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INVARIABLY. GASH. -
hi:USAGE OF JOHN W. GEARY,
r GOVERNOR QF PENNEMXLNIA,
ELI VEBED JANIY. $, 1868.
To the Senate and House o Representatives
of the Cbmmontoecath of Penney lixenia:
GENTLSMEN : Before performing the
customary and constitutional duty of;
transmitting to, you information of
the affairs of the Commonwealth,and
recommending such measures toyenr
cJusideration as ace deemed ne
ry and expedient, it affords me great
gratification to tender to you my most
friendly greetings on your seam
wing at the seat of Government, and
to weldome you to the council cham
hers of the State.
Our grateful acknowledgments are
due to the Beneficent Author of all
good for the continned:risperityluid
which` everywliere pre
vails; for the abundance which has
crowned the labors of the husband
man,for thergeneral health with which
we have been so signally .favored,
and for all the enjoyments of peace,
contentment and happiness within
nor borders.
Our country has just emerged hem
the trials and-dangers of an unright
eous rebellion and entered upon
pe
riod of important political straggle
arising therefrom. Being convened
as the representativeS of a confiding
constituency. grave duties and re
sponsibilities devolve upon you to BO
legislate upon the great and manifold
interests committed to your charge
as to best subserve the welfare of
the people and advance the honor of
the State. The fullest confidence is
entertained that your deliberations
will result beneficially and your pub.
lic duties be faithfully discharged;
and on my part, permit me to give
`you tho assurancesvof zealous coop
eration in all your labors ;calculsted
to, promote the general \ welfare.
One of the most important ditties
devolving upon t_he Legislature is. the
consideration of the public finances.
Sgch : ,action =should be taken for
the provision of funds to defray the
current expenses of the Government,
the preservation of the credit of the
Commonwealth, and the speedy ex
tioguishment of the' public debt,•as
circumstances shall be fOund to re-,
quire. These objects are of the high
est importance and claim the first
attention of the repreeentativee"of the
people.
PINANCIIB.
The report of the State Tress
nrer showsA the balance in
the Treasury November 30,
1866, was $ 1,741,033 27
Ordinary receipts during the
fiscal year ending Novem
ber 30, 1867 , 5,423,330 07
Loan for the redemption of
the over due bonds..... 23,000,000 00
Depreciated funds in the
Treasury,. 41, - 032 00
Total in Treasury for -fiscal
year ending Nov. 30 , 1867.. 30,205,395 • 34
Paymenta, viz :
Ordinary expenses during the
fiscal year ending Novem
ber 30,1867..3 4,583,696 99
Loans, &c., re
- deemed..... 20.918,828 89
Depreciated funds, unavaila
ble 41,032.00
25,543,558"88
Balance in Tres.stu.y, Nevem
ber SO, 1867 4,661,836 46,
Of which the Treasurer re
ports as applicable to-the
thempayent of ovar-42w4loans,
sum of 2,937,978 65
Balance
Amount of State debt =Nov.
30,1866 '• 135.622,051 16
Funded debt, vis : .,-
G lo ans per c ent
$25,311180 a 0•.
5 per cent -• . - ' .
loans - 12,104,025 Do -..
44. per cent.
loans . 175.000 OD '
—.-222,800;206 20
Unfunded debt, viz :
Relief notes in
eirordetion. . 96,625, 00
Interest certill
- c Steil .out
standing::.. 13,086 52
_ Interest certif.-
` °ales nn- '
4.445 38
• Domestic end
\ itors' certiii
• eates
Total outstanding 37.701• 409
Fromwhioh deduct the amount
in Treiswy applicable to -
the payment of overdue
loans. , 34,766,431 29
!mount redeemed Firing ss
cat years ending Novem
ber 30, 1867 ‘4,
_ •
Thu/ the,iperfitione of the sinking.
fund mui be clearly underetood l the
rui lowilie" recapitulation" Is Voted,
from the report`of the Commiemonere,
for the year ending September
18(37 t.
&dance in sinking fund, SoP
teiuber 3, 1867 9 9 .7 32 . 351 7 7'
Iteeeipts in fond for year end
log September 3, 1867 3,322,01 v. 89
• • • 8,108,262'
Disbursements : •
Paid interest.. $2,575•330
Loan; redeemed 1,624.560
Premiums_ • 275 00
Domestic credi
tors,
4,370,00 cell
Balance in fond - •
01001X134. 1
1
voumm
By',,the With, section oB„the act Of
May in, 1841, - ii special toa of one
half qdll on =the dolls* IWitit eoptgial
sle
ly nefhpart:for the Rhyment of-the
interest, and4dempbAn - of, loan
creates by an-act of Uni - 48 1881,
entitle An id to create a 1 an and
provio for pining th i) State.
Th • ar =lbfaissidbice 'f .
Act mounttO.l, -
liie vi t?l bitebrumsluid I .
A 1887 - - ',3 . 1 ..1. - .- T1
‘:.\.: ~ :. , 1 i -7—'
soivioe on V,.... , . - 4 ...1. ,311
Public debt, Nov 30. ii6i 1E37
Asada in Tiii4ury vi!),l I.
I ,
80nda...4 the ~ - 1
Pumtaylvaale: :,. '',., I i .
miltmid c orn - : _
- pauk., - *6004 4 1(1 ~
l3ortds of - the- .... !I . r
Philadelphia - , ~ 1
and Erie rail:: '• -:
road ' compa-_ i
ay..-.. ... ...- amo,ooNog
,=,
Inter s t on
bon of the
Philadelphia
armlike rail-
" s + - # ll/ W:
flyl,4oo,wu
Cad' 47"iieiu;1,1-
?7 1,723,8*
Liabilities in eines& of ass
The above assets will6avt
as follows : ' t i
By the act .of May 10, -,1.8t
Pennsylvania railroad 4ompal
to pay on the above bonds, on•
dred thousand a dollar ' year
July 81; 1890, whearf milli
the residue shill fall Id e, au(
1 3,
inillion-annuallY:the r, lir]
interest,nutil the whol 1 . paid,
will be in the - year'lB , .1
' -By the act . of ; Mardhi I; 180 ~ the
three million five hinOred thO sand
at
ti
doUars of bonds of dip Phil Iphia
and Brie Railroad wet() turren eyed
to that company, uponithe de sit of
four million dollars of their txmilaas
collateral security . fo . ..th p
eayment
of the original bends, dtiksiortgage
i laini
of four; millions of do mai also
given by the company Wsecurel their
pa'ment. - These boniisi-are be
paid in forty: years froze date of ue,
and will mature A. D. 1901.
