The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-01-15

ment shall be entered upon the duplicate T
for taxation and taxed by a different and
usually much less rate than that levied /
upon the property of individuals, is cal
culatcd to produce an impression in the
public mind that property employed in
banking is not charged by the act with
its fair proportion of the public burdens
Such an impression, in my judgment,
can not fail to prove Injurious. It is the
true interest of banking institutions. as
well as of the people, that all legislation
concerning them should avoid even the
appearance of special favor. The most
absolute impartiality in the distribution
burdens is demanded by every considera-
ton of policy as well as of justice. ],
therefore, respectfully suggest such
amendments of the law as will require
all property employed in banking to be
embraced in one schedule and entered
upon the duplicate for taxation at the
same rate as is imposed on other proper
ty.
The constitution authorizes the estab-
lishment in the Secretary OF States Office
of Bureau Of Statistics. Some pro-
vision for the collection of statistical infor-
nation is already made. The Township
Assessors are required to make returns
Of the quantity of wheat and corn pro-
duced in their several townships each
year. The District Assessors are reaui-
red to report, under certain classi6ca-
ton, once iu six years, the number cf
acres Of taxable land in the different coun-
ties. Various acts require the collection
of other statistical information, more or
less specific, in relation to production, edu
cation, population and crime. Under
these acts, although from want of system
and of adequate means of enforcement,
they are often very imperfectly executed,
a large amount of useful information is
collected. Il is scattered, however.
through many disconnected reports, and
consequently fails to yield the full advan
tage which might be derived from it. To
combine this and collect other similar in
formation, and to present the whole, so
arranged as to exhibit the mutual rela-
ton of facts and classes of facts, together
with the general bearing upon the public
welfare, is the proper function Of Bureau
of Statistics. | can perceive no insur-
mountable obstacle to the collection of all
or nearly all the information required
through agencies already existing, with
out mourning much new expense. Fol
the present, little more would be necessary
than to provide for the appointment of a
thoroughly qualified person to superintend
the whole work, prepare and prescribe al
necessary forms, and to receive, classify
and report The returns. | cannot doub
that such a provision for the collection
and publication of the Statistics of thu
State. Agricultural, Industrial, Social anl
Educational, would repay ten-fold It's cos
in benefits.
Under the auspices offormer Legislation
a Geological Survey of the State wa
) commenced and prosecuted for some time
) with valuable results. respectfully sub
nit to your consideration whether the tim
: has not arrived for the resumption of tha
work, and whether there should not b.
combined with it such an Agricultural ex
t aminations as will fully ascertain and dis
close the productive capacity Of the differ
: ent soils which compose the surface Q
: the State, and the physical laws and in
! fences by which that productive capaeit
: is determined.
In accordance with the provisions of a
e act of the last session, I have caused to b
4 printed the Reports of the Auditor an
e Treasurer of State, of the State Hous
IS Commissioners, Of the several Boards {
l. the Benevolent Institutions, of the Diree
: tors Of the Penitentiary. and Of nearly a
Is the other officers and Boards who seel
: to fall within its requirements. Thes
Il Reports are now ready, and subject
your disposition. The long delay
D. printing the Reports Of the Public Office
at after the assembling Of the Legislator
le and the consequent want of necessary i
k formation relating to public affairs ha
ID heretofore, proved most serious obstru
Il ton to legislative business. I congrat
u late you upon the almost complete reno
e al of this obstruction under the saluta
" operation of the act of the last session
IN aud | suggest the extension fits prov
D. ions SO as to embrace every officer al
ct board having charge of any departme
er of the public service not now included
it.
of [ refer you to the Reports of the Sts
/ i, Auditor and State Treasurer for full info
n nation concerning the financial conditi
IL of the State.
O. The State of the Public Debt,
a amount and distribution of Taxation, a
at the uses of revenue, will necessarily c
= gage your careful attention.
he The Debt of the State had its origin
he Internal Improvements. Nearly the VIII
ed fit was contracted to defray the c.
me of the State Canals, and to provide
IN subscriptions in aid of Turnpikes, RI
ted ways and Canals projected and control
l by ompanies. Whatever may be thoug
Ter Of he policy of these undertakings, no {
pc doubted the duty of theState to fulfill W
ra- scrupulous exactitude her duties to
it creditors. Onthis subject, happily, th
arv is no diversity of opinionin Ohio.
the To pay the interest of this debt; to
els. duce and finally extinguish the princiI
ing to provide for the necessary expenses
the State Government and Public Insti
has tons; and to defray the charges of Co
oro. ty, City, Township and District admi
the trations, are thelegitimate objects OF
INK alton. To insure responsibility for
, be disbursement of revenue, and thcr
in promote economy, the Constitution st