830. 457 16 1572 22 370 46 59 09 685 59 472 45 21 97 293 24 240 36 562 60 649 50 1939 50 61 50 64 857 ' 872 25 41 50 1778 41 Tools. 3Utb ScjjI. 1830. 30th June, 1830 30tb Sept. 1830. 579 95 50 102 26 642 98 142 07 1932 27 278 75 307 61 50 7 62 7 62 61 25 866 43 13 47 63 1161 106 50 107 43 75 ' 31 50 31 58 1537 02 499 38 514 75 50 75 59 25 1 36 37 33 95 65 1 4172 541 6875 16 I 6883 89 I 1247 50 I 1353 02 one 30,1930 Be pi. 30, 1830 Raw Materials Manufactured Articles Tools Raw Materials Manufactured Articles Tools 4148 65 6875 16 1247 50-12,271 31 4172 54 6883 89 1353 02-12,409 45 $138 14 Increase of Stock OF THE FINANCES. The Book Keeper was directed, at the beginning of the present quarter to discontinue keeping his books according lo depart ment*. The plan was originally adopted for the purpose of as certaining what department was the most profitable. To accom* fdi?h that purpose would require another officer, to act as Store Keeper, in whose charge all the raw materials should be placed, he giving out and charging to the difforont Departments. As it is, materials are taken out, and part may bo used in one depart ment and part in another, yet oil may be charged to one—so that any result obtained as to the comparative profit* of the Depart. ment8, i* doubtful. To keep up the system, therefore, would be imposing extra labor on the book keeper without any useful result. The Statements of the Book Keeper exhibit tho following facts Sales for cash during the quarter. Collections on credit sales <vi.i rler JS30. -• - £765 35 L4 do. 1396 60 3J do. giO 13 $49/2 4» 21 3d do. d«. 101 49 122 24 Balance, $3806 07 J166 41 (3) $4972 48 Statement shewing the debts due by the Penitentiary on the business cf the 1st. 2d. and 3d Quarters of 1830. Purchased on credit 1 at quarter 2444 85 2d “ 3233 71 fi “ 321183 Paid of purchases on credit 1st qrorter, - - 923 53 “ debts of 1st quarter in 2d quarter - * 460 26 “ di-bis of 2d quarter 523 95 ** debts of 1st and 2d quar ter in 3d quarter - 1287 20 “ debt* of 3d qr. In 3d qr. 277 96 Balance, 3472 SO $54;7 49 $8690 39 $8890 39 '(<> Statement shewing the Debts due the Penitentiary on the business cf the 1st, 2d, and 3d Quarters of 1831) Sales 00 credit 1st quarter 2d “ 3d *» 3345 27 4230 57 6756 G<J $13,332 50 Collected from credit sates in 1st quarter, - - 21S 53 of 1st qr. in 2d quarter, 136 25 of2dqr. in 23 quarter, 280 54 of 1st 2d and 3d quarters iu 3d quarter - 536 04 he charted to the Institution, there will be pay of 21 Inspectors for 9 mouths at $56 each per quarter mak ing 504 00 $48 41 Final balance iu favor of the Penitentiary REPAIRS - •- ~ , r The act passed at tbe last session of the General Assembly tar "changing the manner of punishing convicts in tbe Penitentiary &c.». required three things chiefly to be done. ■ . Jut. The erection in the Penitentiary building of 150 cells, lor the reception of one convict each. 2d. Certain alterations in the location and construction ot the workshops in the Penitentiary. 3d. The purchase of stock under certain regulations. In obedience^ to tbe requisitions of this act, the Inspectors ear ly in the year,'advertised for plans and estimates for the ceils. Plans entirely suhahle, in the judgment of the Inspectors were submitted An estimate of the expense of executing the plan which seemed best, was also submitted. Ao abstract of it is as follows: 75,000bricks to run S partition walls 370,000 do. for new cells 445 000 J 45 000 bricks to be got out of the buildings Bow standing do. to be purchased at $6 • 6 300,000 120 casks lime 250 waggon loads sand 41 000 feet plank and timber 16.000 shingles 300 lbs nails 1800 do. sheet Iron 4 1-2 tons bar Iron besides old grate*. &c. 6 months hire of a tnasoo - 0 5Qcts 13 c\ O 9 O 12 1-2 cf? ISO TheIaspectors doubted whether they have any to take the bricks out of tho buildings now standing, nnd even if (hey had the right, they believe the greater part of those thus obtained, would be worth less. Irom their bad quality originally—add therefore $1800- 720 125 . 533 ' 48 - 27 225 6F5 300 4363 €70 For the work shop 50 lightwood posts $1 42000 feet plank and timber - *3 200 tbs nails . . 9 23000 shingles ? 