Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-01-11
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GOVERNORS MESSAGE.

GOYEREOR,S mfSSlGE.
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Fellow citizens of the General Assembly. ,
The finances of the State Government
are in a satisfactory condition. The
balance in the State Treasury on the
18th of November, 1870, was $766, OBS. 10;
the last receipts during the fiscal year
were $5,241 ,lS4.91; making the tetal
amount of available funds in the Treas
ury during the year ending November
18th, 1871, s6,067 ,323.0l. -'ii''ltia t7at
i2l STATE FINANCES. ft' 5'
4 The disbursements during the year
have been S., ,299, ,045.74, leaving bal
ance in the Treasury, November 10th,
1871, of .s74S, 1927. ..,se.r
The estimates of the Auditor of State
of receipts and expenditures for the
current yea1 are as follows:
Estimated receipts from all sources,
including balances, S., ,209, 1857.
Estimated disbursements for all pur-
poses, 81 ZIG, ,025.73. Il, 81 s..,-sy 5..ss,,
! Leaving an estimated balance IN the
Treasury, Nov. 18th, 1872, Of s4SO, $780,
The public funded debt. of the State,
November 15, 1870, after dedncting the
amount invested in Ohio stocks, was
s., ,739, IA &c.. - ~ -.,;.t.s -
During the past. year the debt has
been reduced ST29,4 ,415..,-'-s5;l $50 q
Leaving the total debt yet to be pro-
.Sided for, SIS, ,729, ,00D. .36. OF this mount
the sum of S44. 4.5lS. 81 has ceased to bear
Interest, the holders thereof having
been notified of the readiness of the.
State TO pay the same. This leaves the
total interest-bearing debt of the State,
s., ,956, ,2l1 .05. o,3..e.l.,s,-..s-,ei ,i..,o,;
State ST d9' t. taxes @ eG e'7 81 ,666, ,242 23
iGeunty and local levies Is, 1871, ,3S9 %
Delinquencies and forfeit - -,
ures in former years = ( r669, lSS W
Tot. taxes, including ls1 ~, - ~ 80
! delinquencies collect ~ -,
able in 1871 $24 4,l3O, ,8oO oIi
The taxes levied in 1871, collectable'
it. 1872, were as follows: -.-..-.-,,,I,o
State taxes 1885,, ,FZ8- -
County and local leyies 1864, $50 12
Delinquencies and for ,..-;...
= fntft1rn-r a. f-~4 - Oi1Z.ZiO 81
fNrr>f5 taiF ,ti0I llzL- - =,
Total taxes and delin-..is2 Di.h 1s'l
Ig1Sss1s'l Is3S1'lf " .slg s2s, 5s7 1854 "a
1t win Be noticed, with gratiication,
that the annual increase OF taxation, TO
which the people have been long acctis-
toned, has been checked, and that the
taxes. both state and local, have been
somewhat reduced. 81. -.
s;e., LOCAL LINDEBTEDNEsS, ,,H -i,,.s,.s
The increase of local indebtedness
still continues The returns made. to
the Auditor of State are imperfect, but.
enough is shown to warrant the oplD7
ion that during the past year the ln-
debtednesS of the towns and cities OF
the State has; increased not less than
one million Of dollars, and that their
aggregate Indebtedness now equals the
Indebtedness of the State. / respect
fully repeat, as the remedy for this
evil. the Recommendation heretofore
made, that all public debts be prohibit
ed, except in cases of emergency, anal
opotls to those specified in sections l and
2, Article 8, Of the Constitution.
); f,;s,e COMMON SCHOOLS. ,s-g.,s n. =.
The report of the Commissioner of
Common Schools shows that, upon the
whole, the educational Interests OF the
State continue to be very prosperous
He presents, however, for your eonsid-
Grafton, number of changes in these
school laws, which he deems essential
to further progress. The proposed re-
forms are treated ofin his report under
the following heads :snormal instrue-
ton, supervision, a codification OF the
laws, and the township SYSTEM -
s The commanding position which
Ohio has held in the great transactions
of our recent civil and military history,
IS largely due to the educatiopal adj
vantages enjoyed by her people Every
measure which tends to continne and
increase those advantages; merits your
earnest and favorable considerat III G.
- For many years the most eminent
eachers and friends of education have
urged the necessity of establishing in
stifutions for the instruction Of teachers
in the principles and duties OF their
high and honorable calling A few
thousand dollars of the school fand ap-
tplieti every year to this purpose will, it
| is believed, make the expenditures for
school purposes vastly more beneficial
|. to the State. 'hiNs' "a q" 'i-i'''.'-'-,.
/ There are serious objections. to the
present mixed system OF school map7
agement, by means of township boards
and sub-district directors. 1t is be-
lieyed that this system ought to give
place to the purely township system,
| in which all the schools of the town.
shin are under the exclusive control of
a board of education chosen by the
electors of the township! This plan is
! in coflformitJ with that which has been
adopted : with satisfactory results in
ismost Of our towns and is sustained by
| tbeexperience of other States in which
the, purely township system has as been
In several counties of the State color
ed children are practically deprived, Of
the privilege OF interchangeable schools,
THE denial of eduation to any citizen OF
lOhio is SO manifestly unjust that it is
1 confidently believed that the Legisla-
| ture, needs only to be Informed thai
such wrong exists to promptly pro
vide easremedy.ls1~go a. sff 1sbn .ri1s
i lisa EXECUTIVE MANSION. 81 ; jos
r Since tie adoption Of, the present
Constitutions; the. Governors duties
| have. compelled him to reside at tht
capital. If any change is made in re
dspect to the powers and duties of tht
obExecutiye in, the revision ubeut to b.
tmade of the Constitution, the change
litis probable, will increase rather thar
Idiniihish hisiduties. The evident i'm
propriety, of subjeYting each new in
cumbent of the Office to the inconveni
: enee and expense of procuring and fur
finishing a suitable residence for tn
Il u - eox;od of a. aovnty, t.la tar,,1 of M