Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-01-15

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hereafter be upon the contributions of th,
people, in the form of Taxes. They re
quife us to husband every remaining source
and demand the strictest economy in ever,
department of expenditure.
No means exist of fascertaining the quar
tity Of Lands remaining unsold, whethe
belonging to the State, or held in trust
I recommend the provision Of such means
e. I suggest, also, the expediency of such
legislation as will expedite and ensure Inc
reimbursement to the State Of the unpaid
balances of Surplus Revenue, yet remain
ing with the Counties. :,
When Ohio came into the Union, she
telinquished the right to tax the United
States within her limits, in consideration
among other things, that not less than
three per cent. of the proceeds of ali sales
past or future, should 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 Government
has only accounted for the States proper
ton of lands sold since the compact, and
sold for money. In my judgement, the
spirit if not the letter of the compact, enti-
ties the State to the same proportion of the
sum which would have been produced by
The sale, at not less than the minimum
rate of dollar and a quarter an acre, OF
all lands granted for Military services, OF
granted or reserved to individuals, Compa-
nies, and Corporations, for their own use
and benefit. The quantity of such lands,
according to the Commissioners statement,
herewith transmitted, is $40, O,642,5 $40 acres.
A large sum, therefore, 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 meas
ures shall not be adopted to secure the rec
ognition and payment of this claim. Its
equity is the more apparent, when it is
considered that of al the land States,
Ohio has been the least literally dealt with
by the Federal Government Every 9th
er of these States have received much lar
ger grants of land in aid of public improve
ments than Ohio. Nearly every other,
instead of three per cent. of the proceeds of
sales, hae received five. Minnesota and all
the new Territories, instead of one section
in each Township for the use of Schools,
have received two Ohio does not com
plain of this liberality to other States and
Territories. By her Senators and Repre-
sentatiyes she has sanctioned it. She only
demands Justice for herself.
After your adjournment in April last, I
received from. your late State Librarian a
very interesting report upon the boundary
between Ohio and Pennsylvania, made un-
der an appointment of my predecessor, in
pursuance of a resolution of a former Gea-
eral Assembly. I now lay the report be-
fore you. 1t will be found to embody
much valuable information concerning our
Eastern boundary, which is a continuation
from the Ohio to Lake Erie, ofa due North
line, drawn from the Western termination
of Mason's & Dixon's Line between Penn
sylvania and Virginia. It will be for the
Legislature to determine, what compensa-
tion, if any, shall be made to the late State
Librarian for his special service.
The Report of the Board of Public Works
will advise you fully in respect to the man
.gement of the important public concerns
to their charge. The unusual |
lrought of the past season has greatly hin
Tered the navigation of the Canals, in con-
sequence of which the gross revenues have
,een reduced from S46S, ,S3l ,93 in ls54-5,
% S427, $4,000 in 1856. Much the
greater portion of this dimunition appears
IA the receipts of the Miami and Erie Canal,
The reasons of which fully stated by the
Board. The nett result Of 1856 is as
follows:
Nett receipts as returned TO the Au-
. ditor of State $685., ,463,92
for Re-
pairing, Superinten-
dence, DC. $4Ol ,49s.oo
Estimated amount paid
but not properly
ehargable this year. 76,SS3,56
Making current expenses
Showing surplus ofreceipts over
current expenditures of--------- $685. 40
1t is the opinion of the Board, that,
the unfaEorable results of
The past year, the Canals cannot fail, under
4 system of energetic and economical man.
agement, to yield very considerable nett
revenue in the State. l respectfully rec
ommend their reasons in support of this
opinion, and the several suggestions of
their Report, to your favorable considera-
lion.
The Report of the Directors of the Peni-
.entiary presents clear account of that in
'titution. 1t is gratifying to find that the |
working of the act of April 8, 1856, con-
,erning the Penitentiary, has fulfilled, in
most respects, your judicious and beneyo-
ent intentions. Some notifications are
by the Directors which deserve
Various other suggestions of
his Report will doubtless attract your no.
ice, and especially those which relate to
he Accounts, Receipts and Revenue, and
o the impolicy of employing conyiets up
IN the New State House, or otherwise out
ide the Penitentiary walls.
In pursuance of the statutory provisions
n relation to insane eonvicts, and in the
.bsence of any proper accommodations for
uch persons within the Penitentiary, I
AVE suspended the sentence of six prison
rs, aseertained upon proper inquiry, TO be
insane, and have directed their transfer to
he Asylums of the Districts within which
hey were respectively convicted.
For the annual history of the Lunatic
Asylums, and of the Asylums of the Deaf
md Dumb and forth Blind, and for an ac-
count of their condition at the close of the
year, l refer you to the reports of the sew
,ral Boards entrusted with their manage
- TLa.o Dooortc will ba found fo |