Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-01-13
Governors Message.
STATE FINANCES.

Governors Message.
STATE FINANCES.
Fello,o Citizens ofMe General assembly,.
The finances of the State Government
are in satisfactory condition, The bal.
ance in the State Treasury on the 10Th
OF November, 1870, was $766,O39, =
the receipts during the last fiscal year
were 80, ,24l, ,184,9l; making the total
amount of available funds in the Treas
ury during the year ending November
18th, 1871, 50, ,223,Ol.
The disbursements during the year
have been s5,259,O 9,O46,74, leaving bal
ance in the Treasury, November 18th,
1871, oi $74s,l76.27.
The estimates of the Auditor of State
of receipts and expenditures for the cur
rent year are as follows:
Estimated receipts from all sources,
including balances, S5,2O6, ,36G,27.
Eslimat ed disbursements for all pur-
poses, s4,776,O35,73.
Leaving an estimated balance in the
Treasury November 18th, 1872, of $780,
&c.,.
The public funded debt of the State
November 18th, 1870, after deducting
the amount invested in Ohio stocks, was
$9,730, 1896.
During the past year the debt has
been reduced $729,4l5.
Leaving the total debt yet to be pro-
vided for $4,000, 1896 OF this amount
the sum oi S44, 1881 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 interestbearing debt of the State
SIS, 1862 l,05.
TAXATION.
The taxes levied in 1870, collectablc in
1871, We're as follows:
Stale taxes; .:........... 8 4,660,2 223,
County and local levies. $50. 1877 ,3So,50.
DclinQuincies and forfrtures in
former years. G97 ,1SS, 90.
Total taxes, including drinquen-
cies cplectable in 1871. ...... 24,13O,82051.
The taxes levied in 1871, collectable in 1872,
were as follows:
State taxes: .............. S 4,350, ,728, %.
County and local levies. .... 1904 66012.
DelinquencCs and forieitures. 623275S4
Total taxes and delinquencies
colleciaOle in 1872. .......... 23,5S7, ,664s4.
1t will be noticed with qualification,
that the annua. increase of taxation TO
which the people have been accustomed,
has been checked, and that the taxes,
both State aud local, have been some
what reduced.
The increase of local Indebtedness
still continues The returns made to the
Auditor of State ale imperfect, but
enough is shown to warrant the opinion
that during the past year the indebted
ness of the towns and cities of the State
has increased not less than one million
Of dollars, aud that their aggregate in
debtedness now equals the Indebtedness
of the State. l respectfully repeat, as
the remedy for this evil, the recommen-
| dation heretofore made, that ali public
debts be prohibited, except in cases OF
emergency, analogous to those specified
in section lst and end, article Sth, OF the
Constitution.
| STATE WAR CLAIMS.
The report of the Adjutant General
shows that there has been collected by
him from the United States during the
year, on account of the State War
Claims, the sum of $l45,3O4,6O, making
the total amount Of war claims collected
1886, ,247,94. 1t is probable that about
100000 can b. collected on these
claims without additional Legislation by
Congress. This will leave about 4OO, 900
claims unpaid, which it is believed, when
presented to Congress, with proper
vouchers and explanations, will be pro.
vided for by a special act AS long how
ever as the Board Of Military Claims ex-
list these claims will continue to increase,
and it would no: be advisable to seek
Congressional action until the State, by
closing its accounts with individuals,
shall be able TO ask for final settlement.
1t is therefore recommended that the
statutes providing for the allowance OF
claims against the State by the Commits
sioners OF Military Claims be repealed,
the repeal to take effect at such date in
the future as will afford opportunity for
the presentation and allowance for all
just claims.
COMMON SCHOOLS.
The reprot OF the Commissioner ol
Common Schools, shows that upon the
whole, the educational interests of the
State continue to be very prosperous.
He presents however, for your consider
alton, number of changes in the School
laws, which he deems essential to fur.
their progress, The proposed reforms
are treated of In his report under the fol
lowing heads: normal instruction, SUI
peryision, "a Oodi6cation of the laws, and
the township system
The commanding position which Ohio
! has held in the great transActiops Of our