There is always adiecrepa sr. in
announcing the iOnctiiiiicif thti tate
debt, between tfiel anneal - prelims
tion• of the Go or ;oily rep it of
the State! Treasitry, arising fro T'the
fact that:the sinking fad ye ter - t
minutes on the list hlonday iiilflep
tember and ,the - fiscal; . ear o Vie
tseisurybn the 80th of ; Dlovem c—
Telirevent complicationstel unto
and anneal explanations-1 recom ' end
that the termination o, the si ing
fund yearbe made the finme as that
of the Treasury. ; . i
...- 1
The promptitude with, which-citi
zens of Pennsylvania intake forward
last April- and took'the livliole amount
of the twenty-thice2 milli4 loariAthe
bids being for upciards 'Aiflthirty
millions); may be. cone/Aped a ost
r
auspicious circiunetancOn the an
cial history of -the State; and - di
este(' - unbounded confidence in -the
good faith and sunsbintial crelit of
the• Commonwealth. The' fore iptg
statement of the finanoei is set orth
with pleasure,in conselnence of eir
flourishing - condition.
. •Iu addition thereto, Of.balest it
favor-of the General Germ:pen fo
Pennsylvania's quota kir. the d re(
tax levied in the several' State ft
war purposes and for leash fro 4,'
United States, amounting, in al ,
nearly two millions 411 dollars,„ ,1
gl i3
been settled in full by ithe allow
of claims for' extraordinary ezpe
incurred by the State during
war. - ~ •
In consequenc eof the hipse of ime
since the remaiiiing,olaicie were pan
traded, the want ofenfiloient vo ch
ers and explanatiOrik and, the di cal
ty of finding the gnirties, acen .of
tbew being dead ivhomthey
should` be made, ren d-their nettle ,
ment di ffi cult, and in in nY Wet bes,
doubtful,the accompliiihmentbf w ich
will, however, be vigoriouely p lied
and the results laid before the is
lature. "; , •
, 1 .
Passing from this eneral review
c
of the finances of the ate, • I ca of
.
t h
permit some of the m t. prc•mi ent
ideas connected with em pass nn- : I
noticed, becabse they clearly indi ate
,;
the .Eath or. dnty in the archer of'
the -(Executive trust ?t, is dee ed,
propo to call yorit• a teation to the
factr..lhatr. &ging
of, ieilthe ye a
,r
yeti ' large,Acun money is pa. the
keeping of *State Tritamrer. . • 1
gumless notrat any Otte' for 1
been:ltem *tip a Riillien I cif d
and at prom* am:Pan tcbonsi m il
• bly ow fotnaillioiii of) Oilers . . t
it bOinnecessary4hat the ter'
m t
portlcn of this money Obeidd be pt
in the Treacly' , to 'weed the oral+
demands upon it ispbronie; and at
it should boiffithdriiwzOroni cirri la
th= is eat - lardy a:detriment to. t.e
business of ''the aitamnntty. A - ~tnt
ractffin to the amount -Of se .! al
millions, as - thiii.pr#sent, ca .. of
fail to makerits impiesswinpon th i • -
engaged in: mercantile • , mend • r
ing,ragrieultuisi, mfiling.land air , th
er kinds of Anaploymenta.r This tilin
ey, Lim iumed upon! good author
ilk, can be Aoaned,•svith 'Ample: fieku
rity Xar its re=payment I.ben ' d,'
for oeitainipecified pericids, at a - a
sonable rattrof interest, and the
ceed4lacetrin the _Treasury for f
benefit of the - State, Which wo If
be beneficial to the taxpaimw, by */
creasing the - public revenue, but a
enlarge the ,accommodithms for
sines purposes . If •tlihrlolan-w
il
adopted, the `withdraw q the car
lating medium, by
.. tbei paynient
tazeu s wculd be so brief tbetit, wo
not materially affect the ; public
fare. The forid.,tbus_, : acquized co I(
be added - to this iiiiiiing find,
wonhimateriallyAhLittlitif
of the State _ debt. -! l
A glaniSeTatilik. 'Citififiition of , 8
million's 4 4.1 , tiogitk
it 'Tollirs might now
Icsitedouistatliutqlet: -*Mt d
realize the handsome Om of.one li n-
1,7 1 4957 91
rTil
11*,2% 57
866,590.8!
75 00
1,737,912 41
ISFI
:,17% 17
.145 00
,933 17
431.5`1
A 123
tat'.
111upr.-
I
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.
dredaniksfxty' tlmMizind dollars per
annthii i :;.oo4ely i gm. whole amount
of the: bilance now in the Treasury
mightbe rendered: prodnel4o b y tot
ingliiiested in tbeeLbondkof the . State,
betiOng slit per centnnthiterent; oval
though pm.'&,it- at a geminni.3 Or;
it rnighettii invested in United Sbttes '
interest bearing bends, Which wont()
be available .at. moment "lie**
altar might iris° for the use of Qib
funds. If that amount Were excluerig; ,
ed - at par for United States , ten-forty
bearing five per cent= inter-
est hi gold, the' product would be at
the ,rate ; of two hrmdred thOusand
dollers perlinnim, in gold, or, at the
pFesent value of gold,two hundred and
sixtriiix thousand dollars in cuirency.
Besides, the funds would not become_
"depreciated and unavailable" by
long continuance in the Treasniv A'
lswifor Ow le 'could be:passecl,
specifying the mithiid by.which the
unneeded money of the Treasury may
be loined,,authorizing and empower
ing the State': TreaSurer,:and such
others as you may designate to exe
cute or, carry out its provision's,
Yoir attention 7 is also invited to
the fact that the salary of the State
Treasurer, now only seventeen hun
dred 'dollars, is entirely dispropor
tioned to the duties and responsibili
ties of, .that officer, _ and that the
amouref the bond, eighty thousand
dollars, given by him to the State, is
equivalent to no security- et all , f un :
der the - itmita system of Placing,un=
conditionally. the entire funds of the
State in, his hands. The only securi•
ty iWthe AneorroPtible honesty aid
integrity of the Treasurer.. 'Suppose
that when 'there is in his keeping
millions of the incuabent,of
Mi
957 91
573 31
ilable,
1 7 ' the
are
bun•
until
on of
one
thole,
• bich
that office should be tempted to be
-4003Q
," *Outlier, I How easily could
he secure 'to his tindemen the amount
for which they would legally be lia
ble to the State and appropriate the
balance to himself I For years, it
seemelo m e, the , Treasury of the
State has ' Stood, as it -were Upon
Examples all Shand us - 1
show the fallibility of man, and how - 1
frepientlyand easily he' is sweived
from the path of rectitude . and honor.
