New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-01-08
GOVERNOR HESSAG &
To the SENATE and ASSEMBLY:

To the SENATE and ASSEMBLY.
FELIow.CIrizEss;
The Constitution makes it my duty TO CON-
municate 10 you the condition of the State. ard
10 recommend such matters for your conslde.a-
ton as shail Judge exoedi.nt.
The great and diversified interests of the State
demanding legislative .upervision protection and
aid, impose vast responsibility upon the Legis-
lature while, to present their condition so fully
To you as TO facilitate your l4bors, accompanied
with Recommendations c.lcnlnyed TO lead you 10
wise and Just conclusions, Is task not less re.
sponslble 1t is one upon which enter with diff
dence, and yet make the attempt cheeriuly, feel
ing that the duty has been assigned to mo by Il
constituency always lndulgent to honest effort
and upright intention, and which never demands
from public servant more than, thus aided and
directed, heis able to perform.
The great and Leading subjects of legislation
are 30 intimately connected with the state of our
finances, as TO render 1t proper To examine hrst
the financial condition Of the State.
Our revenues are large, and should DO ample
for State having only the expenses of Its inter
nal government to meet. Ii they prove unequa!
to our necessities the inference will be almost
unavoidable tina. errors now exist, or have exist.
cd, in our financial poicy aud Legislation.
A general view of the current annual revenues
of the State, taken together, according to the re-
ceipts of the fiscal year, ending on the S0th day
Of September last, is as follows:
including the whole Of The State %. mill on the dol.
lar. and deducting the sum received ioT tempo -, -
The entire revenue, Of tho Canal Fund incGdos
ali the receipts for tolls. wa,e! rents and inter 90 -
The revenues Of the School Fund proper wee 1885 81
Tho revenues Of the lerninte Fund weie;; lS,iS 81
aisst dssactinG ,sl064ls IS. transferred from
Making total .s5slSlS5 o
Various other funds which produce revenue, IN
the form of interest upon MONIES invested, viii
be found mentioned in the fiscal reports, such as
the Bank Safety Fund, various special sinkine
funds, the Mariners Fund, and The ike, all Of
which are, in their character truss in the hand
OF the State for specified Objects IN no way con-
nected with the revenues aud expenditures of tie
State government.
The revenues before enumerated are those
which enter into the annual expenditures OF the
State, and constitute Inc means Tor those expendi
lures. and they are the whole Of such means an
nusl in their nature, ascertained by The actual
receipts of the last fiscal year. Some portions vi
these revenues, with the funds from which they
ere derived, are pledged by the Constitution 10
particular objects, and are beyond tue power OF the
Legislature for any other application. Such Is
the eu.ue capital OF the Common School Fund
proper, end its revenues The clpital 10 made "a
perpetual fund, the interest of which shall be in.
volably appropriated snd applied to the support Of
common schools Throughout. this State" SO the
tolls collected upon the Erie and Champlain Ca
mails, with the fund properly ceaominaied the Ca
nal Fund, are consa;utionaily pledged for the
payment OF the interest ana The redemption ofIhe
principal of the deo, contacted for tie cons;ruc.
ZION of those canals. O,hec Of these revenues arr
by permanent laws, appropriated 10 specific co.
iects. Such is toe Literature Fund, the revenues
Of which are expended in aid of the incorporated
academies of the State. Tha revenues of The
United States Dspasse Fund also, IRE BY PER
nenent law, appropriated to objects of educ ton
OF specified charities ard whatever changes may
be thought expedient just, in the distribution OF
tue fund 70 the specified Offsets Il is not supposed
that diversion of these revenues TO any o;hcy
general class of objects OF expenditure, viii lie
contemplated.
This presentation OF al he revenues Of the
State eollec,ively, with b-ief explanation IS &c
the portions specifically sci a2arl by the Consu
tuition or the laws. for exclrsivs application to
ps1uculsr objects. 1t is hoped may enable these
not minutely acquainted with our financial ar
rangemenis the batter 10 understand, upon q
separation OF the various parts, how far means are
in fact within The disposition Of the Legislature
5or general and miscellaneous objects Of expenoi-
tare.