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would, in 1913, fully pay the interest
on The entire public debt of the state.
This would enable the next legislature
to reduce the taxes now pressing hea !
Willy On the people. All taxation for
canal purposes would be Unnecessary
When the public works Of the Stale shall
have been fully and fairly operating for
q few years, and the receipt of tolls
should be such as to enable us, without
increasing the taxes, to withdraw from
the payment Of interest on the public
debt our dividend arising from The sales
Of public lands, in part or in whole,
then it would become not less the poll
cy than the duty of The state, to devote
the whole Of that fund TO The exiinguish.
ment Of the principal Of the public debt
Thus poster!ty, for whom it has been
sometimes imagined our internal i'm
provements were forging chains, would
flod themselves, by the wisdom and en-
ergy Of their fathers, the inheritors Of
an estate free from incumbrance, yield
ing an ample revenue Tor all public
purposes, with nearly thousand miles
of navjgabIe canals, Iraversing the state
ia all directions, bea cling 10 their destn,
ed markets all the proSucts ol their la
Dor, and bringing to lhSm IN return
the necerssries, comforts NGd u they
wished them, the Iuxurjes Of The CIvlIz
ed world
The operations of the PenitenIiary for
The last year has been conducted in
manner credtabDe 10 the Warden and TO
the State. Whilst a wholesome dis
cipl0e has secured strict obedience
TO the rules Of the prison, with single
hagrant exception, every practicable
mode of reform has been eXerted, If
there he any exception 10 this, it is to
be found in the fact, that the convicls
are not regularly supplied with reIi-
gous instruction, in the usual modes Of
worship on the Sabbath. As. however,
his subject is to some extent within The
control Of the Directors of the Penilen-
trary, their experience and observation,
will best determine the practIcabilty as
we'll as utility of such a measure under
ihe present system Very substantial
& lasting Improvements have been made
in machinery and workshops, during the
past year, which account for the fact
that the nett proceeds Of the institution
are less for this than The preceding year.
After delrayrng all expenses, the bal
ance paid into the Treasury the present
wear is $23,700 Other facts connected
with the history of the Pententiary,
present an encouraging view Of the
progress of morals in this State. The
amount OF crime which has been ascer-
tanned by judicial decision, aud visited
with punishment in the Penitenliary
has been greatly diminished within the
last three years, In ths year 1889 the
number of convicts sent from all part;
of the State 10 the Penitentiary was
l72; in 1910, 1877; in 1871, l2l; shew
ing, Notwithstanding our population ha'
been constantly and rapidly increasing
since 1889, decrease OF crime in three
years Of about thirty per cent
The law requires the cost Of prose-
cution and transportation to be paid on
of the State Treasury, on delivery o
the convict. 1t also requires the Prose
cutting Attorneys Of the several counties
TO collect, if practicable, the costs 81
paid, and pay them into the State trea.
sury. have reason to believe, tina
great negligence has been INDUCED b.
the officers Of the counties in collecting
and paying over costs, in such cases =
The Prosecuting Attorneys are officer
OI their respective counties, and may b
expected 10 be less vigilant in their at
tenlon TO the pecuniary interests Of tn
States, than those Of their own partcu
Jar counties. The same remarks ar
applicable to sheritls q. clerks of courts
I submit, therefore, to the Legislature
whether Legislation is not required o
this subject. If the clerks were TO SEM
annually to the Treasurer, or Audlto
of State, an Official statement Of tn
amount collected in such cases, or th
progress Gf any made in collection G
costs due to the State Treasury; it migt
awaken and secure a degree Of atlel
zion and fidelity on the part Of all col
cerned in the business, which at preseI
Connot be expected.
The Institutions for the Deaf ar
Dumb, for the Blind, and The Lunat
Asylum, have all, during the past yea
given additional proofs Of the wise phi
lanlhrophy which dictated their eS'a
lishment. Their existence, in cond
ton so hourishing, in a country 30 ne
ms ours. is ilselfa cheering evidence
that high civilization which throug
beuevolence conquers seIdshness, al
by the combined powers Of science al
art, triumphs over the most fearful c
families. Reports from the proper of
GERS Of these institutions will be la
before you. most earnestly recon
wand IN ,ho cop ia a rntinn of tho n n