Even many of those in the most ele
vated positions and . enjoying the
highest corefidence of the 'public, are
often fond to yield to the .temptik
gone that surround them. The de- _
sire for the rapid accumulation iof
.wealth' ; thethousands of schemes
presented to excite the cupidity of
hums* nature, and the looseness of
public morals, engendered by the es
cape of the guilty from punishment,
have so demoralized public sentiment*
that it may be considered , a wonder
—almost a miralcle—that Pennsylva
nia has so king escaped from the ca
'amity that' might, at any time have
happened, or that May hereafter hap
pen, by the' robbery of her treasury,
and render the suspension of the pay
ment of the interest upon the State
debt, for a time, inevitable. 4
In the performance of my tjcity, I
have forewarned the. Legislature of a
danger as respects her finances, of no
common r tagnltude. It remains for
it to de n te me whether this danger
shall be averted by prompt and effi
cient legislation and the: treasury
guarded against the occurrence of so
:great a calamity.
The report of the.superintendent
'of the Common Schools•exhibits a full
view of our excellent system of pub
lic instruction, which is widely diffus
ing its bleedings by securing a sound
and substantial education to all the'
children.of the State. 4 brief sum
mary will give an ides of the im
mense ' propottions it has attained
and the vast amount of usefulness of
which it is capable.
At the close - of the year the number
of school districts in the State was
one thousand eight: hundred and
eighty-nine ; the number of schools,
thirteen thousand four hundred and
thirty-five; graded schools; two thou
sand one;hundred' and forty-seven ;
school directors i eleven thousand five
hundred and thirtrfour, county, city,
and borough superintendents, sixty
eight •, !
.teachers, sixteen thouland.
five lifludrediuultwenty-three; pupils,
seven hundred and eiglitinine thou&
aid three himdtkd and eighty-nine
cost of tultioii,three million twenty
eigt tissuutad 4lxtrilve dalsxs and
seventy. mita one ,
two handrea bed gair4W9Jhoneand
seven hundred'.add WneV*-eight dol
lars and sixty-eight: cents;.contbi
ginchse,'; seven 'Mildred and inpety
eionsand six hundred' and—ieventy
filikdollain- and tthittpthree • its; ,
tuition, , buildings, and contingencies,
five million eighty-one 6(48'0410
hundred and thirty-nine dollars-and
seventy-one oentit; andethe ammmt
expended for all jitirposei ielating to .
is five:inillion. one handiest and,
sixty thouUnd seven hundred ,
fifty dollartind seventeen mita.
Your. attention is particularly in-'
vited to the want of - xiiiformity
constant chew° of books in the pub
lic *shook. These On matters ofse
tions liconvenience and needless ex
pense to; the
. poor, and might easily
be remedied - try jedicloielegislation.-
The ,hoist' aim of our. system ' Of
waness schools is. to place` the ad
vantages of an 'educatiots withiii the
reach of =all the children of the Com
monwealth ; and when it is consider
, ed tliat intelligence led virtnii are
the piineipel 'safeguards of , our insti
tutions,this system 'earnestly 'claims
• the fostering CAM and,wise guidance
of -the 1 1 egiiilature. • _
Thisgraded schools .have, lkgely ,
increased &Ong_the 'past year. The:
Systaxestablished .by **State was,
designed; not only , to furnish Warne
tion la the youth 'in- the.elementa of
komiledgis,but wherever' raeticiable,:'
- te 'MOS them : :: an 'edueetion •in
them sberhowshes Of CesrninQ. ,, Tbe,
iao l o i t o ir ii it ol of Vol. 41Pflr. and
- Jiheuld; thereforei
erg enisoersgemest, for they arne- ,
cessary to peifect the system and on-
I the
. _
- • 4. •• • • - . fo -•-• • • -• -` 1 • ••••••;! e S,•: , ,L'. •
.4. . Ssi A z :6 x ",
-
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Sill, /V
2 . 2 ! «tarz,-Iln it) ;I'4 9'4 •}intt
4P'!
SDI/CATION
.
014 k Me, litiate Act- *vial iteetidetba- - t
takes lelgehifit lanais
~.titt
of theimoiAiriiiiiis ,, freliaritry *Lin
the - pa lacefortheiicli; '. l "' ' "-:
, t r:' ', -, -
Good, scholars ..ennnot - .o.alat - wilk
nnt'gpolfiealherif - 40, - gOilli - , . ill
cinoniii*4lol .l 6447;iiiiiiiii:'. 0
proper means to prepare. them. :i3le
cognizingthemtisetapthalogislature
of 1857. passed It, general 'Normal
school Jaw,,,dhtling the Stal9 3 l l 3o_,
tfaliidititricti. and lcioldiehrwar
to, the .eStAblishrßelit, ineackof them,
'of a Normal uchool. fACOPOIIit ton*
provisioW.of thle law fpnriof tbeen
schools are now organized, ilkalproB-,
perouscoudition of whiOh,is,eaempti ri
fled by the fact-that two ~,thmthat4.
one hunched and eighty-live studenka
atkpnded them during the past . year,,
of whom fortyLeir. graduated ' , , , ,1,..
‘Vourteen, collegee end thirty-tw o,
have made, repoita,tn the
School_ DPartment • darnig, t. the poet,
tear., Stich institutions enppl - y, ,n
great public want,. , as the common
school system„ le not oompet(ukt to
perform the whole •werlr'.ol,,,,poptilef
education - . A State
. requiree men. of
generous ;shulture iii all the.-Juralke - t rif
hfe,as well in the profeesion it toidh
ing, and the perfection of the system
Of public 16401 instruction: is oneiif
the wisest" and - noblest object's" of
islation: All of ',thedifferent'institnJ
tione of learning triad' be strength- 1
enect and 'their us - efulnesa' increased
by . brinting them` together'in 'a closer
untoi, m which possibly tan be beitac%
coth tidied bythe creation'Or n gen
erel ' partmentrof irdahatt ii.,.';', '-'''::
f l ie
f - Serious conirlaintih4ib li n Inn&
Concerning the neglect-of ' the educe-
Lion of the children the'llthentiff
poor ' houseeof - ionitrcif =theleriiintfea
or the State: Theta* *iinittOto
grow'up In idleneselinCignorincei
and when Bent upon' the 'irortdr.,to
earn'aliving are' better:Pierieretto
- receive lessons of %Ale than' thole af
tmefulnese.- The • dirictort -Of --these
institutions 'Should be' eoiciiielle4, by
law, to:. send:such '.children- f,o the
common, lchools, or 'providir'-liroper
schools `for them, and-it should be
the duty of cOmmon.!school superin
tendents to en perrise and enforce the i
execution of elaw.- ' • ,',' o 'l ,
\ ''.lisounins' outmost 110/100LS: ' ;'."
