Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-12-03

nent Of accounts for repairs and other eN<
,enses on the canals. Under the law. IS a
low stands, there Is TOO much roop ior
.buse, to the serious prejudice Of the public
interests.
During ths year 1868, as was fully sxs
your predecossors, the sum ~
ZIG, 1873 was advanced by the Treasurer Of \.
State, upon my advice, conourring with that
Of the other Executive Officers, for repairs
Of the Hooking Canal. greatly injured and
seriously endangered by recent hoods. The
emergency did not permit delay; and as the
Legislature bad rhads no provision for extra
ordinary contingencies, an occasion seemed /
to have arisen in which public officers ought /
10 take tho responsibility of.proyiding the I
meaiia necessary TO protect the State from,
great 3ist, and the citizens, .dependent on
thoEhnul for transportation, from great in@
inn>e n The responsibility was taken; the
means were provided BY an advance from
the Treasury, unquestiombly the most
economical fhode larger amount than the
SRA. ADVANCED was saved TO the Treasury.
"a h.1 tho beuefits Of the navigation
we're aecured to the people Of the locality.
/ am still Of opinion that this money was
Adently and prpperly advanced A pub
l.c officer who, in times OF overruling emer-
Eencies, will not take responsibilities clearly
ds4 arN 10 the public good, as little de-
serves confidence, as he who rashly assumes
themlon ordinary occasions and without me-,
eassitV. a II VIII be foe you to detormine
i&'hethaesfhe action OF the Treasurer shall
\ recoiyt legislative sanction which the
llIsf t,,htfal Assembly omitted to- give.
81 Il gives me great pleasure to say, that in
the department " Public Instruction con-
slant progress and regular improvement
ha7a 1da conspicuous.
! Naburdens, however, now press somewhat
I'D upoftthe resources Of the people, s
4 n q the adoption Of the present Con
\ 81 n annually raised by gene
! raj a /. Atributed to the counties
way Rom faf lifeiy small. For several years
Tho SUM for uistribution was fixed at $780,
u 900 Hess than one fourth Of which Yves de
rived from general taxation. After tint
thia y ,a,,rl ,ees.. reduced, for a number
lof v ts1a 1f& SI5O 600. but finally increaseS
to.s3oo0eo. During this period in the his
toryspf our schools, somewhat larger sum
than thai dufiyed from from the. State wer
annually raised by local taxation; but tn
J aggregates from all sources, State and loca
. did not reach one third Of the totals. ppde
the existingsystem.
Il now constitutes somewhat more than thre
-eights of the entire levies for State purposes
. and nearly one fourth Of those for local pui
poses. The State and local school taxes j
: 1858 were S5,781 1924, or nearly one thir
of the aggregate levies for all purposes. l
1853, che same levies amounted to $2,792
178, and bore about the same proportion
= the whole. These facts will suggest to II
Legislature and to the local authorities Il
> necessity of prudence and the most caref
i economy.
!. Few citizens, l trust, are disposed
4 abridge the means and opportunities of ed
:. cation now offered to the youth Of our Stat
a They know that the power created by ed
r cation, and made available in all forms
!, = sninr.. IN an pEesesses Of art, and in evel
u sPhcre OF youthful action, is worth mar
if times its cost. They feel, however, th
v the cost is great, and care is needed, lest
Is improvidencs and extravaganza disaffecti,
IS may be excited toward q system so benefit
ent.
n, 4, view to re increased efficiency
st IAN | again direct the attention
~ elature to the propriety of mo
np4ld to Teachers Institutes, and
q ~ y. - 80 siahson for agents to be appointed
~. ,sSltntate Commissioner to fulfill those duti
an fof addressing public meetings and conferri
"a personalkySSith local authorities, now il
en- posoH tlES officer, but impossible TO
az e9SsSeiy Performed without prejudice
on his time and attention eY
sas as sfSnore important.
u ~ With view to greater economy, it {
VI serves inquiry whether some additional lii
itations may not be usefully imposed on t
on powers now exercised by the Townsl
m mne Boards of Education.
- The interest of the Irreducble Debt ar
~ 'h ing from sales of School Lands is now
le ne tributed among the counties according
'S' their respective interests in such lands.
- the counties it is again distributed amo
~, ,s, the townships in proportions determined
20 90 similar considerations.
70. 1t cannot be doubted that the Fedel
- Government, in granting these lands, inten
nd ed equal benefits to all parts Of the Sta
no The terms of the grants, however, we
originally construed as vesting the title
os them in the State for the use of the tow
FL ships in which the sections sixteen were sit
are ated, or for the use of larger districts
IN which provision was made by grants of la
a not within their limits. Whether this co
100 struction was correct or not, it may not nc
be worth while to inquire. 1t has long be
,st acted on, and may perhaps be regarded
M settled. 1t defeats, however, to certa
he extent, the equal intent ofthe grant; impos
no great labor on the State and County Aut
be tors; perplexes the public accounts; and el
n. barrasses somewhat the general operation
oc our school system.
an Upon examination of the apportionme
in among the counties Of the whole fund tn
of distributed, | am satisfied that very lit
,os if any, cause of complaint would arise, if t
IN various divisions of the Irreducible Debt in
M Virginia Military, United States Milital
or Section Sixteen, Section Twenty Nine, w,
be tern Reserve and Moravian were consoidat
les into one fund, and the whole interest distr
m. uted among the counties in the same propt
roc tion as the general School Fund. The sa
no. ing of labor and expense which would be
ste fected by this reform, and the clearness a
ar, intelligibility, which it would introduce in
is. our financial system, will, in my judgme
warrant some compensation to particuI
an counties, should it be found that any are q
er priyed by it Of revenue, to which they ha
cd a just claim. The subject is certainly
10 sufficient Importance and interest to me
bo your careful consideration, and as such
n. commend it to your attention.
~. The condition Of the Benevolent and Il
in formatory Institutions is, upon the who
ho highly satisfactory.
be The number remaining in the Asylnm,
~ ~ the Deaf and Dumb at tho close Of the ID
~ ~ year, was l5s at the close Of the prese
e1S year $50. A greater number of inmat
Va ,I than the present cannot be accommodate