5233 50 546 18 84 The general result of tbe estimate is this-*— For the materials wherewith to build the cells For do. do. do. do. the workshop For hire of a mason 6 mopfbs Superintendent of the whole 608 4033 698 5631 300 600 6531 The estimate contemplated taking 13 men from among tbe con victs and employing them on the cells and workshop. - The Inspectors ne^t advertised for proposals for furnishriig ma terials and ascertained that they would cost very nearly what had been specified in the estimate. In the estimate however there were no allowances for contin gencies. From tbe experience of practical men in this country, it is not safe to omit that allowance, and it should be a very bheral one. Ten per cent is usual. And the Inspectors believed flint no good Mason could he had for $600 per year. Three dollars per day is a more probable allowance for that expense, making 574"dollars for six months. The estimate would then stand (bust Estimated cost of materials, 5631 Add 10 per cent for contingencies, 563 5. That the L^gMature could no* consistent!) i^iuse to make a further appropriat'd ., when satisfi ed of the insufiiciency of that al ready made, and that the progress cf the work would furnish an addition al reason for a* longer and more ef fectual trial of Penitentiary confine ment, which it' aboiished must be substituted by a resort to !l.t for. mer sanguinary modes of punish ment, » resort not to he regarded without horror, disgraceful to the enlightened age in which we live, and demonstrated by the experi ence of our own and other coun tries, to be ineffectual in the pre vention or diminution of crime. 4. That the smallness of tbe appropriation might be politic, as furnishing an effectual restraint <*- g..»inst extravagant expenditure?, and inducing a necessity of erect r iug a building more remarkable for strength and adaptation to lb* ends tor which it was designed, than for superfluous decoration, 10 which so much had been sacrificed in the Anginal const ruction. 6. Tied although ihe abstrac tion of those fcfitht convicts whose services rmgut be required in tho contemplated work, would occa sion some diminution in the re ceipts of the current year, that de ficiency would be lessened. 1. IJy employing convicts igno rant of any trade and less ii.t■ lii* gent than others. 2 By the greater amount of work which would be performed after the shops were arranged in suefc a manner that the ch«vicf.3 would he constantly under tbe su pervision of the keepers. 3. By a reduction of the guard which might be made after the com pletion of the work in consequence of tbs impracticability of Tinning combinations for the purpose of es cape. 6. That since if would he impor tant that ih#timbers should be -e;i- soned before they were employed in the budding, il would he ndvanta* Balance due or business of 1163 4v 1330 met oo w. $13,332 50 Statement shewing the condition of the Stock December 31, 1830, and September 30, t830 Raw muteriidsSept. 30,1830, 4l72 54 Manufactured articles, 6333 89 Tools, 1353 02 $12499 45 flaw Maurials Die. 31, 1829, Manufactured articles ** foots; 3449 07 5212 38 1100 25 Increase in 9 months, 1098 536 72 04 Bales on credit daring the quarter Collections on credit sales Balance sales on credit due the Penitentiary Oq the old business there was collected On the business of 1829 there was collected $1634 76 6756 66 536 04 $6220 408 810 62 72 15 EXPENDITURES.. By the Book Keeper’s Statement, the expenditures are shown to be as follows: F r Stock $1909 bl Principal Keeper’s Commissions 86 03 Convicts’ Clothing 21 00 Convicts’ Transportation 45 44 Incidental Expenses ~ 114 81 Guards’ Clothing 5 00 Hospital Supplies 18 15 Pay of Officers and Guard 1662 43 P* Ms prior to 1829 paid PebU of 1829 paid Expenditures in 3d quarter M3 122 $3862 37 00 24 135 24 $3997 61 Of the above sum of $3C62 37, part was paid for purchases on credit, made during the two previous quar ters, then $3862 37 WnW ib««« payments deducted—viz; izot *0 And (he advance to contractor added 2575 17 449 50 4 Gives the amount chargeable to tbe quarter $3024 67 The abstract of the Contractor fpr subsistence, shows that there have bear issued during the quarter 10230 ratiens which at 8 3-8 cents, amount to > * . ; $856 75 There was advanced to him in 2d quar. on tbime’k 449 50 Balance due contractor on subsistence of 3d quar. $407 25 * The Report «f tho Phyoirisa shews the number of Convicts who bare been taken to tbe Hospital during the qaorter to be—Fever SI casee-t-Catarrhel Fever tmPferrbes 18—Byseutory V^Scurvj l—Cot 1—70 m *!h Balance Sheet for 1st, 2d, and 3d Quarters of 1830. 