The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-01-14

recommend the levy Of sufficient rate upon
the grand list to restore to the Sinking Fund the
sums which have been transferred from it or in
any way devoted to other uses, and to increase
lit to the full extent of the constitutional require
ment. And l also recommend such legislation
as will ensure the future reservation OF tie c.-
tire fund from every use except that Of paying
the interest and principal Of the Public Debt,
and the safe investment of that part speedily
applicable to the reduction of tie principal un-
til wanted for that PURPOSE.
The chief sources Of our Public income are
the Grand Levies; Charter Taxes of Banks;
Proceeds of Public Works; Collections Of Sur
plus Revenue loaned to countless Sales of School
and Ministerial Lands held in Trust; Sales o
Lands granted to the State in aid of Improve
mentS, and otherwise acquired; Dividends ol
Stocks; Convict Eabcr; Payments by the Gener-
al Government on account Of the Three per
cent. Fund; and Licenses and Auction Duties.
Some of these sources Of revenue are nearly
exhausted; others were never productive, and
the receipts from others are in the nature ol
loans rather than Of income.
Only about forty thousand ceres of land in
Ohio yet remain the property of the General
Government. Very little more can be ecXpcctcd
therefore, from the States three per cent. pro-
portion Of their sales Not much land belong
ing to the State-remains unsold. The amount
of surplus Revenue Unpaid by Counties is redu-
ced to $2O6, ,349,U. The proceeds Of convict
labor are absorbed in the support Of the leni.
Tertiary, and avail nothing to the General Rev
Icnuc. And the proceeds. OF School and Minis
terial lands as they accrue become part Of the
lrreducible Debt upon which the State is bound
10 pay six per cent. interest to the use for which
they were granted.
These facts admonish us that for the cxpen-
scs of the State Government, of the Public In
tstitut;ons, and for the payment Of the Staff
Debt, our main reliance must hereafter he upon
the contributions of the people in the form oil
taxes, They require us to husband every re-
naming resource, and demand the strictest econ.
omy in every department of expenditure.
No means exist Of asccrtaining the quantity
lof lands remaining unsold, whether belonging
to the State, or held in trust. recommend the
provision of such means.
| l suggest, also, the e&pcdicncy of such lcgis-
ation as will expedite and ensure the reimburse
ment to the State Of the unpaid balances of sur
plus revenue yet remaining with the counties.
! When Ohio came into the Union she relin-
quished the right to tax the lands of the United
States within her limits in consideration, anon.
tIldt llOl lGSS tlldll lillCe pCl
of the proceeds OF all sales past or future sho'l
be paid to the State, to be applied in laying out
roads This is the origin Of what Is known as
the three per cent. fund. The General Govern
ment has only accounted for the States proper
ton of lands sold since the compact, and sold
for money. In my Judgment, the spirit, if not
the letter OF the compact, entities the State to
the same proportion of the sum which would
T. loo I,-4 a.,
the minimum rate Of adollar and quarter an
acre, of all lands granted for military services
or granted or reserved to individuals, compa-
MES and corporations for their own use Or zen
eft. The quantity Of such lands, according tc
the Commissioners statement, Herewith trans
mitted is 10, 642, $40 acres. A large sum- there.
fore, if my view Of the matter is correct. is due
to the State from the General Government, and
it is worthy of your consideration whether some
measures should not be adopted to secure Tho
recognition and payment Of this claim. 1t.
equity is the more apparent when it Is conSld
cred that Of all the land States Ohio has beer
the least literally dealt with by the Genera
Government. Every other of these States has
received much larger grants in aid of public
Improvements than Ohio. Nearly every other
instead Of three per cent. of the proceeds %
SlIeSI mas received uNe. NlllnoSUtd, anu all tIC
new territories, instead of one section in each
township for the use Of schools, received two
Ohio does not complain of this lberality to other
States and Territories By her Senator's and
Representatives she has sanctioned it. She on
ly demands justice for herself
After your adjournment IN April last, recei-
7ed from the late State Lbrarian.a very inter-
esting report upon the boundary between Ohio
and Pennsylvania, made under an appointment
by my predecessor, in pursuance of It resolution
Of former General Assembly. | now lay the
Report before you. 1t will be found to embody
much valuable information concerning our Eas-
torn boundary, which is continuation from the
Ohio to Lake Erie, OF due north line drawn
from the Western termination of Mason & Dix
on's line between Pennsylvania and Virginia.
1t will be for the Legislature to determine what
compensation, if any shall be made to the Sta Q
Librarian for this special service.
The Report of the Board Of Public Works
will advise you fully in respect to the manage
mont of the important public concerns commit
ted to their charge The unusual drought Of
the past season has greatly hindered the Davi-
cation Of the Canals, in consequence Of which
the gross revenues have been reduced from
S46S go, ,93 in 1876 to $427, ,8l3,O9 in 1856
is. Much the greater portion Of this diminu ion
lapyears In tho receipts Of the Miami " Erie
0anal, thereasons Of which are fully stated by