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atirroaa ARD TI!OPAIRTORS. „
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eo 4ni el ;„ I l eel
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Por Aid
Far A.,t
Dor year
For An,
en aa,notit•te a oprar•
oaninra . , rod-Adrainkrrotors'.-3tatioes,__.l4__an
Mara' Nark." 2 on
05'n5,5. and Martini . ri•tleoe, - 3 On
rly Carle, not exased , ngly nix lines, "7 Op
nonneem•nta, .05 nuts per Hoe', anions con;
rd far by the rears
Anna, and,Speetal Ornofeno.le capita per Ilne.
ordnmn adreqlnernenta extra.
of:llarrlageo and Death , ' pebilshad free.
tnant
Per Dm
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Notion.
M ESSAGE
Or HIS EXCELLENCY
JOHN W. GEARY,
To the General Assembly Qt Penneylva
vanla, January 3,1872.
TA the Senate and House of Repreeen :
tativee of the
_Coratnnnicealth of Penp
eyleania.
GIIICTIMIEN gave, for'ft season,
• separated yourselves from private busi
ness and personal Interests, and come
Rum .krlifferent• erections of the State
clothed with the powers of more than
throe and a-half millions of free, .In
telligent and independent people, to
serve them in yOur representative en
-parity ; and • to determine upon public
nitnirs, in such manner, It in hoped, as
'tiny deser're the blessings of God and
the gratitude of teen. It Is becoming,
therefore, to advance to these dritien
with minds untainted with pnrty ac
rimony, unswayed by selfish or inter
ested motives, and with fervent aspira
tions "of praise ne.isi gratitude to the
great Preserver of nations, states and
individuals, and to mingle our limbic,
and devout erapplications .for Ilia guid
ance and approbation In the accomplish
.,ment of the task assigned.
I am not insensible to the magnitude
end importance of the enbJects before
sae, nor to the rermonsibilities imposed.;
and approach them with diffidence and
mlngivings, eonsoiourrthat some of them
require more extended research than
time and space gild be piloted to their
eineidation.
In compliance with the Ointy prescribed
ley , te.e Constitution, I transmit, for year
information and that of the people,
statement of the condition of the flnancres,
schools, military - and other matters of in
terest, with recommendations of -nnoh
meantime as ire deemed of sufficient Im
portance to be presented for year eon
edderation.
D 11117104115
Sft.•r tlt•rotp>, •t r.p•rte (ton
Ma •notating A•pnrttainte, ti• ehM
na•t 1. subrall•d:
ea=
■alone.ln Trenenry, l4vornher 511,18T0 ill,8111",1112 itt
Ordinary reeotplo during th. 11..1
year onellna•ilekeitaber 10. 1ta1....
Illotra•rdloory resolpte from tho Duped
g•.to• governenrmt. on &sermon' of
P•n•eylvon , a war slalom!, applied to
the p•; orirm I .f the State de'al
'Not& IN T11541,111rY dui.' yur setting.
3uninb.r 30, 1071 03,61.,000 44
DISBUTtSISIIENTI
....(Ortneary • jpo .1•11
potld
moliniggovexibir 80,
E 1.018,511 00
Lon.. as., t, - E4
lotoroat oo Loma, ..... 1.880,03$ E
Tetnl titsboreentonts
P..,1•95919 Tresiary, Nif.'Bo; 1871.1 111 4701 988 59
I' CEILIC DEBT
pabl le debt •e November 10, 1870,
',redact amenut paid by
Sinklog thoa•
tai•ehenere daring the
year ending 11•••••-
- er 30, 1071
Amount geld by Btat•
- Trfokonter Antl•g ,
'mit.; 'time • ' '18,301 64-
DEIZIEI
Total fold , 11• debt, N•v•nalser 80, Val $lO Dp,071 76
The following etotereent ehown the
uatnib of the Indebtedneso of the Com
Rionwealth, November 80, 1871
For/dad Befit, viz
..evo.eei of •vtr•dtto 1 v.,
17...770ab1•10‘-- ,
167.277• d 1677, fa 117116.680 00
1112 ••4 11177, lu tttttt I par oeut.... 06680 0
1•75 ••d 1643 Interest 6 par men 7,090 07C1 01
1077, i•tereat 6 per 4.H1 0,309,700 00
16711, latore.nt 6 per e•ot 044.,0,0 10
1076, Intere.t 6 per octet 400,000 t.O
Ifirt Red 1666, lemr“t 0 per cent—. 0,171,1160 00
IRO2, I•tereet I per tout 1,110,960 00
'
1/112, letereet OA per eent ' 111'060 00
~..h4+o fuhd.o db41....4.: -$2 6 •660,146 I 6
Unfunded debt,vin.:, , . . .
LOW Pk etimin elreu , atJep,,S66.647 6o ,L.... •
ha. lorOott•tandlng • 16,086 62 '
intoeert quelnlmed 4,4111 00 . :
Deriestiooradltors` °en—. 44 67
13.926 6?
Nablie debt. Net. 80, 78T1, se Were
■eared •
The Leone irAsioiters or the oinking reed
report. sesete rentriieing ii their . kende
as Milano sig ' •
'lto•de of 14.1 i
ooroposy.soootott. II.• Ih•
Phllowloljobla ;met Colnra6le
reji
nea.•.r
TIE1(17.11vo of r iko, A4oglimiy
, r ioAlroaltoomposy, ..•h t.r
• 4141O,010.,gaoso•1iog by, this Pomo-,
.T,lfoala Dil,ebl oorpoLludlbrtl.-
ant d:ovral rollwaf solopaoy sad
i!vi••oill Brio rol'rooi
oomopaoyi paylbtelll6ll,ll4
ly , With
Pirs !loot 110orn1 (rem Josooky
:r
. y 1 M!q~p;if ~Yr• Y.
411,*11911t,il'paio14 d0b1,...,,...
Deimet sonenai of a.• •.'
eois e to,4•o>es' et,
deN 1.949••• 19 the
N.T:. Ifts, •
tat ' • ai,Swer
• • : • • t0,,tra.6014 69
4O( amprovidliel ' • •
• '•• • • $11!1,168,11N1 14
, :'ln Aeillenee, to the 'Sixty.soientkiied
klon ot,thpappropriation ' 'bill,' approved
May: 170571, the State has issued for
' die relief of the Oii . in-eilint Chamberaljurg .
