The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-12-03
GOV. Hayes Message,

Coy. Hayes Message
.p5C 50,s- T3t. GIf
Dol The Goverpor..sent tho folIowingF
message totbetwo Houses, on the
afternoon Of Nov. 23dS t. 4
.Fet1ow. Citizens Of the General Asd
sen,Cly: .i!s c2@o .}o, --gsl
o. Upon yonr bsscmbIiRgto to enter
az ain upon the duty of fegislatioh,l
for the wdlfare Of the people Of
Ohio. the Governor is required by |
the Constitution TO Communicate
to you hecondition of the State
and to recommend such measures
as be shall deem expedient.
The reports of the executive off. \
GERS of tho Statey and Of the heads
Of State institutions, are Fequircdf
by law TO be made to lhe Govern,
or on or before tho 29ih. day Of
Nobemvcr Of each year SINCE,
thatidate q sufficient time has not
passed for tho publication ol the
reports, and l shall. therefore, not
be able at the opening of your pre-
sent session TO lay befotc you a de-
tailed exposition Of the Iafairs Of
tho various departments of the
State Government i.pT r
1t will ! be my purpose in this
communication to invite your at
tcntion to a few brief suggestions
in relation to some measures which
are deemcdsimIortant, and which
may Ibc'considefed ar d acted upon,
if you thinkit advisable, in advance
of the publication Ct the-ofiicial re +.
ports: DHgl $40.
2s,c FINANCES. -U": J
The financial affairs Of the State
Government are in satisfactory
condition. Tho. balance in the
Treasury onthe 18th otNoyem Der,
1861, was SG77,90O 79. aThe re.
ceipts during the last fiscal year
were S4,347,4 ,4S4 81, making Bthc
totai amount Of funds in tho Treas
: ury during thbScar, S5,O95 ,475 C1
} The disbursements during ihe yeal
have been sil55,354 SO whict
sum has been paid out Of the Treas
6 ury ircm tho several funds as fol
lows. VIZ: General RcveR1e Fund
Sr,5lS,2lO 50; Canal Fdnd, Sill.
. 93930; National Road Furd, SIS,
|, 829 &c; Sinking Fund, SfTl72 .22t
0 33; Common School Fund, 81 ,42G,
8GS 80; Bank Redemption Fund
S1.C95; Soldiers Claims Fund, So,
> 7SI 6S: Soldiers" Allotment Fund
!, S4S2 90. Balance in the Treasury
d November l5th.jlSGS, Sj7O,i20 75
= Total, IS ,022, ,455 G.. H
Il i. u PUBLIC DEBT.
!, The amount Of the publipfunde
debt, November 10, 1861 was Sll
OIL, ,9ll sc. During the year th
1t redemptions were: OF the loan {
n 1860, i4,G50 67 ;,of Foreign U MO
{. loan Ct 1867, 19l, 166; of the don
=, cs.ic loan Of 1868, Sl3G,O6S -;
= the loan of 1870. .Slj7 ,36l SS. T,
j tai, sl99,2GG,1 49,. The debt ou
e standing November 10, 1865, va
p Slo.532,G75 43.
u, TEMPORARY, APPROPRIATIONS.
C Small temporary appropriation
,. arc required US promptly as pra'
. ticabie tor each OF the tpliowin
, objects, the existing appropriation
+ having been exhausted, viz; +:
Q. pcnScS of tho Presidential electio
II. expenses OF the General Asscmbl,
p Trustees of Benevolent lnstitutio
care OF State House, gas. for Sta
." House, expenses Of the LegisjaLlN
10 committee, binding Tor tho Stat
al and The new / fdio.lc Asylum,
ell REVISION or TIE FINANCIALsYsTE
or In pursuance OF an act pass
az March lS, loG5.a Board oil Con
he missloners, consisting OF Aaron
q. Perry, OF Hamilton county, Char
',' Il. GIiddcn, ot MahQning count
OF and James ii, Goldman, Auditor
in STATE, was appointed by my pret
ID. cessor, Governor Cox, whose du
it was tOlrcvlse all the laws OF u
~ State relating 10 the assSessme
"' and taxation Of property, the c.
'ni,' lection, safe keeping and disbur'
tn ment OF the revenues, aud all
be- laws constituting the financial s.
=; TEN of the Slatei and report th
" =" proceedings tOlho 'noXt session
a. tho General Assembly The
t a port of tho commission was \
nto before you at your last session:
can disclosed many imperiections.t'
,Lb Inconsistencies in the existing |
Wv lsIation touching the finances, q
iicn' the urgent necessity ior an clap
no ate utI revision Of that legislation
the Their report was accompanied
=, oh. eight separate bills, eonsolidat
s., s. the present laws; removing con-
sa' dictions and supplying detects,
ing Introducing No radical change
, he the general principles OF our ti'i
hat eial system.v These bills have
,roe ready been somewhat, eonslde
.. in both branches of the Gene
our our Assembly, bat no definite M act
had upon them has yet 5eeA had
our respectfully recommend an Ga
,ake consideration, Of The bills aud Il
,ood adoption, with such amondm'
! , ~, as in your Judgment tho paoilc
~ terest may require. a'i i"'' . '''
n JUS ot CENTRAL lUNATic ASYLUM.
,lU ~, The destruction .of the Cen
~ Lunatic Asylum by fire durirg
gag night of the 18th inst, causing (
fe to death by suffocation OF +, SIX * Of .
ra. patients, ard iqcalcalaHle 'dist
.t" 81 u. :.