The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-01-11

FUND.
Tho financial officers OF the State wht
were appointed commi.sio to sell the
svrip issned hylhe NaEomd Qlvermoft foi
theAando dowmentsoragr and mcchon
ioa colleges, report the sale oomplet, d uu
der the ameulRtaryl act passed at.yuur hast
eesson. After nltuy lrntlcss ctJrts tg
agree With iothet States upon minimum
price which should control all sales of this
class Of land scrip, they ionnd II utterly im
possible TO dispose Of it without reducing
the price to the market rates which had
been established by currcnt sulos. The
history OF their effortsis couclu1vo Ms /,
the impossibility Of ing bitter under
these circumstances The total amount o
the endowment fund thus created Is S3i0,
8gl 40 Of which S22s 500 60 has been paid
into fhe'State Treasury, aud the rcinaiudcr
will become duo on the contracts of sale
within tho coming niuo months, tho scrip
not bcihg delivered until tho payments
ehall be completed in each casG.,sat r..
Ny your action in regard to tho same
shbjOet, n Board was appointed to receive
proposals for the location of q College to be
endowed from said fund. This Board
issued circulars iulo all tho countios of the
State and to all tho existing institutions
on individuals likely 10 take action IN regard
to tho Same, and the press of the Slatugavc
very general publicity to their notifies Up
10 this time battwo propositions have been
fhade. One by the county officers and u
number OF citizens of Licking County, pro
posing that tho General Assembly shall an
thuriae tax Of Sl00 000,'to bo levied upbh
the property Of that county for the purpose
Of purchasing land and erecting buildings
for tho proposed institution, but not lndl-
eating any particuLtr site. TIE otler prop
osition was from tho Trustees Of the
Worthh gton Femao Coleg I, in Franklin
County, offering to transfer to tile State for
that purpose the lands aud buildings con.
rected with those institutions. A fund
raised by citizens of tho vicinity, to repair
the buildings or purchase lands in addition
to the collage tfnctof about one In drod
acres, was also offered, but the subscription
has not yet been definitely reported as
closed, aud it, with other papers pelt.ininI
tc this prelo@l, win, when oomploted, be
laid before you.
TnasnN1h ns your honorable body, at
your last session, visited both tho lOcaltios
from which proposals have cJm", and no
power OF decision as to the site was given
to the Board, tlpy lnve not, felt that thoy
c1uld sivelahy bIormotoh as to tho value
OF eligibility Of lhese PROPOSALS whicl, the
General Assembly does not already possess,
and requested mo as their 60 QBijio chair.
man, to communicate the facts above de-
Ia led without specific pronunciation.
'rne subject Of the disposal of this fund,
and Of the organization of the college or coli
kges to be endowed by it., las been quite
fully disousscd,m the. last Nas Wei ae ~ the
present Legislature, and by my prcdeces-
Anrs IN tho Executive office. The indications
at tho last session that your own opinions
have generally been formed in reference to
tho question Of the true policy for the State
in the uSo of tho fund were sufficient to
make me regard t unnecessary to enlarge
upon it, and will only recommend carly
and hual action, as the completion Of tho
taleS ol scrip has made tho fund available
for the purposes for Which IL was granted
COMMON SCHOOLS.
regret that the failure Of officers OF many OF
the counties to forward the reports required by
law has prevented the School Commissioner from
completing his own report at this timo. Othor
officers of State have also calleNb attention to the
discrepancies In the various laws requiring the
report of facts and statistics by township and
county officers, aud to the dincuiteS, amounting
practically to an mpossibility, Of enforcing the
Existing requirements in the maunor now provided.
The great need OF u thorough revision IN this rc.
spect is urgently presented by the Auditor aud
Secretary of State and AIM informed by the
School Commissioner that without IT, it is entirely
out of the question for him to lay before the AS
sembly at the beginning of tho session the facts
which are necessary, as basis 0i legislation upon
the great educational interests OF the community,
believe that great majority of the most active
md intelligent friends of our common school sys-
tom have become convinced that the admuistra'
t n of scAool affairs should be separated from the
ordinary township aud county ollicos, and that
county superntendents of schools are necessary
10 give the grcNtcBt vitality ~ the system, not
only by guiding the general instruction and dis
Cipline OF the several schools but in personally
attending to the collection OF those reports of facts
upon which governmental action is based. havl
cndoovored, dnring the past season, TO obain in
formation on the subject both from competent
persons in our own State, aud from those States in
which the system of county superintendent cN-
lists. | have no hesitation in saying that believe
its introduction would DO decidedly beneficial, and
accordingly recommend It.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Nrroar.g ..s.
BosideS the usual statement of his action in tic
civil and criminal causes under his Charge III
which the State is Interested, tho Attorney Gen
eral makes recommendations in regard to the sim
pliicati0n of the criminal code, the incicioncy IN
some respects of the laws concerning the salo al
Intoxicating liquors, the rropriety Of making IN
Nmperauce disqualitca,ion for the exerc'seo
iddica Office the Justice of increasing tho salary
of Judges of the courts of common pleas, and som,
other subjects, suggested by factswhich are With,
his ollfrial knowledge aud which make legislaliv;
aStion appearpseessary,
sF PunLIC WORKS.
GrcN damage has been done tho Cands nm
hthcr Public Works Of the State by the Greshet o
September aud October bat the Board of Com
misshsners are able 10 report that suoh eNeFgy an,
activity in making the necessary repairs have
been shown by the fassecs, Contractors and on
GERS in charge, that tho interruption of travel an
transportation upon them has not been serious, ii
most instances.
sroc1s IS PRIVATE ooRr9R tTIoNs. Nt
In accordance with the law upon that subject
the Fund Commissioners have continued the sal,
ht the interest OF the State in all Railroads, Tlra
pixies and other private corporations until the sam
has been conn leted. The sales have produced
considerably larger sum than tho principal, whiol
would produce at p'ercst the average dyidc,M
hf some wears past though the amount ropoctod b.
them, SlI9,2S6 ~, is of course very small oompar
ed with the original investment Very few, how
ever, could bef0und who would deny that the cos
has boen repaid in the development OF the resour
eesof the State, the encouragem to settlers an
the enlancem mt OF all tha values Of property i
which the people have common interest.
PUBLIC PRINTING.
Although the reports Of tho Commissioner 0
Public Printing and Of the Secretary Of State eau
not be laid bejore yoU iot some days, am able (
state that the contracts for both printing aud bind
ing are this year at much lower rates than at Ia
last letting, Taking the aggregate prices oG
unit Of measure OF each class of printing and bin
ing, the proportiona,e cost ct printing, compare
with 1874 is as 4j9 to O53, and ot binding \
lSb to 4i6, being less than half OF former prices.
COMMISSIONERS OF EVAPORATION.
A final report accompanied by his resigaatio
has been made by the Commissioner .Ot lmmigr.
ton. which is submitted herewlh. No apprOpri
ton, was m lde at your last session, flr the q,
penses OF this Office, although the law creating