The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-01-09

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the Ohio river and the principal
I streams which feed it, so far as that
/ is possible. This commission has
/ had frequent meetings, and is delegat-
| ed to it. No appropriation has here
tofOre been made to defray the ex-
! penses of the Ohio commissioners.
Your attention is invited to the pro-
priety OF some proper and reasonable
I provision.
You are also requested 10 unite with
the commissioners in their memorial
asking Congress TO give the subject
such consideration, and to take such
action, as a matter of great national
Importance demands.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Great preparations are being made
for celebrating the one hundTedth an
niversary of our National Independ-
ence, in 1876. The Congress Of the
United States has by legal enactment
constituted National Board Of Com
missiOners and 8 Board EOf Finance,
composed of cOrpOrators from each OF
the several States and Territories.
10 make this celebration cTeditable,
as the occasion demands, II must be
brought home to the LeaFts
Of the people. All should in
some way contribute to its success.
As we remember what marvellous
blessings have followed the Deelara-
ton of 1776, it is eminently fitting
that we should give expression to our
appreciation and our gratitude.
The General Assembly of Ohio is,
therefore, respectfully requested TO CO.
operate with the Congress of the ma
ton in making the necessary prepa-
tiOns.
MANNER OF LISTING PROPERTY FOR
TAXATION.
The laws now in force governing
the matter of listing property for tax
alton are thought by many business
men to be defective, Inasmuch as
they afford opportunity, for those dis
posed to avail themselves of it, to
avoid their fair proportion of the pub
lie burdens. II merchants and man
ufacturers were taxed upon sales,
rather than upon the monthly aver
age value of all merchandise owned
and held' by them, it is claimed there
would be a more equitable distribu-
ton of taxation. And it ought not to
W BOooADAEf a. 10 AAON H. ADL DLAkhAc
bankers to do a very large business
and yet only pay taxes on Office furni-
ture. This subject IS worthy of your
attention.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
Complaint is made that the law
now in force, passed March u, 1872,
creating and regulating the Insurance
Department, is unnecessarily severe in
| its operation upon the insurance COM
panies of the State. Section 8 of the
law makes it the duty of the Superin.
tendent, in case the net asserts Of any
company are reduced more than
/ twenty per cent, to require OF the
officers thai they direct the stOekhold-
ers to pay in the amount of the def
cheney within such period as he may
designate In his requisitiOn. Section
II makes it unlawful for such eOmDa-
| ny to issue any new policies or trans
act any new business after the Super
intendent shall have issued his re-
quisitiOn.
The amendment suggested by the
Superintendent of Insurance is that it
shall be lawful for a company to con-
tinue business for reasonable time,
say twenty days, after service of the
requisition, providing its impairment
shall not exceed fifty per cent. The
Commissioner very properly says:
"This would give such company a
chance to recover while it has some
vitality. Suspending its business
during the time indicated in the Te-
QUESTION destroys confidence, and
renders it almost impossible to re-
sumo again to any profit"
Considering the unparalleled mis-
fortunes which have oppressed insur-
ance companies within the past year,
the suggestion Of the Superintendent
Of Insurance would seem TO have
great force.
PROTECTION OF MINERS.
A law was enacted at your last ses-
sion, intended for the protection of
miners, which, among other things,
provides that there shall be two OPEN
ings for each mine, whenever thirty
thousand yards OF coal shall have
been cut. It Is thought that expeF-
ience has demonstrated the necessity
for two openings long before the ex-
eavation Of thirty thousand yards.
And even If the law should remain as
it now Is, In all other respects, 10
would be well to provide for authorl-
Zed official inspection; otherwise the
law will be, for the most part, inopeF-
alive. An intelligent practical miner
very truthfully says: Underground
operations are far removed from the
reach Of public vigilance and investi-
cation. SubterTanean dangers are
perpetually recurring and are various,
requiring frequent inspection by we'll
informed, practical and scientific
men. Every mining nation on the
globe has found it necessary, In the
development of subterFanean treas
uFes, TO provide for official supervl-
sion in the interest Of the under
ground people,"
Mining Is and long will be an i'm
pOrtant branch of our industry. La
bOrers in mines should have ell pOssi-
BILE protection. You are therefore
asked 70 consider II the present law
can not be made more perfect and ef-
fective.
RY OF STATE.
The Secretary Of State makes many
valuable suggestions in his annual re-
port, and very properly recommends
the cOdiflcntiOn and revision OF laws
creating and regulating corporate
companies, and defining the duties Of
Secretary of State, and an amend
ment of the law which preseribes the
manner OF forwarding election returns,
and the time and manner Of counting
the vote. You are referred 70 the
Secretary's report for full statement
Of the objections to present statutes.
AsYLUMS FOR RDEAFASD DUNE, BLIND
AND IMBECILES.
The charitable institutions Of the
State, not already referred tO-the
Asylums for the Deaf and Dumb, for
the Blind, and for the I'm beciIe Youth
under able, efficient and faithful
management, have opened q new
world to hundreds Of boys ard girls
with whom nature seems 70 have
dealt severely. Lives otherwise bar
ren and cheerless, have, through the
agency Of these institutions, been rem
dered useful and happy. The liber-
allty Of the State, and the kindly ser
vices Of superintendents and teachers,
have lifted heavy burdens from the
shoulders Of the unfortunate and needy
For details Of great interest, you are
referred TO the official reports Of the
several Asylums, already transmitted.
SUFFERERS BY THE BUNING OF SEW-
BURGH ASYLUM.
A memorial has been filed in the
Executive Office by the Trustees Of
the township of Newburgh, CuyahO-
ga county, Ohio, praying that the
Legislature be requested TO make an
appropriation on behalf Of the families
OF certain persons killed when the
Northern Lunatie Asylum was des-
troyed by fire, and to defray expenses
Of medical attendance, nursing, &c,
for sOme who were severely Injured
but not killed.
It Is well known that q number Of
persons lost their lives, and that 9TH
ers were disabled, while attempting to
save the property Of the State and the
lives Of our insane people. Great
hardship and suffering have resulted
from their generous and self-saeritle-
ing conduct. Il would seem 10 be
right that the cases Of greatest neees-
sity should be relieved by liberal pro-
vision. Some who suffered, and the
friends OF some who died, ask nothing