Weekly Trinity journal., 1863-01-17
covernor stanford. Message.

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Governor ssanferd's Message.
After expressing bis gratitude for the peace
with which we have been blessed while political
and armed commotion prevailed to such vast ex
tent in other States Of the Union, and hand
by food last Winter, her bountiful harvest since,
and her great prosperity now, he comes to the
matter of
STATE FINANCES,
which are in no fattering condition. The State
debt on Dec. 1st, 1852, was s5,5s9.2s4 &c. The
condition of the General Fund is stated to be
Outstanding claims Jan. 10th, 1862;
or those since paid by the pres
ent Administration, the am'nt
is $1ss,T42 SO
or those remaining unpaid Dec.
/, 1852 the amount Is $3.50 90
Drawn in December, 1861 from
county Treasurers. 10 advance
Of their regular settlements
and paid into the Gen'l Fund.-
which properly belonged to
other Funds, s6,36I 60
Add TO this . further amt drawn
from county Treasurers in De-
cember, 1851, from recspts
regularly payable by them du-
ring the present Admuistrs
ton but used before that time
for antecedent Indebtedness, 1856 4S7 "a
Which shows the total Indebtedness Of the
General Fund upon the advent of the pres
ent Administration, Jan, 10, 1862 $535 603 90
Receipts into the General Fund
from all sources from Jan, 10
Amoant drawn BY the previou.
Adminstr ration from county
Trrasurers from Dec. 15 1861,
to Jan. 10, 1861, which proper
" belonged to the regular in
come Of February and May,
1852 l,7o5 81
Total revenue of General Fund from Jan. 10
to Dec. l. 1852 had no payments from Co.
Treasurers been anticipated $S2o, ,334 81
Expenses of present Admnistra-
tion from jan 10 to Dec. !,
Additional expenses for same Pc
riod not paid, ASS, ,O57 7o--s73s, III 7e
Excess of receipts expenses during pres
ent Administration from jan 10 to Dec.
!, 1862 s91, 2lG 5s
II will be seen from the foregoing figures that,
had the present Administration entered upon its
duties with the General Fund untrammelpd Dy
the incubus of debt Of more than half II million
Of dollars, the receipts into that Fund. during
its term Of less than year, would have been suf
ncient TO pay all the accruing demands npon it,
and leave surplus of S9l.2l6 3d. He recon
mends the John Rondolph system of pay as you
co. and to that end advises that an nddn ional
tax be levied to pay the S8l4 254 05 of deficien.
cy in the General Fund during the past two
years, and then proceed on the cash basis. The
Controller thinks an additional tax of twenty.
three cents on one hundeed dollars will be sutfi.
POIL. TAXES.
These have not been we'll collected, wherefore
he suggests n registry law. requiring before vo
ting at mn election, that the person Offering his
vote should have his name registered so many
DAYS in the proper locality, aud requiring, as a
condition Of registry the payment ot his poll tax
THE "GREENBACK " OPERATION.
The Treasurer and CONTROLLER refers at some
length in their reports to the payment of the
States quota Of direct war tax in greenbacks,
hut rs theif views and conclusions differ from
those of the Governor, and are not ,carraated by
1au he sends TO The Legislature copies of the
only correspondence he had with them on that
subject He was, previous to the payment,
wholly unadvised that such course would be
adopted.
JOHN CHrNAMAN.
The Governor regrets the action Of the Supreme
Court relative to the Chinese monthly capitation
tax, and hopes if the constitutional objections
cnn be avoided, that some similar law may be
enacted.
Cor.OnED TESTIMONY.
The Attorney General sets forth, in strong
language, the i'll eff. cts of denying the privilege
Of trrtifying in our Courts TO certain classes be
cause Of their color, and observes that the qnes
tion is not political one, but one that touches
the Interests aud rights of all.
This subject is Of great Importance. as il
pertains directly to the administration of justic"
and fbc order and peace of society aud whatever
objections there may be to allow Pagans to testi'
fy who can only be very imperfecily examined
through al interpreter aud without The solemniiy
Of az oath, do not apply TO those of Christian
faith, whose language is the same as our own
coXcEALED WEAPONS
The Attorney General also refers to the prac
tice Of concealed weapons, and attributes most
of the homicides that so painfully affiict society
and disgrace the al uas Of our State to this per.
nicous habit 1t possible to remedy so crying
an evil by the enactment Of laws that will reach
it. the subject should receive the earnest consld-
Grafton of the Legislature.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
This officers report shows all things satsfacto-
~ in his department, but ho wants more laws for
distribution.
WAR BONDS.
The report OF S. Is. Smith. Commissioner, is
submitted. California claimed $i49, sos "a and
the general Government has allowed her $685.
9S7 81 only.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
These red men have given trouble within the
past year. General Wright promptly responded
20 the Governors requests for military assist
ance. but rs geDaral thing the troops arrived
at the scene of dcpredations when the harm was
all done and the trouble in a manner over. He
suggests that instead of being kept on several
reservations they be collected and kept on one.
MILITARY.
There are 1904 900 men in this State liable to
military duty as shown by the report of the Ad
jutant General; of these. 5000 are armed and
disciplined The State should be placed upon a
better military footing and it is the duty of the
Legislature TO provide that this shall be so.-
While no arms can be had from Washington at
present, General Wright will take the RESPONSE
biity Of furnishing them to the organized militia
Of the State.
CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS.
These brave men are truthfnlly complimented,
and the Governor recommends that means be
provided for recording their votes at our general
election wherever they be found.
STATE PRISON.
This institution is being conducted on an eco
nomical basis which would be still more so If