BIENNIAL REPORT

OF THE

Warden of Nevada State Prison

FOR THE YEARS 1879 AND 1880.

TENTH SESSION OF THE NEVADA LEGISLATURE, 1890,

REPORT

NEVADA STATE PRISON,

CARSON CITY, January 1, 1881.

To the Honorable Senate and Assembly of the State of Nevada :

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I have the honor to submit my report as Warden for the years 1879 and 1880.

Good order and discipline among the prisoners has generally prevailed. While those among them disposed to infraction of the rules have been closely watched and kept in check, the treatment of all has been just and impartial. In August, 1879, an attempt was made to fire the Prison; no other serious attempt at an outbreak has been made.

Exhibit "A" shows in detail the expenditures of the Prisonaggregating $157,255 32. The amount of money collected on account of Prison labor and material and paid into the State Treasury was $56,756 48 (see Exlribit B), and the balance of the appropriation unexpended and remaining in the State Treasury December 31, 1880, was $17,744 68, making the gross cost of maintaining the Prison and the industries connected therewith, for the two years, $100,498 84 (see Table C), and the net cost of maintenance, deducting earnings, $95,304 94 (see Table).

Exhibit "B" shows in detail the resources of the Prison of every kind, and the disposition that has been made of them.

Exhibit "C" shows the operations of the Boot and Shoe Manufactory. Owing to the heavy advance in the cost of material, in connection with the continued depression in business, the margin for profit has been very small. In May, 1879, a reduction in the valuation of the manufactured stock, then on hand, was made, which