The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-01-16
3lTsTIm.s Or the Inquirer.l
4sOYERN0R's MESSAGE,

h.s GOVERNORS MESSAGE, @
4 4zsss Vi fa';ss
Gentlemen Of the Senate }faeL. leass
$3.50: -, and House Of Representatives.:
On meeting you for the discharge of the sol
ennn obligations which we owe to the people
as their representatives,, permit me to congrat-
ulate you, that, since the General Assembly
was last convened, an unusual degree of health
has prevailed within our borders that the earth
has Welded her increase in abundance, and
that our State, great in all the elements neces.
sary to constitute powerful nation, presents a
general prosperous condition Of our affairs, in
the several departments Of the State Govern
nient.
TUnder these circumstances, as Christian
people. il is our duty, with humility, to ac-
knowledge our dependence on Him fromwhom
all our blessings flow, and to seek for the con-
tinuance of his Heavenly wisdom In the direc-
tion of our affairs--in the performance Of every
Christian, moral or civil obligation. t,g
In calling the attention Of the General As
sembly to the condition of the State, which
am required to communicate, by message, SO
far as I have been able to learn, our judicial
Courts have discharged their functions, by a
flithfui administration of justice, and with all
the promptn .ss and energy the Judicial system
which has been, and still is in force, would per
nit. The public credit has been maintained,
and the public faith preserved inviolate. The
ability Of the citizens of Ohio to meet, prompt
lg,7eyery public engagement, admits Of neither
question nor doubt. The management Of the
Public Works, including the State Capitol, has
been economical and satisfactory. The Asy.
lums for the Insane, the Blind, and Deaf and
Dumb, have each its own peculiar internal ad-
ininistration, butI am not aware of any COM
plant. The Penitentiary was, for short peri
DDS, during the past season, without its proper
head, by the resignation Of one and the death
of another of its Wardens; but no very serious
evils are believed to have resulted from such
temporary vacancies. For details in all the se-
yeral departments and the institutions, under
the control Of the General Assembly. reference
is, respectfully, made to the reports OF the pro-
per officers, which Ihave the honor, herewith,
TO transmit. h43I
1t will be seer, lin the statement Of the Audi
tor, that our public debt, notwithstanding it
has gradually diminished, is still large; but our
resources, with judicial management. and with
rigid economy in the administration Of our D.
nancial affairs, in all the departments, are be-
lieyed to-be amplcto meet any exigency that
Will, probably, arise; To pay the ordinary ex-
DeuSe3 Ol bu6 OlhbC 0OpVtuthSh't NHot
ally. TO liouidate the debt, without any essen
tiaI increase to the burthens Of the people.
THE receipts and disbursements Of the cur
rent year are as fellows. i saefss,- ,aiq
RECEIPTS.
Proceeds Of taxes of 1851, for pr
! General Revenue, Canal and
School funds, including mis-
cellaneous items 81 ,429,2UI ~
Canal tolls. water rents, divi-
dends on stock in canal, rail
roads and turnpikes, and
tolls on Western Reserve and
Maumee road, and on Ma.
4. tional road tfnlla 95o,f52 30 U
Proceeds Of sales of canal lands tsr+.s,l
and school and ministerial
lands 3" Fl4i ,oS4 90
Principal and interest on Sur
plus Revenue fund Of coun-, ooo enc 40
Received from Fund Commits! HA sss1 23'
sioners for redemption g IQl .l
State bonds and miscellane.
ous items -. 26,45o %
Taxes received from banks aud
foreign insurance companies p bl'sS2 W
$2,s7s, ,656 II 2
Balance in the Treasury, 18th
November, 1850 l3O'4l2 IL
13iI L'nt fhiP}ti u ~. lll --------
Amount applicable to the dis 49,, o,e "
bursements Of 1851 $3,OO9,O6e %
DIsBURsEMENTs
Bills drawn upon the Treasury si syd
fands' Sna Ua Sredjsd S Ito to Treasurer 47sess "a
Payments made on account Of
interest pAdState debt's s ,24l ,OSl AZ
Payments from the Treasury,
on account Of principal Of a-
State debt ~, 264,O77 "
School funds paid 70 counties, sili oi 0f.
being common school fund Y 3 ID iae
gland Interest on trust fund 296, ,425 81
Paid on checks Of Commission ms isod X
I, ors Of Board OF Public works ats.,,i3
for repairs Of canals and H.
State gSS,S N'r' sS',r =. Z 'sF 4ae,laas4
Miscellaneous items, Sandy 9as
and Beaver canal, three per
cent fund, DC. ''s1o "
Amount Of payments out OF the IS
Treasury during the year .s. !.
ending Nov. 18th, 1851 ~ sSS'0so'sos ~
ssssassi ssls issa SeVspSsr sslssss
Five % r,sr S'csr csns uvSs stocLs = Al l,l75OOO 90
six5sr cent stocks afs l3,96l,792 II
Domestic bonds bearing inte- =.
rest --l -aao,iol IL
,-r "a ~, s---r----T----
Total amount of State debt and M. -.
n4hnphl interest thereon &l6,594,893 81 !
90 AVA " lsrNl4 Attf htaf st
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