'The last annual. 'report of the Sol
diere-Orphan's Schools-Was made
up to'lnclude the 30th or November,
1866. The • appropriation ford that
year,extending.from iFinnary 1,1868,
to Januaryl, 1867, was: , inimfflcient
to cover the expenses of; the 'whole
year, and consequently thesefof DS
camber, 1868; were unpaid; Thetext
appropriation under the present law,
extends from January 1, 1867,t0 June
1, 1868. - It watt therefore; determined
that there was no legal anthori ty to
apply any part of it to the payment
of expenses prior to-1867- • hence
those incurred in December, 1866,
amounting to._ thirty-one thousaml
forty-nine dolters and eeventy-seven
cents, remain unpaid.. -_, •
lion. Thomas IL Burrowes, who
was appointed StiPerintendent byiny
p_rOde cg , ssort continued, in Whim until
may, 1, 1867, .when,, under the , act of ,
April 8, 1867. 1 'appointed Colonel
George F. li'Farland,Superintenderit,
Bed. O. Conforth, Inspector .and Ez
miner, and Mrc., .B. W. Hotter. As.
sistant,who at once entered upon•the,
discharge of their duties by visiting
and reorganizing the schools, correct
ing the abuses which had.prept into
the :local management of ;o ne: of,
them,.. : and in settling arrearages,
which was done -with zeal, fidelity
and - commendable pploptitude. • i •
The present Superintendent reports
the expenditures for ,the
months ending November 30, 1807,a5;
foiloWs
Education and maintenance... $3 , 11,889185'
Partial relief ' ' 210 00
Clothing fainiehed 1, ••: chfl. ' •
drop, in advanced schools... $7,187 83
'Making azul Xepairing clothing,
freight, acci 8,360'74
General expen5e5... . .........._6,781.60
Total araomit, frozolosumuy 1 ,-
to Dec. 1, 1867
_,,_2i04,420 02,
The expenses for six Ml:hither,
December A, 1867, to :June : 1, -
are estimated by the Superintendent,
as follows
Education and Inaintonnueenr ;Al f i4l •
"I,Bso,Adldrerii In - folystioed
schools,. at.sl4o Pa, =nem- *MAO, 00
Education end ',mebtehenee •.•:'; ".•;;; ,, g
soo,:eadbuto,
.
ononun.s:
Eduestlon_endoent •
1,060 ammo' n0nt0n,9.4. Sr.o I . istrz i.
sllloslser • AM , *
cket ra timodu elet :l4 . s2o „ , , , , ,- , , ,
24;
T almfb27ll3 g... P a PIP 4 ,. . 10 0 4 . 9 ( 1.
• r:”.3
Vitilaghfa* BB Mo34ogtediat:;{ ' s c)
418.
• • . 2 -
Total *ail sad folimigstati - I- . 6
penseeforeeirenteennundhs; , '-
flottatathaftl,loo7,o '
1, isle: -
.1::•;sfri
peronnnoo.`,. , '
Prom iddehdedioltiitolonototc: -
epplesedidede for sooontern, • I
2onnum„- at. $360,000 r!,.131,v
-'405,85343
- • :: • •
And sv aillett . for seventeenk
months is sitova;ol. ' VIAGII39
Or, -at the _iite $9i0.1 .45 •CV
M 11=1111M.. • Ala • •
Add thivemount • ,dne,_for Do,
loather, 3 $1,049 ,
And it 0i1d66 thototot deficit
fro= December.. 1,- , 1864:65 •
June 1868, tobe..-dod: '•
far by special latvolnifitims,Ll7o.4ll
-: I do not deem it inipteuriate hers
'to state that it theta:Win* ittasitit
the irortie if*3.lfikio.o** hitt*
come * ink makin g n n sp i iropkintioi ,
o f fore-ii‘dred andliftyr.thonsandi
4*ri tterannunt4ortheatifi
schools, it would haili Wei titiflrnient,
!to have paid the totat-tirienui* ,' if '
The estimates for the
,yent'.4,o" , :). i
:hie - 18V. 11349;:- Will le. found ..> t , I se;
Isettorthirethe eititsto dl, *
s i
, latiP* l 3
Undid: : FriSALthet ..tlipoittlEig
also'be seen thstithere are:bi , oper .
qr argli
tiolCihirWlinft', ' '
.n Schools an
homes; linvaiglni e an avers gel
of two thousand nine UM' kat
thirty-one pupils, for the year ending
4-vi:7l44* tii'iltipkfitalg
e°4 PC4 4 O
f§.11A)14 1 37. ' 7: ,;•c9fl.Of 0.9;
. .laP l g'er. , -4 - ti. ti t : .ittitetioir4s6-v
-iio th B 9 l 4 9 weir9cc? 9 ,9Y . , I'M!'
eiri i iiixiiiitaiininbeAc; lawn
i th t u vco t tipl, r owp i i
orp ' t ,,ll:eel* , 4
.. se a& cp .
the'State;inid , liii Whetaerot**4
deeLreate iti.ili ' rolloViie itt;tYc; viz 11
thkeilliidiedikEtkiet r r Wili
reach that age
,Ltt, ;$68,1 ' httrattif
or titenty.tii#V)§6V tt.o . lialt
area twor tirt*chiltlirtilk 9 4 . ' Nit
htindred init'llikielilltiti 'Vat hitiV
41
Ira an& Seiiiiiitinins 11'''1872,11Sui,
h ''
&ed .- ilia c :4llk I.B74,‘lVar'himi
d and sixteen ta`lB7-1; 'said three '
hundred and fortrfout in 1875 i after
which theiiiiiitiftablitilll be more
than siz hiaitliN r,emaittiog is ,the
data*: , 0 1 0041 1 / 6 tei#4o,Ae 4 44 4
to firtei!:; yeare s ,:ao:l4 6eafilipose4
by , sinne;fully one-fiftp c , of die ninnber,
now in cie sehoolsivoul4 :entel,R4k
trfW6l'l4BlBP4 within the pre
Ys' ar. • '• , 1, - • , 1 I,vit .1
,NoitithititiOnOf 1144111 1 a 2 r ,
mate of
, ttie beiletittlikrtile' ipgii
tlkAi 4 4 e e040 1 3' 6)1 °4 tfA4, b 0
institititAit t , ‘ , Theueands e% orphan
children nveeqn,rog,':theii pliientiil
care; OTII4-"ilturPi*a.,nrodu"tl°4!
training, wlin, other w ise , weSuld,hiyo
Billeted poverty and 'went,'Aiisr boon
left to. row up
. in idleneek atieleg
lea. ,lianj a wiasnea Hearthati bon
gladdenekby the'4,iiitiction,' anitokt
and religiOus solitude eXtelideitte - liii
ffttherreSe effeVfingt„ l ad' ifibTisends
are4beiT 6 Yera (t§ •
vputli:44Cied'for
theseivhd bays *Aileen uuthlndful
ot tlieni,w,the:tile ii,,fthetrAilliletinn.
