The Empire County argus., 1854-05-13


is no unoccupied domain in township, the State
is authorised to locate an equal amount In some
other part of the State that by timely and vlgo-
rous exertions the whole amount OF land donated
by the several acts of Congress- can be secured to
the State. :,
Judicious legislation for the protection OF actual
settlers on the public domain, is also a subject OF
deep interest to large and enterprisng portion OF
our fellow-citizens and trust, will receive tavora-
BILE consideration before your adjournment 1t Is
demanded by the wants of the people, and is rem
dercd bv the present unsettled condition of land t-
ties, necessary for the permanent welfare OF the
State. p-.. .....
AS necessary and practical measure of freforln
renew the recommendation to so amend the Constr
tuton of the State. as to provide for Biennial ses-
sons of the Legislature, and the aboshment OF GER
tain constitutional Offices, which would diminish
State expenditures annually in the aggregate, at
least three hundred thousand dollars.
Your attention is again particularly invited to
this subject with the hope that the judicious and
necessary changes proposed may be approved by
you before adjournment and referred to the next
Legislature, as required by the constitution.
The existing hospital system has been source
of heavy expenditure to the State. and more eco
nomicai plan it is to be hoped and believed can be
adopted without materially curtailing the benefits
of these Institutions
Proper and immediate lcgislations is also deman-
ded in order to secure the interest CT the State IN all
escheated estates The laws existing in relation
thereto are vague and meagre in their provisions
and REQUIRE amendment and revision, to enable the
agents of the State to institute proper proceedings
for the recovery of all such estates Three estates
of this character have been brought to the notice OF
the Executive the value of which, in the aggregate
amounts at least to two millions OF dollars. lhe
Importance of this subject WILL of course, commend
itself to YOUR early and favorable attention In
this connection, would also refer to the sugSes-
tons contained in the communication of the Attor-
nev General transmitted to the Legislature few
weeks since.
would also again call yonr attention to the I'M
portance of Immediately adopting measures TO Sc
cure the presenaton to Congress of all the lntor-
nation necessary to correct and favorable action
on the part of the General Government in relation
to the Civil Fund and War Debt In regard to the
latter it is proper TO state that the Board of Exam
iners, appointed to settle War claims on the state
some time since applied for an appropriation suifc-
lent to enable them to have the vouchers and ac-
counts arranged in proper form for transmission to
our delegation in Congress- but up to this date no
action has been taken IN the premises. 1t is highly
important that these papers should, without delay
be forwarded to Washington. The appropriation
asked for it is believed, will enable the Board Of
Examiners to place the necessary accounts aud
vouchers at the disposal of our Congressional dele
ton, in full of the Civil Fund, and the assumption
of the entire War Debt at the present session Of
Congress
More recently your attention has been invited to
the importance of modifying the several acts on the
Statute book concerning corporations so as to-
prevent the organization and existance of monopo-
lies to the restriction of trade, and the de1Iment
of the whole people. These several laws require
revision and amendment, and should receive care
full and immediate consideration, while yet the
evils complained Of are in their incipcncy, and
within the proper and legitimate control of lcgisa-
ton.
Additional legislation is believed necessary. to
compel the payment into the State treasury OF the
per centage now authorized to be collected on all
sales made at public auction 1t is understood that
the existing law is uniformly enforced so far as the
collection of the per centagc is concerned; but,
Judging from the small amount of revenue derived
from this source is imperative as to its payment
into the State treasury. This per centage, it is
proper to state is in addition to the charges author
lied to be made such sales by auctioneers and if
its payment into the treasury cannot be enforced,
the provision in the Revenue act, authorizing its
collection in justice to the people, should at once
be repealed In this connection, your attention is
respectfully invited to the letters of the late Attor
ney General and Messrs. Theodore Payne & Co.,
herewith transmitted.
These various measures, it is believed, have all
been, more or less, subjects of examination and
discussion on your part and it is presumed that it
will require but little additional time to mature and
pass upon Them and that it is not yet too late to
adopt those wholesome and salutary measures SO
imperiously demanded by the pressing wants and
interests of the State of California.
Should YOU adjourn, however, without providing
the means required to iquidate the debt of the
State as herein suggested, or by some other effective
plan, the finances of the State will be left in the
same critical condition as at your assembling, and
the people, whom you represent, disappointed IN their
confident expectations, will justly regard the pres
ent Legisature and the agents of the State as hav
ing failed to accomplish the objects most desired by
them.
1t is, therefore, hoped that these considerations
lief of the State final adjournment shall leave
to struggle through another year of embarrassment
State placed on firm basis by the timely appropria-
ton of those ample means at present within our
reach, and to which your attention has heretofore
as now, been respectfully invited.
In connection with tho foregoing suggestions, as
we'll as those made in my annual message in rola-
ton to economy and reform and providing the nee
essary means to liquidate the Indebtedness of the
State, it is deemed proper again to remind you OF
the fact that the Constitution restricts the acton OF
the Executive Ia these matters to single RECON-
mendation. Having once performed all that Is re-
CURED by the Constitution, it was perhaps unneces-
sary for NE again to refer to those several subjects,
but impressed with the great Importance OF judi