and vicinity, for yiar4aniaties adjUill ea
e'd - Pn l i''' ,f,PP,IT'ri..CI4,
,!;9'tl,fteat'es - 9r,
1.40 to , qq., pnvin . t, l t, i 7 ',•(,,, hyrdicd and
not,yniun gioOsand i seTentindred and
'fo i rty=ni ' g p:dollarit 'and ninetylOne' cents,
wtdeli 4. rii beini intereit eft she per cent,
1
.44-1,611,, eird-annnally at tinii4ttite Trottel ;
ury.g i ~ ~;, ' ,:tii ilt) ,1.1 1 ,.,' 1i<.".., , 1•
r e.' nooks . of the A.nditor General and
gt,llo,,..l'n*inlynk. hileitielliii' tOtal indebted
,,,„lef ' tili oeinmonweatili,' l 4, the first
, lig i rtpecoluber f. lBfl6,7"iis tliiryoeeen
t, W. RA Occon', Ne4'n cii:e of O'n4 :ro j efr, 'M sis Band
. 'ptir. Itun c trea . anti ' nine 0 dollnee !and
:iseventy-seren dente..; Sinop then, inxid up
pa 4,overr,hpr.Qo, 4.1471,, 4/ . o' ifilp 954 -eight
. pflilien leaven Aundred,aadi.tweri*fonr
, 'lhousilad t)i;.4.i. A't'initi . `eil!iiiii',l4otil-' o ‘o ll e
''‘o ll64 7. 4 :anq foot': eehtt :' l l.. 4 ',,lilie!'::,Pald*
'Thkredtcticin - during- the 'year ending
„,X9Y.9nA11' 0 . 4 %, 80 , q7. 1 ,'.. As :PP: 'nfiiii°.l one
.-:
hundred' Ind - tTiirty.onir. thousang , fire
~:i i ,? Y r'eci, .ana iiiiiitircrotta.6i, ( 'viii.„;ol)4,,,
Mt , 0047 pie's nviiiiip:tOttolitonVditriiig
. .
. .
.. . .
. ....,
the last five yettrris oneroallion mon
hiin'drett and forty-four . thauSand
,eight
hundred, az i sixty-man dollars and
seventy-five eonts,
It will' be observed, In the table exhib
iting the nature of the indobtednoils of
the ,commonwealth, the amount of..the
loans now overdue is $2,502,005.16. This
snm can, without dbubt, be paid as rap
idly as the holders will present it to the
commissioners of the sinking fund. The .
bonds psyahle_in..lB72, and_ demandable
in 1977, amount to $3,879,400.011 These
can, also be paid within the Aveyears
prior to their maturity at an average ,of
$7711,890.00 per annum.
' For many years the general appropria
-an_bills--have-been_suitlikeld—from_the
Governo'r until about lila. timis .of ad-
journment, when he, must either sign
them without proper investigation, sus
pend the means to defray the operations
of the government for. the ensuing year,
gr call an extra session of the legislature.
It is earnestly desired that the appro
priation. bill be taken up, discussed rind
passed at an early period during the sea-
Ilion, to enable the executive to give it
that thorough examination which its
importance demands.
In my message of January eleventh,
1808, I informed the legislature that "the
balance in, favor of the general govern
ment for Pennsylvania's quota of direct
tax levied in the several States for war
purposes, and for cifsh from the United
States, amounting in all to nearly $2,-
000,000 has been settled in full by the al
lowance of war claims for oxtraordindry
expennen incurred by the State during
the war, In connequence of the lapse of
time since the remaining claims were
contracted, the grant of nufficient vouch
era and explanations, and the difficulty
of finding the parties, some of them be
ing dead, by - whom they shordd be made,
render"their settlement difficult, and in
many instnnees' doubtful, the . accom
plishment of which, however, will be'
vigorously pursued, and the result laid
before the leginlat'ire.”
Lately pabtic attention line been per
nintently directed to the subject of these
claime rind their collection from the na-,
tional government, and in view of the
action which it nifty be your duty to take
in reference thereto, the following facts,
showing what these claims consist: of,
the mcannres taken by the State for their
recovery, snit the emeeens resulting t here
from, are nubmitted to aid you in your
deliberations. •
By a statute of congress, approved
July twenty-seventh, 1861, entitled "an
act to indemnify the states for expenses
incurred by them in defense of the
United 'Mates," it is provided "that the
Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is
hereby directed, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to
pay to the tiovernor of any Etat e, or to
his duly authorized agents, the coatis,
charges and expenses properly inourrod
by such state for enrolling, subsisting,
clothing, supplying, arming, equipping,
paying and transporting its troops em
ployed in'aiding to suppress the present
innfirrection against the United Staten,
to he settled upon proper vouchers, to be
tiled and passed upon by the proper
accounting officers of the Treasury." •
By another net of Congress, approved
August 1, I H6l, entitled " An act to pro
vide increased revenue from imports to
pay interest on the pithlic debt, and for
other purposes," there was levied a di
rect tax upon the several states, terri
tories and the Dietriot of Columbia, of
twenty million dollars', with the privilege
to those States of collecting and paying
the quota of their tax into the Treasury
of the United States, of a deduction ur
allowance of fifteen per cent ire com
pensation for the expenses attending the
collection.
4,0111 'tit 14
DEMI
' OLIAT, 86
Cr=
Pentisylvenia's portion of thin tax
amounted to $1,6.16,7(0.33, the payment
of which the elate assumed,
9 I,lll.lditl 17
The fifty-third section of the statute
last referred to provides.: "That the
amount of direct tax apportioned to any
state, territory or the District of Colum
bia, shall be liable to be paid and satis
fied, in Whole or in part, by the release
of Hach State, territory or district, dulj
executed to - the United States, of any
liquidated and determined claim of such
state, territory or district of equal
-amount against the United States :.pro
rided, That in case of slush release,
each state; territory or — distriet be
allowed the rine abatement of the
amount of such tax as would be allowed
in case of pnymein, of the same in
1=
money. ,
Under the .et of era , gr•rui anal - re ,
ferreil to, of July Li, 1861, alahnn
on the port • f Ike 11 MO 601 oat
the tinned Staten were hied
aruolluting 111 Loe aggregate le—,
$111,0.10,011 7
These claims ware flied in sir
difrorvit Installments; •e
. follows, viz :
Int 111..1 311trch I, 13111..31,182937 22 4
u, 11, 1307,. 884,337 20
34, •• re 1431•2 W. 31,34 fl
4ilt •' 11ny 4:11170....: 3.51,333 18
Bth '• Jane 30, 1378.., 7414177 81
eth '• may 26, .371.... 33,737 77
Si t4it, eel) St
It was in reference to the first 'and
'second inatallments of the claims so filed,
that my predecessor, Governor Curtin,
informed the legialatttre; Januari 7, 1863,
that - roil the, fourteenth of June, 1803, the
gnota of .direct tax dtie by the State had
been 1' paid • to the . Jnited States, partly
byri relinquishraent a.,portion of the
sums claimed by this State from the goy- ,
ernment, and 'in. cash, •after, de
-I.dttoting the' llftetin per cent allowed l;y
Act of Congress for prompt payrirent.".
The settlement thus 'iniimined.'to. Bays'
been effected, and which, ori.the.
Governor Cuiliu
supposed to have been completed, woe
'based. on an ariangement,its Ondoritocid
by the State ritithorities, shown 'by
following.llgorpa
i 8010,11011 041
V 1,400,610 oo
Entiini
Araottnt of direet tax,
Dedast 16 per
I=
t ' r, '
51,051,711, 4S
Cast, sislaiby.Slia'Alatata,lbeAralled' !
States, Jane SO 1441. 68?,(.00
.00
Proportion M war olnlnto pot off II • •
the 31,301,711 43
•It i31.11).33403344y transpiredeier,,
thetat ' l the v tiatOchen' Governor Curtin'
..assunied, the above .eettlernents,te have .
been eorniiieted,:no p?rtionOf t4.4tate''s
claims bad boon ‘llquidated 'and deter;
tnitied7 by.'t,lloonrOper riecounting,.offt
ears of
~t he • treasury". of Ole tatte
. as
Stateti, recnti'red by the etatutee 'of!