In, tnaltllig the genercus'iiiipoiltiOn it
tins done for these " deetitnte eaa fie*
lesii!orphans,the LeglslaturedesVrvea
aPd,:xPeeives. the heartiest thiinks of
eve ' citizen ' all ovooolsrill
c°r O fi l l s ' SOO, ,a l e t A l a !*, a
kbeneficeice., , k i p it . i . l . oeig,
,pro•
ctlue`and edueugstille . ohndren of
ni,doalVeoldlere the","Lpealitaie; ki
ifinPlO; P 61011 64 .48.7. 1 14,-; Miage
hildfen'are not " 'tfie:niere, r eN,e4.ti iitr
4eatiriti,, 6 ,br Penes:earl, upon: our
oputy; but Ilfniv,i#lB"tif the robi.
enwealth, - and ,`,heve ' just claims,
e ed by the:blood prtheir ‘ father - it,
on its sport and
. guardianship,
Tch - ,Can onli be !omit(' :at the
a billice'ot AiltilittOpY; glior,'ln*
t iotism,'State yridei,andfe - very pan
i,Ple of nunlann,J. (' ' .
iellrelnietal. 'eeiliel:
. . ' 02
- The act' of o.ingtrui of July2,lB ,
ranted "land scrip the several
Wes, 'to be appro raced 'to' the
aintentitite of colleg 13, wh o se lead
i
i g lij'ect it' &aim o give instruc
on m the sciences which,minister to
a riculture and the mechanic arts:.--•
y the role of appointment, adopted
b Congress, seven hundred thousand
a res. fell to'tlie ;shard 'or ttia "Com:
op l wealtli., The act` &Assembly or
Vinery 12, 1888; 'aPpiopriated the
Itinefit of t h e whale of that ginut to
e Agricultural :"College of l'ennsyl
ania, • which , his, thereby become
übjectlO the ' supervision and gnat
ianshiicf the state. 'I therefore in
, , ,
vita your attention` to the Organiza
tion and condition of thit institution,
as exhibited by the 'president of thp,
bottid of trustees, in hie report foil
the year 1867; whichwill be laid be
fore-you. The commissi oners appobi-•
ted by the Legislature to sell the land
scrip have completed the sales ,which
amount to ;four hundreA'lind, thirty' ,
nine thousini ene hundred snif eigh-:
ty-aix, dollars and eighty eentit. '"ln ' l
accordance with the act of Assembly,
the one-tenth 'of "tlie intieedi -lias
been applied to the, purchase ol "sites.
ler "Model and E x perimental Farini,",
and the reeidike invepted as followa,:f
one hundred ; and twenty-nil tfiensind
dollars' in United States five-twenty.
bonds ; Awe* 'thoutianfi dollars in
Pennsylvania warioan; and two bin
dred and thirty-five thousand dollars
in the Pennsylvania bonds of 1867.
I The. college has been thOiougitlyi
reorganized in cedar to make Atefully,
respond , to ihei objects mutt requireg
mints of . tnii Act of 'Congress sud to
the. educational iateresterOf iheledusi
AciaLichissea, , sal tamest -theaccendir s
it. now,gives cokrees ofinatruotkni in
if *smut Buieueeesgoculture,.meohau4
teal and civil etliseerbifinlernliurgi
Aiud,,miniegtAnmastAndiznnulareisu
ViageisiOnOglitiergAactisib i snapk)y,
iNc wfsoultit Aiopriainfotix.profeei
Bora WADI , immitokotots jikiitatiooki
-logo 4oPsrtinogitikod. illre iniAMLIKM
in the grammar school. This Amp
tlier4 lituseti. rentAVAeryinnin - thrk. , mi
tens,Vl er-Agtnr4iBre, SIPIL..tha, sms 4
PYmn, A 2- 411 - ‘l ,,, • " # t -4 , 4f - L, ~ -feYeroblit*
sirtiktn4l.4i3.__ ,,, „,4:i .... \.2 , ~„, ~,,,,t
:4 011 4.4/7113 , ,,
An qelnite*Sgtriatn..ntAnne:,;Of
What -IsAiPttiWynVfn .ingsMO 4"
3Pl4o l 4 l elll" 4 .4,s°lkttniPtnnlenA f ,
War- Irkknit repeated 9 .74 0) .. DA Yia,
#4. Bufficien ,YeliP6o.l;toetoe,i). Or
eleuE° l 4l 7 fdk ' -.** 4 0, 1**1,14.44 1
ottitittir„itat4 n - , *1414 - ,K l Pririm:.
fl e
As i ttilbeis'6 ' tiv,it,l,tre, war which
Contrnikr Aliiiingt a jkiii4l - ,orfiiui
l'en4,.; ink - emit: th e touitti - anima'
pf tftaspre, hniidreda ;if thopeOlda. of
Afei;, and iiirliiitatealaiWaitanlintmt
rig a nd Nail - 411,1dTtigisitioln
Woblspitattier4 slaNt 'Aintaloii;', if
itet'ertmh6d'iii Oa InehillitiaY," talon
144,IfiiviiAlto riot been -wttfic4 9 i
we uertit filmic , It fiu thitilktlie
necessity iidlairingto pri4efpfeniu
liskertice which We haver !Ornate - re
'oar ihtentiatiegaidiifthilo** ) has
tritid:uisilittioikands bilitii*tifig
den'iiihe 'Ba - elicioor `ariiii - isiid 1E;
latettitaiiilethitair itifoflallitiry
ot"whfcibricar - tniaisitlinnt
v e eir
twiny farce V' "4; 'and park!
, ' viaffOttittilitabliAannitsfirtill
asirfti GM 4tilt'lle6Ve l ii
4161 . 1106hR0 thiteftite:lLl 1
,4h .':tWilfutedsatilkithet, iitsiltivarl
Aiiiisafico,lehoaillaildptiaithetalo4
effective aystent leincitiahhigiradol
stwiffetalligo iha 461catagetaii.--;
.Thelaiartof , lB 4, lPthatiWefttiketili
lailfif iimorrcetovdoiii nevisevit , thent4
livii tkialafghoF fighttil 'Ad Viet,
tion and amendments are needed
rffnma
beksedkosis *Sanplialuall theAxia
company.o,oo4l4l4 deitigedtAidec4 l l ,
f i tinelkulfel m W3%4
en .too 111814 . d'm
many places where smaller companies
would be forned, c it4; impossible to ' I
raise th liith the
ratio es 'Froni
thepcp,r, t ; General, it
wit' ! ) P theie are Inv! ab4o
thWglgnv
o'l4l - stitecAllo4oo4oli.quitemir
UW6111041 t
14 lou' *Mt .:11bigv.•
012
Midi it'
eiestiffholivirdziitiOns to deo- 1
late -Airteedid'reileyVaud .
keep'aiffein'our sofdiera theliroud
menitifiliethe'serwiee'46l tare;
At/a:the thilfteirlirder born-of; otf
rticenf: - ntinggfetr radicand eexis;'
tau*.
