The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-11-25
pebt Outst.ndlng, Nov. is. lses .s1O.sa2. .oI5 !:

Debt outstanding, Nov. Is, 1865. .$1ob32,6I5 AZ
Small temporary appropriations are
required as promptly as practicable,
for each of the following objects, the
existing appropriations having been
exhausted, viz: Expenses of the Pres
ldential Election expenses of the
General Assembly, Trustees of Benev-
olent Institutions, Care of State House,
Gas for State House, expenses of Leg
Lislative Committees, Binding for the
State and the new Idiotic Asylum.
In pursuance of an act passed March
Is, 1867, board of commissioners,
consisting of Aaron F. Perry, of Ham
ilton comfy, Charles Z. Glidden, of
Mahoning county, and James H.
Goldman, Auditor of State, was ap-
pointed by my predecessor, Gov. Cox,
whose duty it was "to revise all the
laws of of this State relating to the as
sessment and taxation of property, the
collection, safe-keeping and disburse-
ment of the revenues, and all the laws
constituting the financial system of
the State" and TO report their pro-
ceedings to the next session of the
General Assembly. The report of the
commission was laid before you at
your last session. 1t disclosed many
imperfections and inconsistencies in
the existing legislation touching the
finances, and the urgent necessity for
an elaborate revision of that legisla-
ton. Their report was accompanied
by eight separate bills, consolidating
the present laws, removing contra,
dictiOns, and supplying defects, but
introducing no radical change in the
general principles of our financial sys
tenn. These bills have already been
somewhat considered in both branch
es ofthe General Assembly but NJ
definite action upon them has yet beer
had. / respectfully recommend ar
early consideration of the ellis anC
their adoption, with such amendment:
as in your judgements tho public in
/ terests may require.
The destruction OF the Central Lu
natic Asylum by fire during the nigh
. of the 18th inst, causing the death by
} suffocation of six of the patients, ant
: incalculable distress and suffering O
; the remainder, will require inVestiga
> ton and prompt action on your part
! In rebuilding the Asylum, the ereC
I ton Of fire e-proof building will Occu
u to you as alike the suggestion of pru
D dence and humanity.
j This calamity also suggests the Pre-
: priety Of examining the condition {
c the other Institutions of the State
!. with view to providing them wit
G every proper means of security againS
) a similar disaster. -
f The interests OF common school eC
9 ucation. in my opinion, will be pre-
, NOTED by the early adoption of couI
% ty superintendency as provided in
: bill on that subject now pending
IS one branch of the General Assembly
d therefore earnestly recommend til
}, consideration and passage of the bill
n The Commissioners of Commo
If Schcois is required, in the discharg
of his duties, to pay out each year +,
D. travelling expenses about 500, III
N propriety of refunding to him, out
Of the State Treasury, his travelling e.
b. penseS, will probably not be called
b question.
During the last summer a cattle di
I'd ease, commonly known as the Spani:
;" or Texas cattle fever, occasioned muC
e alarm in the grazing counties Of Il
n State, and in a few localities cause
lg serious loss On the recommendatiC
J, Of the State Board of Agriculture,
i- the absence of effective legislation,
All was deemed proper to appoint col
e miS5toners to take such measures
n the law authorized to prevent Il
" spread OF the disease. A proclaim
be ton was issued to prevent, as far
'el practicable, the introduction, moS
nd ment. or transportation of diseas
an cattle within the limits of the Sta
a The railroad companies and the ON