The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-01-12


shonG be elected by the people. The At
lorney General, Secretary of State. aud tb,
Adjutant General should, for obvious rea-
soDs, continue to be appointed by the Gov
ernor
Eterenth-1he day for holding the annual
elections could, with great propriety, be
changed from, the second Tuesday 10 Octo-
Der to the same day in November on which
nearly all the surrounding States NOW hold
theirs. This would dispense with enc eec
ton every fourth year and prvent invaso1
from other States for the purpose of inter
fering with our elections, as the citizens O
each State would be occupied with their
own. The season, too would be more sat
isfactory to the people Of the agricultural
districts, as it would not interfere with the
harvesting Of their corn and other summer
productions.
The necessity for constitutional reform is
appreciated and admitted by all who havs
reflected upon the subject. and without dis
tinction of party, the press has been outspo-
ken, and has almost unanimously sanctioned
the calling. at an early day, of constitu-
tional convention.
/ For these reasons, and many others equal
/ ly important which might be enumerated.
/ earnestly recommend that the Legislature
make provision for a convention to thorough
/ ly revise aud amend the Constitution of the
J State.
REVISION OF TUE CIVIL CODE.
The com mnissioDers To revise the statutes
! have completed their work The entire
laws of the Commonwealth, including those
! of British origin, except such az relate to
crime, have been revised, colated and sys-
/ tematicaly arranged in a Supreme Court, in
all such cases, to review both the law and
the evidence.
APPORTIONMEST.
The important duty devolves upon you
TO apportiOn, iD accordance with the last
census, the representation to the General
Assembly and 10 Congress. This viii be
aalJug the most laborioG5 aud difficult works
. of the session. Ia its performance, il is pre-
surned and trusted that you will Oe guided
and governed by u strict sense Of justice and
imparliality t. all parties and 10 every dis
trct ia the State, SO that no well-founded
reason be given for com plant or censure.
Under the laws of the State it is made
the duty of the County OoinmissionersIof the
respectiye ctunties to make returns to tho
Governor Of the septennial enumeration OF
taxables on or before the fryt Tuesday Of
December Not ne.fourth of these returns
have yet been received, although the atten-
tiun Of the Comm iss:oners was invited to the
subject by special circular frcn, the Secreta-
" of the Commonwealth. As soon as the
returns come TO hand. the necessary abstracts
will be made out and forwarded to the Leg
islature.
CcAMoN SCHOOLS.
The report Of the Superintendent Of Com
mon Schools show that there are now within
the State, 2.002 sclool districts 142I2
schools 1892 graded schools Is. 100 di-
rectors - county and other superin tend
ents; II ,6l2 teachers, aud s2S ,89l pupils.
+t
of SIadistricts 276 schools 447 graded
schools 200 directors; supsrintendents ;
40 teachers. and IS 80 pupils.
The cost Of tuition for the past gear, was
S8,745,47 81; building. purchasing and
renting school houses, 81. .765 GA "a con-
tingencies, SI.165 226 Co; other exPendi-
lures $95,475; making total CT Still
76I 20 Estimated value of school proper
ty, SI5. .S37, ,163. Average salary Of male
teachers, 20 60 per month length cf school
term 05 months and the cost per month
Of each pupil, % cents.
SOLDIERS ORPHANS SCHOOLS.
Your attention is respectfully invited to
the report of the Superintendent OF the Sol
diers' Orphans Schools, for the year Sermi-
mating May 81, 1870.
Since the frst organizatian Of these schools
the whole number of children admitted is
O53. And during the same period. the
discharges. including deaths, amount to l.
524. leaving 529 in the schools at the
/ close of .he wear ; of whom 2, l3T are IN
graded and 79a in primary schools, u
and 599 in Homes"
The cx,enditures Of the system for the
school year ending May 81, 1870, are as
follows. VIZ
For education and maintenance of 60
children in advanced schools. .------- 80 S,stobi
For education and maintenance OF -, 49, =,
/ children in primary schools Oi,4'o5e
fVf eI,iidren efStGiiGii ia home i,ii,t '- ,,
For eio'ilns'' so's '''.'-,i' -'.,,''..' 5a9aas
FOR partial relief OF IS children at $50 90 :,
E6r easai General expenses ei0S06
Total rotslexoenzes....-....-...-.......s .s5i4. .i26. 4
+ ''otai AUTHORIZATIONS ....--..... 494, 0oi
Balance. .......... .....-..... sI9,4.8. 6
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
This institution appears to be gradually
accomplishing the bjeetS for which it has
been literally endowed by the State. 1t has
about sixty students, who are instructed not
only in the ordinary branches of literature
and science, but in all the field operations
necessary foy a thorough agricultural e'iuca-
tion. The experimental farms, established
under the supervisi OF the officers, have
thus far answered their expectations.
NATIONAL CEMETERIES.
On the hrSt OF July, 1917, an act % NOu-
grees was passed amenaatory to the act
entitled ''An Act to establish and protect
National Cemeteries" approved February
%. 1867. The object of these laws IS to
place under the National Government the
management and preservation Of these cem
eteries. aud TO secure the consent of the sey
ersI States in which they are located. Thi.
consent has already beer. given as to 81,
cemetery at Gettysburg. by the act approved
Aprii I4th, 1868 and the National author
tiles now ask for the same action by The
State as TO the cemeteries st Csiienw aad, Leb
snon, Mount Moriah. Odd Fellows anu
Woodland, in Phila1eiphiA and also those
at Harrisburg Pittsburgh and York.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.