Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-01-16


has occurred requiring the attendance Of
physician. But two inmates have escaped 49,
Tho financial condition Of the School is very
gratifying.
The amount Of appropriation 10 the
commencement of the year, wasSl2 81 90
Appropriation for 1861 .......... 1894 90
Total expenditures for the pat years3l $50 90
Unpaid notes in hands Of the Acting
superintendent. eDt......---....... ,409 50
Uhdrawn appropriations. s............ S,ylO II
Experience has demonstrated the great
value Of this Reform School. The almost
fatal effect Of incarceraing boys under six.
teen years Of age with older and hardened Of
lenders in the Penitentiary has been avoided,
and hundreds who were rapidly tending to
criminal practices in our cities and towns,
have been arrested IN their course and saved
rom crime end ruin. The discipline is ex-
cellent, and the entire School and farm are
conducted in such manner as to commend
the Institution to the favorable regard Of the
people.
THE PESlTESTIARr.
am happy to state that during the past year
the number Of cOnvicts in the Penitentlry has
diminished. The total number on the first day
OF November last was ine hundred and twenty
four, while on the first day oc November, 1860,
the number was nine hundred and thirty one
The average number during the year, was nine
hundred and sixty five.
The enlargements Of the Prison, and the cree
ton of new cells have extended its capacity 90
that it will contain ten hundred and fifty convcts.
1t will be for you TO determine whether it is cx-
pedent to provide Immediately, either for its fur
tber enlargement, or for the erection Of a new
Pententiary.
Iasll YOUR attention to the recommendations of
tho Directors and Warden. fnr the erection Of
new structures within the present ercloseure.
The total cash receipts for the mast wear. were
soo S13 H. The total labor of tho conyicts for
the State in the erection of new structures, sl2.
O56 30. The total expenses have been 800.
l25 %. The earnings thus appear, in excess of
cxpenss, S4soo o3.
lhe whoc hhnocr OF paruons granted during
the last year was eiglly niue, OF thcse twenty
four were issued upon the ceruhcate 9i the physi-
clah OF tne renltenuaTy, accoriiplhle1 Dy inc re-
csmmendaIon OF the =" aiuen anu directors, IN
cases where they are imlnent danger OF the death
oil the convicts SO pardoned, IN pursuance OF the
act prescribing thc manner OIL applying lot par
dons.
Connected with the subjects oil pardons, there
Is one feature to our CRIMINAL code 70 wnlch
deem 1t my DUTY 10 invite your at'ehuoh, refer
to the provisions OF minimum periods oil conflne'
mcnt IN the fenltenuary.
Tor the exercise OF the pardoning power Dy the
Judges by wh9m cases were trieu, upon tne srouhu
that the PERIODS oil cOhhhemeht were longer lhah
thc circumstances Wouiu JustIly, anu that the sen
tences had bern made so because minimum periods
had been fixed by law ana no discretion, oelow
those limlts' ieit 10 the Judge. AN examination
OF many OF the cases has satished me oi the force
oi these conscientious ana the parHoninS power
has accordingly been exercised. Rehecuon up
that tit would oe pest 10 Iahe away the MINIMUM
limit IN al cases. anu ieaVe tne Juuee 10 hA the
time, below the maximum nnit' as hls luuSe-
'heht' Ill we" vi ui 'he eircuiis'on0es vi eaon
case may determine.
THE STATE HOUSE.
I commend to YOUR consideration the Report
of the Superintendent of the State House, and to
your approval his recommendations for the COM
nletion of The building. No more faithful or in
tellirent officer has been in the service of the
State. nor one whose suggestions in regard to the
particular trust reposed in him are entitled to
more respectful attention to the General Assem-.
bly,
In 1855 the State House Commissioners esti. !
mated the cost of the labor and material required
to finish TIE building and grounds at S69l 100 80. !
Since that time there has been expended on the |
work S372 1877 AZ: leaving S3OS .9O9 SO az the |
uneypcnded balance of this es innate.
The Superintendent now estimates that only !
S66 43l will be REQUIRED to complete the building
and Grounds in the manner at preseut contempla
tod whichis $40 AIS "a less than the estimate |
of the Commissioners is 1858.
The total cost of the State House and grounds, |
to November Is, 81, ,359l2I As.
The preparations for the building were com. !
menced in iS3S. The corner stone was laid July |
1899. ioin the Superintend mt in respectfully |
submitting whether the long time that has ELAPSED
since its commencement does not add something |
to its claim for an carly completion.
The State library has been established forty |
four vnnrs Tn that time $4,000 have been ex. |
pended for its increase and preservation-not in !
cludinp salaries--and 24,O74 volumes have been
received in il. bv nurchase and donation, ard by
means of EXCHANGES with State and Society libra. |
ries. The Library was moved into the pcrma.
mont hall set apart for IL in the State House,
which il vet unfinished. in January, 1858. Since
that time, 5,O43 volumes have been placed upon
its shelves. of which number 1916 were received
in exchange.
The Repor. of the Commissioners from which
| take these facts, makes several recommendations
which seem to be worthy of careful consideration.
1t is stated that Documen's and Reports from the
ucnerai u9'erhmeh. nave noc oeen n,u
III 80 I c,u sa, or tha aus Docrmn1ts and Re |
a of he u saies Svs II hi !. s"ggesed that the Gen
,a,;ros T., Ccn,,rdss 10 uroo The nronricty of so
o,n,d;a,, ,hn 1law, crororS;ng tho ConrressionoI
amehalhg the III" governing 'ie SpnS'ea>'ol'H,
Library, the Librarian thereof shall ne charged
with The duty of forwarding the Laws Reports |
and nublic documents. prnted by authority of
,Snu % pun. VI IN pt,;oh .,n,I,, tho C,n
rressiopal Library with the official publications
have no doubt YOU will approye this suggestions |
7 s., ,,o, ,o ,ba rcnorts of tho Auditor
ieier !ou w wv " -. al ,h;h;t of
Comptroller anu treasurer lot n ue ai'eu cHi,t Vi
the financial condition of the country, ana the re-
LII, o,,aho,,a,oo,,,s 10 r,ony disbursements of