New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-21
GOVERNOR oRIMEss MESSAGE.

,u,r III. new oust,ution mos: Of the general laws o.
(be State viii REQUIRE ccrain notifications 70 @dol'
Them 20 the provisions Of that Constta,oh' "nis
number OF new acts arr also made n"c'N'"'y " ''
The new Constitution il very emphatic asalnS' ~"
hgiels,icu II requires general laws 10 a" "a "'''
val admit Of such provisions, espeeia'y ID i'"'"
,he s,,ess,ne,, and collection Of taxes the laying out
..,n ,ra vorkino or yaciing roads, tho ineorpors-
9 e;,;o. and ,owns the locating Of county seats
.,d ,bc changing the nance Of pereons Fal ard
-. ,s;.lo,ion will be required these subjects
1he General election law slso requires mod'hcaior,
ana the Governor urges that the opportunity be avaed
sf,o ncorporsA into il provisions for complete regis
sx.,oc ~ voters as the only Of projecting tie
Nano against fraud and preserving the purity OF
she elective franchise. The arguments urged aga nst
,.oistratjon from the bordens il would imp)-e, he
seems futile Without such q law, Judging from re-
.e,x events the Governor has his fears lest popular
elections will become repoach
Changes are also necessary in the collection OF tie
State taxes. At present the county collectors though
elected by the counties far regarded as state
eficers that in case OF default their part the ree
ay Of the State s only against them aud Their s1rees
In the Governors opinion each county shoud oe Me-"
responsible for IL share of the taxes, TO be Pad az
<fYed day and should bear the burden OF the deiaca
ZION or neglect Of it, officers There an amount
now in arresr from these county treasurers the Tar
greater part hopeless, of s62 iOi County asseasofs
ss provided for by recent law-have proved fall
rye. and the Governor recommends return 20 town.
shp assessors The new system the Governor thinks,
has led 10 the overlooking of many millions of prop
sry. Town assessors will be one step toward
thorough township organization, which must ultimately
be carried ont, and the sooner the better. The duty
Of taking the census of 1859 required by the new Con
stitution is imposed as the law stands, on the
County Assessors. But for this they have 10
time, and many Of them no qualifications The Gov
eYnor recommends Census Board.
The new Constitution authorizes State bank, with
branches mutually responsible for each others issues
and also general freebanking law. In any provisions
On this subject the great thing TO be looked at ~ not
profits TO the banks, but security to the public.
The new Constitution also provides for Board of
Education elected in the several Judicial Districts,
and 10 be selected the Governor hopes, on account of
peculiar fitness. lie advises that this Board have
general supervision the acts of the County School
Fund Commissioners some of whom, according TO the
Governor, VIGOROUSLY incompetent, and need much
10 be looked after Unless this business be promptly
attended to- considerable loss will There il a.
ready a deficit of some $46 900 growing out Of the
transactions OF the late Superintendent of Public In
struction.
The Governor recommends for adoption revision of
fhe school laws proposed by Messrs. Horace Mann and
Amos Dean and submitted to the last Assembly. He
advises also, the abolition Of the present tuition fee
ppbn scholars and the exclusive support of the schools
by tax property. The State University to which
the Capitol building at Iowa City has been transferred
ought also to be put into full operation Anappropria
ton is recommended for repairing the Capitol building
and adapting it TO that purpose. The Deaf and DUMB
Asylum also needs building. The blind are so few
that they may perhaps be better provided for at nst
tutons elsewhere. The Hospital for the Insane at
Mount Pleas is nearly completed, at cost thus Tar
Of $l3S 54S II contains accommodations for 3Oo pa
Sents. The State Prison is We'll managed, bur needs
come additions.
The Geological Survey has been printed and Is re-
sarded by scientific men as very valuable work and
highly honorable to the State.
There are independent companies in the State to
whom State arms have been distributed, but no law
nnder which they organizedn authority for calling
them int service. Legislation is needed on these
points.
The receipts into the Treasury for ste year ending
Oct 81 1857 including balance on hand of Sll,35i,
were 1912 49, expenditures SOS 800. The taxes for
1858 are estimated at $500 OOO-or 1859 at $685.
making with arrears outstanding, &C., al 569,794 as
fhe resources of the State up to January 1860 when
Che next Legislature meets. The expenditures during
the same period, including warrants outstanding, are
estimated at only $67s,4l6. This state of the case
warrants reduction OF taxation of at least third
but az owing to the present scarcity of money and the
stsgnation of business, only small amount of the
State revenue will be promptly paid, the Governor
advises, as a means of paying warrants due, aud OF
going with the charitable institutions, to anticipate
the taxes by borrowing State bonds, which can be
done at six per cent.
The Supreme Court of the State has sustained the
Des MONIES Navigation and Railroad Company against
the act Of the last Session. vacating their contract for
improving the Des Mopes River on the ground OF its
pon-spproval by the Governor.
But the Governor-on the strength of the report of
the joint Committee of that Legislature, charging the
Company with violating their contract in its most
sental particulars, and with engaging in practices cal
culated to deceive aud defraud innocent and uusus-
pectng persons both at home and abroad-suggests a
neg resentment of their contract that ground, and
the institution also proceedings to vacate their
charter.
The Governor insists that in equity the State under
Che grant by the act of admission of five per cent Of
che net proceeds of sales of public lands is entitled to
q similar allowance on the land entered under military
warrants which, he judges would amount TO
million Of dollars. He recommends new memorial
20 Congress this subject and proceedings also in the
Court Of Claims.
Compensation, he thinks, is due to the volunteers
called into service last Winter against 1nk-padu-
tAhs band of Sioux Indians. No further trouble from
the Indians is anticipated.
The message closes with caustio commentary on
the bred Scott decision and the affairs of Kansas
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