The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-01-10

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reported as closed, aud il, with the
other papers pertaining to this pro.
posal, win when completed, be laid
before you.
In as much as your honorable body
at your last session, visited both the
localities from which proposals have
come, and no power Of decision as to
the site was given to the Board, they
have not felt that they could give any
Information -s 10 the value or eligi.
bility of these proposals. which the
General Assembly docs not possess,
and have requested me- as their er
oficio chairman, TO communicate the
facts above detailed without specific
recommendation. '
The subject Of the disposal Of this
fund and of the organization OF the
college or colleges to be endowed by
IL, has become quite fully discussed
in the last as well as in the present
Legislature, and by my predecessors
in the Executive Office. The indica-
tious at the last session, that your own
opinions. have generally been formed
in reference to the question of the
true policy Of the State 10 the use oi
the fund were sufficient to make me
iregardit unnecessary to enlarge upor
il, and | will only recommend early
aud final action, as the completion o.
the sales of scrip has made the funt
av" liable for the purposes for whicl
it was granted.
'a.t COMMON sHooLs.
/ regret that the failure Of officer
of many Of the counties to forwar,
the reports required by law, has pre-
vented the School Commissioner i'ror
completing his own report at thi
time. Other officers of State hav
also called attention to the discrepan
cies in the various laws requiring tn
reports of facts aud statistics b
township aud county officers, aud t
the difficulties, amounting precticall
to an impossibility, of, enforcing tn
existing requirements in tho maune
now provided. The great need of
thorough revision in this respect i
urgently presented by the AuditC
and Secretary Of State; aud am il
formed by the School commissions
that, without it, it is entirely out
the qocstion for him TO lay befuro th
Assembly at the beginning Of the ses
sion the facts which are neces sarJ
as basia Of legislation upon the grea
educational interestsof the conimuni
II ty. | believe that great msjorit
of the moss active aud intelliger
friends Of Our common school systei
|, have become convinced that the ad
ministratioD of school affairs shoul
be separated from the ordinary towr
; ship and county Offices, aud that couI
9 ty supcrintendents Of schools are nee
0 essary 10 give the greatest vitality
3 the system, not only by guiding III
general instruction and discipline {
the several schools, but in PERSONAL
attending to the collection of thoi
reports of facts upon which govern
: mental action is based, l have ei
: deavored, during the past season,
obtain information on the subjcc
both from competent persons in o,
own State, aud from those States
which county superintcndents exis
| have no hesitation in saying that
, belieTe its introduction would be d
! cidcdly, fene6cial and accordingly T
commend IL. us .5-4
ATTORNEY GENERALS REPORT.
Bssidea tho usual statcme mt Of h
: action in the civil and criminal caus
:. under his charge id which the Sta
: is interest ted, the Attorney Gener
makes recommendations in regard
o the simplidcaIion of the criminal co,
the iuetliciency, in some respects
I the law, concerning the sale of into!
icating liquors, the propriety of ma
king intemperance disquali6catit
for tho exercise of judicial office, II
justice Of Increasing the salary
Judges, Of the Courts of Commo
Pleas, and some other subjects, sug
gested by facts which are within b
official knowledge, and which max
legislative action appear necessary.
oa PUBLIC woRKs.
Great damages has been done /
canals aud other public work of III
State by the h'eshets Of SeptembC
and 0ctoheri but the Board of Con
missioners are able to report that sue
energy and act!vity in making II
necessary repnirs have been shown b
the lessees, contractors and officers
charges that the heinterruption of tray,
aud transportation upon them has q,
been serious in most Instances.
STOCKS IN PRIVATE CORPORATION
4 In accordance with the law upo
that subject, the Fund Commission
ers have continued the sale OF the il
tcrost Of the State 10 all railroad
turnpikes, and other private corpor,
tons until the same has bocs con
pleted. The sales have produced
considerably larger sum than the priI
, cipal which would produce at intere,
, the average dividends of some pa
/ years, though the amount reported b
tbem, Sl79,256 n, is Of course ver
small compared with tie original il
yestment. Very few, however, coul
now be found who would deny tn;
the cost has been repaid in the deve
: opment of the resources Of the Stat
the encouragement to settlers, an
the enhancement Of all the values {
property in which the people have
common interest,
! Although the reports of tho Con
missioner Of Public Printing aud {
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