Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1859-01-07

proper accommodation in the Penitontiary,
such lunaties must DO transferred under Ex-
ecutive warrant to ono Of the existing Asy-
lums. This is clearly wrong. The crimi-
nal insane should mover be introduced into
Asylums, whore tho innocent and respected,
suffering under the most fearful Of calami-
ties, find their best refuge.
state House.
The work on tho State House advances
towards completion under the vigiant and
iudicious supervision Of tho acting Commits
sioncr and his associates Some alterations
and additions are suggested by the archi-
toct, Which would certainly improve the
proportions and enhance tho simple gran.
dcur Of this noble structure. II Rill be for
you to determine whether the condition Of
the Treasury will warrant your sanction Of
them.
The rooms for the Library will soon be
completed. A small part only of the small
appropriations made for books has been ex-
pended for several years past. The Com
missicners thought it iniudicious to make
considerable additions to tho Library before
it could be properly classified and perma-
nently arranged. They now propose to
make only such as seem most clearly nee
essary. The statements Of their report in
relation TO tho arrangements made for ex-
changes within the past year, by which
many valuable works havc been and more
will be obtained, as we'll as lis suggestions
generally, will properly receive your atton.
ton.
| state Arms.
The collection Of Arms required by your
predecessors has been completed, and a
statement of the result will soon be laid be.
fore you. The proceeds of sales of that
portion unfit for service cannot with propr
city be appropriated TO other than military
purposes. No more beneficial application
of them viii probably be suggested than tc
the construction of State Arsenal and
therefore recommend their appropriation tc
that object.
There is probably q considerable quantity
of arms yet uncollocted. These are so scat
tered that the cost of collecting them b,
special agents would exceed their value
1t may be expediont to require the Prose
cutting Attorneys and Shcrifs Of the sever
al counties to collect and forward TO tht
State Arsenal such as they can find, and tC
provide for their compensation by libcra
lper centage.
To prevent as far as practicable futur
misuse aud loss, | recommend that hereaf
ter no arms be bo issued until bonds Will
sufficient sureties for their safe keeping an,
use according to law, shall have been depos
tied with tho Quarter-Master General.
Fugitivcs.
Among The subjects proper for your con
sideration, that Of the cxtradition of fugi
tiyes from justice may well have place
Warrants Of extradition issued upon rcq1is
ition from other States have been sometime
used for the purpose Of extorting comprom
ises Or enforcing payment of pocuniary de
mandS. Such use is gross abuse, and shoul,
be arrested by penalties adequate to the oh
ject. Some latitude of discression has bee
exercised by my predecessors as well as my
self in respect to the surrender of person
; charged in other States with offenses not pun
ishabe as crimes under our own laws. Th
general rule has been to refuse intcrpositio
in such csses. 1t deserves considerable
whether the exercise of this discretion, c,
pecialy in cases Of indictment for obtainin,
goods by false pretences may not with ad
vantage, be regulated by law.
Reform Farm.
II is with great satisfaction that I agai
direct yobr attention to the State Rofor
Farm. Two years since such an establish
mcnt in this country was an untred expcr
nent. 1t is no longer an experiment, BIT
= success. That it is so is dur, first of al
to the prudent and yet liberal legislation c
your predecessors and yourselves; but in n
less degree to the fidelity, discretion, enor
gy, and Geometry which has characterize
tho administration of tho Acting Commi
sioner and his associates. In obtainin
large results from expenditures comparative
ly small; in method of accounts, and in flu
and clear exhibition of its working and cor
di'on, this Institution may justly be propo,
cd as n model to similar establishments
The whole number of boys committed [
the Institution is forty-eight, of whom fou
teen have been honorably discharged, an
one has escaped. One hundred and twent
can be accommodated in the three femil
buildings already erected and the three sin
, liar buildings soon to be constructed wi
admit one hundred and twenty more. Th
; number of buildings can bo increased il
definitely as wanted at very moderate cos
but it is not probable that any others tha
those now contemplated will be needed fc
several years.
1t has been suggested that the farm an
; family system adopted in this insttutio
may be usefully introduced into the car
and education of deaf mutes, and the sue
, gestion merits careful consideration.
: Recommendations.
, venture to recommend, in this connec
ton, legislative provision for meetings, fror
time to time, Of the Superintendents of th
various Benevolent and Reformatory inst
tutions of the State for comparison and in
provemcnt of plans of administration
methods of reporting, and systems of a,
counts. cannot doubt that much goo
l would result from such conferences.
| suggest, also, that the timo for maxim
. tho reports now directed by law to be mad
! by the 2oth Of November, be extended {
to the lst Of December in each year, an
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