Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1858-01-14

within The State, aul un'ler the direction
4 Is Executive officers | eommend
this sulJvcI 10 legs alive insesIlgst on
aud consideration.
| esrLestly recommend the repeal Of tie
act allowing CONTRACTS for ulsresl at ten
peT evut. The legslIzaliOn Of such rate
Vt interest enshle. Ihe mube,ed capitalist
~ absOrU Ear to- large shaIe Of the cam.
in,s VI the lariner, the mechanic aud the
merchant. IL often takes the whole. aud
sometimes more than the whole. Il NAV
be, as sOme think, that the law as il aoOd
prior to that act, w''uld he improved by
the substitution Of the rate Of seven pei
cent, in place Of the old rate ofsix per cent
Whatever rate Of interest may be sppro
we'd, | respectfully suggest that it shoulJ
he uultOlm, aud lie allowed to persons
whether natural or artificial, alike, and
that all Contracts for higher rate, by whO-
ever made, should be deemed aud bell
alike null aud VOID, unle,s enforced. wtl
simple interest, Tor the benefit Of eluci.
tlUnal or benevolent Institutions. Discrim
lnaliOns between classes Of lenders, teInp
tO fraud and almost uniformly fail Of ben,
etical results. In this connection, YOU
attention may also he usefuIly given to III,
various devices by which banking instilu
ions seek to evSde statutory limitations %
interest, aud to the provision of more vffec
lual guards against such evasion.
OF the several amendments OF the Con
stitutiOn proposed by the last General As.
sembly, aud submitted TO the people at III,
last General election, none received III,
sutlages Uf majpuly Of all the electors
| do not regard tins result, under the cir
cumstauce', AS a decisive verdict, and, still
believing, for reasons heretofore fully as
,IgneJ, that Annual Sessions are necessary
10 the proper Gre aud security Of the "
lc Interests; aud that single Senatorial Sn'
Representative DISTRICTS are in i,pensibl
to "a tue expression of the popular will il
legislative sclion, respectfully recommen
u.oIber Submission to the e'ple OF amel.'
ments providing for these important Oh
ijects. | cOufine this recommendation I
these amendments, because | regard theI
as most desirable anG because experieuc
Seems to teach that when more nunerOU
separate propositions ale Submitted, no on
Ot them Is likely to receive the Populs
sanction.
Ot the r prrt' require to be prin e.
aud laid before the General A semhly :
the commencement Of lis session, those {
the reasuIer OF Stat,; Of the Institute
Tor he Deaf aud Dumh; of the lustltuliu
Tor tho Blind; arG OF the Central Ohl
anG Northern Ohio Lunat'c As,Ium', Al
ready aud will be immediately LAID l. fnl
you. The Reports Of the Soutlen OH
Lunatlc Asy ylum; Of the Ohio Peuilentii
rs: aud Of the Sta,e House ConmlssoI
els, are in / hands of the binder, an
will he speedily submitted. hose If ii
Auditor uf STATE; of the Secretary of ST At,
Of the Board Of Public Works: of the r,
form sch ~I; ol the Asylum for Idiots;
the Quarter Master General, and Of II
Commissioners of the Site Library, are
the hand, OF tie State Printer, and vi
doubtless lie pre,uted Lclore the close Of II
Coming wee&. The reports Of the Con
missioner OF Common Schools, Of tho Co
missioner OF Statistics, Of the Coumis,io
els Of the Sinking Fund, Of the Omo Un
verslty, an the Miami University, la,
not Yet been received.
The report ufthe Commissioner oc Cot
mon Schools has been delay ell by the ON
sion on the part oT several County Au'
ilor H. transmit the nece>s Try returns b,
am assured that 1t will soon be ready /
be sent in. The labor of the Comni
sioncr has 5eeu extremely arluJus, aud
ca amend to youl fhyo,able action his ~
, pIicatIon for Clerk. The great intere
, entrusted to his charge is Of primary in
porance. That the psOIle feel and VI
derslaud its true impoltanc, is appareI
, from the fact that Of $3,I69, ,40l, 20. CO
Iectel IN 1857, and disburseJ for Sta
purpos $. l.3567G4.40 was applied
support Of common sChoals Aud no "
Ser application Of the public funds c"u
be made. The youth Of tie State are Il
future State. The State will be what, u
der present training, they become. \
body of men do u greater work, or d
: sen Ligher favor than tie teachers Of Il
schous Their wishes and suggestio
merit your mOsI serious attention anu {
vorable consideration. Among them l
Que appeirs TO be Of greater moment tia
that Of provision of an Institution for Il
preparations ofa larger number of tn oroug
" qualified teachers. | respectfully con
mend to YOU the inquiry whether this p
vision may not be made by organizing
Normal Department for the instruction
teachers, in one or both Of the State Un
versities.
he report Of the Commissioner Of St
tistics was not required to be in readine
at tho commencement of the session.
I is however, in preparation, and will be- Ia
before you as soon Ms possible. The lab
I Of collecting, collating, analyzing and II
ranging the materials for THE report mu
( necessarily he vast and perpltxing; but
have full confidence that it will be W,
and thorou ghly performed; and that Il
: report, when made, will present mo
: gratifying exhibit ofthe industry, resou
ces anl cviIiz ition of the State.
The reports Of the Auditor and Trea
{ urer will exhibit fully and in detail, Il
state of the fuances. They contain ma,
valuable suggestions which | commend
| your consideration. The report of the A
: ,ltrr also shows the amount Of means pr