The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-12-19

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I The gross revenues Of Tho Dens,,,.
nent fur The fscal year, including ,h.
appropriations Cor The ffanked matter -
Congress, Of tbe Departments, or ofiesS,s.
of Government, qpJ excluding the, lo,
sign postoges, collected fdr and poyaL,.
Tor and payableio, The Bri fish posi- lf6es
-anountcdsto $6,727 ,666 7S.E.ssm
The expenditures i,r the same period
Excluding $20,599 40, paid under an
award 10 the Auditor, in pursuance of a
resolution of the last Congress, for mail
service on the Ohio and Mississppi riy-
sersin 1892 and 1898, and ihe anonn,
paid 70 tile British post Office for foreign
hostages collected for and PAYABLE 10
,ha. ofiice) amounted to $6,024 ,566 10,
leaving q balance of revenue over tho
proper expendilurosof the year, Of $7O3,-
800 90.
'phs receipts for postagcs during The
year, (exclnding tee foreign postages.
collected for and payable % the B,i1isi,
pos, otfice) amounted 10 Sc, ,345 ,74S 81.
being AN increase Of $9976lO 10. or
1861 per cen ,oy9i the like receip,s
Tor the preceding yoar. MN .E,a.f
The reduction Of postage, Hnder The
act Of March las', did not take effrct
until The commencement of the present
fiscal year. The accounts for lie 6rs,
quarter, under iha operation .,f The re.
doced rates, will not be se,iled before
January next; and no reliable es,imste,
for The receipts OF the present year can
yet be made. II is believed, however.
that rhey will fall far short Of those of
the last year. The surplus OF the rev.
enues now on hand is, however, 20 large
that no further appropriation lrom ,he
treasury, IN aid OF The revenues of the
Department., is required lor The curren,
fiscal year; bul an additional apcmpris.
linn for The year ending June 80. 1853.
will pr,l ably be found necessary when
ihe receipts of the FIRST two quafters Of
lhe fiscal year are fully ascer,ained.
IS II his last annual report the Post.
master General recommended reduc.
ton OF postage TO rates wIiicl, he deemed.
as low as could bs prudcnl, adopted.
Unless Congress was prepared 10 appro.
pirate fi"m the treasury, for the suppo,t
Of the Department, sum more ,hun
equivalent 10 the nail services perfotm.s
ed by il FIR the Government Tho
recommendations OF The Pos,masi r
General, in respect 10 letter post,g :.
except on letters from and 10 California
and Oregon, were substantially adop-.
led by The last Congress- lie now
recommends odheredce 10 the prt 5 d,
letter 'a'es, and advises against for h *
reduction until Jnslified by lha revenue
ol the Department.
lie ais" recommends ihat,he rates o.
postage on printed matter be sn revisedt
as To rendaf'lheni mon simple, and mdrs
nnlorm 10 their operation upon all prn-.
tcd matter. submit the reLommrnda.
'ions of the report to your flyuab.e.
consideration. a8sy4 tssgsI
y The pnblic statutes Of the United,
States havean0w been accnmulaii o iot
more than sixty Yeas, aud, inletspr rsedt
with privateacis, are tca,ered lIunplr
numerous volumes, and, frumlihe cost of
The wh0le,- have, become almost nacces.
sible to tho preai mass Of the community.
Fbey also exhibit much Of tho Incon--.
grully and imperteotiop Of hasly lcgisl,.t
ti0n. AS il seems TO be generally CON-
ceded that ibele. is no .scommon law~
,fihe United States TO supply the de-
tecis OF their Legislation, il is mos, im.
por'ani that Legislation should be as per-
fec; as possible, defining every power
intended tobe conferred, aud every eycry
crime intended to be made punishable,
and prescribing the punishment TO be-
Inflicted. 10 addition to some particular
cases spoken Of at length, 10 whole
criminal code is now lamen,ably defec.
i've. Some offences are impertpcily
described, andoihers are entirely omitted:
so that fragrant crimes may he commits
Ted with impunity. The scale ofpunish-,
ment is not in all cases. graduated ac--
cording TO The degree and nature Of the
uff nee, and is often rendered more
unequal by the different modes of I'm.
prlsonment, or renitenlialy confinement
III the different Sales. XIII eagtt
Many laws Of permanent character
have been Introduced nio appropriation
bills, and il is often difficult 10 determine
whether the particular clause expires
with the Temporary acr of which il is
pari, or continues in force. II has also
frequently happened that enacimenis and
provisions of law have been introduced
into bills, with The tile rr general sub.
jec. Of which they have l,rtle or no con.
nexion or relation. In this mode of
legislation $50 many enacimcnts have
been heaped upon each o her, and often
with bui little consideration, that, In many
instances, itis difficult to search out and
determine what is the law. AHhia MA
The Government of The United States
is emphatically government Of written
laws, The sia ,ites should, therefore, as
far as practicable, not only be made ac@
cessibIe 10 all but be expressed in Ian.