4 Mte' necessity' for new-nisenal,
affording-ITbm* of safe irdepoilt • for
oidifindep• ordnance -;-,atoree • tirid"- - 4
Magni* , islin-obvions- an to revive
nothing-more ei - tay part; , than to Calf
your attCatkon; to ithe subject,: and to
Asir that atithotitytibe givert - and an
apprbpriallorth midevforthei purchase
of* liteplimmtifor the ; erection-of Bulb: -
able -Wilding*, fors-the TurposeAndi.
Cated;a. ••
7 ' isitimormexonuan, ;' •
4; Agreeably to•the7 requirementl4
the act Of chtmemblv entitled :1 sot '
te•atthorliethetibvernorlo isansfir
tithe Reynolds Ifonmuenlooomosittee
unserviceable- , Mul:,nondemned., omit
natunv approved illarchil,..lB47;
called the; ordinance in theautsoislia
lie4uspected:aml,turned ,aver t.° the
committee for the purpose :indicate&
condemned-iAd2sepounder brass
cannqu r i weighing-rnthe::aweg
three, thousand seven-hu g nft. ' , and
fortif-eight•PoWldse.:
--..; --, , _.5. ; .. f :nutrosy , : . wri;
InzlBo4:l,tbel Legislature ntade.lie,
appropriation for, the; PutPOoo , ot UV*
jar prepereiLisuk published , a cum- .
pletei.inetory of _the Anilit,ry opera-,
time of the- Stele in.refereuee to. the
late wet, ,M,y prodeeemrAppointed
Sauml.ri : Batea, -E5q.,.., for the puri
pose ef•eoesnineting;49Mii4i9nB of
that act , who proceeded to collect - the
neoeseary. materials and to prosecute
the - • r..: , ; 1 • -
AltlA9ugh Lie country
..ha B 'MOO,
keen,: natore4 to PoOoes , uto
.people
9: 61 4 1 Poo tgAtel . a dello. *Welt in ail s
Ithat relates, to thikstruggle : which. so
recengy, convulsed the . nation . .'' In
09 RrollecßtiOe-of the War, Tenney".
* ani S - alwArkfi nlo 4 th e fir4t - tti an-
OWer 'die, conntpla call,
,gave addi
tional evidences of yet • d p ldtkin to
lihirty and i the -nation's glory. Over
three hundred 'end sixty thensand'Of
her. ; sons -
E , stood in the ranks or the
Union situ,l44 - have , fellen and
ike4.ly.thirty, .haluland by wounds and
disease ieem:yedie the field;i2Peee
in death. , To !chnnenierate iheirlie
rolsm,ta preseive „their - names and
‘ porpeliiite i the'reCord • Of their,dee ds
are: among We ObjectS oldie wet* in
pregreee. In its pages will be found
an, ecoOt of each aud,everY military
organization of the State;;' the Officers
and' men. Of '. Whom they 'were: coin.'
posed I die natoh'of:everiindividial,
*46'M? plaee iitreshlence; 'time of
muster - I,loe of
.disAirge and the
ePeciaf f te. IV - vhietibe'was 'distill
guisliedeC,liii'lWell of r
the &scion those
Who'hive r surtwe .
TRANIERVITATIOS DAPIEMENT. , .
i t ''''' 4 l%liii'De'pirtaieriecit'Traiisii(irtation
created' during the War' has &mem-,
E 4l)
Oahe& 'Rev ose,"lsitideinied tn . ex
ist by' the d " iminition of the Legis
lature, expressed in the.tippiopriation
bill; approv e d' April Il; 1887. ". The
report of th SuperintendenV•ihows
ihatfer - the, , ear, ending November'
SO, 1807, th -wholetninber of claims
ettled'and Paiitytie eight 'hundred
and "eightrtot. • ‘ These were for the
disihtermentof the bodies of deceased :
Pennsylvania soldiers on ;distant bat
.tle.fields_ and t'transportatien to the
bometottheirtelativekand the total
'etpenditnies were;lhirty.two Skins-,
and 'fire , hundred and .thirty-nine del:
Jere and , iforty ',teats: `r.TheitY4reinain
unsettled .one hundred and- twenty=
thtee doll amounting , o.sbOut font
oniand do Ism for tha
_payment : of .
wbieh,And 'Reid Tiiisettledv,transpor- -,
tOitatli 'an apprepriatioagtoktl4-.
JiapaSivit'jtiadred 4411119.4wi11iit4e;
<inked. .:•F v --.;`,,, : ie. , : a! VA 1 .11 , ,,,..1---x ,:x,.., 4, :4 '
All the foaPtaliandlineineatobUthe
1
epartmkiattivii biia4 44040eir d . tai.
e officeof4l44oleneral:. 'f. •
ti (11, WM mum ~;1 . , -;, , i, •
, Daring thelikrai*lifigelifar
eaximfinitibit;:idiu t itnien_t st,cot=
'eUien, free Of,:iit - Reaaccsit"L_igtlitikir
lame, was established . at ;Washing! .
, in, for thetatiotaosiotiottettohttbo
• , Ware" . with co _ ridable
n et.
- sitkr; l " *intilikellie' •iatioii
-1,"„7. tOrßrOttiP l 4 4 .64 -, i-14-, • -,
44 - qtanuag 'lest , yoloog ,Tolp a;
lirAt i t t ls lnes4o' 6oll tiV; ~ i ii
' *WI; ' 400; ..atia'.Llettytiatit
. - 9 ener'Withaul A.0).014 'AisuitatiL
`fter 7 i e fititifid,', an.Vielefat - Oro',
*O
f Its _ ditieituitit'3lBt4tio;
t*,r;y.POlonet 'kiteeikrt"reiigned" in
consecitientita - of domestic omiiitiotie ,
liviiiiiNiAlitecideisiii4doinotta a
fill t he•positio, f ailiieuti m incecd.
orT - 04•3140,,--ttidnte,d'lliiiietiukt.
Diring.the year - ; - -' , .C. irDeOlober,
, klBB7,"one ' . . . , .sr seven bun
rediAtd eighteen 'c inif-'haVe - been
scttled,and three hundred and twenty.;
doe' l'itsty "liiiiiMeatil ' collected , ,
*month* ketwt•lituidred end-forty
cne this' nisiurviiirhundred- aid 'ally
'WI• - •deilhitif inidtittithree` iente.—..
i ' o .
w thousandtiiiikaia&d dittiitiree4
sing fineliailsrintialeinsettled,i
°eat erfitibich*fll hiwobably-lie
itttilid 4 brtlietiOthptatoiOnA it
lailitokiffitical theiiiiitopirtitionftred 4
tab. I Whirilthiliveabitostillia
Derinttfietitlivill - home: lititatlea int:
filled its mission,- and . the doeumen •
aiddid&takamitlttrai ee sferred to thi
Adigiontibilkcauoli. , Hil: 1
V.-AlnotEa ,vi.,.4-,401, i !,...4.1i1k.1...tri0
.nbeisrratraoittO4bdi onsadabWoral
appointed under the net. of March 12,•
ME
•
=EU
1864 to ialeotigatethe. transactions
irehitleg JO. ixtrtele e.cometeries _are
Aire - With irresented.
