Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1840-01-18

lte respectfully urge the passage OF
ig- law, authorizing the appointment
ex- special commissioner, whose duty
nd shall be to examine each clerks ofit
IN, in the State--to report the several d
le. fauIters, and certify the sums necessi
he ry to bring up the records, and plac
vi the same with a copy Of the bon
C. in the hands Of the district attorne
US for suit 1t may be advisable perhaps
~ to make such certificates primafaci
ut evidence of the facts therein contained
n The act of 1894, established tn
Ig fees ofSheriffs, Clerks and other offices
N is still in force. a few immateria
'r changes have only been made. A
L the period of the passage Of that law
y the suits pending in the whole State
:. scarcely eqaled those now pending
! in a single county. The princcly sala
: ries which many of our officers are now
receiveing from the hard earnings Of
, the people, neither comport with the
spirit ADMINISTRATIONS, nor correspond
with the necessities of the times. E.
lections for offices so lucrative, and
| giving to the incumbents such immense
power, produce intense excitement,
and cause all Iothers to be in a measure
disregarded-
A reduction of the fees of such off.
GERS is imperiously demanded by the pnb-
lie veal. 1t is worthy Of serious consid.
GRAFTON, whether it would not tbe advisa-
Die TO require fees over certain sum, to
be paid into the State Treasury. A fixed
maximum of comp ensation might be al
lowed to each clerlS, and to such number
OF deputy clerks, a S the court should con-
sider necessary to carry on the current
business of the office.
iagain call your special attention. TO
that clause Of the Constitution, which en-
IONS upon us the encouragement of scools.
and requires us to provide the means of
education. in order to be enabled to pres
ent 10 you, tuli information relative to all
the Colleges and Academies in existence
In this State, addressed circular let
ter to the presidents of the various insti-
tutions d learning within our borders.
A copy OF that letter, with the various re-
pines thereto, is herewith submitted to YOUR
favorable consideration. The correspon-
dence satisfactorily ESTABLISHES the fact.
that education can be gafForded as cheap
IN this State as elsewhere. The general
health of the professors and students, has
been excellent during the past year
Patriotism no less than interest, demand
OF us the establishment of colleges and
schools, sufficient for the education of the
children Of the State, within her own
borders. The pressure of the times has
thrown many persons, capable of making
good teacher out of employment, and
less difficulty would be experienced now,
than heretofore, in procuring competent
persons to take charge of our colleges, a.
cademies and schools.
again invoke your speedy action on
the seminary fund. 1t now amounts. in
Guiding principal and interest, to about
100000 The law providing for the
collection and custody of that fund, is very
defective, and large portion of it, will
certainly be lost, unless it is taken from
the possession Of those who now control
lit. The statement of the Planters Bank
herewith transmitted, will place YOU in
possession of all the information, | have
been enabled to obtain relative to that
fund. The discordant views of the men,
bers of the Legislature, ia relation to the
location of our State Seminary, has here
tofore prevented the passage of law, pro-
viding for the final disposition of the fund.
All will admit, that it should be placed at
alta healthy place, Of convenient access
to the people of the State, where the ex-
penses Of living would be cheap. The pre-
seryation of the health and morals of the
students,are objects of the FIRST magnitude.
and in locating this great institution, the
interest Of the whole State, rather than
that of particular towns and sections of
the country, should be consulted. | beg
leave to call your favorable notice to the
chapter IN the revised statutes, prepared
! by Gen. P. Rutillius r. Pray, in reference
to the establishment of anye. sitv. col
leges and schools. This system has been
y
chiefly taken from those in operation in
several of the States of this Union, where
the most beneficial results have accrued
from their adoption. The fourteenth chap
ter of the revised statutes. submitted to
tho Legislature by the revisor, provides
for complete system Of public instruction
in free schools, academies, colleges. and
in a State University. II proposes that
an annual tax should be imposed on all the
property in each county, subject to pay
taxes 10 the State, under the existing
laws, as well as a tax on such other pro.
psrty, as the Board of Police may deem
advisable, for the support of select schools.
| consider this tax essential to the estab-
lishmcnt Of the system, Objections no
Doubt will be made, by those who have
either no children to educate. or are bles-
sec with ample means to scheol them a.