The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-01-14
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ard Hsasc of Reyes nkaiues.
On meeting you ior the discharge VI the
solemn obligations which We eve 10 the
people as their Representatives Kermit me
to congratulate yon, that siRoc the general
Assembly was last convened, an unusual de-
gree of health has prevailed within our Dor
ders; that de Garth has Welded her increase
in ahundancs. and thal our state, great IN
all DE clements necessary TO constitute q
powerful n%stion. rrcscutsa genoraf prospe-
Tous condition Of cur td.airs, IN the several
departments ef the Stale Government.
Under these circumstances, MS a Chris
uSn people, t. olu duty, with humility to
acknowledge our dependence on Him, from
whom all our blessings flow, and TO seek
for the continuance OF his Heavenly wisdom
in the direction OF our afairs-in the perfor-
nance Of every Christian, moral and civil
obligation.
In calling the attention Of the General
Assembly to the condition of the Sate,
which l am required to communicate, by
message, SO far as | have been able to learn
cur judicial courts have discharged their
function by a faithful administrator ofius-
tice, and with all the promPness and eDcr-
gy Of tie Judicial system which has b en-,
and still is in force, would permit. The
public credit has 90 e mah.taiued, arI the
uublic fsfi,. tro-,r,e ',latc. III. abiG-
ty of the citizens OF Dino &, meet, promptly,
every public engagement, admits of neither
question nor doubt.
The management d the Public Works, in
Guiding the State Capitol, has been econom-
icai and satisfactory. The Asylums for the
Insane, the Blind, and Deaf and Dumb,
have each its own peculiar internal admins
%lraTiOn, but | am not aware Of any complaint.
The Penitentiary was, for short periods, du-
ling the past season, without its proper
head, by the resignation Of one and the
death OF another of its Nardens; but no
very serious evils are believed to have re-
suited from such temporary vacancies. For
"details in all the several departments and
1he Institutions, under the control Of the
General Assembly, reference is, respectfully,
made to the reports of the prol er officers,
which ] have the honor, herewith, to trans
nit.
1t viii be snen, in the statement of the
Auditor, that our public debt, notwithstand-
ing it has gradually diminished, is still large
but our resources, with judicial manage
ment, and with rigid economy in the ad-
ministratim of our financial affairs, in all
The departments, are believed to be ample
10 meet any exigeney that viii, probably,
aIise,' to pay the ordinary expenses of the
State Government, and, eventually, to liqui-
date the debt, witllouta any essential increase
To the lurIhens of the people.
The receipts and disbursements Of the
current year are as follows
RECEIPTS.
Proceeds oftaxes of 1850
for General Revenue,
canal an school funds
including miscellanc-
Gus items. &1,429,2o 50 5
Canal tolls, water rents,
dividends on stock in
canal, railroads and
turnpikes, and tolls on
Western Reserve and
Maumee roads, and on
National Road, 938, 732 IS 0
Proceeds of sales Of canal
lands and school and
ministerial lands, 141, 1914 Sc 3
Principal and intereston
Surplus Revenue fund
Of counties, 28o,699 90 4
Received \ fund COM
mission .or redemp-
ton of State Bonds d
miscellaa eous items, 26,498 So 0
Taxes rece'd from banks
and foreign insurance
companies, N61,922 81 0.
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,'| So, 878,656 II 81
Balance in'the Treasury,
Nov. Is, $50, 130,412 IL OF
.tmount applicable to the
disbursements of 1851 IS, 009, 068 SO 2
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DISBURSEMENTS.
Bills drawn upon the
Treasury & old claims
and uncurrent funds,
credited 10 Treasurer, S478,685 81 7
Payments ON account of
interests d state debt i,24l,o81 4o-oi
Payments from the Trea-
sary olaccoun.ofprin-
cipal ot Sl&4c deb c64,O77 81 6
School fund pail to c'1.
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