"Ttii4sl4:itt 'the Gettysburg nein&
telly • 'prOgresidig, .bnt'-{ with lose
excedition thaniras contemplated, hi{
leeelletrPte* or the. - difficilty of pro,.
nu t ting such blocks ef,mvble as were
reed rac'htilthati:
- 4100ropriatlentif mg= thousand{
.dolhirs the'. cemetery of Antietam: l
'hatehrien vithhe34, ;Wit appiarcfroin,'
:the act of lueotMitien tlie4Jegia .
!laturel of *liarybi t iiii . and tie 'resolu-:'
„
l 'tiono of the board of trustees, that
the . eiehel; deOil 'are to.ie 'interred
within the enclosure,- and to be hen
{orrikwiti tire's* memorials as:the;
'Union soldiers- who arethere buried.
{ The cuptoni 'has ever , ` 1 prevailed
specially -honor , those i ileith' who
won the specialionor per peritorions
The monuments reared to thee
memoryof departed worth beer ample
testimony that our people hata:-not
been Unteindful of this custom: But I
where- were 'iiiitir'inemorials ever
erected for -men whoie abetting were
lofnoWtyind. who perished:hi an
noble _cause ? 'Who would glorifY
the treaivii of ,tkuiedict.:Arnold witik
such monuments {as, hive arisen to
ithe {memory of Washington-F Who
'would: dire toinsult tholoyal heart
of. tibia : 440 11 e ho! ProlyNdeg kJ
{side hy side, 4; in the same , sepulchre,'
thitiody:of the .assassin 'Booth' and
that trA.briiherti'Lincoliil - , Ito legal”
man mcrold take , the`° heartlesit Wire
eand.thenther 'demons that..preaided
over tlui.prison dens of ornelty,..star
vition and death, end' the executed
consPirsitora - against the nation'S
Miudrionie chief, and deposit them in '
the same3{_tomb 'with:-the p4notio
tocn.who sacrificed their lives in - trate, I
flint:, fur . 1 ! tie right againit ' the.
Wtr{ ieig:"Yet it is proposed the ,
lurid Statile construct cetheteries -for
their hiticio dead ; and then deseciate .
them by the bruial therein . of those,'
who prosecuted -against the country
a welfare-which fors its fe
rocity io without a parallel in the his
tory of eivilizatiOn, and even to erect
monuments to their memory. -tarry
outthis , purpose and- what{ induce
eleet:olef hereafter{,offered.to the
lOyalnitilen to fi ght agai ns t treason,
when { loi feels assured that s'hould he .,
fall in battle the traitor's graviir will
_belonoreil equally, with his own-I
The cause of the Unieriwas a holy
one,while that which opposed it must
have been its converse. 'To one side
alone the glory belongs. This Was
not' ii war of nations but* of treason
againstethe loyalty. It was a contest
of rebels who would have drained the
life'irblood of the Government which
had nurtured and 'protected them,
againlit patriotic sons Who fought
to save - it from destruction.' 'lt was
a war - carried on 'by the defenders
and premoters of oppression against
the friends and lovers of diberty and
their Colllltol integrity.
While there 18 no reasonable objea
tion to giving decent sepulture even
to the {rebel dead, those who consider
them deserving of honorable testimo
nials may bestow them,, It is our
duty' to render honor :only to whom
we beliete honor is dne.* '
unman to MIAS= 'BOIOTEREI ov tne
EMI=
11“ . 1C111 w Aa.
,The commissioners appointed inicle.r
an act of the Legislature; approVed
April 22, 1858,'" to Contract for, and
superintend the -erection of a.monn
ment -to the niemory of 'citizens of
,Pennsylvania wlio,,were slain: - or lost
theirr - lives in the late x war with Meai
C o," have contracted fox' the erection
of 'B, monument, in a piominent por
tion of tbe capitol grounds,- and the
Work -is progressing .as r iapidly , as
circumstances will permit.' 'The op
propriation of sizAbonsaud dollars,to
which_the.commissioners are limited,
is iriadegnate for the - object contem
plated,• Tte fairest bid for the Con
tract was ''eight thousand two finn
dred ". 'l , ,join the -Coinmission
era,
,therefors,mreqnesting an addi
tional appropriation of three thousand
dollein; to be used,Or'io much thereof
be necessary; to aarnpleler the
endertaking.-- , • -
patriotiankwill doubtless give 1
a favoiable resP9Plie recluellt,
and' the* 'enlightened . , peoPleaf the
pointheiwoilti,' rising - above 'selfish
lard'"sitbirm . 1-feelings,. will sination
such 4elpenditure far the erectionor
this honorsbfr mutest& A. State
L thvAluts_bsen prodfipal..
in the einployment of her : Pkisicial
resonices inid'in the 'perfcirmanae 'of
iiverr c tioble diterested ;set,
-which;:phnsethnipy oould , ,iuggest,
cannot iot.get her; *am whole_
Stdrerings- Ond „
sacrifiCes--for
"scointillieve never 'been fully , appro.
dated; 'and whose - - remains Telma'
ariong -atiiingera, in a' foreign land,
without Ls. stone, 'however rude, 'to.
ludicsts.their resting .laces,-or.
'distinguished their grafes from those
of their fallen enemies. •
BURIAL or' sscsismi - EXILDIM IN, TES
runanistnia.
j 4 eon:AuntCation from the beard of
tnamerent of the Haniaburg cemetery
ia lerewith • traWaitted,
reatattentattention is bWited. , " The sub.
of which ' it treats, lenitive to the
hits! of &mused sobliere,duriog the
!skewer,' is wrathy of legislative eon
aideration.- .
cuanrturpc usarrnmons.
ThiPennaylviuda Inatitute for
- the
Deaf and Dumb; Ihnlristitution" for
theinstrueiloti &the Mind, the Trai
n Sedasol-lor
iliewthe .Northern. Rome for.Friend
40e,,flur Honses of Refuge,
several Soldiers' Rot*, .and'other
iiiiiliircluiritfetioshiothave ienetiid
aid . frdial.theiltabi,:ertv limiarding to
the reports of thcrprizicitialo andlat.;
perintendenta, all f in- their different
phpretiainannplishhitnincligond for,
Aks__AuktrAlwoe. *PR 8.49r0,14
thViiteCe.,9Boolialtedti ~
"sonoutila - Of the'affiirii of
the vsiiiiL StifiLthiatisicifok ,
pitatistißattiabweranantifie
tern Pennaylirania Moapiial, at Pitts.'
burg, will be.fousid.lat of
thttrimithel!.. -
4,lthest..
ethersln
hums, sire crowded.. The is
for'. theleiepitaitati , Iterrlibterefor
which ,appitiwiltroewei'ilitetf ,
year, with ilk INV: . nub 4 PAM•
tknial wards, have tie4M-,Prei*ldr.lin .
will be ready for Ocenpatieon' awing
the 'widen - A libira - -40r5iprlition
for the Western , Ifoeparwatieirec'
ted-to :thecrection bluidio^on
',the .Ohio, river, .seven: sidles ',Wei.
