Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-01-11

appropriation of 90, 600, to which the com
missioners are limited, is inadequate Tor
the contract was $1,000. 1 join the commis-
sioners, therefore, in requesting an addition
al appropriation of three thousand dollars,
to be used, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, to complete the undertaking.
BURIAL OF pEcEAsED SOLDIERS IN THE
HARRISBURG CEMETERY.
A communication from the board OF man. |
ayers of the Harrisburg cemetery is here
with transmitted, to which your attention
Is invited. The subject of which it treats,
relative to the burial of deceased soldiers
during the late war, is worthy of legislative
consideration.
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. ..rt
The Pennsylvania Institute for the Deaf
and Dumb the Institution for the Instruc.
ton of the Blind, the Training School for
Feeble-Minded Children, the Northern
Home for Friendless Children, the Houses
of Refuge several Soldiers Homes, and
other similar charities, which have received
aid from the State, are. according to the
reports of the principals and superintendents,
all, in their different spheres, accomplishing
much good for the unfortunate classes for
whose benefit they were established
Detailed accounts of the affairs of the
PENNSYLVANIA State Lunatic Hospital, at
Pittsburg, will be found in the reports OF
the trustees and superintendent. Both
these institutions, rs well as Others In the
State for the care of the insane, are crowded.
The intirmaries for the hospital at Harris
burg, for which appropriation was made
last year, with a large number of additional
wards, have been. erected, and will be ready
/ for occupation during the winter. liberal
appropriation for the Western Hospital was
devoted to the erection of buildings, on the
Ohio river, seven miles below Pttsburg,
known as the Dixmont Hospital for the In
sane. The great increase of population
renders necessary the establishment of other
institutions of this kind. 1t is estimated
that the ratio of the insane is one to every
thousand persons, and on assuming the
population of the State to be about three
millions five hundred thousand we have
about three thousand five hundred insane.
The hospitals in the State afford accommo.
dation for Only two thousand. Hence there
are fifteen hundred for whom no provision
is made, and many of them arc languishing
in the country prisons and almshouses.
REVISION OF THE CIVIL. CODE.
Pursuant TO the first section of joint
resolution of the Legislature, approved on
son. w. Maclay Hall, Esq, and Wayne
M'veigh, Esq, we're appointed to "rcvise,
collatc and digest ali such public acts and
statutes of the civil code of this State, as
arc general and permanent in their nature u
These gentlemen have have commenced the
work assigned them, and from which the
following benefits are hoped to he derived
First The correction of the rcdundancies
omissions, rcpetitcns and inconsistencies OF
the existing statutes.
Second. The framing of general laws as
substitutes for the innumerable local sta
tutes which for many years have comprised
the bulk of the acts of Assembly, and occu
pied the attention of the Legislature to the
detriment of the general legislation.
Third The comforting upon the court!
many powers now exercised by the Legisla
.. ture, and which, it is believed, will great,
relieve that body by decreasing the demanc
for special legislation and allowing ample
opportunity for tho consideration of tn
public interests
The bills relating to the poor and to pub
G lie highways demand early attention, as tn
: laws now in force on these subjects are s.
/. numerous and diversified that scarcely an
c two counties in the State are controlled bl
f the same law, and it is earnestly to be dc
. bic sanction of the Legislature.
|, The commissioners desire to be allowed
4 so far as possible, to complete the work an
) present it as symmetrical whole, rathe
! than in detached parts, aud express thei
opinion relative to the time requisite fO
its satisfactory completion. They ask rc
peal of so much of the first section of tn
: joint resolution as cxcepts from their labor
+ those statutes revised, codited and enac;e
u under the resolution approved March 2,
$780," and an amendment of the tourt
S section, so rs to extend from two to Mrt
n years, the time allowed FOR the complctio
q of the work. The proposed amendment
e will give them control of the whole bod
Of the statute law, and such allowance {
J. time as is deemed necessary for its satisfat
II tory revision. The accumulation of on
!, public statutes, during q period of nearl
l two centuries, can hardly fail 10 preser
), a confusion which it is eminently dcsirabl
j. should be corrected and tho only practici
h bic mode OF accomplishing this, is the on
S indicated by the resolution of the last Leg
islaturc, and having confidence in the geI
J. tlemen selected for this work, it is due I
i them, as we'll as to the public, that the
S should not bo restricted, either as to time
II by exceptions, which would prevent pc
iSNV uSsha ap'O S"'obiil4tut VI puDl
u statutes.
TAX LAW.
y . The Auditor General, Secretary Of til
= Commonwealth and State Treasurer, al
u pointed by the Legislature at its last sessio
!, TO revise and digest the tax laws of tn
State, have discharged that duty. The
> report will be submitted at an early da,
= and l bespcak for it that careful examini
y = ton which the importance Of the subjcc
u deserves.
n PUBLIC NOTICE TO DE GIVEN OF cERTAI
: Your attention is also invited TO the act
n of May 49, 1857 and April g 1860, (Diges
0 page 49, requiring public notice to be give
C of the application for all private acts relat
= ing to real estate and for acts of incorpora
: tion. The wisdom and justice of these ar
: manifest, and their enforcement cannot b
c otherwise than beneficial.
: LEGISLATION.
: The Governor condemns the hasty an
= careless legislation to some of which h
: refers and says: II was matter of CON
, mon notoriety at the last session that nun
Der of subordinate officers, in both branche
of the Assembly, were appointed, to whor
I liberal sa,orips Uara maid on6 uh n,o.