Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-11-26
PUBLIC DEBT.

OF the loan of 1861 -.---.-...-:-..-:s 1869 o.
OF Foreign Tn on Loan of Us 19l,l65 o.
OF Domestic Loan of lSjS--.-.-.. i3i ,0SS l3
OF Loan OF flS70......--....-....---.-l l51.36l S3
Debt outstanding. Nov. Is5s.......sl0 81. .675 4;
TEMPORARY APPROPRIATIONS.
Small temporary appropriations are
required as promptly as practicable, FOL
each of the GLOWING objects, the exist
,ng appropriations having been exhaust
ell, viz: Expenses of the Presidential
ELECTION; expenses of the General Assem-
bly,, Trustees of Benevolent institutions
Care OfState House; expenses of Legis-
iative Committees, Binding for the State
and the new Idiotic Asylum.
REVISION OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
In pursuance of an act passed March
| Is. 1867, board of commissioners, con
sisting of Aaron T. Perry of Hamilton
county, Charles B. Giidden, of Mahoning
county, and James II. Goldman Audi
tor of State, was appointed by my pre-
iecessor, Governor Cox, whose duty it
was s'to revise all the laws Of this State
relating TO the assessment and taxation
of property, the collection, safe-keepiDg
and disbursement of the revenues, and
all the laws constituting the financial
system of the State" andto 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 imper-
kections and Inconsistencies in the exist
inc legislation touching the finances,
and the urgent necessity for an elao-
crate revision OF that legislatiou.-
Their report was accompanied by eight
seperate bills. consolidating the present
laws, removiI.g Observation-Disclosures, Il and sup
lplyingdeiects, but Introducing no radical
.hange in the general principles of our
financial system. These bills have al
, ready been somewhat considered in both
hiaBrbes of the General Assembly; but
no definite ACTION upon them has yet
been had. ] respectfully reccomend an
e.rlv consideration of the hills and their
adoption, with such amendments rs ~
your Judgment the public interests may
require.
CENTRAL LUNATIC ASYLUM.
The destruction of ths Central Luna
tic Asylum by fire during the night of
the 1SUh inst. causing the death by suffo-
cation OF six of the patients, and meal
euiable distress and suffering to the re-
mainder, will require investigation and
prompt action on your part. In rebuild
ing the Asylum. the erection OF a fire.
proef building will occur TO you as alike
the suggestion of prudence anfl human
ity. o..
This calamity also suggests the pro-
priety of examining the condition Of
the other Institutions of the State, with
Il view of providing them with every
proper means of security against SIM
ilar disaster.
CoAMoG SCHOOLS.
The interests of common schools edu-
cation, in my opinion, will be pr0moted
by the early adoption of county superin-
tendency, as provided in a bill on that
subject now pending in one branch OF
the General Assembly. therefore earn
estIy recommend the consideration end
passage of the bill.
The Commissioner of Common Schools
is required, in. the discharge of his du-
Gcs, to pay out each year, for travelling
ex penses, about 500. The propriety of
ref uuding to him, out ofthe State Treas
ury, his travelling expenses, will prob
aoiy not be called in question.
.s4 THE CATTLEDIsEASE.
During the last summer cattle dis
ease, commonly known as the Spanish
or Texas cattle fever, OccasiOned much
alarm in the grazing counties of the
State. and III a few localities caused Sc
rious loss, On the Recommendation of
the State Board of Agriculture, in the
absence of effective legislation, it was
leemed proper to appoint commissioners
to take such measures as the law author
lied to prevent the spread OF the disease.
4 proclamation was issued to prevent,
as lar as practicable, the introduction,
movement or transportation of diseased
.cattle within the limits of the State
fhe railroad Companies and the owners
of promptly complied with the require
ments referred to, ami the injury sus
tanned by the cattle interest was happi
iy not extensive. 1t is believed that.
upon investigation, it will be found nee
essary to confer by lazy upon u board of
appointed for that pur-
pose, or upon the executive ,mnittee
of the State Board of Agriculture, power
to STAMP out" the disease wherever it
appears, by destroying all the infected
cattle, and to prohibit or regulate the
transportation or movement of stock
within the State during the prevalence
of the disease. To the end that proper
may be had, respectfully
recommend that authority he given to
appoint five coiHm missioners to attend a
meeting Ofconniissiolers ofother States.
10 be held for the consideration of this
subject at Springfield, Illinois, on the
irst OF December next-said commits
-iOners TO report the results of their in
vestigation in time for action by the
present General Assembly.
GE0LOGICAL SURVEY.
! submit to your consideration the i'm
portance of providing for thorough and
comprehensive geological survey of the
State. Many years ago partial survey
was prosecuted under many difficulties
and embarrassments, which was fruitful
of valuable results. is, beyond doubt,
that such q work as it is now practicable
to carry out, VIII, by making known tue
mining, manufacturing aud agricultural
resources Of the State, lead to their de
yelopment TO an extent which will. With
in few years, anp'r reimburse the State
Tor its cost
EXECUTIVE REPoRIS.
The annual report of pardons granted
and the combinations Of the sentences
of conviets required by law; a statement
IN detail OF expenditure OF the Cover.
nor's Contingent Fund the semi -aiiiiual
report of the Commissioners of the Sink
ing Fund, for May; copies of proclafsia-
tions issued during the last year; and an.
Acknowledgement of the presentation TO
the State OF several of the portraits Of
former Governsss af Ohio, are transmit
ted herewith. S4ia--4 tes.li,i
a BUSES OF THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.
Phe most important subject of legis-.