Pittsburg,, -known as the Dizuumt
for_the Wane: The treat
iliertager' of pOpUlatieurindOri* -neoes- 1
'earl the estabment of other matt--
tutu:aura this kind. It is eatimikted '-
, that the ratio of the-. insamb.one tb
.every •thousand persens, and on issuf
:wing the .pepeittlon . of the'Eftiite
be` - about three - millkini,ll4 hindied s k
thousand, wehaike about-three
thon
!sand five hundred butane. , - -Thnhos
litals in the State afford,. 14xonteda-
Ition for only two thousand. I Hence,
there are fifteen hundred- .ft-Er when'
no prevision's 164 • .and , ninny of
them' arels aieiiing in the c.ontity ,
prisons and alma-houses: , ,
• ILIVISION OP •-•
IPttintant:to the first seo: of a joint-
resolutionOf the Legielature,approv,'
on the 10th of 'April Jed, Ron.
'D;iPerrickeori,, W.lfaclay
,and'Wayne Idnireigh, Hog, vrere ap
pointed to "revise, collate and dikest
all such public acts and ititutes of
',the civil code of this Sts ~ at are ,
cleneral and pummel:4 ha
re i " ' These gentlemen
menced, the work aenigned2
from which the following .
hoped to he derived;:
'Frig The correction of
_danoiee, omissions, repeti
inconsistencies of the -exis
utea.
hienM
i „The-framing of. General
laws as :nbafitutes for ,the bummer-- -
able lo 1 ntatntes which for many,
years he comprised the balk of the;
acts of As sembly and occupied the ap
tention the Legislature` tt the de
triment of general legislatiii . - •:' c
. Ihird. The conferring. - npon the•
courts many powers
_now- exertieed -
hi the , Legislature, • and • which, - ; it: is
believed, will, greatly 'relieve- diit„,- ,
body !by decreaeing the demaa4.fer ,
special legislation, and allowing, am-
Vier opportunity for consifierationrof
the public intrests. - =
~ -'
1 . The gentlemen comprising , the cow.
mission have prepared ' . ..a'largenum; •
ber of bills, most of which.will be laid
before you at !en early 'day, The.
moat important _of .these; -which , the t,
commissioners, in harmony with M 9 ,
own views are of the opinion should
receive early and favorable actiOn of
-the Legislature, arethose relating to'
corporations, the - poor' PubliChigh,_
ways, 'railroads,. evidence andinte-
rest. , The others, with perheps - afei , f , ---
exceptions might be left needed upon:
until the entire work.
.ef revision is
completed: The enactment of the bill
on,corporations into a law at as early
period of the sessioi,wouldr doubtless
serve to 'prevent much legislation
that might be called for' on subjects
which the bill itself contemplates, 810
for which it makes_ ample provision.-
The bills relating to the poor and the
public highways demand early atten
tion; se the laws now in force on
these subjects are
_so numerous and ;
diversified that scarcely any two coun
ties in the State , are 'controled by the
seine law, and it is earnestly to be
desired that they receive' the.earlieet
practicable sanction •of the Legisla
ture. • ' - • • -
The cominisioners 'desire "to, be. al- '
lowed, so far as Possible, to complete •
work and present it ass_symmetrical
whole rather than detachedlparts, and
express their opinion relative to the
time requisite forits satisfactory conk
platten. They 118 k ,„I% repeal of so
much of the first section of the joint.
resolution as excepts from their r
labors, s" those .statutes revised,
ccrdified and enacted under the rei3o- •
intim" approved - March 23,1830," end
an amendment of the fourth section,
an as to extend from '"1,,W0" to three
years, the time allowed for the-com
pletion of the work. The proposed
amendments will give them ooutrol of
the whole body of the statute law and
such, allowance of time as they deem
necesary for its 'satisfactory revision.
The accumulation of onr,public statri
tes, during a period of nearly two cen
tories,cau hardly fail to present, a con
fulled which it is eminently desirable
should be corrected; and the only
q
practiabie mode accomplishing this
is the one,ludicated by the zeielution
Of the last Legislature, .and having
oonfitenst in the gentleman selected
for thks work, it is , due to them as
well , to the pablic, that., they
should not be reetrie,ted, either as to
,time or = exceptions, which would
prevent a perfect and desire' bleAm
bodiment of public statutes. ,
Th 6 teals. is oiie \ of mere:an ordina
ry magnitude,. requiri " deliberate
consideration; oritiaal setenire, • and
careful comparison and errangnient,
together with high order,of talent,lite
raty attainments, legal s4seirchand,
.energetio industry; to.bringat to diet
perfection. Which its importance
Ananda and: :the Legislated eaten ied
and ;will, doubtless exPeet- - . •
_ The Auditor GenerlV - Seietary.
the Commonwealth and State TreastiL
'ter appointed by", the Legislature, at
its est seasiori, to revise 'and . digest,
the r tax.laws of the State, have dis
charged that duty. Their report will
loe'eubmitted atan early. day, aid I
bes Peak fox that careful examination
which' the - imPortance * subject
deielTee. -
PUBLIC NOTICE TO BE GIVEN rot. CERTAIN
arms
Your attention is also invited to
the acts of May 13,1851,and April 2
- 1860 (Digest, page- 43), Jequiriog
public notice to : be given of the appli
cation for all'privato seta relating to
'real estate and,for gob) of incorpora
tion. The 'wisdom : :anti justice of
these are-matacoli and their enforPo
ment, cannot be otherwise that berg
, ,
LEGULATIOU: ' t
At. the last cession certain hills
:were Passel! in Which hug? numbers
04` ;atiizena '" Were' deeply Interested,
the reatic - nigibility of which; after the
kijouonncut,lnt few mUmb,eis coed.
Isiounrl. willing to lass:moe, or even
whiff any knowledge' of 'their - pas.
sage: It is eipected -Omit iveryleg
islitnr,shOuldhe stop:tainted with all
thatas trantpiring in the legislative
hails- He 111 not': simply- chosen rto.
give his support. to Certain bills which
haie been called;te his individtatt'
(CONCLUDED ON FOURTH . PAUL I-
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