The Arkansas banner., 1846-11-04

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 | In tue report of the Attorney General you will ind suggestions iu relatiop io the crime of burning public prisons, and the necessity of change of the penal code upou that snb- iect, which are well worthy of your conside- ration The views of that officer upon oth-- CT subjects, also recommend to your mo- 1 lice
 The system adopied at your lest session for the management and sales Of the State lands. is admirably adapted to he purposes il was intended to accomplish. The report ! of the agent will neet the approbalion of all The duties, however, of that officer have noi been fairly estimated in fixing the measure of compensation There is 10 office under the State government requiring higher tie- gree of capacity or more steady applicaiion, in order to discharge faithfully and efficient I 7tg rhH fabnrTUus dUtier, and sise e.ssapeass- ! iioG fails below tue pay of an ordinary clerk ] The report of the second commissioner appointed ,o run and mark the constitutional 1 line between the States of Missouri and Ar- kansss,is submitted The survey was con clgded in the summer of 1915, but the map of the line, if completed, has noi been re- ceised at this office The surveyor resides ] in Missouri. and have received no intelli- Egenee from him on the subject since the com missioners closed their labors. The publi- cation of the map can,- however. afford but little interest, more than what may be na;u- rally felt in the establishment ol our nor thern boundary the line having varied bu1 slightly, on any part of the route, from the one run and marked by Brown. more than twenty years ago.
 An act of the Legislature, of lS42, pro vides for the appointment of Sinie geolo- gist. who was required 10 examine and sur vey those districts supposed 10 abound Tn minerals; and, as the agent of the State, 10 select 5000 acres of those lands fur her fti- lure use. The General Assembly hayiDg Jailed a. each session 10 elect geologist, they seem io have relinquished, at least for the time, the oblec, contemplated by the re- servaiion. IL was not such a vacancy as the Executive was authorized to ill. And even If he had considered himself clothed with that power. there was no appropriation to enable the officer appointed, 10 accomplish, eiieclualiy, the purposes of the law For these causes the 5000 acres, thus reserved. have moi been located. respectfully sug- geSt to you, either to make the necessary ap- propriailou, and elect a geologiss, or To re- peal the law, and permit the lands to be ta- ken up for agricultural purposes. In con necton with this subject, 1 may say that the thanks of Arkansas are due to the State of New York for the handsome presen. of a map and several large volumes. exhibiting the geological character of that State, which may, in time. be of much value in developing the mineral resources in which our State IS f supposed 10 be so rich.
 Having in my last message submitted my f views. at length, upon the subject of the seminary fund, and system of internal i'm provement. and having no reason, upon sub seqaenI reflection, to change the opinions r then expressed, they are again referred 10 your attention.
 The common school system, heretofore attempted. has not been carried into Suceess- iul operation; nor can il be in the absence of means, none having been provided. except for the purchase of books. which has been made. and portion oi them distributed to the counties. The sixteenth section in every township of land in the State, amounting in the aggregate to 923, ,J20 acres, valued at the minimum price of Sl D per acre, presents the handsome sum of Sl,l53,000 This frrms the prucipal amount held by the State for the support of common schools. The disposal oi alternate quarter sections of these
 lands would both afford immediate means, and enhance the value oi the residue unsold. Or the sale of leases for 99 years oa the whole for portion of the money in hand, and the balance al interest, may be deemed preferable.
 i submit, for your consideration and le gislative action, q leiier addressed to me by the Presdeu, of Oakland College, an insii- iulion of learning in the State of Mississip- pi. The object being laudabIe. take plea sure ill commenting ii to your most favor able notice
 Tour attention IS also most earnestly call ed to the accompanying correspondence be- taeen the Secretary ol S,aie of the United States and this department. upon the subject oi the ) per cent fund due to this State un- der the compact. and remaining unpaid. AL so. to that between the Executive and the Hon. David Hume, a member of the British Parliament. and holder of portion of the bonds oi iiis Slate, relaling 10 the in.eres. thereon.
 The sum of SiS0, appropriated for the purchase of tombstones 10 marx the graves 0. deceased members of tle Legislature, has been applied by the Executive to that pur- pose. except as 10 the graves ot MessFs. An thony and Blair, the undertaken not being able to designate the precise spot where their remains were deposited.
 The Sih day of June, 1915, recorded the death of Andrew Jackson, ex-President of the United States. llluslrious in life, and beloved by the people, his death produced q sensation of overwhelming griel throughout. the country. Among the first testimonials of his appreciation, reaching this Depart meni, were the joint resolutions of the Com gross of lhe Republic of Texas; breathing 8 language and sentiment of venesation for the Lla tz...