Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-01-27
MESS AGE.
OF THE
GOVERNOR OF OHIO.
CONCLUDED.

The report OF the Board OF NPubllc
Works will advise you fully in respect to
the management Of the important public
concerns committed to their Charge
The unusual droutgh ofthe past season has
greatly hindered the navigation of the ca
mails, III consequence of which the gross
revenues have been reduced from SS45S,-
| 83l SO in 1854-5, to $427,8l3 % in
1866. Much the greater portion ofthis
diminution appears in the receipts of the
Miami and Erie canal, the reasons of which
are full, stated by the Board. The nett
result for 1866 is as follows:
Nett Receiptsas rcturnnd,to
! the Auditor of State S3eS,463 92
Disbursements for Repair
ing, SUI eIhtrndence, &c Si0l ,403 COZ
Estimated amount paid but
,n%9;tt n9t properly ehafseable ,.s., 20
Making current Expenses
for 1866 s2o5 ,G6i a
Showing surplus of Re-
ccipts over current En-
pcGdi,urcsof S5a,7OO is
1t is the opinion Of the Board that not
withslanding the unfavorable results Of
the past year, the canals cannot fail, un-
der a system of energetic and economical
management to yield very considerable
nett revenue to the State | respectfully
commend their reasons in support of this
opinion, and the several suggestions OF
their Report to your favorable considera-
lon.
The Report Of the Directors of the
Penitentialy presents a clear account of the
condition OF that institution. 1t is graft
| flying to find that the working Of the Act
Of April 8, 1856, concerning the Peniten-
tiary, has fulfilled, in most respects, your
! iudicious and benevolent inlenions.-
Some notifications are suggested by the
Directors which deserve attention. Va
rious other suggestions of this Report
will doubtless attract your notice, and es-
pecially these which relate to the Accounts,
Receipts and Revenue, and to the impolicy
of employing convicts upon the New State
House, or otherwise outside Of the Peni-
Tertiary walls.
In pursuance to the statutory provisions
in relation to insane convicts, and in the
absence of any proper accommodations for
such persons within the Penitentiary, !
have suspended the sentences of six pris-
oners ascertained, upon proper inquiry to
be insane, and have directed their transfer
to the Asyiums of the Districts within
which they were respectfully convicted.
For the annual history of the Lunatic
Asylums and of the Asylums for the Dea
and Dumb and for the Blind, and for al
account of their condition at the close o.
the year, refer you to the Reports of the
several Boards entrusted with their man
agement, These Reports will be found t,
contain very many interesting facts, anC
+ many judicious and important practica
> views. do not doubt that you will cheer
fully respond to the proper demands o
these Institutions to the full extent per
! mitted by a just regard to the financia
condition Of the State, and to other equa
claims upon the Treasury. 1t is crafty
ing to observe that the expenses of eacl
. Innstitulion during the year have bee1
less than the appropriations for their sup
port, | particularly commend to your at
t tention the economical use of the appropri
h alton of ten thousand dollars for dormi
tory for the Deaf and Dumb, to be hereai
t ter converted into workshops The pur
pose Of the appropriation has been mos
satisfactorily accomplished, and balanc
: OF about four thousand dollars remains i
the Treasury. This circumstance, doubt
p less VII! have its proper weight with yo
= when considering the expediency of en-
!, tering without further delay upon the con
), struction Of the new Asylum Edi6ce, tn
need Of which has been so long acknowl
:. edged.
rs The Report Of the Commissioners of tn
= New State House will exhibit the progres
: of the work and the disbursements on &C
% count of it during the last year. 1t is wit
great pleasure that ! direct your attentio
t, to the careful economy, thorough work an
!, substantial progress which have distr
y guished their administration. Your ow
observations, now that your sessions al
+, held in the new building, will satisfy 20
9, as to the character and condition of u
n work Tho fact that of tic Binety thot