Cong,resil, approved the twenty-seventh,
of 'Jufy and fifth of August, 1801:
deed, it Was not until linrember 1, 180,
that; any porOoif of the State'il (+Wake
bilett 1 l liquidated and determtuedt!,
rt!'
=
IMEIZEI
MEI
UM
WE
$1;.10,710 33
,1192,007 90
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by the United States' eilloers, and 'even
then the only snm allewed amounted to
one hundred and tten46 dollars and fifty
conis. Still, on September. , 20, 11861, the
United States made an' , advanee to the
State on account of -these Claims of
A(306,000, and for this, cash advance the
State stood debtor to the United -States
until the claims were "liquidated and
allowed."• So that on the books of the
national government the State appeared
debtor for ,,
Quota of dirnit! tan
2d. Ca,h advanced by 11. United
States to the 'State, September 20,
Loos coat: old 131 •tho Stott. to tit•
Uoltod tatoi, ,in ;W M 2
, -- tvamtiv - ar
-While the claims on the part of the State'
against the
.United States were under
stood, if'properly suppoited, to be con
siderably in excess of this amount. To
enable the State td hive secured the
henoltof the rebatement of fifteen poi
cent on the quota of direct tax, amonnt , .
big to $202.007.90, it wale,: absolutely
necessary, under the statides of Judy
27, and Augnst, 5, 1801, that the money;
should either be paid ourik the treasury
to the United States,- or that the claims
of the State against the national govern
ment,' which had been "disallowed and
suspended" (except the credit — a - SITS:7OV
above explained,) for five yeala, should
be "liquidated and -determined" by Gil
accounting officers of the government."
It, was under these circumstances that
the legislature of the State, in 1867, by
jOint resolution, authorized the Governor
to appoint "a special agent, to collect
disallowed and suspended , claims against
the United States,". "whose comkettsa
tion for that purpose shall not eneed
ten per centum'of the amounts thus col
lected, and sbill be paid out of such coj-
lectione "
An Ilium authorized, it became my duty
to appoint a competent person to attenli
specially - to the interest pf the common
wealth in the collection a nd adjustment
of these claims, and under the authority
confoired upon me, I appointed Mr.
George 0. Evans, of Philadelphia, whose
recommendations for efficiency' and
faithfulness were no ntrong,thAtLW
no hesitation to place in bin hands the
agency required by the act of Congress
of July 17, 1861, and the joint resoln
tion-of the legislature. - It WAS not ex
pected that he would ever nncceed in
paying off a debt which neetned to be
greater than the amount of the claims
then on the ; nor ran it expected that'
lie would succeed, rinderthe•best of cir
cumstances, in obtaining more than a
few hii - ndreit thounand dollars out of
vouchers, which had corupwardes of five
yearn been "disallowed and suspenclud,"
and deemed almost without. value.
Mr. Evans, upon his appointment, im
piediately gave his attention to the duties
assigned him, and through his emcee/min
paying the entire debt duo the general
government, I wan able to communicate
to the Legislature of 1808 the partial
settlement of the claims referred to. It
in due to Mr. Evans to state that that
reference was of too meagre a character
to place the result of his services fairly
and fully before the public. Through
bin labors, the claims of the hate, which
had for yearn:been "suspended and dis
allowed," were "liquidated and deter
mined" by the ncermitting officers of the
national government, and being thus
"liquidated and allowed," the State for"
the first time became entitled, under the
provisions of the act of August ii, 1801,-
to the above num of ¶291,007.00, - as the
rebatement on•-the quota of the United
States ter. •
The credit thus Moored to the State,
deduct from her quota-of the derect tax,
left a balance thereon against the State
of $1,054,711.13, and from this sum there
was to be deducted the payment made by
the State on account.of this tax on June
30, 1802, of s36o,ooo—redticing the
liability of the State for direct tax to
$1,301,711.40. This indebtedness, as
also the °ash - advanced to the State en
September 20, 1801, six months before
the . lll - st installment of claim's had been
filed on the part of the Slate, of $006,-
000, were paid by Mr. Evans by the col
lections' which he succeeded in making
upon the claims "liquidated and deter
mined" in favor of the State, as already
explained.
By act of t.tingress, the State was en
titled to a rebatetnent of neon per - dint
on her quota of the 17iiited tnx:; .
provided it was paid before the first day
of June, 1662, and of ten per cent; pro
nftled it was paid before the first day
of September of that year. The State
had forfeited both of these proposed re=
(Notions for prom‘pt payment by her
delinquency in not- levying the - tax fer
five years. But, notwithstanding all this,
Mr..l3vatte.'not only obtained fur the
benefit of the State, the rebatement of
the fifteen per emit on the-ninount of the
tax, but a release of the interest which
Might have accrued on the entire claim
Of the United Stites.
The claims collected hy.the State from
he United States, are an follows
Ell E I E !EII!!EMI:1
1,1. Moy I, IftelT
I=2=Z)ll
ins,esf 46
1311,fi46 01;.
187.M123 bf
242,167 MT
2`..18,7/3 OS
4 1111. pgiiiit 10, 1170
6th April 11 1 1071..
6th. H ky 15, 137 I•
7th. Joose 2E, 1171
These collections the special agent so.'
counts for as folloics : •
let. May 2;1857; plod
. .
debt, doe , by .the •
. .
ellete to the Unltetl; ' , ,
' 2
States, toning balance ' '
of goof.' of dlreet tax 81,504,711 43
htey 2, 1867, repBlB
...sh ClTlpced to the ...
.
Stale by the (Jelled L
Staten, oertelehele,24 , ;
1681 , . 1 064 ; UOJ 1.0
.. . ,
2d. Paid to the state'
•
'• •Treneury et fellows:
April 20, 1071, south.,... 41177422 .81 1
Nay 10, 1871, c05h..,,.'.. 942,1111 II
Junee27, 1871, ceeh., ..... . 280,731 et' ' !'
July 111,',1671, molt 29 1_L—.. 987 IS
$708:1111,77
3d, 1II• rommlenlors of
too' plir dentqui en 110 :
nmounty, eollockod,
tolnikrfrom
=llMlf.llffli
1T,111,.he pOOO that
Wo progont.-sondition of, tiro olaima
against thomational , gotornment stands
-
•••r, • /.
:Ainotitit of clelrrin filed os beforei "
. .
• 11110WII i ' ' $3,172,916 . 10
Of*ltiqh.thire4a7n.bees all'uyedsod
, cOlaqtyd oidloo 11
'bitinee - et 'Vreeent atleptineo• •:
~, , a molinte.to •• • • • ' • . 301,740 08
Northor, Rlaloos ,so , tbe, port 9f the,
fitato
,cnn, lotrifurod; he fairly, ' •
rondo, with good 'prodpect of isdloo- • '
• • lion, to tho amount of , 100,008 , 40
'
_ nr
•c ,o ounpondod and' •• - " '-
1,;1:“ . .._
__ill •eI tau y,ot `to •11' rot , - " • •
"" • e 151d1174% 01
PENN'A., THURSDAY MORNING
CREDIT StriIIII.II3II QF MIETLICA
By the fonptli , section of the act ap
proved lay' 1, :MOS, taxing corp Orations,
it
_'is deolared:
"That the capital stock of all cons
pnits incorporated by or un
der anylaii of this-Commonwealth,
** shall be subject ,tdo pay a tax
into the treasury of the Commonwealth
annually, at tho rate of onc,lialf,vaill for
each One per tent of dividends made or
devlared - by stichvcompftni."
