, 1860-01-13

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Message or Governor Lowe

IOWA.
n1essas 81 q Or Governor Lowe. :
:ckssrs OF 1885,. -,
Cor. Lows delivered his list message to the
Legislature of:1owa on :the stL inst. It is
document great length, bat gives YeEy clear
and satisfactory statement Of the present condi:
ton and necessities Of the State. From census,
taken by State authority during the past year,
the population is put at G4a ,s32, being an in
crease OF l23, ,l6s since 1s5C-nnd will probably
reach IN, 900 before the Federal census ktaksn--
Tie agricultural Statistics taken At the same
time, but which Of course refer to 1858, show
that over 100000 tons Of hny were cut, over
5 ,e0o ,oo0e bushels of wheat harvested, over.
=. .oVo 300 bushels Of corn crilbed oyer, t,5oo,-
boo bushels Of POTATOES dug, hearly 10 900 gal-
!on* Il nao'as!Sa @ manufactured from sorghum,
beef cattte and hogs SOLD to an amount exceed
ing IS, ,o0o, ,ooos aud exported wool and Il aad to
the value Of S25o, ,ooo.:, Tie. Governor thinks
that the in year 1889; the beeF and pork would
show IN excess over 1858 Of 40 to IS per cent,
willie The corn crop would not fall short Of
10000, 900 bushels; and the value Of lid sur
ghum erop would fsach $500 o9o.
.s11fG EpEn7EnSzss, uAyEsrE, ETC. :
?. Tue liabilities of the State amount to }s;a,-
4e2.s7. 0fthis sum, sl222. .oo5.75 is part df the
school fnnd which belong to the State. aha is
held by the it III fru.t''for eHncational pur-
poses, and on which the State pays interest, SO
that the actual liabilities Of the State as lined
By Gov. Lowe, only amount. to $3.50, 1862.
The school fund isa part Of the proceeds Of
lands, granted to the Statc, and j.. claimed as
being as much Tie property Of the. state as the
lands we're at the time they were granted, us
Tue State can at any time changethe npplics-
tion Of this fund to other purposes. The bal
ance now in the treasury, and in the cou: Sc
Of payment through the banks, the dciin-
queut taxes now due, from the couaties,
and the tax Of the year 1883, amount in the
nsgregateto xe2s, s,so9.47. The Auaitorestimatcs
the expenditures for tLe two fiscal years, com
imenciny November Z, 1852, and ending Notenn-
ber LIST, lsc', exclusive Of appropriations for
charitable institutions and other special pur-
poses,; ut $iol l,7le.7a, while The estimated re-
SOURCES. of the State for the same period, exciu-
sivc Of the saline and school fund, is put down
at Ss53, 600. H.. Theexp pendhures fer ordinary
purposes during the two fiscal years ending on
the 1th Of November, 1883, amount to sSds, ,l:S.-
Sc, while the .extraordinary' expenses for the
same period, amount to s21a, a,l57 liam az gre
gate OF *57s, s,85s0a..'
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
The Governor is opposed to discontinuirg the
Board Of Education, which has been strongly
urged though the press. THIS Board, il SO
thoroughly trammeled by constitutional re.
strictious, as to almost render lis operations
Intellectual. The Constitution provides that The
General Assembly shall hare power to reorgan.
izc or cbolish the Board at any time af,er the
year 1868, and the Governor recommends that
nll action in the matter be deferred until that
time.
:' SCHOOL rCSD-
The agents employed 10 rcstigate the affairs
Of the different. School Fund Commissioners o1
the State, found many irregularities and abuses
in the official discharge Of their duties, and de-
falcations 10 the amount Of $4,000. The Gov.
ernor recommends thc prosecution Of the dc
faulters.
INSANE HOSPITAL,
The Governor recommends the immediate
completion Of this institution. should it cos
s1oo,ooo to DO So; Should this sum he nd1ce
to what has already been expended, it will thcr
have cost less than its prototype, the Nort1lamp
ton, Mass, institution, and its rcat value wou!t
be ut least 81 5000 more.
DEAF AND Du4n Asr1ru.
This institution now occupies rented build
ing in Iowa City. The Governor recommends
tho erection Of suitable buildings for the iusli
tn.;,n ~ tI,o .,,,;,,1 ,f tho s,o+s
.cn1cc,rrn., co,,rcp
Tie 1,oar5 Of Trns,c.s have located This insti
tut;on md Model Farm in story county. a,
cua1 ,cras nf land 1;hcra, aon,,;ona 1,,r
hoa,, Nd. H.. .,,a .,,,,,;o. ~ s,orv and Roo,
e.. -. ..,,o.,t p,,c,.sor.,,;r, ~ ,,ds- III
a,,..ao ..I .o..rot ar w., n,,no w;,son i
s"..s..~.. ,.1a 1a.1 established
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Gay o. oc5onef. !o's' ahcfe are "o" ."e''
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Aeohu 1noant ts1aSn'' .v"0 Wy
LES 1aoAuee' o'N0'oo7"' ayo1 ''
ton, burlington and Fort Madison, w1tn IN e
ornrntc raDife1 nf s4Ett 45n naid in snecie nn,