Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-01-15

as a consideration for his expense
: and services. Il nothing was OF
} tanned for the State, nothing was {
be paid. This contract was signe'
by Mr.. Allen. Governor Ford, eff
! cially, and is under the Great Sea
ofthe State. My first inlimaiion tha
such a contract existed, was on find
ing it with the files soon after | cam,
into office. Mr.. Allen employed
assistance, and during the past sea
son, succeeded in obtaining com
plete title to between sixty ant
} seventy thousand acres OF land
Application was then made Tor /,
conveyance of one-third oil thes,
lands, to be beld by Mr.. Allen il
common with the State. This wa
refused, doubling whether the resolu
lion conferred sufficient authority
land whether lands obtained under
these grants and the avails Of them
were not, upon such conditions, ant
so pledged to the payment Of The
Canal debt, that they could be direc
ted in no other way.
1t was agreed, however, that an
equitable division, without prejudice
to any right of the State. should be
made by an agent mutually selected,
and thus remains for the action oi
the General Assembly, or judicial Ge-
cision. This was to be done at the
expense OF Mr.. Allen, and to facili.
tate his title, should the General As
sembly so direct, or the Court so de-
cree. Whether such division was,
or was not maze, am uninformed.
These lands were afterwards adj
vertised and sold in part, at the Land
IOfice in Defiance. Mr.. Allen, before
the sale, applied to the Auditor oI
State for instructions TO receive the
bids OF Mr.. Allen, at the sale, to the
amount Of twenty thousand dollars
by the Receiver, without the pay
ment of the money, and the matter
to remain until the question Of title
should be determined. The Auditor
gave the instructions with my advice;
but the bids Of Mr.. Allen, though
made, for some reason were not re-
ceived, and part or the whole Of said
lands sold to others.
shall still refuse to execute a
conveyance TO Mr. Allen, without
the direction of the General Assem-
bly,. or his right 10 it under the reso-
luton shall be judicially determined.
All that has been done has been with
the view to place the business in a
position 10 be closed a; :he earlies!
practical perioi.
1t is not my wish TO throw any
obstacles IN the way OF Mr.. Aliens
claim. He has performed important
services. had it not been for which,
the State would have been without
all she has gained by them, perhaps
forever. These lands are, in fact,
an unexpected acquisition TO the
State, and il the contract cannot be
executed, Mr.. Allen is justly entitled
To the benefit Of il, in some other
mode of compensation. There are
still other lands, many thousand
acres, il is supposed, TO which the
State is Justly entitled, under the
above grants, but which cannot be
obtained, as it has been determined
at Washington, without further
legislation by Congress. To these
claims Mr.. Allen was, during the
last, and is, in the present session,
attending, with commendable in
dustry and perseverance,, and it is |
believed the bill will be perfected in
the Stale, in the course Of few
! have, at the present time, no
legislation to recn nmend. In my /
opinion, the action Of the General
Assembly may properly be deferred .
until the business is finally closed.
Indeed, il would not have been
brought TO your notice in this COM
but Tor the purpose Of
lisabusing the public mind, as many
reports have been circulated prejudi-
:iaI TO the action Of some OF the
,ficers Of State, the past summer, in
relation to these lands.
The State Capitol. Of which bare
mention has teen made, has been
.arried up with very crediIable exer-
ions, the past season. When the
inconvenience Of the present halls Of {
egisIdtion and the insecurity Of the
State offices are considered, econo-
ny alone would seem 10 demand,
hat the New State House should ,
,e finished in the shortest practicable /
'eriod, consistent with its durability {
nd plan. The appropriation of the
lst session has been, it is believed, {
expended, but was found
lsufficient to place the building in I
afeiy for the winter. and other sums
ave b4ea advanced by the Auditor +,
or that purpose, with. my concur q
ence; and which should be provided G
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