9761 7(> 2647 75 $12,409 45 DR. Cashon hand 1st Jen. 1830, 2313 17 Debts due lo Penitentiary prior to 1829, 19072 92 Debts of 1029 due to Penitenti- tentiary, January 1,1830, 13407 4 2 Stock January 1st 1S30 9761 70 Debts due by Penitentiary for purchases on credit in 1,2,3 quarters of 1830 5417 49 Due contractor for subsistence 3d quarter Profits in 9 month* 407 25 50379 95 552 41 $50,932 36 - CR. Debts due to Penitentiary prior * 10 1829 rcmninit g t. be col- leeltd 30.ihStpt. IS30 13029 73 Debts due lo Penitentiary on business of 1829 remaining to be collected September 30, 1830, Debts due by Penitentiary pri or to 1899 paid cfl’in the 1st, 2d and 3d quarters of 1830, 433 07 Debts due by Penitentiary in 1829 psid efl’in 1st. 2d and • 3d quarters of 1830. ’ock September 1830, 12,409 45 Debts due to Penitentiary on business of 1st, 2d & 3d qrs. of 1830, - 12,164 09 Cash on band, 655 Oi $50 932 36 8434 64 3806 07 Hire of Musoa 6 months, " ’* Superintendent of the whole w ork, Hire of IS convicts 6 month?, Now tho amount appropriated by the Slate h only, ■Deficit of means. 6194 547 600 7341 650 7991 £.000 geous to preenro the n .■i!('rs its at feast, the present yr::r -ve n if the cells should not corM : Uf’te ih 1. Thflt it was not t i T It vin~n of the Ir» c pcc‘or? to do; 1e wl ir! her 1-he cells should he er er.ted .. A * officers of the State, v. was (he :r dntv to submit to the l t'.VS ( :f ft Vo Legislature, oho alor.e were cersj- petent to d-teriwine up >n ih print y of undertaking t b C Wt i Wdh these view®, tl: 0 foil vr h ■ ? entry was made on the o*i*j 0 es i i 2991 The following additional statement 4s submitted for the pur pose of proving that the halauce sheet is right—and for, the pur pose of shewing what is the standing of the business of 133() up to the end of the 3d Quarter in reference to the assistance it ha* received from the old business and from the business of 1829. Oa the 30th September 1330, the business of 1830, was in deht for the following sums : For cash on hand January 1st 1830. 2313 17 ” Nett cash it bad collected from <4,1 business up to 30th Sept. (Table I) 56ID 12 “ Nett cash it had collected flora business of 1829^ (Table 2) - - 1166 41 “ The balance due for purchases on credit in the 1st, 2d, 3d quarters 1830 (Table 3) - 5417 49 “ The stock on hand 1-4 January 1830. (Table 5) 9761 70 “ Balance due Contractor for subsistence tor 3d quarter 407 25 $24,676 14 To meet these dehts the Penitentiary had the fottbwiojr* means Sept 30th, 1630: ' -- ■ 6 ® fG , ck * $12409 45 Debts due to it on 1st, 2d, 3d quarters . , • ; • , ' ■. 1830. (Table 4) 12,164 09 Cash on hand, (Cash Account) 655 Ol 25,228 55 Excess of means above tbe dehts. $652 41 The nett profit for the 9 montns ending September 30; 1830, is then shown to be by four several and dissimilar ope- • rations to be r But if the pay of tbe Inspectors which is provided for by special appropriation by the General Assembly. 41 The Inspectors dreaded at once that on this sfiew of the sub ject they ccold not do any thing with the contemplated workshop Il appeared'moreover that evenomiaing to undertake (lie work- -hop, and 1 even if they charged nothing for the labor of the con victs, who might ho employed on them, there would not be means sufficient at their disposal to cover the expenses of Irhdd- • ng the cells. They abandoned the undertaking altogether for this and the following principal reasons : • - 1 They could not consistently with what appears to (hem to -be their duty, permit the tabor of the convicts to f»e thus bestow ed, for they wi*re to Ipse. 13 of their best workmen in the course of the year, by the expiration of their term of punishments. 1», was indispensable that the profits of tlieir labor should ho supplied Ivy the steady exertion of all those that might remain in confine ment. - 2. No fund having been appropriated by the State for tbe sup port of the Institution, during the year; if it should happen lo be needed, the loss of the labor of the men proposed to be employed upon the cells, would possibly interfere with the important exp'eri ment m-w making to ascertain its capability of self support. 