The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-01-17

I>piANAreLis. January 10.

l>piANAreLis. January III.
Governor Baker delivered his last
me-. sage TO the General Assembly this
sitcrncoa. The foreign debt OF the
State is reported as follows: Amount Of
five per cent, State stock 10, under the
adjustment OF 1867, SS2.e6 -; amount
of two and half per cent, $4-OO 10
amount al war lOau bonds issued under
the legislation OF l8Cl still outstanding,
Sl39.0OO, total, $l75.93O II. to which
must be added the amount Of old bonds
issued prior 10 1s4l, the payment of
" hich 10 provided by the act approved
December 18th, 1872. and interest ac-
Icrued thereon, making total Of $5e9. 600
on this score, and n grrnd total of t744,-
$50 IL. The domestic deot Of the State
consists Of non-negetiable bonds Of the
State Issued to its own School Fund 10
the amount Of $500, 9O6 Is. The in
tcrest Of this being pledged to the
schools IL il really no debt at all, in the
ordinary acceptance Of the term, but c
bond that the State shall pa SO much
.aio the School Fund. There is in the
IA IDS Of the Treasurer Of State and the
Agent Of State the sum Of $6o7, 743 81.
md the uncollectoG proceeds Of the State
az for 1874 IS estimated at &35OUOO.--
The estin steC expenses Of The present
yer are /: For The present session Of the
Ge-oral Assembly, 100000, and for or
binary expenses Of tie Government,
benevolent institutions, reformatories
lprisoIs, interest on domestic debt, and
the ground that she expenses Of these
institutions are the same as in 1872, but
there is an imperative deIlsnd Tor the in
crease Of the accommodations for thu
insane, and be thinks the levys tor thu
I years 1873. and 1874 for State purpose,
should be fifteen cents on the hundred
dollars, AID also that some Of the rev
enue Of 1878 viii have to be anticipated
: for the extra expenses on this accom-
: this year. He calls attention TO the ne
cessity Of charging the duties and re
: spousibiiiiies OF the Acknowledgement
aud recommends that the law lie changes
1 accordingly, and that officer be com
o PEELED 10 live q: the Capital. Is othe
y State officers, and keep an Office. tn
. necessity OF a Bureau OF Statistics an
the establishment OF . school for ~
{ education of fee3le-Hinded and idic;i
\ ieaillfen 10 pointed cut, and recomu.n
r ,lalions are made in re ga,d 10 the sam,
= The submission OF The Amendments +,
!, the Constitution iorbidiiug the resumg
ton Of control of tie w bash AMI Fri
y Canal or the resumption Of i.s ieht, ~
a of vote IN regard &c the holding of
IF, constitutional Convention are recon
;nlended for sne iecTionon the secor
Tuesday in Oc:. al which election ais
- delegates to.s;d Convention shall j
q elec;,d 10 meet, j. TIC penpi. decis.e +;
It hsye such Convention he'd. Libersi 4
preparation sre recommended foF Il
Stale Geological Darar;m~ni tic .'s,i's
= a,lpfia cenennia. celebration aEc n
81 wash gtor monument are com,GaIdc
b ~ Inc consideration OF the I.ag.-.4iuI
70 vi,hout recomreniation. Tie join
resolution OF The Ohio Legislature All
the letter Of Governor Hayes transmit
Il ting In. same. complaining of brrac
fof faith on the part OF Indiana in RI
re gard TO compact 10 keep up the WI
70 base and Erie Canal, is presented. wit
the recommendation that the Legisls
&C ture pass joint resolution denying tn
y such contract ever existed between Ii
y two States.