Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-01-08

ter no arms W. inouou uUtll ouhuo WIN sum
cient sureles for their safe keeping and use
according to law, shall have been deposited
with the Quarter Master General.
Among the subjects proper for your con-
sideratOn, that Of the extra1ition of fugi
tives from justice may we'll have place =
Warrants of extradtion issued upon requi-
sitiOn from other States have been some
times used for the purpose OF extortlng com
promises or enforcing payment oil pecuhla-
ry demands Such use is gross abuse, ana
should he arrested by penalties adequate TO
the object. Some latitude Of discretion has
been exercised by my predecessors as well as
myself in respect TO the Surrender Of per-
sous charged in other States with onenses
not punishable as crimes under our own
laws. The general rule has been TO refuse
interposition in such cases. 1t deserves
considt ration whether the exercise of this
discretion, especially in cases Of indictment
for obtaining goods by false pretences may
not, with advantage, be regulated by law
1t is with great satisfaction that again
direct your attention to the State Reform
Farm. Two years since such an establish
ment in this country was an untried expert
ment Ii is no longer an experiment, but
Al success. That it is so is due, FIRST of all,
to the prudent aud yet liberal legislation Of
your predecessors aud yourselves; but in
no less degree to the fidelity, discretion, en-
ergy aud economy which has characterized
the administration Of the Acting COmmiS-
sioner and his associates. La Obtaining
large results from expenditures eUmpara-
lively S.,.all; ia method of accounts, aud in
full aud clear exhibition of its working aud
condition, this Institution may justly be
proposed us q model TO sim lar establish.
menls
The whole number of boys committed to
the institution is fOrty-eight, of whom four
teen have been honorably discharged, and
QUE has escaped O,e hundred aud twenty
can be accommodated in the three family
buildings already erected, and the three
similar buildings soon to be constructed will
admit one hundred and twenty more. The
number OF buildings can be Increased in
definitely as wanted, at very moderate cost,
but it is not probable that any Others than
those now contemplated will be needed for
several years.
Ii has been suggested that the farm ana
family system adopted in this Institution
may be nsetuliy introduced IN the care and
eGucatlon oi deaf mules, aud the suggestion
merits careful consideration.
| venture To recUnneui, in this counec
tion, legislative provision for meetings, from
time tO time, Of the SupcrinycndCuts Uf the
various Benevolent aud RriotmItury lnsli.
tuti0nN OF the State for COMPARISON aud i'm
pr0ycneHt of plans of administration,
metbods Of reporting. aud systems of ar
counts. cannot doubt that mucH good
would result from Such conferences.
suggest, also. that tae tine for making
the reports NOV directed Ivy irw to be made
by the 20th uf Nuyrmber he eNtehded to
the fest Of December in each year, and
that the provisions Of law applicable to
these documents be SO extended as to EN-
brace all reports required to bc laid before
the General Assembly. Snch regulation,
uniform in operation aud duly enforced,
would essentially aid the Executive in pre-
paring proper statement OF the condition
Of the State, and greatly facilitate the dis
patch of business by the Legislature.
Such reports as have been prepared and
printed will be promptly laid before you.
No financial interests more important
than those connected with the public works
demand your care The immense sums in
vested in them their extent and their
magnitude their business relations, and
the large revenues collected and diSburSed
in their administration, justify the So
licilude always felt by the people concern
ing their condition and management. The
Constitution cOnfdes their Superintendance
and control TO Board Of three members
and to secure the constant advantage of
j Judgment improved by experience, through
the constant presence OF some members
who have served for considerable periods,
assigns three years as their term Of Office,
aud requires the election of one member
each year. The authority, entrusted 10
the General Assembly, to prescribe the
powers and duties of the Board and its
several members must, in my judgment,
be limited necessarily by its nature and
Object So limited, it is all authority TO
prescribe the powers ard duties of the
Board in general superiniendence and con
troll, and not an authority TO diveSt the
Board of these Constitutional functions
it is an authority TO prescribe the powers
and duties of its several members in subor-
ordination TO the board and not an author
ity 10 constitute each member an indepen-
dent Board in separate aud substantially
uncontrolled charge Of the whole or part
of the Public Works If not so limited,
the authority Of the General Assembly
over the Public Works is clearly unlimited
II may restrict the superintendcnce of the
Board to the Walhonding Canal with its
insignificant revenue of seven or eight hun.
dred dcIlarS year, aud give to some onn
member the entire management of the rest.
1t may abrogate the Constitutional Board
of three members, and substitute three
Legislative Boards Of one mcmh.r each,
giving In charge to each just as much aud
Just as little of this great and important
property as it may sec fit. cannot think
that such construction Of the C0nstitu-
ltiOn can commend itself to your judg-
.ment, aud ] therefore venture To RECON-
meud the reconsideration of those prOvi-
Sions of the Aer of the last session which
divide she PuI1ic Works into three sections,
and, excluding EiCtaalIy all Snperntendence
of the Beard, coWmit each section 10 ap-
of nesoar5 dishursamaufq ,f