siding in the county hold the Orphans' Court in each county The Chief Justice and all the Associate Judges, except the Associate residing in the county where the court is in session, hold the Superior Court and Court of General Sessions of the Peace All the judges except the Chancellor sit in the Court of Oyer and Terminer. The Court of Errors and Appeals consists of the Chancellor, who presides, and at least two of the other judges of the State The Court of Errors and Appeals is held annually at Dover, the capital of the State, commencing on the first Tuesday in June. The Court of Chancery and the Orphans' Court are held twice a year, in each county, commencing at the town of New Castle, in New Castle county, on the third Monday in February and first Monday in September; in Kent county, at Dover, on the first Tuesday after the fourth Monday in March, and on the fourth Monday in September; and in Sussex county, at Georgetown, on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in March, and on the first Tuesday after the third Monday in September. The Superior Court and Court of General Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery are held twice a year in each county, commencing in Sussex county, at Georgetown, on the second Monday in April and second Monday in October; in Kent county, at Dover, on the fourth Monday in April and fourth Monday in October; and in New Castle county, at New Castle, on the second Monday after the commencement of the April term in Kent county, and on the third Monday in November. The Court of Oyer and Terminer has no stated term, but is called when required. All the judges are appointed by the Executive, and hold their offices during good behavior. FINANCES. From the Report of the Auditor of Accounts for the year 1862. constables' bonus 115 00 State Debt.-None. State Assets.-Delaware has a fund invested for State purposes, amounting to $71,750. School Fund.-This fund consists of loans to, and stock in, several of the corporations of the State, amounting to $411,392. The income from this and the fees for various licenses are distributed annually to the three counties of the State for school purposes. The amount received and disbursed on this account in 1862 was $36,857.62. Other means are raised by the counties for the schools,-the amounts thus collected and 'disbursed in 1862, including the State funds, being as follow:-New Castle county, $07,931; Kent county, $40,767; Sussex county, $36,910. COMMON SCHOOLS. The school statistics furnished in the published reports of the State of Delaware are very meagre. Besides the amount and distribution of the school funds already given, the following are the only particulars contained in the Legislative reports of 1863 relating to the year 1862: Average length of school-year in New Castle county, 8 months, nearly; average length of school. year in Kent county, 8 months.. VALUATION AND TAXATION. The following table will show the valuation and taxation for the year 1863: Under very adverse circumstances, the State of Delaware has contributed a considerable number of troops to the armies of the United States. The first regiment of three-months men was placed in the field in July, 1861; and since then, including the three-months men, the State has furnished, in all, 7300 men, of whom 999 were for 3 months, 4401 for 3 years, and 1900 for 9 months. The 7300 men composing the above total were organized into 5 regiments of infantry, 1 squadron of DELAWARE VOLUNTEERS. TABLE showing the Term of Service, Arm of Service, Original Commanding Officer, Number of Men, Dats of Muster, and the present Commander of each Military Organization, furnished by the State of Delaware to the Armies of the United States, to November 30, 1863. XI. MARYLAND, Settled in 1634. Ratified the Constitution, April 28, 1788. Area, 9356 square miles. Population, 687,049. Capital, Annapolis. The Governor is elected by the people for four years; a Secretary of State is appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice of the Senate, for the Governor's term, and removable by him; the Comptroller is elected by the people for two years, and the Commissioner of the Land Office for six years. The Treasurer and the State Librarian are chosen by the Legislature, by joint ballot, for two years; the Commissioners of Public Works, &c., are elected by the people for four years; the Adjutant-General is appointed by the Governor Jan. 1868. $200 66 200 Baltimore City... Frederick Co..... 1866. 200 66 66 200 for six years. The general election is held on the first Wednesday of November. Senators, 22 in number, are elected for four years, one-half every two years. Representatives, 74 in number, are elected for two years. The pay of Senators and Representatives is $4 a day during the session, and 10 cents for every mile of travel. The presiding officer of each house receives $5 per diem. The sessions of the Legislature are biennial, commencing on the first Wednesday in January in the even years, viz., 1864, 1866, &c. The judicial power of the State is vested in a Court of Appeals and in Circuit Courts. The Court of Appeals has appellate jurisdiction only. Its judges, four in number, are elected from districts, by the voters therein; and they hold their offices for ten years, unless they shall, before the expiration of their term of service, reach the age of seventy. They must be above thirty years of age, citizens of the State at least five years, residents of the judicial districts from which they Chief-Justice...... Associate Justice. 