SUBMITTED TO THE

FOURTEENTH

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OF THE STATE OF IOWA,

WHICH CONVENED AT DES MOINES, JANUARY 8, 1872.

CYRUS C. CARPENTER, Governor.

HENRY C. BULIS, LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.
ED WRIGHT, SECRETARY OF STATE.

JOHN RUSSELL, AUDITOR OF STATE.

SAMUEL E. RANKIN, TREASURER OF STATE.

AARON BROWN, REGISTER OF THE STATE LAND Office.

ALONZO ABERNETHY, SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

JAMES WILSON, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

VOLUME II.

DES MOINES:

G. W. EDWARDS, STATE PRINTER.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

8. Report of the State Librarian to the Fourteenth General Assembly.

9. Reports of Nathaniel B. Baker, Adjutant and Inspector General, and Act-

ing Quartermaster-General, to the Governor, for the years 1871 and 1872.

10. Special Message of Governor Merrill to the Fourteenth General Assembly,

submitting Report of Pardons and Commutations.

11. Report of the Board of Capitol Commissioners to the Governor.

Report of Joint Committee of the Fourteenth General Assembly appointed

to examine the material used and work done on the foundation of the

new Capitol Building.

12. Tenth Biennial Report of the Iowa Institution for the Education of the

Blind.

12A. Report of the Joint Committee to visit the Iowa Institution for the Educa-

tion of the Blind.

13. Ninth Biennial Report of the Iowa Institution for the Education of the

Deaf and Dumb.

13A. Report of the Joint Committee to visit the Iowa Institution for the Educa-

tion of the Deaf and Dumb.

14. Report of Commissioners for the Erection of a Deaf and Dumb Asylum at

Council Bluffs.

15. Sixth Biennial Report of the Trustees, Superintendent, and Treasurer of

the Hospital for the Insane at Mt. Pleasant.

Report of Joint Committee to visit Hospital for the Insane at Mt. Pleasant.

16. Second Biennial Report of the Commissioners of Iowa Hospital for the

Insane, at Independence.

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Report of Committee to visit the Iowa Hospital for the Insane at Inde-

pendence.

17. Fourth Biennial Report of the Board of Trustees of the Iowa State Agricul-

tural College and Farm.

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Report of Joint Committee to visit the Iowa State Agricultural College

and Farm.

Report of Joint Committee of the Fourteenth General Assembly appointed

to visit the State University.

18. Report of the Secretary of the Iowa State Agricultural Society for 1871.

19. Report of the Trustees of the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home.

19A. Report of Joint Committee to visit the Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Daven-