---
The taxes received during the 1141
four years from corporation stocks have
annually exceeded $1,000,000, and„ are
now about the one-sixth part of the
revenue of the State,
---!tT-116--C red i t-Mobilier_of_timerleas
a corporation Created by the Legislature
.1 Pennsylvania; and under the vast
'powers conferred by its charter, 'it un
dertook the construction of that great
national work, the Union Pacific rail,
*road. The first contract was made
with a Mr. float° the two hundred and
forty-seven miles, at the eastern ter
minus-of-the road, and east of the one
hundreth meridian, for the considera
tion of fifty thousand dollars peg mile.
This contract was, assigned by ifoxie
to the 1 Credit Mobilier, and the road
was-built by that company. In the exe
cution. of-thaleoatract_sertain_ profits
wore madeand dividends divided bythe
corporation; and the taxes due thereon
:to the State of Pennsylvania were volun
tarily paid into the treasury. Soon after
wards another contract was Ipiade' With
Mr. Oaks Amos, for the construction' of
six hundred and sixty.seven miles of
said road west otAtie one-hundredth
meridian, for an aggregate consideration
of forty-seven million nine hundred and .
fifteen' thousand dollars. This part .of
the road was constructed under the lat
ter contract ; and out of the profits aris
ing therefrom about the sum of nine
million dollars was declared as dividends,
and paid to the steel:11411(10ra of the Credit
Mobilier. But when the State demanded
her taxes on these Immense profits. pay
ment was refused by the corporation, on
the grounds that the dividends though
paid to, and received by the stock
,Jkohlars• Sf the corporation and . in 'the
precise amount and porportions in which
they "Severally held stock in the company,
were yet paid to them as individuals,
and not as stockholders. To makd good
this defense emulry-papers, agreemmits ,
and contracts were produced, and espdci
ally in tripartite agreement between
Oaks Ames of the first part, sundry
trustees therein appointed of the second
part, anti the Credit Mobilier of-the third
part, by which, and the accompanying'
parol evidence, it was contended the.
corporation was rot responsible for the
taxes claimed, amounting to about one
million dollars, The accounting °dicers
Of the state, with counsel employed by
the Auditor General, associated with
the Attorney General, prosecuted the
claim with seal and ability, and on the
two separate trials in the court of com
mon pleas of Dauphin county recovered
verdicts and judgments against the cor
poration.
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806,000 JO
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'The first was obtained November 2.5,
1800, for $407,483.38, and the second,
December 33, 1870. for $410,891.03. The
defendant took weirs of error ; and the
Supreine Court reversed the judgments,
and in the opinion of a majority of the
judges certain principles are declared
which are. considered fatal to a recovery
by the State. If this cotporation, created,
by the laws of Pennsylvania, by the
legerdeniain of a tripartite agreement,
and other contracts and proceedings to
which the commonwealth was not a
party, can thus evade taxation upon its
capital stock, I can imagine no.good
reason why every other corporation.,may
not, by a resort to the same ingenious
contrivance, escape the, payment of
taxation on their capital' stock, and
thus over a million dollars annually be
lost to the State treasury. In view of
this impending danger, I earnestly - in
voke your prompt and careful considera
tion of this whole subject, and recom
mend such action mi will in the future
effectually protect the-interests, of the
commonwealth.
=I
The people at the last election having
proclaimed unntistskiibly. in favor or a
convention to revue the constitution, it
will tioubtlens be the pleasure of. , ,the
Legisliiture..to pro T ide ._the.. necessary
legal machinery to carry out the popular
will thin important subject. I cor
dially sympathize with this movement,
and in my lant annual message pro
sented my views
them
no fulls a
'repetition of theta is deemed unnecen. - .
eery, but to which sPecial 'refeience is.
made. ,1 careful revision of tun - funda
mental law, 'by men qualified for that
duty, is imperatively demanded by the
highest considerations of public venture.
Cnnneoied with thin, in in considera
ble degree, are the questions of the ea
toblisliment ofin '!Court of Appeals,"
and the appointinentof a aomininsion to
revisa the -tai laws and to equalizetanta
thin. Both 'of th.-e min:mires are im
portant, and are urged upon my consid
eratron by intelligent men trout differ
ent part, of the'Stinte. But, inasmuch
as the constitntic,rel eoniention. may
with propriety, tinde'rtinke the remizani
intior of mit . Judicial systera,"aild as
In:catkin should be hinseit upon and made.
conformable to - the regoirementa 'of the
constitution, I triclinia to the opinion that
general legislation en'theee . rubjects had
bettar:beipostponeCi until the aetiOn Of
the proposed convention shall be known.
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COMIItkISSION4I. APPORTION.IffINT
The second eectinn Of the Arst article
of the constitution of the United Btates,
as moditled by the second section of the'
fourteenth. amendment thereto, • defines
theprinpiples and basin of congressional
representation ;;Anti:lmposealipon each
Mtate.the duty, of- dividing the, name,
every ten yoars,,,intb•oongressional die-'
tricts,,eacb contaildng as 'nearly as pos
sible the : ratio otiriltabitants, adopted by
copgreSs„ based upon .00 enumeration
of tbe national online of 1870, No more,
important duty titan thisapiidilienment
of tbe ,Stat,e into nougressierial districts
devolve nppn the present leg
relater° ;land I (beapealt fee it , that care
, NI and,patriotte,considerittion which is
regaired by the,magnitude . of.the. Inter-
Pete invOlVed: I
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• . ' itqAp COISTANY. ' ,
. Ahout the elo!e of seuion of the
legielaturo In 1870, an AO *as. pas,sed
, and • niiprovedj entitled ed enpplernent
to the Milford and Matamoros railroad
company." The fourth section of this
enactment semis to havo been intendeci ,
to take from the State, and give to the
company, the tenlhousand dollars honns t ,
paid into the State treasury. annually
the New York and Erie railroad com
pany, under the fifth section of the act
Of twenty-sixth March, 1846. Soon after
the adjournment my attention was di
meted to the subject, and to guard
against - loss T carista the Attornoy Gen
bml to give notice to the NOW York and
Erie railroad company that the State
would look to that corporation for the
payment of the annual bonus, as. here
tofore, notwithstanding the passage of
the su ,lement referred to. I re_ ard
the latter as having been enacted and
approved, through inadirertence, in the
hurry of a closing session, and as hasty
and inconsiderate legislation, at variance
with the settled policy of the State, and
highly prejudicial to the public; inter
ests ; and I therefore earnestly repeat
the recommendation in my last anneal
message for the immediate repeal of
.this obnoxious law, of at 119nst that part
of it which relates to the bolus. The
State having long sines' abandoned the
policy of paying money out of her treas
ury for the construction of railroads,
there is neither equality or justice in
allowing-this enactment - IP romaih in
force.
