Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-12-02
Debt outstanding Nov Is, 1865. SIC, ,5S2,675 49
TEMPORARY APPROPRIAT

Small temporary appropriations are
required as promptly as practicable,
for each Ofthe follOwingobjeets, the ex-
isting appropriations having been ex-
/ hausted, viz: Expenses of the Presi-
dental election; eXpensesOf the Gen'l
Assembly, Trustees of Benevolent In
stitutiOns, care of the State House, gas
| for State House; expenses of Legisla-
tive Committee, binding for the State,
and the new IdiQtic Asylum.
REVISION OF THE FINANCIAL sYs-
TEN.
In pursuance of an act passed March
Is, 1867, a Board Of Commissioners.
consisting of Aaron F. Perry, of Ham
iltOn County, Charles f. Glidden, Of
MahOning county; and James H.
Goldman, Auditor of State, was ap-
pointed by my predecessor, Governor
Cox, whose duty it was to ''revise all
the laws of this State relating to the
assessment and taxation of property,
the collection, safe keeping and dis
bursement Of the revenues, and all the
laws constituting the financial sys-
tenn Of the State" and to report their
proceedings to the next session of the
General Assembly. The report of the
commission was laid before YOU at
your last session. 1t disclosed many
lmpertectiOns and inconsistencies in
the existing legislation touching the
finances, and the urgent necessity for
an elaborate revision of that Iegisla-
tiOn. Their report was accOmpanied
by eight separate bills. consolidating
the present laws, removing eOntradic-
tions, and supplying defects, but in
producing no radical change in the
general principles of our financial sys-
tenn. These bills have already been
somewhat considered in both branch
es of the General Assembly; but no
definite action upon them has vet been
had. l respectfully recommend an
earl Y consideration of the bills, and
their adoption, with such amendments
as in your Judgment the public inter
ests may require.
CENTRAL LUNATIC ASYLUM.
The destruction Of the Central In
natie Asylum by fire. during the
night of the 18th inst, causing the
death by suffOcatiOn of six of the pa-
tients, and inealculable distress and
suffering to the remainder, will re-
quire investigation and prompt action
on your part. In rebuilding the
Asylum, the erection of a fire-proof
building will occur to you as alike the
suggestion OF prudence and humanity.
This calamity also suggests the pro-
priety of examining the condition of
the other institutions of the State. |
with view to providing them with !
every proper means Ofsecurity against |
similar disaster.
COMMON SCHOOLS.
The interests of common school ed |
ueation, in my opinion, will be pro- |
NOTED by the early adoption of county |
superintendency, as provided in bill |
on that subject now pending in one
branch of the General Assembly. III
therefore earnestly recommend the /
consideration and passage of the bill. !
The Commissioner of Common /
Schools is required, in the discharge
Of his duties, to pay out each year, for
expenses, about 500. The
of refunding to him, out of
the State Treasury, his travelling ex-
penses, will probably not be called in
question.
THE CATTLE DISEASE.
During the last summer q cattle |
Spanish or Texas cattle fever, Occa-
stoned much alarm in the grazing
counties OF the State. and in few To- i
calities caused serious loss. On the
of the State Board of
in the absence of effective
it was deemed proper to
appoint commissioners to take such
measures as the law authorized to pre-
MT Z no Of a A
lamatiOn was issued to prevent, Rs far
as practicable, the introduction, move
ment or transportation of diseased cat
tie within the limits of the State.
The railroad companies and the own
ars of stock promptly complied with
the requirements referred to, and the
injury sustained by the cattle interest
was happily not extensive. 1t is be-
ieved that, upon investigation, it will
be found necessary to confer by law /;
upon a board of commissioners ap-
pointed for that purpose, or upon the
Executive Committee of the State !
Board of Agriculture, power to 'stamp [
)utn the disease wherever it appears, J
Dy destroying all infected cattle, and '
% prohibit or regulate the transpOrta- s
ion or movement of stock within the '
State during the prevalence of the t
disease. To the end that proper in
restigation may be had, 1 respectfully s
recommend that authority be given to {
appoint five commissioners to attend '
/ meeting of commissioners of other
states, TO be held for the consideration !
If this subject at Springfield, Illinois, 5
IN the 1st of December next-saidi .
to report the results Of
heir investigation in time for action /
y the present General Assembly.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
/ submit to your consideration the
of providing for a thorough L
nd comprehensive geological survey e
L the State Many wears aqO par &