The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1859-01-14

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Thonumber of buildings can be increas-
ed indefinitely as wanted at very mod
crate cost, but it is not probable that
others than those now contemplated
will bcneeded for several years.
1t has been suggested thai the farm
and family system adopted in THIS ms
titution may be usefully INTRODUCED in
the care and educationoftlea mutes,and
the suggestion merits careful considera-
tion.
venture to recommend,in tlis con
noxion, Legislative provisions for mect-
ings, from time to time, of tho SupeIin-
tendants of the various Benevolent and
Reformatory institutions Of the State
for comparison and improvement Of
plans ofadministration, methods ofre-
porting, and systems of accounts. l
cannot doubt that much good would re-
suit from such conferences. W afs
| Isuggest, also, that the time for ma
king the reports now directed byula
to be made by the goth of November,
| bo extended to tho 1st of December in
each year. and that the provisions Of
law applicable to these documents be
so extended US to embrace all reports
required to be laid before tho General
Assembly. Sucl, regulation, uniform
in operation and duly enforced, would
essentially aid the Executive in prcpar-
|lnga proper statement of the condition
of the State, and greatly facilitate tho
dispatch of business by the Legislature.
Such reports as have been prepared and
printed will be promptly laid before
you.r r. lala orr lcs Naos
No financial interests moro important
than those connected with the Public
Works demand your care. Thc immense
sums invested in them; their oxtent aud
magnitude; their business rotations and
the large rev enues collected and dis
bursod in their administration, Justify
tho solcitude always felt by tho people
concerning their condition and manage
ment. The Constitution confdcs their
superintendence and control to Board
of three members; and, to secure the
consislant advantage of Judgment i'm
proved by experience, through the cou-
stant presence of some members who
have served for considerable periods,
assigns three years as thoir term of
office, and requires the election Of ono
member each year. The authority, ON
trusted to the Genoral Assembly, TO
prescribe the powers and duties of the
Boards and Its several members must, in
my Judgment, he limited necessarily by
its nature and object. So limited, it is
an authority to prescribe the powers
and duties Of the Board in general su-
pcrintcndcnco and control, and not an
authority to divest the Board Of these
Constitutional functions; it's an author
ity to prescribe the powers and duties
of its several members in subordnation
to the Board and not an authority TO
constitute each member an independent
board, in scpcrato and substantially
uncontrolled charge Of tho whole or IL
part of tho Public Works. Ii MT 40
limited, the authority Of tho General
Assembly over the Public Works is
clearly unlimited. 1t may restrict tho
superintendent of tho Board, to tho
Walhonding Canal with it's insignificant
revenue of seven or eight hundred u
year, and give to some one member the
entire management of the rest. 1t may
abroglte tho Constitutional Board OF
three members, aad substituted throe
Legislative Boards of one member each,
giving in charge to each just as much
and Just as little Of this groat and i'm.
portant property as it may 500 tit. |
cannot think that such construction
of the Constitution can commend itself
to your Judgment, and | therefore ven-
turo to recommend tho reconsideration
ofthose provisions Of the act of the last
session which divide tho Public Works
into three sections, and, excluding vir-
tually all superintendence of the Board
commit each section in appointments
of officers, disbursement of moneys, and
goncral management, to single mems
Der,
In this connection, the system OF res
pairs and payments on these works
should receive consideration. Under
tho act of the last session, the member
ir charge Of each section, appoints tho
Engineer assigned to it. Those Engi-
neers certify claims for work and nate
rials to the Member in charge; tho Mem
Der in charge, upon these certificates,
draws his check on the Auditor for pay
ment; and the Auditor is required, with
out further evidence of the claim, to Is
sue his warrant for the amount upon
the Treasurer No fact has come to ny
knowledge exciting suspicion that tins
large discretion in the expenditure OF
The large sums appropriated Tor tho
Public Works has been abused. bpt it's
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