Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-01-07

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~ tRe counties Il is again distributed
emong the townships IN proportions deter
mined by similar considerations.
III cannot be doubted that the Federal
dovernment, 10 granting these lands, in
tended equal benefits TO all marta of the
State. The terms Of The grants. however.
were originally constructed as vesting the
title to them in the State. for the 1se of
the townships 10 which the sections sixteen
were situated, or for the use Of larger dis
tricts, for which provision was made nv
Igrants of laud not within their limits
Whether this construction was correct or
not, it may not now be worth wdile to in.
quire. 1t has long been acted on, aud may.
perhaps, be regarded as settled 1t de-
leets, however, to certain extent, the
equal intent of the grant, imposes great la
ool on The State and County Auditors;
pe'plexes the public accounts, and embar-
raSseS somewhat the general operation Of
our school system. uss
upon examination of the apportionment
among the counties of the whole fund thus
s''l"u'ea' am satisfied that very little.
y any, cause OF complaint would arise. II
the various divisions Of the Irreducibe
Debt INTO Virginia Military, United States
Military, Section Sixteen, Section Twenty
nine, Western Reserve aud Moravain we're
consolidated into one fund, end the whole
interest distributed among the counties i'm
the same proportion as the general School
Fund The saving of labor and expense
which would be effected by this reform. and
the cIenrness and intelligibity, which it
would introduce into our financial system.
will, in my Judgment, warrant some compen.
sation to particular counties, should il he
found that any are deprived by it Of reve-
nue. to which they have just claim The
subject is certainly Of sufficient Importance
and interest to luerit your careful consider.
alton, aud as such / recommend it to your
attention
The condition of the Benevolent and Re-
f)tmatory Institutions is upon the whole.
highly satisfactory
The number remaining in the Asylum for
the Deaf and Dumb at the close of the
last year was l5S at the close Of the pre-
ceeding year $50. A greater number Of
inmates than the present cannot be accom-
molated though, for want Of room. many
equally needy and equally deserving with
those now received, must be excluded =
The expenses of the past year were $24,-
III anu thpot VI JiiO Di 6tGuiiIR Jbdi PGAI-
443 A large part of the increase was
necessary repairs and improvements beyond
those Of ordinary years. An appropriation
of $24, 500 is asked for 1860 aud an ur-
: gent request for new building is preferred.
Nor should hesitate to recommend new
and enlarged structures if the revenue
from the levies Of last year would warrant
me in so doing. Should you see fit to take
measures for ascertaining the best location
aud plan of such structures, aud provide
for the cost by the necessary levy, do not
doubt that your action would be approved
by our common constituents.
The number of inmates for the Institu-
: ton for the Blind increased from los in
1858, to l20 in 1859 The highest num-
: Der which had previously enjoyed the bene-
fits of the Institution was 76, in l848.--
The constant increase in the number Of pa-
pills, and their improvement, is the highest
euogy upon its management The expen-
ses in 1859, were $l8,837 in 1858, $751;
202. The approp ation asked for 1860,
: in view of proposed enlargement is $780,
800.
In the Asylum for Idiots, thirty child
rem have been received, supported and in
| SITuCleu uuTlllR bHb DhSJ 1Odl, ~ uu HkSFt-
gate expense of $4,000, exclusive of sums
received on account of pay ng inmutes.-
: The expenditure is certainly large, but it
includes some payment of debts incurred
= during the preceding year aud some. for
rent and insurance, for which no diSburse-
: ments are made by the other Institutions.
1t should be remembered, also, that the ex-
: pc ses of any Asylum receiving few il.
mates, must necessarily be larger in pre-.
= portion than those of one receiving many.
The number in the Asylum for idiots would
be doubled if its capacity admitted of it,
and the outlay would not be msterially in-
creased True economy requires, in my
Judgment the purchase of the site and
: buildings now rented, and the enlargement
of the latter.
The structure authorized in Hamilton
county fer the idiotic and insane has been
recently completed. 1t is said to be very
I commodious and sufficiently large to accom-
modate with facility 500 and upon neces-
sity 600 inmates A Board of Trustees
has been organized forits government, con.
s sisting of one member appointed by the
i Commissioners of Hamilton County That
. county therefore now constitutes the South
WtSlcll lIuHhNN OlobllCbj diu lut
institution just organized is to receive all
d the idiotic and insane within its limits to be
t supported by county tax and appropria-
e tions from the State Treasury, equal in
/ amount to the taxes collected in the county
), for the maintenance of State Lunatic Asy-
u lums. am informed that no such county
tax as is described in the act, is authorized
IS or levied in Hamilton county. Some legis-
= lation, therefore, will doubtless be necessa-
IS ry to provide for its support.
II Thus four Lunatic Asyums are now open
Z in the State, capable of receiving few
p more than twelve hundred inmates Large
, as this provision is, it is yet sadly certain
o tnat it is not large enough. Not less than
J. a thousand insane, needing the benefits Of
= such institutions, must still remain wholly
/ neglected or Inadequately provided for.
e cannot recommend, however, addition
al public provision Judicious legislation
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