The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-01-18
TIPToN.. IOWA, JANUARY s1e. s1s7e.


cas6 Of . Vacancy In this oo5oe. were
themselves vacant leaving no, one
qualified BY Law to aucceed 70 the gov
srnorship. After An examination Of
the consdtution, and OF the lsw. bear
ing upon the question. [ aletesminei
70 set upon the authority conferred by
section 10, article 4, Of The constitution,
and section ga Of the revision, and
accordingly appointed Hon. Hsury G..
Bulis. Of Winneshiek county. Lisutsn.
ant Governor Of the State. I am
aware that. la thus naming . prssidiag
officer for the Senate, vcntured upon
delicate ground. aud went perhaps to
the verge Of the constitutional power
II the executive; but trust that the
emergency which alone could have In
duced me to oct, will also be my justi-
nCAti0n. t s4a
|. The examination made Rt the time
this mattar was before me, led me to
observe, more closely than / bad before,
the language Of the constitution upon
the subject; and found that under =
strict construction Of that instrument,
the Lisutenant- Governor only can
succeed 10 the Govssnorship. upon the
Heath, resign alton, or impeachment OF
the Governor. Tue provision for the
successi0a Of the President pro ten.aSore
II the Senate. aud the SPEAKER of the
House Of Representatives, applies only
% cases where the Lieutsnant-Gover
nor. while ezercisi,.g the duties of the
Nice Of Governor, shall die. resign. OF
0e i,npeached. The undoubted intent
of the constitution is that these officers
shail succssi In the order named,
whenever = Vacancy shall happsa IN
the executive nff1ce, hut the literal fact
is as | have. stated. suggest that, II
the General Assembly deem 1t within
The range Of its powers, an act be
passed supplemsnting the constituti.
tutional provisions respecting the
uccession to the gubsrnatoriAi office.
aud especially providing for any
emergency similar TO the one abOye
referred to. sFt..s.3s.l sss
ROAD LAWS. complaint 10
made Of the inefilcieney Of our prescott
road laws. There are large outlays, II
is said, for the repair Of roads. with
n at..s 1ns, a
during the year 1870 for ROAD taxes was
Sa63, 49,. .l6; and this was exclusive Of
road poll taxes. It Ia believed that
one fourth OF this amount. judiciousiy
expended, would efteet more per ma.
nent improvement than can be
accomplished under the present waste
full management. Ths abolition Of the
existing road districts, with township
supervision under an officer selected
for the purpose, who would he enabled
to sys.emAtize the work upon the
Reads, would, 1t - thought give Us
much better roads with smallsf sxpen-
diture. There Is much Justice Ia the
complaint. aud deem 1t only proper
to invite your attention to the subject.
INsURANCE.-Two national CONVEX
tons Of state Ofiaosrs fos tue purpose Of
considering the subject Of insurance
and Of laws for the security Of the
insured, were held In the city Of New
York during tho pest year. To the
later one. held October 18th. having
been isvited TO send . delegate. ap.
pointed Hon. John Hussell, Auditor OF
state, 70 repres't the State Of Iowa. The
meeting WAS Lelda nj agrAve moment.
The terrible conf1ayrstions Of that
month. involving the loss Of hundreds
Of millions Of dollArs' worth Of property
were yet fresh in the minds of.aIl; And
the fsiiuss at many insurance
companies was feared - consequence
Of their tremendous iossss. Several
days were spent in deiiberatiOn. the
Convention seeming to be actuated to
an unusual degree by m intelligent
purpose to accomplish worthy results.
A draft OF y uniform law Was agreed
upon to be submitted to the Legislatures
Of the several States. II will doubtless
he laid before you early In the session
Whatever changes are made, or new
provisions introduced into ouI
insurance law, recommend that nc
company. home or foreign he permitted
10 dO business IN the State without Z
paid up capital of ut least SO. 600.
COUNTIES AND CITIES. The counties
of Lyon aud O-ceois have just beer
organlzed. elections having been held
in these counties last fall for couAt,
and town officers. All the counties il
the k.ste intnety nine IN nusnber) are
now organized. The act Of last session
creating the county Of Cr0cksr, has
been declared unconstitutional by
the Supreme Court, in the cas+ .
Garfield ". hraytoh, because che
proposed county was below the
minimum size requited BY the consti-
tuition. l would suggest that, IL 1t be
deemed advisable to pas y new acI
| obviating this difficulty, q provision
! be inserted for the submission of til,
question to the people, in order to NEE
xnathar constitutional question raised
ia the abovs named case. but no
decided by the Supreme Court.
In view Of the many instances oI
issuance by local authorities Of bonds
the validity Of " hich has been disputed
causing vexatious litigation rs well al
much hard feeling at home and finan
c:aI discredit abroad, l suggest th'
J propriety Of snsetiny y law requiring
that the bonds Of cities, towns, AND
school districts, before being sold, b
registered by the Auditor Of State
upon satisfactory proofs being made 4
that officer that saoh bonds were In al
respects legally issued, and that til,
county, city, or district issuisy then
has not exceeded the legal limit q
Indebtedness. Registration, with pr ,
vision for tho prompt payment a
interest aud principal when due, wo'
tend to elevate the character Of tn
various local securities, and expedi,
their sale VIXEN offered, rs well ~ b
beneficial to the credit of the enil
State. / have reason to believe, ;h 1
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