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


mendment of the act may be found nee.
cssary, and adequate provision for the
unavoidable liti cation should be prompt
Iy made.
Tho act Of the last session, appoint
ing certain citizens to appoint Directors
of tho Penitentiary and commissioners
of tho State House, having boon adjudg-
cd unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court, the Board of directors and the
Board of Commissioners organized un-
der the act Of 1856 have continued in
the discharge of their respective du
ties.
The increase of tho number of con-
victs beyond Tho number of cells rem.
doris it Indispensable to provide for the
enlargement of the existing or the con-
struction of new Penitentiary. Con-
siderations ofeconolny recommend tho
formor alternative. Provisions should
also be made within the Pcntentiary
enclosure for convict lunatics. The
General Assembly in 1915 directed such
provision, but the necessary approprias
tions having never been made, the di-
rection has never been executed. In
the absence of proper accommodation
in the Penitentiary, such lunatics must
be transferred under Executive war
rant to ono of the existing Asylums.
This is clearly wrong The criminal in
sane should never be introduced into
Asylums, whore tho innocent and the
suffering under the most
fearful calamitios, find their best refs
uge. ie lo. .act .s ,atr to %.
Tho work on tho State House advan
ces towards completion under the vigi
lant and judicous supervision of tho
acting Commissioner and his associates
Some alteration and additions arc sug-
gosted by the architect, which would
certainly improve the proportions and
enhance the simple grandeur of this
noble structure. 1t will bo for you to
determine whether tho 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 exyended for several years pat
The Commissioners thought it in Judi.
cious to make considerable additions to
the library, before it could be properly
c!as sifed and permanently arranged.
They now propose to make onl y such as
seem most clearly necessary. The
statement of their report in relation to
the arrangements made for exchanges
within tho past year, by which many
works have been and more
will be obtained, as well as it's sugges,
ions generally, will properly receive
your attention. .H4t .,-. .4
The collection of Army required by
your predecessors has been completed,
md statement of the result will soon
30 laid before you. The proceeds of
sales of that portion unfit for service
cannot with proprioty be appropriated
to othcr than military purposes. No
more beneficial application of them vii
probably bo suggested than to the con
,truction of a State Arsenal, and |
therefore recommend their appropra-
ion to that object.
There is probably considerable
quantity of arms yet uncollected. Those
tre so scattered that the cost of collects
ng them by special agents would OK
ICED their value 1t may be eXpcdient
. require the Prosecuting Attorneys
md Sherilfs of the several counties to
,ollect and forward to tho State Arsenal
uch as they can find, and to provide for
hc!rcompcnsation BY aliberal per cent
lge.
To prevent as far as practical future
misuse and loss, | recommend that
Greater noarms be issued until bonds
With sufficient suretios for their safe
,eering and use according to law, shall
ave been deposited with the Quarter
Iaster General.
Among the subjects proper for your
onsideration, that of the extradtion of
ngitives from justice may we'll have
lace. Warrants of eXtradition issued
pom the requistion from other States
ave been sometimes used for the pur-
osc of eXtorting compromises or onfor~
ing payments of pecunary demands
uch use is gross abuse, and should be
rrested by penalties adequate to the
biect. Some latitude Of discretion has
cell exercised by my predecessors as
,ell as myself in respect to the surrcn-
or of persons charged in other States
nth offences not punishable as crime
nder our own laws. The general rule
as been to refuse inrerposition in: such
lses. 1t deserves consideration, wheth-
/ the exercise of this discretion, espec>
lily in cases Of Indictment for obtains
lg goods by false pretences may
OF, with advantage, be regulated by
NV.
1t is with great satisfaction that | a.