Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-01-10

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The stationery purchased by xnfdencs =
the two branches Tor the use of
ture, costs about $1,000 per an ,,,,.,
has been unnecessary wasteful riify tba
branch of expenditure at tiUfooj, but
and L suggest that such purchs have cured
made only under the sanctiaeah qpJa I'''
the standing committees of
About 500, 900 has BET
treasury for indemnificatied with W5sS'
costs under that portion of 'sphs T TFR
the sale of Spiutuous and
quors, which has been proniat your neit
tutional, and the Auditor Y Ia qociit,Lli
amounting to $4,000 more, in ti9Sni
| 1857. The limit of time will soohIstre
such claims, and l recommend that It's
extended.
a petition was presented to the last Legis-
lature, by the city OF Boston, for an allowance
to meet the expenses of the Municipal Court,
founded upon the provisions of the eighteenth
section of chapter 449, Acts of 1866. The Pc
tition was not granted, but the Treasurer of
of the city Of Boston has paid into the Treas
ury of the State the amount of tax levied
upon the city, less bill of about $42, 900 tor
! the expenses of that court during nine months
Of the past year. The subject should receive
| your early attention. and the law made so ex-
plicit that the duty of the officers of the State
may be rendered clear. There appears to be
injustice in requiring the City of Boston to
pay its share of the expenses of the Court Of
Common Pleas, which has no jurisdiction
| within its limits, and also the whole cost of
| its local courts established in its place, and
largely contributing to relieve both the Com
| mon Pleas and Supreme Court of portion
| of their onerous duties and accumulated bust
ness.
Considering the policy of supporting our
| foreign paupers in State Almshouses TO be as
! yet an undetermined question, sofar as expense
is concerned, and believing it inexpedient to
incur farther cost in buildings, which expe-
rienee may prove will fail to meetthe expecta.
tons of the originators of the system, 1
phatically advise that no money be expended
upon them in farther permanent improve
ments, and l recommend that the Board of
Alien Commissioners be clothed with power,
subject to the approval Of the Governor and
Council, to diminish the cost of this branch
of expenditure, by closing one or more Of
them, and distributing the occupants among
the other Almshouses, whenever the public
interests and the welfare Of the inmates will
| justify the measure,
The cost Of commissioners for various pur-
| poses" amounted in 1866 to $l4, j6S, nearly
all of whom were appointed by my predeces-
sors, while in 1856 it amounted to only
| 50 400. 1 advise great prudence in creating
new commissions, and if any may be deemed
! necessary, would suggest that they should be
| limi ed to as small a number as is consistent
with the discharge Of the duty required to be
| performed.
The work of printing the Plymouth Records
has steadily advanced. and the six volumes of
Court Orders are completed and will be ready
for distribution i'll a few days. One volume
! OF the Miscellaneous records is in press, and
the iour volumes OF Wills have been copied in
| manuscript in permanent form. The other
volumes of Deeds and laws are of less in err
est, and the volume of the Recsgds of the
Commissioners of the United Colonies has
been printed. in- Hazards State Papers.
therefore recommend that the Secretary of
state be directed to discontinue The work on
the completion of the volume of Miscellaneous
Records; in which case this item of expendi-
ture will cease.
In view of the condition of our treasury,
and the circumstance that the annual grant of
$4,000 to the Female Medical Education So
ciety can hardly be defended on the ground of
absolute necessity, recommend that it should
be discontinued.
BY the provisions Of an Act of the I.egisIa-
ture of 1854, 1884 shares Of the Western
Railroad Stock were transferred TO the School
Fund, thus diminishing our annual revenue
about twenty thousand dollars. One.haf
OF the income from this fund, which amount
ed on the first of January, 1856, to about
$l,626OOO, is divided among the towns. and
from the other half all sums expended for
educational purposes being taken, the balance
is transferred to the credit OF the fund The
amount so transferred, as stated in the Audi
tors Report Tor The last year, was about 3d.
900. 1t thus appears that one half OF this
income is practically deducted from the as
sessed taxes OF the various cities and towns
and the balance goes to enhance the PRINCIPAL
OF the School Fund. l advise that the Act
referred to be repealed and thus give the
state an increase OF $4,000 in her annual
income. The amount divided among the
towns the past year, was about twenty cents
per child, and if the Act be repealed, it will
amount to about fifteen cents, sum anply
sufficient to secure full educational returns.
which is the main practical benefit now de-
! rived from this expenditure.
The AdJutant General has made in his an.
hnal report which will be transmitted to the
TWO branches, certain suggestions, in all of
which L fully concur whereby an annual
saving to the treasury of at least 500 900. or
nearly one-third its present COST can be made
IN his department, without in any way Impair
ing the efficiency of our military system
Having thus briefly referred to certain par
tcu!ars wherein jrdicious retrenchment can
be introduced without detriment to the pub-
lie interests, it becomes my duty to allude to
another and no less important view OF the fl
nancial affairs of the State. During the year
1891, the following portions of the funded
debt OF the Commonwealth become due:
State Reform School Scrip due Oct a 1857 s25 % GO
Eastern Railroad Bonds due July /, 1851 100 OO 90
Norwich and Worcester Railroad Bonds, dus
= July i lo5I,.. Observation-Disclosures. 400 900 90
Boston and Maine Railroad Bonds, due Aug,
~ " l9ol''. j loo, 900 90
western Railroad Bonds due July 10 1884, 9a5 OOO GO
| SI.yzOt00 70
The first item is included in the estimated
expenses of 1867, and it is presumed will be
paid from the current revenue. The next
three liabilities arise from the endorsement
OF the State tor the railroads mentioned; TO
secure each Of which it holds a mortgage
upon the road, and also large amount of
stock IN pledge. These three corporations
viii doubtless pay their scrip at maturity, and
relieve the Common wealth from its obliya-
tons in their behalf, the Norwich and Mor-
cester being aided in SO doing by an endorse.
ment OF the State upon its bonds Tor $780,
600, having twenty years to run, in accord
ance with the legislation of 1854.
The .ast amount issued is to pay the bonds