EDUCATION'
Every 'citizen is deeply interested in
the management
,and, welfare of our
common schools, and in the canse of
general education, and should rejoice
that in the prosperity of so groat a trust
ho is charged with an appropriate sha-ro
of responsibility. In proportion as the
character' of public instruction is ele
vated, the vast multitudes who emerge
from our schools will be properly pre
pared for the active dutleapf life, and
"the weighty responsibilities of Ameri
can Citizenship."
.Thirty-seven years - have elapsed sines
the. common school system was intrc
duced into Pennsylvania, and the gen
eral prosperity of the State has over
since been commensurate with the ad
vantages that have been afforded to its
rapidly increasing . population. Those
who were instrumental in its introdno
tion, and there who have devoted them
selves to perfecting , its operations as to
methods of teaching, the adaptation of
bOildings, and all othsr, Means of educa
tion, aro fully appreciated and compen
sated by the gratitude of all acrd
and
intelligent people But miter vet ro
mans WIN" done to perfect its ultimate
purposes, and•lt must not be eriid-of us,
now upon the field of action, that we
are permitting the good work to languish
in our hands.' No just complaint should
be allowed as to its efficiency, or that its
great and important ends are not being
accomplished.
It was certainly the purpose of the
founders of our common school system
to give every child in the Commonwealth,
without regard to its pecuo or social
condition, the adinntages •of sufficient
education to enable him or her to en
gage in the successful transaction of the
ordMary branches of business, and to
obtain and maintain a respectability
which' igntirance can never acquire.
Thus far this has not been fully accom
plished ; for I am informed there aro
at least seventy-five thousand- children
in the State who attend no schools of
any kind whatever. It is unnecessary
to inquire i9to the reasons for this
shameful neglect. The evil exists and
demands an efficient remedy. That
remedy may probably be found either
in compelling, or in holding out induce
ments to parents and others having
'children in charge, whether rich or poor,
to afford them the benefits, for at least
a reasonable term of years, of our public
school's.
Those who neglect this duty are unfit
gunranns, and deserving of severe repre
hension. 'Parents are not the may own-
ers of their children. The latter are tbe
property .if the Stnta, the prosperity of
which nutterinlly depends upon their fu
ture useflilnesa., They are emphatically
her children, and have an indefeasible
right to demand her protection in r, their
youth, that in advanced life 'they may,
in .turn, become her protectors. Let,
them be properly reared; trained and
cultivated, end they will grow up to ma
turity-. loving the- - band that tostuimi_
them, and feeling a deep . and lasting in
terest in its welfare for thepaternal care
they received. And thins 'many who
would otherwise be - neglected world be.
clime an honor to themselves; and bright
,lights in the moral, social,
religionearid political firmament of the
Commonwealth. But let these be ne
glected; and what are the reverse re
sifts? Idleness and ignorance' are the
prolific smirces of vice arid erime. They
will fill our almshouses with youthfUl
vim - rants, our prisons with convicted
erimilitliN houses of in fammvith dissolute
wretches, the purlieu,' of our cities with
drunken, miserable and half ntarved
vagabonds, and cover oar " Potter's
fields"' with the graies of these who
might -have been, with proper itiatrue
lions, oronmeida to soiniety and , service
able to their country. These statements
are folly suetninbd by the, reports of
_prison inspeetors,. wardens phyeleirins
and philanthropiets who have given the
subject careful consideration ; and it has
bean clearly demonstrated that an ex
ceedingly 'smell percentage of the suffer
!tog beings who crowd our .Prisons and.
poor houses have received even the rudi
ments of an ordinary education, or moral
inetrnetion during their childhood. This
condition: of things admomehes those
having charge of the public Interests of a
great responsibility, and that the appli
cation of effectual ierpedies admit of
no delay. Therefore, such legislation is
recommended Its will remedy any defoote
in our aohbol system that'hitherto.failed
to malto it .thinoiligh, otimprohensive and
Universal. •
I would advise a more liberal polloy
to be adopted is regard to the: oompen
nation of teachers in the pubilo echoole,
that the highest order of talent and the
hest qualiflcations for the responsible
and important ditties of Instrnetion may
always be seEnred:
'On thin occasion I have omitted the
statistical ')atatemente exhibiting the
condition of the-dillbrent branchaa •f
the ashool department, and resiaotfully
invite your attention. to the carefully.
prepared repor t the superintendent
for a detailed account of the .normal,
JAN TARP 11, 1.872.
agricultural, common and, seldlers
orphans' schools and colleges, , and to
the suggestions and recommendation's
contained therein. His long and,suceois-,
ful career as an educator eminently en
titioi them to -your attentive' considera
tion. I also • recommend an appre;pria
tion, of ilve hundred and twenty thous
and dollars in aid of the common schools,
and four hundred aid eighty ,thoupand
dollars for the continuance of tho soldiers'
orphans' schools, for, •the school year
terminating May 31, 15Td.
NATIONAL GUANO
The accompanying report of the Ad
jutant General will be found an interest
ing document. It le replete with vela
able information in regard to which
every citizen- of the .iommonvrealth Is
deeply concerned. The • present condi
tion and efileleney of the military organ
izations of the State, recognized as the
"National Guard," le in most ithitanccs
such as to give general satisfaction.
From a very Small beginning, at the
close of the war, they have assumed an
attitude most creditable to the patriotic
ardor of our young men, some of whom
during the past year have been enabled
to :wall themselies of an opportunity to
prove their usefulness in the field. ,
The effective forco of the national
guard is at present nineteen—rogiments,_
and three battalions, comprising, with
unattached organizations, , 382 compa
nies, vin : Eight artillery, twenty °av
. airy, and 354 infantry. Ofilie regimental
organizations, thirteen aro in the Snit
division, one in the Second, three in the
Eighteenth, and two in the Ninth. The
aggregate of enlisted men is 113,734, and
the-commissioned officers number 1,142.
The Fifth brigade of the First divlaion,
organized in accordance with act of
the last legislature, is composed of three
regiments of colored troops.
The entire force is handsomely equip
pcd, and generally well drilled and disci
plined, and prepared to- moot any
ordinary emergency in which its services
may be required or demanded by the
fonstituted authorities.
The riotous condition •of affairs in
Luzern,o county, during the months of
April and May last, demonstrate the
necessity for—and .of eloney of these
voluntary military organizations. For
a full account of these disturbances of
the- peaee, and the operations of the
volunteers ordered into service, you aro
referred to the report of Major General
Edwin 15. Osborne, oeminanding the
Ninth division of the national guard,'
which will be found in the report of the
Adjudant General. From this doehinent
- and other facts daily communicated to
mo during the existence of the Scranton
trgubles, it in evident that our citizen
soldieryfannot be too highly esteemed
for their services on that occasion ; and
their usefulness is demonstrated should
similar or any other civil disturbances
hereafter occur.