3. The Institution got through the list year on its own resour ces. The experiment of a single year, the Inspectors could not consider as decisive of the fact that it was able to support itself And they thought that if, by any interruption of the experiment during the second year, it should result unfavorably, greater mis chief by far would be done to the cause of (lie system of the Penitentiary punishment generally, m the present state of popu lar feeling in this State,than could possibly result from an omis sion for a single year to build any cells. 4 The Inspectors could not reconcile it to themselves, to en ter upon the execution of a project, foreseeing at the outset that they were to he cramped for means, and that they would most probably be compelled tc suspend their operations and leave tbe work half done, with the uncertainty distinctly before them more over, whether the General Assembly would at its next session make another appropriation to fiuish it- They would not act thns in their own private affairs, and ihey would not feel themselves justifiable in acting for the public otherwise than they would for themselves.. They must see their way clearly (o the end of anv project they may undertake, so far at least as the means of ac complishing it are concerned. 5i If by t heir exertions, they could, by a second year’s experi ment, establish the certainty of the fact, that even under the pre sent defective system of operations, ttre Institution can very neart ly support itself, and hence that under an improved system, it may wholly do so, the Inspectors believed that the General As sembly would probably not hesitate to make appropriations suffi cient to enable them to .undertake a reformation of the whole system from the very foundation of it. On the other hand the minority insisted that the work should proceed, urging the fol lowing considerations to sustain that course: 1. That although the appropriation might be inadequate to the construction of ISO ceils, a sufficient number might he built for the accomodation of the present convicts. 2 That the dissatisfaction already existingvtgainst tbe Insti tution, would be augmented by continued evidence of its failure to effect any important reformatrcfijt the Inspectors. ‘/T'ffi Inspectors proceeded to'if.n consideration of the proposals fi*r. materi-.ils to hwii-i one.humhed ;*ml fifty co!K <!i ;*ct- vd to b<* built Kv tin' *C? p:»"«s» d ;:t the last sessi> n of the vienr-ra! As sembly, and after a~j>->ti *nt exami nation of the plans ^wonvitfo.d, <*1 the exp* nses c-fi rseeociity 1*> be in curred, and of (he ddl'icahies < f uvejv sort tp bn cur minified, and a comp a'ism of afi these- matter-: with 1 lie appmpria ion made by itio General As««, rnblyAvame to toe con clusion that n is utterly impossi ble With the means providoJ, to do any thing likely to result in any per manent hens ill to the Institution, Resolved therefore, That the erec tion ol tue CLiis be postponed for the-’present. On ngreoin^ to the rcsplution, the yeas were. Ales«rs. CVboun and Camak. Nn-v, Dr.- While. The tlfird item ol directi;>n a?H*ve sp;>« cified has t»eeu con nKni v.ii!i, so fir as the meat s.cd the lii-Lkutiou would warm* t GENERAL REMARKS. The rerult stated in thi^ rrport, as ascertained by the experiment of the second year, so far as it has gone by, i* decidedly favora ble to a continuance of the sys tem, so far os its financial con cerns are involved in it. Twentv- one - months have passed away since the attempted reformation was undertaken. In that time, not a dollar has been drawn from the Treasury on its account, ex cept for the pay of the Inspectors. In the first twelve months, profits were reported sufficient to cover that item, and for the last nine months, this report shows that there are profits sufficient to cov er the Inspectors pay for the same time* and have a small bal ance left. These results depend however, on the certain collec tion of all the debts that have been created, and the sale of the stock at inventory prices. The Inpesctors believe that as to the debts; few, if any bad ones have been created, for they have been positive at all times in their or ders, that goods should not be sold on a credit to persons of doubtful responsibility. The ex periment has not gone far enough to ascertain whqt will be the actu al result in this particular. This much, however, is altogethercer- tain: that even if it do not succeed in supporting itself from some- contingency how unfbrseen, it will lack very little of it, if there be sufficient energy and care ex-* ercised by its officers. Viewing the subject therefore; as merely a matter of pecuniar^ calculation, there »a strong in*