Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-12-17
GOVERNOR BEBB'S MESSAGE
FslisO Ciiisens Of Tie Senate,
and HoHss af ReprkEsnlatires

~~Af -FOuUu0UA It's NhuifOA~ pdENiltut1s hae
PfosPered and brought rich reward. Learning
'oenesolence, and religion ethrown their roots
.ioer and deeper into the foundations Of the So
cia' system. Temperance has extended, still
more. her benign influence over the erring and I
the lost and, as consequence, general good or.
Ger has prevailed, and crimes have diminished |
Throughout the State.
During the year that is past. the seye-
raj departments Of the State Government have
discharged their respective duties with faithful |
ness and success, as will, in due time, appear
from their reports.
As the very ercumstantial and able communi- |
cation Of the Auditor will Immediately be laid
before you, showing ourrevenues to be ina high |
ty prosperous condition, | shall content myself
with the following brief statement of the receipts
and disbursements Of the fiscal year ending on
The 18th day Of November, ls47:
RECEIPTS
General revenue received from
taxes levied on the grand list, &
incidental items, during fiscal
year, I847 sl,2Oa.5a Al
Tolls and dividends received upon
canals, turnpikes, and public
works of the State 8a7.641 O5
Tax upon banks, Insurance aad
Bridge companies A,74o So
Surplus revenue, principal repaid
by the counties IOl 1886 40
Interest upon Surplus revenue paid
by counties to Common School
fund ss,s79 O6
Receipts for canal lands sold, and
other items 53,94a 40
Total payments into the treasury,
applicable to the annual expcn-
ses of the State Government and
Institutions, repairs of public
works, payment Of interest on
tho State Debt and to the sink.
ing fund 2,3i4,O75 10
DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid upon appropriations forsup'ou
of State Government and State
Institutions during tho year al 2tO,250 4s
Paid for support of common sch'ls 20I ,3l9 81
Interest upon State Debt, foreign
aud domestic including ex-
change and expenses paid l,I75,ll7 81
Repairs aud contingent expenses
upon Public works :. SI7,568 10
Amoun, Of payments for tho oFdi.
nary annual expenditures otthe
State during the year l.0O4,25l 81
Balance, being surplus applicable
so the payment OF thetempOraTy
aud funded lct, Of tho State 4O9,02O Al
In addition 10 tho above, there has
been paid into the treasury on
account Of School Lands and
other trust funds, and proceeds
Of loans and bonds issued, the
sum of a37,I54 &c
Payments hnve been made from
these funds TO the amount of 1884 OF
Leaving the balance of the re-.
ceipts ofthetru funds, over the
disbursements ll6,8O4 26
Domestic bonds to the amount Of 1898 IS
have been redeemed during the year l847, at the
treasury.
The total amount Of the balances Of the sew
eraI funds in the treasury at the close of the fs-
cal year. on tho 18Th Of November i847, was
e494 ,96l 10.
This cheering epitone Of the fiscal affairs OF
.he State, and the highly prosperous condiIidn OF
all her industrial interests, indicate the present as
tho Iong-l0oked for and auspciGus period 10 he.
gin efficiently the payment OF her debts. And |
accordingly earnestly recommend, that the Sink
ing Fund be increased from twenty-five thousand
90 no, less than Two hundred thousand dollars
per annum.
Our new Revenue Law, 80 much for time
misunderstood, commenting itself by its wisdom
fairnoss and efficacy, TO the deliberate judgment
and integrity of the determined, tQiIh-suslaining
and dsbtpnying people Of Ohio, has ut length
fairly lived down all opposition.
Il has eauazed our burdens, filled our trcasu.
nv, and sustained our credit on a proud eminence
amongst the States and nations Of the earth.
The act TO incorporate the State Bank of Ohio
and other Banking Institutions, has thus far real
lied the expectations ofils trainers. 1t has gone
very general into operation, dispensing, through
out every district of The StaIe those facilities
which the exigencies of modern commerce dc.
mand, afFording to ,hepeoplea convenient, sound
and convertible currency, and paying even more
than its equal share of the taxes of the State.
The amoun. received from sales of Canal Lands
during the year, proves the wisdom of the law
recommended aud pas, last winter, making de-
duc,ion Of one third in favor of actual settlers
and limiting tho sales 10 not more than one hun
drsd and sixty acres 10 any one individual.
The Legislature of Virginia promptly met the
proposition of the last General Assembly of the
State Of Ohio for the settlement by compact, o.
the questions of boundary, and also of the use
navigation and jurisdiction 0t and over the OhiC
river, by the passage of lo resolutions CORES
ponding with ours In pursuance of these reso
Iutions the Governor Of Virginia has appointed
William c. Rvss, William Green, and G. W
Thompson, commissioners on the part of Vir
glnia. who are to meet Thomas Ewing, Afre,
Kelley aud John Brough, commissioners by M
named on the part Of Ohio, at Washington city
ON the first Monday of January next. Ills no
ped that The Legislature of Kentucky may, at a
early period OF its present session, act on tn
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