The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-01-14

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tutional by the Supreme Court, ii
Board " Directors and The Board
Commissioners organized u,der III
, act Of 1856 have continued 10 Il
discharge Of their respective duties
The increase Of the number
. convicts beyond tie number of cell
! renders it indispensable to provit
{ for the enlargement Of the existin
, or the construction of a new Pen
tentiary. Considerations OF econ
} my recommend the former aItern
tive. Provisions should-.ptn,, y
made. within the Penitenitaf yYeh
closure for the con vict lunstics. Th
General Assembly, in 1916, directe'
such provisions, but tie necessar'
appropriations having never beef
made, the direction has never beeI
executed. In the abcnce Of prope
accommodation in tln Penitentiary
such lunatics must be transferred
under the Executive warrant to on'
Of the existing As'Iums. This Il
clearly wrong. Tn, criminal insan'
should never be introduced into Asy
lums, where the Innocent and the
respected, suffering under the mos
fearful Of calanitie, find their bes
refuge.
The work on the State. House ad
vances towards completion under tht
vigilant and judicious supervision
of the Acting Commissioner and hi
associates. Sorne alterations ant
additions are sug gested by the Arch
,tect, which would certainly improve
the proportions and enhance th'
simple grandeur Of this noble struct
ure. 1t will be for you to determine
whether the condition Of the treasur,
will wsrrant your sanction Of them
The rooms for the Library viii
soon be completed. A small par
only of the sma appropriation
made for books has been expend I
for several years past. The Com
missioners thought it injudicious t.
make considerable additions to tn
Library, before it could be properl
classified and permanently arranged
They now propose to make onl
such as seem most clearly necessary
The statements OF their report in e
lation to the arrangements made TO
exchanges within the past year. b
which many valuable works hav
been and more will be obtained, a
well as it's suggestions generally
will properly receive your attention
The collection ofarms required b,
your predecessors has been com
plcted, and statement OF the resul
will soon be laid before you. TIL
proceeds of sales Of that portion IN
tit for service cannot with prophet
be appropriated to other than nili
tary purposes. No more beneficial
applications of them will probabl
be suggested than to the construction
of State Arsenal, and therefor
reeommcnd their appropriation t
that object.
There is probably a consi1erabl
quantity of arms yet uncollected.-
These arc so scattered that the cos
of collecting them by special agent
would exceed their value. 1t ma
be expedient to require the Prosecr
ting Attorneys and Sheriifs OF tn
several counties to collect and .ol
ward to the State Arsenal such q
they can tird. and to provide IL
their compensation by Il liberal pc
centage.
To prevent a. far as practicabl
future misuse and loss, recommen
that hereafter no arms be issued ur
til bonds with sufficient sureticS fo
their safe keeping and usc accor'lin
to law, shall have been deposite
with the Quarter Master General.
Among the subjects proper fC
your consideration, that of the e'
tradition Of iugitives from justic
may well have place. Warrants {
extradition issued upon reqnsitio
from other states have been som,
times used for the purpose OF cxtor,
ing compromises or enforcing pay
ment of pecuniary demands. Sue
use is gross abuse, and should b
arrested by penalties adequate t
the object. Some latitude OF discr,
ton has been exercised by my pr,
decessors as well as myself in respeC
to the surrender OF persona charge
in other states with ullenses not pnr
ishable as crimes under our ow
laws. The general rule has been
refuse interposition in such cases.
1t deserves consideration whether tn
exercise Of this discretion, especial
in cases OF indictment for obtainin
goods by falae pretences may no
with advantage, be regulated b
law.
It. Is with great satisfaction that
agan direct your attention to tn
State Reform Farm. Two year
since such an establishment in thi
country was an uatricd experimen,
1t ia no longer an experiment, but
success. That il is SO, is due, fire
of all, to the prudent and yet libers
legislation of your predecessors an
yourselves; but in no less degree
tho fidelity, discretion, energy an
economy which has characterize
the administration Of the actin
Commissioner and his associates. =
In obtaining large results from OK
pendituresScomparatively small; !
method Of accounts, and in full an
clear exhibition of its working an
condition, this institution may justl
be proposed as a model to simila
establishments.
Tho whole number Of boys CON