Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-01-12
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
'sasstRlca e Me Senate

GUIEkhUkS AESSAGE,
Gsssftmca sf ads Senate
and House Of Representatives.:
On meeting you for the discharge Of III,
solemn obligations which ws owe to tlis pep
pie, as their representatives, permit me Il
eongratnlase you, that, since the Camera
Assembly was last convened, aa unasual de
gree Of health bus. prevailed within our Dor
aers; That the earth has yielded her increase
in abundance. aud that our SAFE, great in nj
the elements neeesss n to consiitate power
fni aatirn, presents a -gersrai prosperous con
clifton of our afsirs,intise several aepsstmeni
soft the S ate G5yefnn,eBts.. ssfseas sass& |
Under these CIRCUMSTANCES as e,.r;stiar
people, it Is our ssaty with hunailIty. 10 aq
knowIs.ige our depandanee oa Him from
whom all our blessings flow, aud to seek f,l
the oantinuaace of, lbs Heavenly wisdom ii
the rection of cur af5airs-in the pc.f rm
snce efs seyery CsRistian, m,ral or civil CHI
CATION.
Incalli, & the attention ofthe General AS
.sembiy to the condition Ct the Stte, which
am required to ceminuEieate, by message, 81
farms | haze heen able to learn. our judicial
courts have. discharged their functi rs, by a
faithf i administrator Of justice, N with aIl
tile promrtness and energy the judicial sys-
TEN, which has been and still is in force,
would permit. Tho public crodit has been
maiatnined and the public faith preserved in
vi'la.e.- The ability cf the citizens of Ohio
to meet, promptly every pubic engagement.
admits of neither ques,ion=or doubt. The
management Of the Public Works, including
tie State Capitol. has been economical and
satisfsctory. The Asyiams for the Insane,
ihs Billed, and Deaf, and Dumb, have. each
its own peculiar internal administration, but
am not awaresof any complaint The Peni-
tensiiry was, for short periods, during tbs
past session, without its prorer head, BY res
ienetiou Of one aid the dea,h IF sn8tLer OF
its Warllens; but no very serious evils are
teiesei TO lave resulted from suchiempora-
ry vecareies. Fer details in all the several
depanlnents and the insti utions, under the
control ef the General Assembly, reference
Is respectfully, made to the repors of the
proper officers, which have the honor here
with TO II arsnit.
Ii will be seen, in the statement Of the
Auditor, that our public debt, nJtwithsta nding
it has gradually diminished, is still large but
our rresources, with judicial management and
with rigid economy in the administration Of
cur financ; al affairs, in all tie departments,
nre believed 10 be ample to meet any exigen-
scy that WILL. probably arise; TO pay the ordi-
nary expenses ofihe State Government, and
eventually, TO liquida;e the debt, without
any essential increase to the burthens Of the
p.nple.
Thereceipt pts AMI disbursements ofthe car
rent year are as follows
Receipts
.frccees eayes OF 1850 General Revenue, Canal and
sch funds, inefnirg miscellaneous itcls ,a07 SO
Glnat tolls, wafer rcats, dividends on stock
in ca,fai railroads and tnrnpkes. and tolls
ea Western Reserve and Maunee road,
sasf on National road. 93a,732 90 0
Proceeds of sales of canal laeGs and school
Z and ministerial lands. 14 ,59i e6
Principal and interest on surplus revenue
Red fson % Fund Commissioners for redemp
ton 81 State bonds & miscellaneous items 9siae 50
1axcs received frein Banks and foreign in
. snrance companies 6l,922 81
s2s7s,s5s II 2
Ballnce in the Treasury Nov 15 $780,. I3Ofl2 l2
Amt applicable tle disbursements of 81 s3ooso o6s So
Disbursement. ~
Bills drawn upon the Treasury and old
CLANS and uacurrent funds, credited to
'f'feasrrcf 47S,as5 81 I
State debt l,eil .Oel 40 0
l.ril,eil..i Of State debt asa,o77 s7
llud ard interest on trust fund sssi25 el
Paid on checks of Commiss oners Of Board
.efPahIe works, for repairs of canals aud 2
pulaie wotks owned By The State 4as.Is2 81
Miscellaneous items, Sandy and Beaver ca
nai three per Cent fund SC. 1915 go
Amount Of payments out Of the Treasury du-
tng the year ending November Is, 5l So s69 81
Balance remaining in the Treasury. Nov
18th 80. iso982o
Oar State Debt is as follows: %
Five Pcf cent stocks.... geo 9o
Domestic bonds bearing interest. AIS, ttl n
Total amount of State debt and annual 1n- -------
iiereon.. % ,5S4, ,s93 SS
There is bes1es the irfeduc Se fand composed of scboo
and funds ars ing from the sale Of school, ministerial
r.i and aise,sty lands Pad into the STATE TsessEy po
eiy per cent interest forever, to wit;
School src.on No 49,. / ,227 SIG 81
) M:nesterial section No %. Al 1868 50
giia Military School lands ....S.. HI,67i 35
Il 1itei Sta les Military School Lands J20 ,272 I2
Connecticut Western Reserve School lands. III Sc
Nofayian School Lands. -....... 1862 81
! Sat Lands. al ,G2i d5
: Chic Uaivcrsity I.ands. 1897 50
Total amount of School and trust funds held
by the State. upon which six per cent is
payable forever >. l,7als322 IL
A the interest on this amount and not thu
principal is to be paid by the State, til,
principal is not elassed as part of our pub
lie aebt.
Such, then, being the condition of our af
fairs, we ara about to enter ON new era ii
our civil and political history. The great nd
yances which hare been m,de. within th,
! last faw years. 10 many Of the department
Of science, in lie mech ,ncic arts, in the va
Wins branches of industry, in the alp.i a
: ton of electricity and steam power to tn