_, • _
But for the prompt appearance and
judicious management of the national
guard on the occasion of these riots, one
of our most prosperous cities might have
been reduced to ashes, millions of pro
perty destroyed,
, many valuable lives
sacrificed, and scenes of general ruin and
devastation produced.
By act of the legislature provision was
made for the expenses necessary for the
suppression of , the disturbances iu
Luzern° county. They amounted to
thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and
sixty-seven dollars and thirty-six Cents.
The various items comprising this sum,
properly audited, and paid by the State
Treasurer, will be found in detail in the
report of the Adjutant General.
The history of the volunteers is the
late war is completed and ready for die
tribution. It embraces five royal octavo
volumes, and bears evidence of-being a
work of much labor and research. Ac
companying this yea will receive the
Anal report el the historian.
WRIT!, 03 BARON. IN 'CRISHAM , . CANIS
At the tension of It7O, the legislature
penned an let, entitled "an set to allow '
write of error is ranee of murder-and
-voluntary manslaughter,"'tbe first sec-
Lion of which provides that a writ of
error "shall be of 'right, and may be
aned out upon the oath of the defendant '
or defendant., me in civil elutes." The
second section makes it the duty of the
judges of the Supreme court, in all much
Cases, te tevis . w both the laW and the.
Tiilmiii?ifitnis . of 'thin nub..
ject, and the negleet of the legislature
to act upon it in response to the request
in my leet• annual rneetinge, makes it
incumbent upon me to repeatiny recoils.
mendation. Before this enactment the
law required the defendant to allege
that BOileft ',error had been Committed by
the';spurt. es the trial, and te show'
sense, within thlay days, why the writ
of error should be granted ; but this inw
gives ii writ, *Wither any error is alleged
or not, and allow. the defendant seven
,Iyenisin which to issue it, seeerding to
the practiee cam,. Beretofore
the exSoutive did net ordinarily inane
the warrant for exesutlon of any, criminal
until the expiration of thirty deys within
nidch he was permitted to apply far Inc
‘vr•ft, of error. - That limitation of thirty.
49148 being now virtually repealed, and
seven years, salistituted .therefer, is it
expected the warrant shall be withheld.
for the seven years? If net, when may
it properly' Issue, And if leaned st - any .
time within the seven years, May net tho_
criminal' enpersede it any time he pleases
by.this writ of error? Ana mai it no% be
reasonably expiated that this wlll4r&thi
practical result in many meet' Thi.'
'would seem' like trifling with very seri- .
one matters; and I respectfully submit'
-whether the ant should not be repealed,
of vary materially modified, without de.
]ay. In my message of tenth rehrtinry,'
187:0, returning the bill with my objee=
tions, I gave 'sundry reasons' why it
should snot be approved, and.' the 'views
there'ln expreieed remain nnehanged;
and the•flupreme Conrt of thi State, in
•
the.Selicappe ease, expressos its opinion'.
of.this enactment, as follow'sl.'
"It is not improper before diming
any a few words In: refetenee to the set
of 18170, to draw attentiontosortve of itr'
defects, and to thi radical change In oar
criminal jurisprudence r it will prodneo.'
It Was passed for this case, but' owing to
:the governor's vett) it came' teo late. it
is another evidence that 'arra 'which sari
the_Cibspring of feeling are-seldom Wisely
framed. • It foremast's this coork,,to ra
view Lb. evidence an/ sootebermloir
'whether thk ingredients to oeastiiiebe
murder in the first degree were Tr,oved'
to exist, and jet; in forgetfulneas of the
former law,- it proVideS no Moans to
take, preserve and bfleg pp the eiikicieriee:
This, the first attempt to act under it,'
Proves Its ineffielonoy, the judge below .
returning to our eentierari that ho was
not able ,to rhake tho return of the
Ovldenco. He Is not bound by law to
take the testimony or to certify to it.
A bill of exceptions brings up only so
Much of the evidence as may be rminlred
to explain the piint of law'contained - in
The.effeet-of this law seems not to
have excited attention. It has changed the
whole doctrine of the criminal law as to
the speed and eertaint l y of punishment,
and left to the felon both the hope and
a • oor of escapc, not on y rom , t o
law's delay, but by prison broach, and
,2dlthe various means of avoiding retri
butive justice. At
. this moment, two
- cases occur to my memory or convictions
of murder in Allegheny county, delayed
by dilltary motions, where the prison
doors opened by unknown means, and.
the prisoners escaped forever. Any
murderer may, under this law—though
like Probst he may have murdered a
whole family--take ont . lsis writ of error,
without limitation of tinmor condition,
whether in prison under amitotic°, or
upon the trap of the gallows,
with, cause,or-withont-ik-and-anspend
his case until the noxt term of the
Supremo Contd. . No one could condemns
him, if the death warrant not prevent.
ing, he should wait till the term of the
Bupreme Court be passed, and then take
out his writ of error to delay the execu
tion of his sentence for a whole year.
That only security to the public, the ex
amination-of the case and allowance of
the wllt, for cause, is repealed."
PROCLAMATIONS FOR ELECTIONS
Complaints have boon made to me of a
want of uniformity in the sheriff's' procla
mations for elections, to which I deem it
important to invite, your attention.
There are sundry local laws on the sub
ject of.' elections, to which the local
proclamations mast necessarily conform.
The election laws are generally uniform ;
and there are no — good r one why the
Main body of the shed proc atiotie
should not also be uniform. For man
years scarcely any two proclamations
have been alike ; and they seem, in many
instances, to havo been, prepared with
more regard to supposed partisan advan
tages than to a compliance with the plain
requirements of law. Many things aro
included which arc .nrineccesaty, and
frequently either things are exciluded
which the law positively requires. This
evil should be 'remedied ; and I can sug
gest no getter way of doing it than for
the Legislature to authorize the' Secre
tary of the Commonwealth or the Attor
ney - General to prepare and distribute
such .4' form of proclamation as the law
prescribes.
RAILROAD COMOLIDATIONEI.
The consolidation of railroads and rail
road companies has lately - become quite
comran, and the interests involved aro
very great. The laws heretofore created,
authorizing tgis to be done, only require
that the articles of merger shall be flied
in the office of the Secretary of State, but
confer no authority for recording. In
view of the magnitude of these interests,
I recommend that authoiity be given to
the secretary to record, in suitable bonkn,
all articles and agreements of consolida
tion and merger heretofore filed, and all
that may hereafter be presented for that
purpose.
CAPITOL AND CAPITOL GROUNDI3
A. suitable place ie desirable for the
proper exhibition of the painting of the
Battle of Gettysburg, and the flags now
stowed away in the office of the State
Historian. Few persona visit Harrisburg
who are not desirous of viewing, not
only the painting, but the worn and
tattered colors carried triumphantly
over...nanny battle fields by our bravo
soldiers :dating the recent war. These
alicitild not be hidden from public inspec
tion es no mach useless and condemned
rubbish. Th• rooms in the capitol used
by the State historian and the Board Of
Charities, would, conjointly, answer the
purpose indicated, and but small expense
need be ikearred to put theln in proper
order.
The legislature hen frequently had.up
der consideration the propriety of pur
chasing a email Piece of land) at the oast
corner of the capitol:grounds necessary
to complete the square. I recommend
that farther efforts bemiade to secure
the object indicated, end that the iron
fence enclosing the grounds be -com
pleted.
