Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-06

inquiry whether some additional limitations
may not be u~sefully imposed on the powers
now exercised by the Township Boards of Ed
ucation.@
The interesfof The Irreducible Debt arising
from sales of School Lands is now distributed
among the eouaties according to their respec-
tive interestsin shch lands. In the eountiesit
is again distributed among the townships in
proportions determined by similar considera-
tons
It cannot be donbted that the Federal Gov
erment, in granting these lands, intended equal
benefits to all parts Of the State. The terms
of the grants, however, were originally con
strued as yesting the title to them in the Stats
for the use of the townships in which the sec
tons sixteen we've situated, or for the use of
larger districts for which provision was made
by grants of land not within TIER limits
Whether this construction was correct or not.
it may not now be worth while to enquire
II has long been acted on, and may perhaps be
regarded as settled. It defeats, however to d
certain extent, the equal intent of the grant /;
imposes great labor on the Stale and County
Auditors perplexes the public accounts and
embarrasses somewhat the general operation Of
our school system.
Upon examination of the apportionment
among the counties of the whole fund thus dis
tributed. l am satisfied that very little, if any,
! cause Of complaint would arise, if the various
divisions of the Frreducible Debt into Virginia
Military, United States Military. Section Six
teen, Section Twenty Vine, Western Reserve
and Moravjan were consolidated into one fund,
and the whole interest distributed among the
counties in the same proportion rs the general
/ School Fund TIE saving of labor and ex-
pense which would be effected by this reform.
and the ~clearness and lnte.lioib:lity, which it
would introduce into our financial system, will,
in my Judgment, warrant some compensation
to particular counties, should it be found that
any are deprived by it of revenue, to. which
they haveia just claim. The subject is certain
ly of sufficient Importance and interest to mer-
it your careful consideration, and as such I re-
commend it to your attention. :'N'i tsi =
The condition of the Benevolent and refor.
matory Institutions is upon the whole, highly
satisfactory. 5 sass F"f @
The number remaining in the Asylum for
! the Deaf rnd Dumb at the close of the last
year. was 158 at the close of the preceding
year $50. A greater number of inmates than
the present cannot be accommodated, though
for want of room. many equally needy and
equally deserving with those now received
must be excluded. The expenses for the past
year were POI d dollars, and those of the pre-
ccding year q ,433 dollars. A large part o.
the increase was for necessary repairs and I'M
prevelnents beyond those of ordinary years
An appropriation Of 24,500 doIlarsiis asked
for 1860; and an urgent request fer a new bull
ding is preferred. Nor should hesitate tc
recommend new and enlarged structures if the
revenue from the levies of last year woulc
warrant me in so doing. Should you see fit tt
take measures for asccrtaining tie best lcca
ton and plan of such structures. and provide
for the cost by the necessary levy, 1 do moi
doubt that your action would be approved Of
by our common constituents. ft'"i 81
The number of inmates of the Institution
for the Blind increased from 1913 in 1858, t.
100 iu1859. The highest number viii oh lac
previously enjoyed the benefits of the Institu
was 73, in 1S48. The constant increase in the
number of pupils, and their Improvement, i
f the highest eulogy upon its Infringement
The expenses in 1859, were 1887 dollars il
1888, l6,2G2 dollars. The appropriation
asked for 1860, in view of a proposed enlarge
f m?nt, is 26,500 dollars. &
In the Asylum fer idiots, thirty childrr
have been received, supported and instructed
5 during the past year, at an aggregate expens
of &c, dollars, exclusive of sums received
) on account Of paying inmates. The eNpcndi
!, iGre is certainly large, but it includes sumt
! payments Of dc BITS incurred Curing the prccc
ding year. and some for rent ana insurance. fU
Which no Disbursements arc made by the either
Institutions. 1t should be remembered, a'so
that the expenses Of an asylum receiving few
f inmates, must necessarily be larger in prcpor
!. ton than those Of one receiving many. The
: number in the Asylum for Idiots wcu'd b.
! doubled if It's capacity admitted Of it, and tMt
outlay would not he materially increase; =
True economy requires. in-my Judgment. The
/, Purchased Of the cite and buildings now rent
cd, and the enlargement Of the latter.
The structure authorized in Hamilton coun
: tv, for the IdiUtic and Insane, has been recent
~ completed. it is said to be very commodi
Gus, and sufficiently large to accommodate Will
= facility five hundred, and, upon necessity, sly
hurdred inmates. A Board of Trustees ha:
been organized for lis government, consisting
of one member appointed by ME, and two ap
'iltAN" ~ iHb SRltlllilscipliNIC vi ttlilfllN
county. That county, therefore, now consti
tatfs the Southwestern LunatIc Asylum Dis
: trict, and the institution Just organized is tt
receive all the idiotic and insane within its lin
its, to Unsupported by a county tax, and ap
preparations from the State Treasury, edua
in aniouHt4to the faXescollected i'll that county,
, for the maintenance of State Lunatie Asv
lurns. | am Informed that no such county tax
as is described in the act is authorized or lev
led in Hamilton county. Some legislation
therefore, will dodbtlsss be necessary to provide
for its support.
Thus four Lunatic Asylums are now opar
in tie State, capable of receiving a few more
than twelve hundred inmates. Large as this
provision is, it is yet sadly certain that it il
not large enough. Not less than Il thousand
insane, nerding' the benefits of such ~ilstitu-
tons, mist still remain either wholly neglected
or inadequately provided for.
I cannot recommend. however, additional
public provision. -Judicious legislation rcgu
lating county inflmaries, and authorizing pri-
vate asyluIns, would, in my Judgment, afford
all needed relief, and perhaps diminish the
large expenditures now borne by The State.
The number of inmates in each of the three
Lunatic Asylums heretofore organized, was less
at the close of the last than at the close Of the
preceding year. Sufficient reasons for the di-
intuition are assigned in the several reports
The fact, however, is much to b. regretted
though compensated in part by increased sue
cgss i'll treatment. 1t may be safely said, |
think, that these Asylums were never in better
condition than now.
The total expenses Of the three AsyInms, du-
ring the past year, were S93,427, and The ap