Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1845-12-10
= GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
c<s.len.en Of the Se"@e'


snd of the House Of Repre- senfdtioes:
-, ,.,m;,tcd again to convene under aus
," !esrumsta pces for tho discharge Of impor.
p'c'oa. delegated TO US for tho wolf are of the
'sD ~. Va End abundant cause Of congratulation.
80, The wear which is now drawing to close
L:slncs. although wide spread, has been alton
Id with comparatively little mortality, and is
S,ooilv succeeded by the blessings Of health; the
',r,cmacv OF tho laws has been sus.a inec; abun.
~, ha rycs,s have crowned the labors of theyea
-, leading products arc commanding encoura-
80 nrices: scf.rolying industry has been re-
s.,ded and stimulated by its merted compe nso :
ion. and tho dcop gloom Of individual embarrass-
reot which so long has overspread tho State, is
Jowly retiring before the light Of rning pros
cerity. For these and humorous other blessings,
!, becomcs US to rcndcr our grateful thanks. to
Him, the Giver Of every good and perfect gitt'
and humbly to implore continuance OF His ia
vor.
Tho ordinary expenses Of the fisca year on
ding on tho 3 LIST Of October last, were Y7I 10 ~
hang S22 2 IS Al less than the expenses OF the
precedng year. In these expenses are also IN
GUIDED payments for tho construction Of tho now
State Prison, and thorough repair OF the Stnte
House, under appropriations made tot those oo-
jec,s. ,.
The ordinary expenses for the year 1916 arc
estimated Mt SGT 100. being still further reduc-
ton Of 3 900.
Tho number of polls for 1915 estimating for
some counties from which return have been
received is about l24 ,OCO, and tho valuo Of taxa
blcs making a smilnr allowance, ma DO stated
4, abour g Is, 100000. This exhi bits an in
crease Of 6OO0 polls and Of $2,3OO,OqO of taxa
bles oyor the returns Of 1874. Tho amount Of
State revenue paid in, during the last fiscal year
was S27 1853 69:-Thc assessment Of State row.
enuo for 1915 is $3l9,42l 81; that for county,
nd II d.
40. To which adding tho delinquenc ies Of for
NOR years, amounting to 81 1852 l3. and tho
total amount of assessments for tho year 1915 is
SS69,O97 O2.
Tho result Of my own observations and rc0ec
ton has boon to satisfy mo that the re- is great
room for reform in our present system Of county
expenditures. In the last fiscal year tho nggro-
gate taxes levied for county purposcs almost c.
quaIlod, and in 1914 they actually ex ceedcd, tho
whole amount Of our State revenue in those years
cspectivcly.-Tho fault. no doubt, - mainly i'm
putabe to tho system itself, rather than to its adj
mnistrat,on. A leading item of exhense, Is tho
pay Of Jurors in our courts of justice. Under the
option given parties. issues Of fact frequent
" tried by the courts, and the spectacle is often
exhibited Of the jury hoing in attend ance, unom-
poyed and at an unnecessary expense to tho
county. It's respectfully suggested whether this
OWL can no, in great degree DO remedied, by
establishing IN issue term or by requiring that
during the first davs Of tho regular term, causes
shall be brought to issue ready for trial. and that,
them and before the jury and Witnesses are sum
moncd, the parties in each case shall ccct whcth-
tho TRIAL shall be by tho court or jury. BY
placing the jury causes together the docket for
particular days of the term. tho jury and witness
when convened, would be as con stantly occu-
pied until dscha rged tho nature of tho business
would permit. This. it is believed, would savo
to such pcrs Il heavy upon the time, light
en- the county burdens and promote the cause Of
justice.
Since tho last I'D ournmcnt Of the Legislature
gran. Of onc-llalf Of all the public lands in the
Vincenncs District has been mado by tho United
States to Indiana, to aid in tho extension and
completion Of tho Wabash and Eric Canal from
Terro Houtc 10 Evansville.
Tho grant has a two-foll aspect. BY the first
section of the act thcro is conveyed to tho State
ono moic;y of tho public lands, lying in a strip
fvo miles in width, on each sido of tho Canal
from one end to tho o.her-but restricted in the
mode Of selection by the principle Of alienation
that is, by rcscrvipg to tho United States every
alternate section, or other proper SUI bdivison.
BY the second section Of the act, thcro is also
granted to the State, onehalf of all tho remain
ing public lands lying without the limits Of tho
strip. and within tho same land district; but as tho
principle of alienation is not imposed as 10 this
part tho grant. tho State is left llborty 20 SGT
Oft her moiety in such places within tho limits Of
the grant as may best promote her interest.
As these selections were authorized by tho act
OF Congress, TO no made under the direction of
tho Governor of tho State, it carly l}ccamo an OBJ
ec' Of he greatest solicitude, that such
should DO adopted would sccuru D., Gov rrac-
.icnble, tho most valuable portion Of these lands
for the important object for which the grant was
made. Surprising tho States half of tho lands
to amount to eight hundred the usand acres.
which IS worry near the TRUTH then. difference in
the value ofonIy twelve and a half cents per
acre. occasioncd by an injudicious selection.
would amour, in tho aggregate to loss Of one
hundred thousand dollars TO the State. But the
difference would. in all probability, be still great
or and operate far moro iniuriously to tho inter-
est Of tho State. without tho Observance of the
same caution, by which n prudcn, individual
would be governed in the purchase of lands. II
vas regarded as important, therefore. that cverv
tract of land subject to selection should be actual.
iy visited and examined by person Of compe.
tent skill and experience before n final selection