The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-01-17

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held III trust -.----.-. oOo,UOO w -. :.
Deduct amount paid by Commis-
sioners of the Sinking Fund dur
ing the year ending Nov. 30, 1872, 2,476.S26 90
Public Debt Nov. 30 1872. ...... s27, ,3o3, ,494 "a
Deduct assets in Sink ... .s
And cash balance in the I,4S2,455 81 goo .s..
Amount of assets and cash .s1O,Ts2,4 ,455 6l
Balance of public debt unprovided
which can be extinguished in ten years 10y
the annual payment of s16OO,GUO.
The rapid reduction of the State debt, and
the reduction of taxation, have gone hand
in hand throughout my entire administra-
ton, and have constituted marked portion
of its policy, attesting, at the same time, the
concurrence and wisdom of the Legislature,
and the fidelity of those who have been the
custodiaus of the funds.
During the past six years the current of
legislation has been steadily in favor of re-
duced taxation. Not only have numerous
local laws been enacted, exempting church
es, cemeteries, schools, hospitals, and other
institutions from taxation, but many general
laws of the same character have been passed.
l would recommend that the enrolment tax
upon private acts chartering Industrial COM
panies, and the bonus upon stock of such
companies when organized under general
laws be considered full equivalent to the
Commonwealth for the privileges of char
Uer; and that all State taxes upon capital
stock, net earnings and dividends of manu-
featuring, mining and Improvement com
panies, and all cooperative associations be
repealed.
The Governor urges the formation of &C.
ological corps TO continue the survey of our
States. The expense need not exceed S40,-
600 for the first years and would diminish
thereafter.
BY an act approved April L. 1872, estab-
fishing Bureau of Labor Statistics and
of Agriculture, the Governor was authoriz-
ed to appoint Commissioner of that depart
ment Accordingly Thomas G. Macdowell,
of Dauphin county, was appointed. Butthe
act does not appropriate any money to defray
the necessary expenses of the department
This the Governor recommends should be
done.
The Legislature has enacted that ga State
Treasurer shall be chosen 10y the qualified
electors of the State, at such times and for
such term of service as shall be prescribed
by law. The adoption of this amendment
will be officially proclaimed on the second
Tuesday of January, 1873, and will super
sede existing laws for the election of State
Treasurer.
Inasmuch as no provision seems to have
been made by law for filling this office, from
the first Monday in May next until an cleo
ton can be had by the people under the
amended constitution, l invite the attention
of the Legislature to this condition of the
subject.
A careful revision of our fundamental law
is imperatively demanded by the highest
considerations of public welfare and it is
confidently hoped the action of the Constitu-
uonaI Convention may be such as to meet
the just expectation of enlightened public
opinion.
The attention of the Legislature is again
invited to the Importance OF writs of error
in criminal cases.
From the report of the Superintendent it
appears that the number of children in the
State who do not attend school exceeds sew
enty-tive thousand. In Philadelphia, twelve
per cent. OF the children between the ages
of five and fifteen years DO not attend school.
OF the whole number registered as attend
ants, forty-six per cent. are absent from the
daily sessions. l recommend the adoption
of a compulsory system of education.
The Agricultural College has just closed
most prosperous year, the number of stu
dents being $50, which exceeds that of any
other year since the opening of the institu-
tion.
The organization of the National Guard
not yet disbanded consists of Is regiments
and battalions: comprising, with unat-
tached bodies, S23 companies, viz: 3 artil-
lery, cavalry and 3Oy infantry. The ag-
gregate OF enlisted men is 13, 566.
deservedly regarded the model prison in
which the Separate" or individual treat
ment' system of imprisonment is applied
and the annual reports of it's faithful Board
of Inspectors, embracing their observations
and Investigations, show that they have ele-
waited the subject Of crime punishment al
most to the dignity of a science.
l earnestly recommend the passage of an
act providing for compulsory vaccination,
which should have such penalties annexed
as would insure its undoubted enforcement.
also recommend an enactment establish
ing State Board of Health.
Should the Legislature concur with me
to the propriety of increasing the compensa-
ton of the Executive to 10,000 per annum,
recommend it be done prior to the 10th of
January, as on that day the period for which
my successor has been elected will begin.
Inc Governor pays just tribute to the
memory of General Meade, and says: I rec
ommend an appropriation for the erection of
a monument to his memory upon the battle
field of Gettysburg.
The applications for pardons during the
past year numbered l,437, about five for
every working day in the year OF these 90
were granted, less than five per cent of the
number applied for, and averaging about
one to each county.
Cnder the eleventh article of the Consti-
tuition, the State is prohibited from suI,scrib-
ing for stocks or lending its credit for any
other object than the payment of its own
debt, or for the purpose of military defence
But 1t can and should make such a special
donation TO thesCeutennial as would inspire
popular confidence
/ would recommend to your honorable
bodies to make sufficient appropriation for
the purpose of securing the erection of suit
able buildings for holding the exhibition to
Oo uliuer lho conITOl Ol the NaIlonal COM
mission in accordance with the act of Con-
gress.
L would further recommend that your
Committee on Federal Relations" consider
The propriety of asking Congress to make an
appropriation for such necessary expenses of
the National Commissioners as will enable
them I" work with efficiency
!h 70 -ernor closes with thanks to his
Cabil 'icers, and compliment to his
succe: or, feneral Har.ranft, who, he says,
Will /. thfu ly guard the honor and interests
OF the, tate.
Pr hbe;1 is said not to be the right