Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1858-12-02

" day as possible: you take into
consideration the condition ofthe treas
ury. aud that tax be levied for the
year 1858.
The report OF the Auditor Of State
viii exhibit 10 you the amount which.
1; is estimated will be necessary to
raise. Ii the tax is levied a. once. /,
can be collected in time to meet tho
ordinary expenditures of the eovern-
mcnt. 1t viii be necessary to neSoti-
ate loan TO meet the interest which
will be due upon the public debt upon
the lst day Of January. 1850. No
difficulty wili be found in negotiating
such loan. provided the levy is male
fOr the year 1858.
Justice to the residents and owners
oi the property Of the State demands
that the expence of the government
should be paid 10y them equally. sc-
coriing to the value Of their property.
To secure so desirable a result. IL has
long been the policy in Indiana to have
frequent valuations Of all the real
property within the State. Accord.
ingly. on the 18th Of February. 1851.
an act was passed to appraiss the
real estate. and to make the value Of
the same equal aud uniform. Since
that time nc act of the Legislature has
been passed ordering a new appsa;sc-
ment. In the meantime the increase
IN the value Of that kind of property
has been very large. If that increase
had been uniform. a necessity for .
new appraisement would not exist
But since the passage of that Law. .
great difference has arisen in reference
to the relative value of real estate.
When the last assessment was made
there was but one railroad completed
10 indianapolis. from any poin, in the
State, nor were any other Of tho exist.
ing works finished. You can not but
appreciate the effect that those roads
have had upon the value of the prop
erty of the State. Indeed. it has 50
increased the value Of such property.
that 1t is confidently believed that Q
new assessment would show that
the taxables of the State now amount
to four hundred million dollars. If
this view of the subject is correct. 1t is
manifestly unjust that the revenues
paid FOR the support Of the government
hould be levied upon the sppraise.
ment Of 1851.
a, my request the Directors ef the
State Prison have made partial re-.
port as TO the condition Of that Institu.
ton. You will observe by an exami-
nation Of that report that the new cell
house has been finished. hut e~en new.
after the same has been completed.
such is the limited capacity of that
institution that it is impossible to
retain with safety. or employ with
profit. more than three huadred and
fifty convicts. The number which
will be confined there by the frst Of
January. 1853. will. in all probability,
amount to five hundred. You will
therefore see the absolute necessity of
either greatly enlarging the existing
prison. or of erecting an additional one
in some other part Of the State. In
view Of the prison being located upon
the southern boundary of the State.
thereby causing a heavy expense in
tho convicts from the
various counties. and believing that .
portion OF the labor Of the inmates
could lie more proitably employed in
some other locality. and relying upon
the advice and opinion of those most
experienced in managing such institu-
tions. that three hundred 10 three hun.
tred and fifty convicts are as manv A.
should be confined in one locality. I
accordingly join with the Directors
and Warden of the Prison in recon-.
mending to you that law be passed
at an early day, providing for tho
erection Of another State Prison. and
that the same be located somewhere In
the northern portion Of the Stste.-
Little can be done towards OF said
prison until tho spring of 1859. Ifit
should be regarded by You as desirable
to nse the labor of a portion of the
in the erection Of said prison.
one hundred AMI fifty to two hundred
OF them could DO employed for that
purpose Ii you should decide to pass
such law. provision should be made
Tor the purchasing of more land for
the use of the new. than belongs to he
State adjoining the present prison
There are generally confined in tbs
prison many who could be proftably
employed in raising neoessaries for the
support Of the Institution.
/ have thus briefly called to your at
tentlon those interests Of the State
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