Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-01-12

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ained during your recess. through new loan at Eve
per cent. less II mai he that such loan
,4s yet negotiated and trust thar the magnitude
the cavng to be thus effected viii command for THIS
,uhis Ct your earliest attention. II
Under the operation Of the Salntary act OF the last
session in relation to the Sinking Fund the sums le
belonging to it, but heretofore appropriated
under legislative sanction, to other State purposes
will douhtes replaced thrOu gh the additional levy
required hy the act and iuture 20 any ote
uses than those which the Fund is pledged will he
prevented. Under another act providing means for
reimfursing the temporary loan. over two hundred
thausand dollars will he paid into rhis fund II
wiz not he recuired for payment fthe loan until lu
ly Is6O. Provision should be made fer its safe and
productive inves'm 'ment during the interval
An act ofhe last session prescribed rule for the uni
form taxatinn Of hanks. The Justice nf such rule
cannot successfully inpeaehed nor can il he den
ed tha, prop. rtY employed in banking should hear a
proportion Of ths common burden equal TO tha. mpos
ed on pro-erty otherwise use Upon the point wheth
er the rule prescribed 10 in fact sual differences OF
opinion may well exist; hut repeated OF ne
Supreme Court OF the state Lave no room for question
that the rule Of is substantially The rule or the
or for expectation that it can be mater
ialv changed Nhiie the Constitution itself shall re
10 ain unchanged
n Ia cfainel however, by the Banks organized un-
der the act OF 45neorpOratng the State hank OF Ohio
and othp Banking Companies that the section OF ts;
act prrsyihng the rule taxation fer them is con-
tract y liable be impaired by subsequent legisla
tive provisions and that they are there
f. re- hot liable he taxed By different rule howryef
ted by constitution or law in respect to instu
lions not similarly protected This ar1. originally
ASSERT asaius, the rule Of taxation established by
the of Is52. denied by the Supreme Court OF
the Stat but sustained Ivy the supreme Court OF the
Uni ed States EoyithstaEding the latter decision.
tbe surr-ms Court of the State. in gmt OF De-
cemher Tern. lsST. has announced l;s adherence TO
It's original position. The slaim OF the Bahks therefore
be recognized as valid by the oi1cfrs OF The
tSts-
e-ion Of the Supreme Court Of the United Sttes have
placed 10 the credit ofthe State, heretoforethe t
Is rrou ired by the Of S45. and return
for t,xation under the Of last session. In
instances iriunetions have beeD obtained from the
Federal Courts restraining the proper officers frOu
IN execution Of the law. These injunetons and some
defects in the act indicated in the Report OF the stare
Auitor have prevented any COLLECTION OF taxes under
H. while the itseif has prevented me Correction oil
the sums sec OF in lieu OF taxes under the act OF II
Th-st Circumstances have caused some eininuIion
Of the revenue and present tn question Shsther the
st,te will sgain in the Federal Courts the
claim to exemption sttup by tn Banks. or so modify
tn act Of last session TO save the Banks elaming
from its operation. Should the hrst Of these aterna
tivrs b- preferred amendment OF the act may he
found necessary and adequsie provision for the una
Voidable litigation should be promptly made.
The acts OF the SESSION. appointing certain cid
gems to appoint Directors Of the Penusntiary and
Commissioners Of the state House having heen ad
n Iged stitutioaai Jy the supreme Court the
g,,ard OF Directors and the Board OF COmmiss ouers
nrynred under the of 1856 have continued in the
Discharge O. thrir respective dut es
The increl<e Of the Rumher Of eonvic.s beyond the
M hei cells. renders il Indispensable to provd
10 the enlargement of the existing the constructing
OF a new penitentiary. Considerations OF economy
comment the former alternative Provisions should
also be male within the Pen tentary enciOsur fer
convict lunaties. The General Assembly in l-45 di
recteI such provisions but the necessary aPpropria
ton has never executed In the als-lce of pro-
per accommodation in the Penientiary, sue%iunatcs
must he transferred under Executive warrant 10 one
Of the existing Asynms This IS Clearly wrong. The
criminal ilSane Shou never he introduced Ito As
yllms vheN the innocent and the respected snfrring
under the fearful Of calaDites. ind their hest
reiugr
me work on the Sase rronse Alliances towarfscorr.
plrtion under the sils and jueieus supervision
Of the Acting Commissioner and bis associates Some
altratnns and ad iitions suggested by the Archi
tect which would certainly improve the pr portions
aud enhance the simple grandeur Of this noble
tnre. u will he for to determine Nheiher the
d,ion Of the Treasury will warrant your sanction Of
On,
The room. 70 the Library win SION be comp eted.