CODIFICATIOSoa TIM LAWS
- In my lent annual message the favor
able consideration of the legislature' was
invited to the, revised civil code ;1 but
•o action was• taken en it other than the
appointment of a joint committee of the
two hoitses to examine it and Make re•
port atthe present session. The commie- .
!donors informedise that, in the interval
of, time, they have Ingrafted'. into the
cede so much of the legislation of last
winter as 'was necessary to. harmonize
the whole, and have also made some
eortections of their earlier • work, • aud
that thiti production is now i■ the
hands of the joint committee. • '
I=lll
. Duting the seision of IVO the' legisla 7
ttim Passed a' lair' "providing for
. the
kcelth and•safety'ef piirsone employed in•
eonl mines," which Inte'been' productive
•f beneficial' iesttlts. Yet there aro
'supPlied in 'oder to
hiliq acooniPilisli the desired ehjeots. In
si'•prit'vions meseagia I endeavored 'to make
It' apPenr that no extensive coal mine
'eonld be safe•vvitheint more than ono out- .
'Mt, and 'net even then tinfoils scoured by
incombustible ''ntterial, The 'reoom
'niendation that nt least two openings
iheuld be required has been incorporated
in the law; Ant that regarding this . use of
Wood in their consittiction was unheeded,
compttratiteli of little iminirtance
, how many means of eXit 'there may be
if these'ate. Choked' tip' with tthb Ilaineet
and.' smoke ''of hinting'timbers.'' This'
was demonhtra r .ted' in Septginbor last in'
tii'd terrible'ealamity at PittatOn,. Which
renewed so soon afteethatof •Avondale,
and •was leis' horrible only because less.
'extensive, by whielt the lives of eighteen ,
miners Were!motificed;•and which, with
the 'proper preciution ngainst. fire, - might
Otobabli have, 2
.
A o.loll.llnOre • recent caecutity• enneetii
aiiiither amendment to the act referred)
N. By, the :,reprehensible practice of
rob* *g the supporting oolumne, the
roof* of r tho mines, the aterlaying aur-
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Faced of which arc in Some places covered
Witli . houSese sink into the vacuum, cans ,
Ing, the ' , destruction of many. thousand
.dollars worth of property, as at Scran
ton, Hyde ' , Park and Wilkombarre. It
should, therefore, be made unlawild to.
remove the coal . -supports without
plying their., plate •.with others on sn6-
stantial masonry, or somOing egviva
lmot. • • • •
The reports of the Inspectors of mituei
.furniah'inore statistical information and
othery'aluable 'and interesting matter,
,exhibitingtheir usefulness and
:Wig the propriety of tbbir appointment.
COMPULSORY VACCINATION
,
The einall
,pox -has, during . the past
year, made its appearance in the cities
and — p — firiTilbT — oifitStr s (7,1* the State. In
July last it assumed an epidemic, char
acter, and its iaintes still Continue.
During the last nix thenths iii Philadel-'
'tibia alone over eight thousand canes
were
,rericittpd, of which eighteen huts
dred and seventy-nine proved fatal.
Oh this point the port physician and the
health 'offiCer of that city, in their report
of December 11, say "it is a deplorable
shamO that ten hundred and eighteen
liveS, (the number -reported up to that
date) tutebeen sacrificed this - year,
which could and should 'int . ve been pre
served by the known nicatiof Preven
tion.!'From Ude' statenientiit appears
that more than oiio per cent of the popu
lation bf that 'city was Smitten with the
infection, and that the mortality ex
ceeded twenty-three per cent of the cases
reported. The epidemic has spread
widely over the State and many neigh
borhoods hare greatly suffered.
lie cause evidently exists among our
elves, find it becomes our duty to devise
means to arrest its iTigress, arato enact
such legislation. as will protect our peo
ple against its recurrence. 'fhis is a
delicate subject, but it is one wdlich so
deeply affects the welfare of our citizens,
and-the general-interests of the State,
that it becomes:my duty to speak frankly
and to the point. And it is also one in
which every member of the General As
sembly is equally concerned. 'Eminent
medical men unhesitatingly declare that
thotsands of lives have been sacrificed
for a want of proper sanitary kties.
There are none such in the State, and if
they are not spesiiii enacted a‘iivelghty
responsibility will rat upon whom the
duty devolves.
r pinto film n Patent work by Dr. P.
11 . Chavesne, nn erhinent English sur
geon, end fir. F. TI. Getehell, lecturer,
Jefferson Medical College," the following
paragraph '
"Smell pox Is a pest. It Is worse than
the plague ; for if not kept in subjection
it is more general—Op:lring neither young
nor old, rich nor poor, and commits
greater rnvsges than the plague ever
did. Small pox is a disgrace to any
civilized land, as there is no necessity
for its presence. If vaccination were
frequently and properly performed, small
pox would be unknown. Cow pox is a
weapon to conquer small pox, and drive,
it ignominiously from the held My
firm tbillel 4 , then, is thetdf every parson
were, ererg seven years, duly and prop
erly vaccinated, small pox . might be
utterly exterminated, lint as , long as
there ere such Ina notions on the subject,
and such gross negligence, the disease
will always be rampant ; for the poison
of smell pox never slumbers nor sleeps,
but requires the utmost diligence to
eradicate it. The great Dr. Jenner, the
discoverer of the COW pox as a prevent
ive of the small pox, strongly advocated
the absolute necessity of every person
being vaccinated once every seven years
or oftener, if there was an epidemic of
small pox in the neighborhood.'; Their)
eminent physicians, also aver that very
feW fatal cases are recorded no; oceuring
after vaccination, and these qray
be considered as only excep
tions to the general rule, and some
of them might he traced to the root:illa
tion not having fatten effect.. They
moreover say that pereopowho take the
small pox after vaccination are seldom
pitted, and the disease assumes a coin
peretivOly mild form. The necessity,
therefore, for a esmpulsory vaccination
law a d its, utility is also demonstrated
by. u answerable etatistles, contained
'in the report of 'the port physiciap,
herewith submitted, and to /which
you are moot reepectfulty referred.
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Many eminent medical and other sci
entific gentlemen have suggested that
the
_organization of a state beard of
health, under auspices of the legislature,
windel be greatly conducive to t•.e general
welfare of the people of 'the Common
wealth. • After mature delifieratiou,' 1
thoroughly accord in this opinion. 10 r .
cal boards of health may moane r the
,purposes for which they Are establi shed ;
but their fields of operation are Unified,
and they cannot accomplish the objectis
contemplated by the appointment of a
gerioral state board- Tho prevalence of
yellow rover in former years, which
spread beyond the boundaries assigned
to the Philadelphia board ; the dovasta•
tiers produced by the small pox during
the, pact year ;®the fact that the Asiatic
cholera Is :steadily, marching over its
,old track to our very doors; tints tho
many other influences which constantly
threaten the health: of our citizens,
Deem imperatively to demand-the or'cittlen
of as efficient a sanitary institution as
legislative wisdom can possibly devise.
