New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-12
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coy. BINGHAAS MESSAGE.

pror IN hi, access on to Office AZ the sessions OF tne
Michigan Legislature biennial only, hs state mem
Of the finances embraces two years. Inc s'ahe"e
means for the year ending on the 3ls OF NOVEMBER
lS5 inclusive q balance hand OF lo were
Al AL 4sl Oh. The expenditures amounted TO *o-1
III s., leaving balance Of $5loo23 l3 Inc me .'
to Is56 ncnding the above balance, were 81 ,0H,.
"a 81. The expenditures s659, 69 %, leaving
balance on the let Of December last OF Ol9 IL.
The expenditures Of these two years include u & II
maid Of Ii pm cpal Of the State debt, and s@oo l.
of interest which latter amount hiss increased N the
last ear rear $50 0O0 account OF constant ad1ons
10 the principal Of the trust funds and OF new oonos
Issued for the adjustment Of new portions oil the hoveo
five million loan, the entire amount OF oonde Ior "ncn
wa, mt into circulation by the late Bank Of the United
States but upon which the State admits its indebted
meas otl for the amounts which actually came into the
state Treasury. This admitted liability includes an
outstanding debt Of Sl77 COO for bonds of which the
State received the fnl amount ST. 70S 23j Of new ad
;ustn ept bonds hsueo lieu Of part paid bonds, and
liability 10 further bonds of the sort to the amount
If 372 whenever the holders of the original bonds
choose TO come into the arrangement, which 1t is UNDER
stood thew IRE about 10 do. These bonds fall due IN
Jsnuary. 1863 and with 500 900 Of University bonds,
sg7 900 of Detroit and Pontiac Railroad bonds, ana
s65 600 of Penite ntaTy bonds falling due IN 1898,
80 and Co together with go 900 in internal i'm
nruvem, Mt warrants make the whole State debt
81 "a, 935 so.
The ordinary expenses, under a system OF ngd
economy, have been largely reduced. Toe principal
expenditures fer the two past years have been Tor TIVE
Asylums-thoee for the blind and deaf and dunno az
Flint. having one wing already completed and occu
red; additions to the State Prison. House OF Correc-
ton for juvenile offenders just completed and occupied
and an Agricultural College
Under an act of the last Legislature requiring i've
per cent upon the public money in deposit with Banks
$5I 627 II have been received in the two past years
but as the State pays seven per cent on hs DEBT tue
e.pediepcy is suggested Of investing the surplus
hand in redeemiDg the bonds as they fall due, or in
bu, ing them in anticipation. The State Constitution
remires the establishment of sinking fund TO redeem
the debt but none has been established and as the
entire debt is due within Fix years, some immediate
action seems to be necessary to provide for it.
The Governor anticipates that when the new budd-
ngs of the State Prison finished, that institution,
under the influence of late reforms in is management
and discipline and an increase of the prices paid for
the labor of the convicts viii become sefsupporting
separate prison for the female convicts with mat
ron TO superintend them, is noticed great improve
melt. The employment of the prisoners in productive
labor indicated against the preudces which have
prevailed ainst it bringing the convets into com
| petition with honest mechanics.
The Governor proposes to give, in separate CON-
| municaton, the names Of the convcts pardoned by
| him and the reasons therefor. Mere sympathy for
| relatives he does not esteem sufficient ground OF
| action in such cases.
There are in the State g. 255 organized School Dis
rcts which employed last year 5,O78 teachers-l 600
males and 3,47S females The resident children be-
tween four and eighteen years were lo7 23, OF whom
l42 1874 were taught in the schools. The last annual
appoitonment Of the interest Of the school find
| amounted TO 100000. The Normal School and the
University at Ann Arbor in fourishing condition.
The Agricultural College will he ready to open in April
next. 1t includes farm of 700 acres within three
miles Of the State capital which has been erected
building hundred feet long by fifty WIDE and three
stories high one Of the wings Of the entire structure
proposed also clearinghouse to accommodate
eighty boarden.
The six million acres Of swamp lands granted by
Congress TO the State have hitherto been withheld
from ae by the Governor for the reason that he was
not satisfied with the legislative provisions heretofore
made upon the subject. The law as il stands provides
for reservng the money arising from the sales as
fund for draining the lands. The Governor objects
strongly to this implied obligation Of drainage on the
part of the State, and he apprehends that the accu
INFLATED fund might become temptation to dishonest
legislation. Nor he in favor of any local or tempo
rary disposition of these lands. In 1871 Congress gave
thin State 500 900 acres Of land for internal improve
mtnts. There lands are now worth from three TO five
millions Of dollars But instead Of creating fund from
the proceeds of their SALE they granted directly
for various local purposes, and the State has
nothing to show for them The Governor protests
against any similar disposition of the swamp lands.
He proposes to sell those lands in limited quantities to
actual occupants. subject be drained by the pur-
chaser and to convert their proceeds into new fund
for the advancement of education particularly of fe
males.
The ST. Mays Canal is in successful operation, but
as the State only levy tolls for superintendent and
repairs, and additional safeguards agains. damage
from freshets thought necessary, the Governor
proposes ask Congress for grant for that purpose
The Governor recommends the establishment of a
Supreme Court provided for in the Constitution,
distinct from the Circuit Courts and that Judges of
Probate should be paid by fixed salaries instead Of
fees.
He justfes his refusal to sign the Bank bill of the
last session by reminding the Legislature that the two
years which have since interviewed have 3een the only
two years in which the people of Michigan have not
been swindled by fraudulent banks The Governor is
totally opposed to al banks created with view merely
TO circulation and will consent to no bank charters
except with strict provisions for the security of the bill
holders. He adVises the repeal of the usury laws.
After statement of his views on the Kansas ques-
ton he recommends appropriation for the relief of
the emgrants from Michigan in Kansas who have been
sufferers by the barbarous policy which has been pur-
sued in that Territory.
lie regrets that the Michigan Senators in Congress
though they have hitherto prOfessed to recognize the
doctrine of legislative instruction have not yet thought
proper TO comply with the resolutions passed BY the