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APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES, PENITENTIARY, 1860-1921.

		Appropriations1
Years	Buildings and lands	Salaries and Maintenance	Deficiency	Appropriations Tot. Maintenance	Number Officers and Employes	Average Number of Inmates	Per Capita Expenditure for Biennium
1869-70	$307,950.00	$21,000.00	$ 974.51	$21,974.51			......
1871-72	......	26,400.00	14,422.87	40,822.87		40	$1,020.00
1873-74	......	51,504.25	......	51,504.25		54	954.00
1875-76	......	57,200.00	......	57,200.00		63	908.00
1877-79	......	58,319.25	13.075.41	71,394.66		121	590.00
1879-81	4,200.00	60,000.00	15,762.02	75,762.02	19	168	451.00
1881-83	6,300.00	89,159.50 )	2,857.46	92,016.96	23	200	460.00
1883-85	18,000.00	80,226.25 )	37.85	80,264.10	23	221	363.00
1885-87	6,200.00	68,732.75 )	35613.45	104,346.20	27	306	341.00
1887-88.	53,070.00	112,968.00 )3	3,039.87	116,007.87	31	338	343.00
1889-91	18,039.87	115,408.00 )	242.00	116,650.00	31	387	301.00
1891-93	40,000.00	122,998.00 )	29.20	123,027.20	31	316	389.00
1893-95	21,725.00	107,939.20	6,247.76	114,186.96	27	321	356.00
1895-972	......	97,160.00	177.15	113,477.78	32	318	357.00
1897-99	......	62,600.00	......	62,600.00	34	318	197.00
1899-01	......	32,300.00	38.004.24	70,304.24	31	281	250.00
1901-03	75,000.00	40.522.30	27,458.91	67,081.21	34	286	238.00
1903-05	124,200.00	91,050.00	4,507.45	95,557.45	36	293	326.00
1905-07	6,300.00	105,180.00	......	105,180.00	36	328	321.00
1907-09	16,000.00	101,980.00	16,477.06	118,457.66	36	382	310.00
1909-11	5,000.00	125,200.00	10,914.53	136,114.53	37	441	309.00
1911-13	17,360.00	128,900.00	50,000.00	178,900.00	48	435	411.00
1913-15	60,000.00	165,600.00	......	165,600.00	41	349	530.00
1915-17	118,000.00	......	17,640.00	203,560.00	36	363	745.03
1917-19	50,000.00	......	......	221,120.00	47	366	750.27
1919-21	5,000.005	......	......	263,500.004	......	......	......
Totals	$952,344.87	......	......	$2,660,954.47	......	......	......
	......	......	......	(sic)	......	......	......

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     ¹1867-68, $5,500 appropriated to pay for keep of territorial convicts in hands of county jailers.
     ²Legislature also appropriated $3.5,000 for purchase of penitentiary contract from W. H. Dorgan, the lessee.
     ³Salaries paid by the lessees of the prison.
     ⁴The legislature, 1919, made a lump appropriation for all institutions. This is the tentative apportionment made by the Board of control.
     ⁵Upkeep and repairs.

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EARNINGS AND RECEIPTS, PENITENTIARY, 1809-1911).

Years	Number of Convicts Employed	Per Diem Wage	Total Wages Earned	Value of Farm Products	Value of Electricity Furnished	Labor, Gate Money Etc.	Total Earnings and Savings	Total Maintenance Appropriation	Excess of Maintenance Appropriations Over Earnings	Excess of Earnings Over Maintenance Appropriation
1869-70	......	......	$2,293.62	......	......	$941.39	$3,235.01	$21,974.51	$18,739.50	......
1871-72	......	......	1,410.00	......	......	302.45	1,712.45	40,822.87	39,110.42	......
1873-74	35	$0.42	4,343.64	......	......	715.19	5,058.83	51,504.25	46,445.42	......
1875-76	......	.42	7,434.57	......	......	223.21	7,657.78	57,200.00	49,542.22	......
1877-791	......	......	......	......	......	1,226.78	1,226.78	71,394.66	70,167.88	......
1879-81	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	75,762.02	75,762.02	......
1881-83	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	92,016.96	92,016.96	......
1883-85	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	80,264.10	80,264.10	......
1885-87	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	104,346.20	104,346.20	......
1887-89	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	116,007.87	116,007.87	......
1989-91	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	116,650.00	116,650.00	......
1891-93	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	123,027.20	123,027.20	......
1893-95	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	114,186.96	114,186.96	......
1895-97	30 20	.30 .45	14,217.73	......	......	......	14,217.73	113,477.78	99,260.05	......
1897-99	110 95	.35 .45	44,474.10	$3,553.71	......	......	48,027.81	62,600.00	14,572.19	......
1899-01	146 40	.50 .55	38,346.87	6,617.91	......	338.00	45,302.78	70,304.24	25,001.46	......
1901-03	150 34	.50 .55	44,268.38	8,715.00	......	13,176.88	66,160.26	67,981.21	1,820.95	......
1903-05	203	.50	55,026.00	8,665.27	......	12,267.00	76,958.36	95,557.45	18,599.09	......
1905-07	217	......	64,833.34	15,000.00	......	26,790.75	106,633.00	105,180.00	......	$1,453.09
1907-09	240	......	71,323.81	17,821.41	$9,000.00	38,704.00	136,849.22	118,457.66	......	18,391.56
1909-11 .	250 100	.55 .62 1/2	93,806.01	27,442.00	10,038.42	5,660.88	136,114.53	136,114.53	......	832.78
1911-13	226	.55	136,883.17	23,514.99	9,091.40	3,822.92	173,312.48	178,900.00	5,587.52	......
1913-15	......	......	50,444.20	16,430.46	16,252.30	1,079.13	84,266.09	165,600.00	80 ,733.91	......
1915-17	......	......	251,178.15	37,212.44	5,573.40	2,442.08	96,406.08	203,560.00	107,153.92	......
1917-19	......	......	53,360.86	15,615.29	21,011.51	22,352.44	112,340.10	221,120.00	108,779.90	......
Totals	......	......	$734.644.54	$180,588.48	$ 70,607.03	$130,052.32	$1,116,312.16	$2,769,610.47	$1,507,775.74	$20,677.43
......	......	......	(sic)	......	(sic)	(sic)	(sic)	(sic)	(sic)	......

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     ¹From 1877 to 1895 the state penitentiary was leased to a contractor. The lessee paid the salaries of all prison officials and maintained the prison population, for which the state paid to lessee a per diem for each prisoner. This per diem varied from fifty-five cents per capita to forty cents. Beginning with 1895 the state annulled the lessee system and assumed entire charge of the penitentiary, leasing the convicts to various contractors, who paid the state a per diem per capita for convicts used. This per diem varied from thirty cents to sixty-two and a half cents. Since 1915 all private contracts have expired, and a law of that year provided for the employment of prisoners chiefly by the state.
     ²Indicates wages earned for the institution, including a credit of $21,493.80 for labor in the new manufacturing industry. (Handcraft furniture company).

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