A small part only OF the small aIrOpriatons made
for hooks has hesn cxDendsI for several last
The Conn issiouers thought il iniudieisus to make
considerable ad iitinns the library before 10 cold
h. proper;, ella 'sihed and permanently arranged
They now propose to make only such rs seem
most ces rlv necessary. The ststements OF their
port in relaon to th arrangements made for -xchan
Ees within the pas: year. by witch manv valuable
works have been Spd more will he tanned we'll
the suggestions g eliy. viii properly receive your
attention -.
The coll. c,ioisf Arms required by yOur rredsces.
snrs has been npetsi and statement Z the result
will soon he latI before y5n- The praee-ds Of sac
that port uni for service cannot with propfie'y
lie apPrupr~ ted TO other thin military purposes No
more enrfe a, application Of them will prOFahly
suggested than to the construction Of State ArscnI
a. therefore recommend Iheir appropriation to th4:
Object.
There is rrnbably considerably Quantity
Of AIMS vet uncnllected. These are so scatter
ed that the cost OF coll. citing them by speciI
agents would excasd their value It NAV be
expedient 10 require the Prosecuting Atior-
news and Sheriff. Of the several counties 10
collie and f,irward to the State Arsenal such
a. they can find. and to provide for THAR com
pFn. i'm hy liberal per centage.
To preven a. far as practicable futnre mis-
use and loss. ! recommend that hereafter no
arms BE- issued un' il bonds with sufficient AZ re
tie. for herr saf. keeping and use atenrding
10 law, ehal have been deposited with the
Quarter. Master General.
Am ny he subjects proper fr ycrr ecnsiI-
era ion. that o. the eItradifion Of fugiIiYes
from Just ee NAV well have place. Warrants
of extradilou issued upon requisitioru from
ether Staies have been sometimes used for the
purpose Of extorting compromises or enforcing
payinent ON ptcuniary demands. Such use Is
gross abuse. and should be arrested bv penal
ties adeoua,e to the object Some laii!uGe Of
di.crpiion has been exercised by my predeces-
sors a-w, Il as myself in respect to the surrtn
der Of D rsuns charged in other Siafes with
olfrnses not punishable as crimes under our
own laws. The general rule has teen 10 re-
fuse interpOsiiion IN such cases. II deserves
whether the exercise of this dis
creliOn. especially in cases Of indictment foT
OBJ aiming goods By false pretences may net,
with advantage. be regulated BY law.
It Is with great satisfaction that again di
rect your attention to the STATE Reform Farm.
Two years since such an establishment in This
country was an untried experiment II is no
longer an experiment. but q success. That it
is so is due. first Of all, 10 the rudent and
yet liberal Legislation Of yoHr predecessors End
yuurselves; but in no less degree 10 the fidel
itY. discretion. energy and economy which ha.
the administration of the Act
ing Commissioner and his associates In OBJ
tanning large results from expenditures COM
paraiilely small in method os accounts. and
in full and clear exhibition of its working and
condition. this Institution may Justly be pro-
posed as a mudel to similar establishments.
The whole number Of boys committed to the
InstitutiOn Is forty-eight. of whom fourteen
have b, en- bonUrably discharged. and one h as
escaped One hundred and twenty can be
in III. three famil. buildings
already erected, and he three similar buildings
snon to be constructed will admit one hun
dred and twenty more. The number of build
ings can Increased indefinitely as wanted, at
very moderate cost, but 1t is not probable
l0dL any OtnCTS lndn llDoc AON
will be needed for several years.
il has been suggested that the family sys
TEN adopted in this Institution MAY be use
fully introduced III tie care and education of ,
deaf muies. and the suggestion merits careful
consider ati1n.
venture TO recommend. in this connection,
legislative provision 'Or meetings, from time
to lime. ofthe Superintendents of the various
Benevolent and Reforrnatory Instituti, ns of
the State for comparison aud improvement Of
plans of administration. methods Of reporting,
aud systems Of accounts. cannot doubt
hat much good would result from such con-
fcrences.
suggest, also. that the time for making
the reports now directed by law to be made
by the 20ih of November, be extended to the
first Of December in eaen wear, and that the
provisions of law applicable to these docu-
ments be so extended as to imbrace all re-
ports reQuired to be laid before the General
Assembly Such a regulation. unfor m in
operation and duly enforced, would essertiai-
ly aid the Executive in preparing proper
statement of the condition Of the State, and
greatly facilitate the despatch Of business oy