',Tits board could be formed 'Somewhat
•Aimiiar to that of public The,
expenee to the State need be no greater ! ,
while the bene:ffits' to be derived are in
ealculablo, The head the bo trd
,should
be a physlelan of undOubted respeOta,
bility inC7gard to every necessary ac-,
qtilretnent, and law experience in the
practice of
„by" ; thO
board .rnight . .xonsiet of pee or more
,medical men, remittent in different Oro
of the ,ptate, who- Would PPrform
ditties, if not gratnitenedy, at !east
very inoderato_9ost, The,goneral Ode
elinahl.hcoolearly appoiihid and doilnbil.;
and ,each tnenaher ; ehoald exorehio a oare,,
,folennorrieicin ova!, the sanitary oondi r
tion of the dietriet of tho.Stato to which
ho might ho assigned. The appointrnenC
,of each aboard cannot reinilt othcrfllne
than in , groat eanit'ary.refornie,
ItEiCOYAL OP aklp QUAILANTL I I4I s.
The , propriety nf removing. the auction.
tine station has for it• long time , becin
mooted 'question. Popular opinion' de
.oldeilly favors •.shame; and .irt a. few
:years It will be an imperative neonfieity.
The , oltistini Lainum?tto was ~entabliehod.
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imarly a century ago la miarslely mac
lated district. Shies thh.'n 'titA
neighbor
hood has become' thiCklY Settled, 'and
many dwellings and taiwns.ait springing
up in its immediato,vidinity. The rapid
,growth of the city of Chester, and its be
ing made a pork of entry, will necessitate
the removal. Besides, there are 'cities'
and villages of considerable size far be
low the quarantine Melton, on both sides
of the river, .which should receive the
protection now only inaderittately
af
forded to PhrladelPhia, it should be
located at the mouth or the: Delaware
river, or upon the bay, if a 'proper situa
tion for the erection of the necessary
building can be obtained,
No arganttint is necessary. to show that
quarantine, to be
,cffective, should be as
far remote from thickly populated dis
tricts as possible, and hence the necessity
fur the change suggested.
To effect this cliahge the Co-operation
rof the states of Delaware and New Jersey
is desirable and impoCtant, in
. order that
a joint quarantine for the, protection of
the three contiguous states may be estab
lished. I recommend that two commis
sioners be appointed to correspond with
similar commissimiers of the other
states named, for the purpose of success
fully accomplishing, this greatly desired
object.
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The removal of the powder' magazine
in Philadolphia from its present location
is a subject demanding prompt attention.
It Is nearly cotil iguaus , to Om' City gas
works, coal oil refineries, the nett' League
Island navy y ard, many manufacturing
..establishinutitcand dwelling ilOtiqCß
consequently an explosion of the powder «
in the magazine might result in great
loss of life and destruction of property.
o T he magazine should lie in some m ore
isolated diet riot. '
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You 9ill, in dun time, eeceive u full
report of the tramactions of the board
of public charities during the past year:
The usefulness of the board will be shown
by the facts to be- presented. Several
suggestions as to the improvcmurnt
organisation and management, will ho
made in the report, to which your at
tention is invited. Its importance to
the cause of humanity and the interest,
of the commonwealth ie generally ac
knowledged. ,
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During the last few years it has been
my , melancholy duty to -chronicle the
death of a number of eminent, citizetit,
who had either heretofore been, or wore
at the time connected officially with the
commonwealth, and at the present time
I would do injustice to my own feelings
wore Ito omit to notice the fact that
three noble and patriotic sons of Penn
sylvania, whom its people had lately
honored with their confidence, have ter
minated their.' earthly career within a
brief period.
Ilon. George Connell, member of the
State Senate front the Fourth idenatorial
district, died in Philadelphia, on the
twenty-sixth of October last, aged fifty
six years. A brief tribute to his many
virtues and excellencies is due to hint as
a faithful public sem;ant. During the
early part of his life lie was engaged in
morehandizing, afterward in real estate
and law business, and subsequently, front
1859, a period of twelve years, was a
member of tilt - State Senate, during
several years of which he was chairman
Of the committee on finance. Ile was
thoroughly conversant with the financial
affairs of the Statec, an eloquent and
courteous debater, a wise counselor, and
an able parliamentarian. lie was elected
by a majority of over 7,000 votes, in
October last, to his fifth term. Ilia
death leaves n vacancy iii. the Senate,
and-will cause a void in the political and
social circles of the State that will riot
easily be filled. Ills faithful and raffia
bin services will long he remembered.
-[lon. David Stantori, Auditor General
elect, departed this Iffnunder distressing
circumstances, at Now Brighton, Beaver
county, on the fifth of November last,
aged forty•two years. Ile was it- physi
cian, having graduated at the 'Cleveland
medical col loge, and:at the University of
l'ennsylvanta. During the late war ho
wris professionally engaged in several
branches of the army; via : Surgeon of
the First Pennsylvania cavalry,- surgeon
of United States volunteers, superintend
ent of hospitals,' mediCal director c of
northern department,-and at the close of
the war was brevetted Lieutenant Colo
nel anti Colonel He continued actively
engaged in his - profession until the time
of tis death. 'fle Wri.4 R. scholarly, re
fitted niAl thorough gentleman ; kind in
lux deportmeut.and emninenery skilled to
his profession.. His departur4 is - the
more deeply - laniented as he had just be
come the people's choice for another and
more extended field of honor and lige
fulne:3l.
J. W. Dickerson, mi., of Beilforl,• de
parted this life ,on the twenty.tiiiall De
comlibr ffe had stin gni shed him
self its a sticeessful , teaelier of our conimon
ealipols and as ilortrity stiperintende t 'tit•
IVithin the last few yearn iltrMtlltiiell law
and was admitted 'to the. hare 11:4,;pas
a young rrfan of ability and itinelt Prose iso
of futalrl nsnfulhese, and was eleutrd
laSt October a roenthe'r of
Representatives from the• 'district Com
posed of the counties' of Bedfotd and
P4itDo' 4 lB
Among the niust,embarrifssing 'and ro
sponsible duties requireil of :the
the, is the exorcise pf,,tlo, pardoning
power. There isecarooly a petition,for
pardon, made, alpotr, which strong oun
flicting, intorostkAnd opinions aro not
brought to bear, all.„of.whiob .toriet re
ceive °long !and unprejudiced , scrutiny in
order,tbat mercy and justice may
,alike
be satisfied.. This .demands moot' time
and no small amount of patience. Thu
Pleadings of rolativos p
,fi,iouds arid
manitarittne' . mtint be „board and duly
eonsidored- on tho-ono band,-and,ion the
other. the, adieu. anit„tiocieiou,. of the
entirts,:and l .iMmaily : eases ; the , earn sat:
pro Mets of ,eitbee,siocere or malicious
Prosecutors. And after bis7deoision is
fairly given In favor, of an ti tunate
'convict, the , executive • must; ,iti almost
every case, ,be prepared, to ,oncounter
k tiorimoniona'arikinista from :parties 'who
have never the-tail:Oat :'one ino
ln'ent's consideration.: • • • " ,
Daring the past year the:applieAtiiiile
for pardons namhered.oue thoihrud , and
tlyent:y-i.hree., Of these, sixty were
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