66 Clerk.... Reporter are elected, and have been admitted to practice in the State. The Court of Appeals appoints its own clerk, to hold office for six years, and may reappoint him at the end of that time. When any judge of any court is interested in a case, or connected with any of the parties by affinity or consanguinity within the prescribed degrees, the Governor may commission the requisite number of persons learned in the law, for the trial and determination of the case. The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, designates one of the four judges as Chief-Justice. Two terms of the Court of Appeals are held each year at Annapolis, commencing, respectively, on the first Monday of June and the first Monday of December. The State is divided into eight judicial circuits, each of which elects a judge of the Circuit Court to hold office for ten years. The qualifications of the judges are the same as those of the Court of Appeals, except that they must be citizens of the United States, and residents for two years in their | judicial districts. There is in the city of Baltimore a Court of Common Pleas, with jurisdiction in civil cases between $100 and $500, and exclusive jurisdiction in appeals from justices of the peace in that city; and a Superior Court, with jurisdiction in cases over $500. Each of these courts consists of one judge, elected by the people for ten years. There is also a Criminal Court, consisting of one judge elected for ten years. Clerks of the Circuit Courts in each county, and of the Baltimore courts, are chosen for six years, and are re-eligible. The fifth circuit comprises the city of Baltimore. The judges of that circuit, all of whom reside in Baltimore, are as follow: From the Comptroller's Report of January 10, 1863. Disbursements. To the Judiciary.. $170,014 42 66 From Auction Duties and Li Civil Officers... To the Colleges, Academies, and $34,824 56 17,747 31 672,559 80 25,150 00 199,701 94 64 Asylum for the Insane.... 29,166 67 54,656 80 66 House of Refuge..... 10,000 00 From Dividends on Bank Stock... From Fines, Forfeitures, Grain Inspections, &c....... 29,925 30 66 Indigent Deaf and Dumb 4,549 CO Maryland Hospital....... Legislature 10,000 00 80,652 42 From Licenses. Richard N. Bowerman. Wm. Louis Schley. John W. Horn. Edwin II. Webster Andrew W. Dennison. Benjamin L. Simpson. William H. Revere, Jr. COMMON SCHOOLS.-City of Baltimore. From the Report of the Commissioners, Dec. 31, 1862. George N. Eaton, President. Number of Schools.-The number with which the year was commenced was 81. There are now 84: namely, 1 Central High School, 2 Female High Schools, 1 Floating School, 1 Saturday Normal School, 13 Male Grammar and 15 Female Grammar Schools, 20 Male Primary and 29 Female Primary Schools, and 2 Evening Schools. Number of Teachers.-The number of teachers employed is 319, being an increase of 4 during the year. The number of male teachers is 44, including 2 music-teachers; females, 275. Number of Pupils.-In the Central High School, there are 223 pupils. In the Female High Schools, 621. In the Floating School, 35. In the Normal School, 120. In the Male Grammar Schools, 2635. In the Female Grammar Schools, 3040. In the Male Primary Schools, 3204. In the Female Primary Schools, 4165. Whole number of pupils attending the schools at one time, 14,043. Increase in the number of pupils in the Day-Schools, 582. The whole number of pupils attending the schools during the year is 22,948, being an increase of 824 over last year. re The revenue for school purposes for the year was $154,073.16; of which $22,952.26 was ceived for tuition-fees. The expenditures were $154.073.16; of which $100,565 was for salaries, and $15,674 for books and stationery. [No Report of the other Schools received.] HOUSE OF REFUGE, BALTIMORE,-W. R. Lincoln, Superintendent. Statistics from the Report dated January 1, 1863.-There were in the House, January 1, 1862, 257 boys and 28 girls,-total, 285. There were received during the year 129 boys and 26 girls,-total, 155. During the year 33 boys and 7 girls were indentured, 55 boys and 5 girls were discharged, 2 boys and 1 girl escaped, and 7 boys and 1 girl deceased. There were remaining in the House, January 1, 1863, 289 boys and 40 girls, -total remaining, 329. The receipts of the House from all sources during the year were $28,317, and the expenditures were $27,406. MARYLAND AND THE WAR.-No official report of the military operations of Maryland having been made since the commencement of the war, there are, consequently, no accessible data from which to make a table of soldiers furnished to the armies of the Union similar to those given for each of the preceding States. The most earnest and industrious efforts were made to procure the desired information, but without success. For the subjoined statement, giving the designations of the Maryland regiments and organizations, the William P. Maulsby. Infantry.-15 Regiments and 2 Companies. The names of the commanding officers above given are different in some cases from those of the original officers. Thus, the original commanding officer of the 1st Infantry was Colonel John F. Kenly; of the 2d, Colonel John Sonimer; of the 3d, Colonel John C. McConnell; of the 4th, Colonel W. J. L. Nicodemus; of the 6th, Colonel George R. Howard; of the 7th, Colonel Edwin H. Webster; of the 3d Regiment Potomac Home Brigade, Colonel Stephen W. Downey; of the 2d Eastern Shore, Colonel Edward Wilkins; of the Purnell Legion, Colonel Wm. H. Purnell; of the 1st Cavalry, Colonel Joseph P. Crager; and of Battery A, Light Artillery, Captain J. W. Wolcott. The term of enlistment of the organizations named in the foregoing statement is three years, with the following exceptions, enlisted for six months: viz., 9th and 10th Infantry, 2d Cavalry, and Batteries D and E of the Artillery. |