Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-10-06

cndp. 40. appniQteu Oeh Odmucim hiiHdns
of the county of Greene, and Col. George r. 4
Mcclellan. OF the county OF Sullivan, CON- /
missioners on the part of Tennessee. II
The joint commission has been in the Geld |
for some considerable time. aud arm inform
ed by the commissioners that they have COM |
pleted the work their engineer being now
engaged IN the prepa: alton of the necessary |
MAPS. DC, which when completed, will en- |
able me 20 lay their final report before you. !
The s. cond section of the aci authorizes the |
Governor TO pay one-half of all the exp .nse-
incurred IN running and marking the line
and two dollars per day to each Tennessee
Commissioner, and ten cents pr mile, for
all necessary travel going to and returning
from the line. DC.
1 have. Mt the r quest of the Commissioner.
ordered the Comptroller to issue his warrant
upon The treasury to them. amounting in the
aggregate to the sum of SL697 g.
In this connection. it is proper that call
your attention to the fact that the compensa-
ton allowed the Commissioners by the act
above cited. is wholly inadequate TO the
service required. The duti deyolving up
on this commission involve weighty RESPONSE
lities, and much labor and exposure.
/ respectfully recommend that their COM
pensation be made equal 20 the Importance
of the service required at their hands.
The act of January. 1858, chap. 20, pro-
'vid' 5 for the appointment of two Commission
ers by the Governor OF Tennessee 10 meet
such Commissioners as may be appointed on
the part of The State OF Krntucky, to run
and remark the line established by the COM
pact betwes the States of Tennessee aud
Kentucky" The End section makes il the
duty of the Governor to transmit copy of
the act TO the Legislature of Kentucky. then
in Session. with a request that said Legisla-
ture take snch action as may be necessary 10
effect th. Object / transmitted a copy of the
10 lis = MArplpaH
Governor OF kentucky, immediately after it's
passage, with a request that he would lay the
same before the Legislature of that State.
accompanied with such recommendation as
he might see proper To make. Very soon
after which. was inform,d by a communica-
ton from Gov. Murehead, that the Legisla-
ture OF Kentucky had passed an act very
similar to our own aud that Kentucky WAS
ready 10 proceed with The work. Whereupon
| | appointed. as Commissioners upon the part
| of Tennessee, DIR. Benjamin Peoples, OF the
| county of Henry, aud Col. o. Z. Watkins, of
the county OF Jefferson.
They proceeded 10 the field some time in
the month OF November, 1858, and have been
progressing with the work sine that time
| The infurmati, derived from corr respond. nee
with the Commissioners. juslifes the belief
that they will complete the survey in time TO
| enable me to lay their final report before you
| during your present session.
The 4tn section OF the ACT hpprOprlates the
| sum of three thousand dollars Ia the purchase
! of necessary instruments aud the cost OF ma
| king the surv,y. This sum being exhausted.
! and there being no authority 10 furnish the
! Commissioners such funds from the treasury
| as was absolutely necessary TO complete the
work, we procured Tor them. from the Bank
| of Tennessee, upoa the individual credit Of
myself, Col. J. L. II. Ray and Gen. j. 7. Dan
| lap. the sum of two thousand dollars, for
which the Bank holds our mole.
IL will devolve upon your present session
to prov de for the payment OF the balance Of
the expenses of the Tennessee COmml sion in
making this surv,y, and also to Ink the rate
| OF compensation to the Commissioners, as the
| act is silent upon that subject ; and respect
fully recommend that it b. made fully com
mcnsurate with the toll. exposure. prieations
and respons biiIties which the duties OF the
| position impose.
| STATE LIBRARY.
l beg to commend the State Library to
your favorable consideration. 1t may now
he regarded as an institution Of the Stale.
| having been founded 10y your predecessors OF
| 1855, and liberally pr"vid d for by the last
| q neral Assembly. An efficient method of
| dischargng your constitutional duty to
| cherish literature and science" is by extend
ing your aid to this Interesting department
| at our government. Bat besides enumera
tude and care. l have another motive for Civ
| ing it place in his cummunicaIion,-that of
informing the young men OF the State. that
even now, they may hnd on its shelves much
important aid To investig tion and research
in almost every branch Of knowl- dye and OF
suggesting to them that few months spent
within its walls. in diligeht study. before EN-
tering upon the pursuits in which they intend
10 devote their lives woald be an evidence
of their resolution 10 make themselves use
ful citizens. You will learn. from the Libra
rian's II, port, its present condition and opera
ti"ns Tor the past two years. Ii IL hoped that
the work OF fitting up the room, for the re-
ception of the books, may be completed by
the commissioners of the capitol before your
adjournment, in accordance with the act OF
1855. SO 10 enable you To see more clearly
what has been done and what remains to be
done, to place the library upon footing Of
utility and efficacy.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
The 18th section of the act of March, 1858
chap So, authorizes the Governor to have
made, under the direction OF the Sup rInten
dent Of Weights and Measures, tor each coun.
ty in the Stale, a set of substitutes. or copies
of the standard weights and measures, and
such other apparatus rs may be necessary to
their use.
On the 2Sth of March, 1858. addressed a
note to the Superintendent, directing him to
proceed at once To their manufacture. lie
has completed eighty-fve sets. samples OF
which now in the Office of weights and
measures, subject to your inspection. About
half of III IN have been delivered 10 snch
coanii,s as have through their County Courts,
applied fer them, aud Ihe balance are ready
for delivery upon proper application.
They have been gotten up by the Supcrin-
tendrnt with a precision and accuracy, aud
in style of work manslip. which. doubt not.
will be found entirely satisfactory To- the pub
lie, aud highly creditlble to that officer
They have cost in The aggregate 81 ESQ 0S,
which makes the cost of each set $50 co.
Npthing has been done In the manufacture Of
the standard weights and measures for the
several counties of the State since your last
session the entire time and attention of the
Superintendent having been devoted TO pre-
pairing the substitut above referred TO.
PUBLIC AIMS.
The act OF March. 1858. chap. 81. author
lies the Superintendent of Weight and Meas
ures 10 coll ct aud in keep ord r the public
| arms of the State. The Capitol Commission
ers have set apart and had lifted up the north
basement Of the CAPITOL State Arsenal,
and upon my order the public arms, hereto
fore deposited at Knoxville, Jackson, and
the State Prison, have been removed % the
Arsenal and placed in the keeping Of the
SUPERINTENDENT A full and accurate report,
as 10 their number, character aud condition
will be laid before you during the present
session.
REPORT or THE JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE.
The Joint S lect Committee, appointed by
the Legislature at it, last session. TO examine
aud report, in vaest on. the condition of the
books aud accounts in The ces Of the Comp
troller and cretary Of State, after a lab0ri-
Gus Invest CATION ut the manner in which the