The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1867-01-18

Interest certificates outstanding".,... l3,0S6 So
Domestic creditors certificates'...,..,, iis 81
s5,622052 10
Assets in Treasury:
Bonds Pennsylvania railroad COM
,pany ,..,,, s6,soo,ooo %
Bonds Philadelphia and Erie railroad
company ......, $4,000 %
Eric railroad compapy.,.-............. l22500O %
Cash in Treasury ry..........."""."....." l7il033 q
,,.,,,,,,.. Iaesg9 9ss z
lhapllities In excess OF assets, 22536OlS 50
85,O22O52 10
Liabilities in excess ofassets, Novem-
her 30 1861 l,..;.....: lisO0O IS
Der 30, % 530Ols 50
Improvement in Treasury since 1901. 5,Gl2,On II
The extraordinary expenditures DUR
ing the war and since its close, in pay
ments growing out of it by acts of AS
sembly, having amounted to upwards
Of five millions of dollars, which, adj
ded to the actual payment of the in
debtednesS of the State, and money in
the Treasury for that purpose, shows
the revenues, above the ordinary ex-
.penditures, to have amounted to slO,-
$4,000, which would all have been ap-
piled to the payment of the debt of the
Commonwealth in the last six years. A
careful attention to the revenues of the
Commonwealth, with such just and pru-
dent changes as may be required in the
future, and wise economy in expend-
iture, will, in my judgment, ensure the
entire payment of the debt within tho
period of fifteen years.
The time fixed for the redemption OF
S23, 1886 a Of the Indebtedness of the
Commonwealth having expired, rec
commended that provision be made for
its redemption, by making new loan
for that purpose, payable at such peri
ods as the prospective revenues will JUS
tify.
JURIEs.
BY our existing laws, juries are So
lected by the sheriff and commissioners
of the respective counties. AS these
officers are generally of similar political
atlinities, the system has always been
in danger of being abused for partisan
purposes. During the last six years, it
has been frequently so abused, and in
many of the counties.
To secure as far as possible, the adj
ministration Of equal justice hereafter,
| recommend that jury commissioners
shall be elected in each county, in the
same manner as inspectors of elections
are chosen, each citizen voting for one
jury commissioner, and the two persons
having the highest number of votes to
be theJury commissioners of the respec-
tive county, to perform the same duties
in the selection of jurors, that are now
imposed upon the sheriff and county
commissioners.
LEGISLATION.
j again recommend the passage of
general laws when it is at all practical
BILE, and in this connection, recommend
the passage of general law regulating
railroads now existing and the incOrpo-
ration Of new companies, 50 that 50 far
as possible there may be just uniformi-
ty in the franchises granted, and equal
facilities afforded TO the people OF all
sections Of the Commonwealth.
SCHOOLS.
/ re-appointed Hon. G. i. Coburn,
Superintendent OF Common Schools, on
the expiration Of his term in June last,
and he continued at the head Of that
Department until the first Of NOVcm-
ber, when he resigned, and appointed
Col. j. i. Wickcrsham. IL j. due to
Mr.. COburn to say, that he fulfilled all
the duties Of his office faithfully and
efficiently. It appears from his report
that there were in the school year Of
1865, ,-G3 school districts in the state;
I3.liG schools lG,lll teachers, -, ,3l2
pupils, with AN average attcDfiancc Of
I7s,UG. The total cost u the school
system, for the entire State; including
taxes levied and State appropriation,
was for the year 1865, =, ,2Js 81.
The increase in tho number Of school
districts was %; in tho number Of
schools, 222 in the number Of children
attending school, 1882; In the average
attendanceat school, 1895, IN the total
cost Ofthc system, 1851 ,O2DO2. ! invite
your attention to tic valuable sug-
gc-tiJns made in his report, and that "
COl. Wickershain, and commend our
system Of public instruction a. the con-
linurd frtcg.ng TaTrDi tic Legislature.
LrEATICs.
Thrtrl-tea- ~ the State Lunatic- hos
piial rcpY,-sIt fhnt il j. impossible fOr
Them l. aseOmmola'c ard carc f0r the
number Ol patients committed a. them
under the Jaws regulating admi--iDns
into ihc hospital, and earnc-iiy room
mead that provision Dc made iOr in-
creased accommodation.
! need not -ay that the Institution -
carefully and economically managed, Dr
70 rsicF 70 tho great good it hss pFduced.