The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-01-11

ply the proceeds thereof towards the
! purchase Of other grounds and the
erection of suitable buildings FOR the
institution. From what has already
been said, 1t VII be seen that it was
made my duty to lo.ase the Institu-
ton, and 10 procure the necessary
land By purchase CT donation, but no
| means were placed at my control ex-
| cept such as might arise from the
sale OF one hundred acres of land be-
| longing TO the State and authorized
to be sold. as before stated. As
it was manifest that, with the
most prudent management and
the most rigid economy, the
$4,000 appropriated would not
he sufficient to erect the necessary
buildings, furnish them and detray
the current expenses of the institu-
ton until the meeting of the present
General Assembly. | borrowed, tenn
| porarily, from the Board of Control,
| So 900 to enable me to make the ad-
vance payment on the land. OF this
| $4,000 l paid to Mr.. Downward So, 900,
In part payment of the land pur-
/ chased from him, and agreed that
the State wou pay him the bal
]
So 800, with interest from the date
of the purchase on or before Febru
airy 20, 1869; and for the security of
the payment OF this amount lien was
reserved IN the deed from Downward to
the State The residue of the Sl2 900
thus borrowed from the Board OF
Control, viz, $1,000 I paid to Mr..
Larrance, In payment of the cash
portion of the price of the land pur-
chased from him, and [ agreed that
the State would pay him the remain
der of the purchase money, viz,
$500, with interest from the date
of the purchase on or before the 10Th
day of February, 1869
| Diligent efforts were made to sell
the hundred acre tract of land before
mentioned, but only two offers were
made therefor. One of these offers
was so much below the real value of
the land that it could not be enter
tanned. The other offer of 81, 800 was
believed to be the fair valae of the
land 1t was made by Mr.. William
McCaslin, of Marion County, but he
did not propose to pay any part OF the
price In cash. His proposition was to
pay one-third of the purchase money,
with interest, on the 18th of Octob Der,
1867: another third, with interest, on
the 9Th day OF May, 1868, and the
remaining third, with interest, on the
9th day of May, 1869, and to secure
the whole by mortgage on other
lands, with a stipulation in the note
aud mortgage that failure to pay any
instaIment when due should render
the whole due and payable. With the
concurrence of the Board OF Control
Of the House of Refuge, l accepted
Mr.. McUaslin's proposition, gave him
a certificate of purchase, showing that
he would be entitled to a deed from
the State upon full payment Of the
purchase money. The first and second
installments of the purchase money
having become due, and not having
been paid, proceedings were COM
meneed, and ara now pending, for the
foreclosure Of the mortgage.
Prior to the location of the House
Of Refuge, a portion of the people of
Plainfeld and its vicinity proposed to
raise by subscription a Considerable
sum of money to be donated to the
State to aid 10 paying fer the land TO
be purchased for the site, provided
the Institution should be established
10 that neighborhood. These SUB
scriptions amounted in the aggregate
to "a, 379, and were payable in three
equal annual instalm ants on the 25th
of December, 1867, 1868 and 1859 re-
| spectively. OF the amount so sub
scribed, notes were takeO from por-
| ton of the subscribers, payable In in
stalments as before stated, to the
amount of s. 595, aud the residue still
| stands on the original subscriptions,
| except 90 far as subsequently reduced
by payments. On the subscriptions
and notes thus taken, there has been
collected and paid into the Treasury
the sum of ST 293 50. The further
sum OF $491 90 has been satisfied by
work and materials and live stock
furnished by subscribers for the
House OF Refuge and the farm, max
the total sum collected ON notes aud
subscriptions $1,785 SO. 1t is be-
lieved that when all is collected
that can be collected, the State
will, with the collections already
made, realize from these notes and
subscriptions at least S., 00O Ii this
estimate shall prove to be correct,
and the price Of the one Hundred
acre tract of land sold, as before men
toned, shall also be collected, as it
assuredly will. the two huadred and
twenty one acres on which the House
of Refuge is located will only have
cost the State 81 800, over aud above
the proceeds of the sale of the one
hundred acre tract. In the month OF
October last, repaid to the Board
OF Control the $4,000 so borrowed
from them, and to do so, / was com
PEELED to borrow the amount In an
other quarter. [ respectfully ask
that an appropriation be Immediately
made to enable me to refund the
money thus borrowed; and also an
appropriation sufficient to pay the
balance of the purchase money, with
interest, due to Downward and Lar
rance respectively.
Il affords me pleasure to say that
the success of the House of Refuge
has exceeded my most sangCine ex-
pectatlo0s. l respectfully refer you
to the report of the Board of Control
for history of its operations, and
commend the institution to your fos-
terlng care, with the expression OF q
confident belief that, In literally pro-
vldlug for It's enlargement and sup
port, you will be practising wise
economy and meeting the expeeta-
tions Of an enlightened constituency.
l am fully persuaded that, in the
extension of our penal laws too little
attention has been given to the re j.
formation of offenders; and the juve-
nile deliuquents of community afford
not only hope, but, in a large ma
Jorlty Of cases, an assurance Of success