Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-14
A Few Features Of Governor
Hartranft's Message.


ument. The financial pane that has
visited the country 6rs, claims the at
tention OF His E1cellsncy. From the
question of the general financial dis
distress he gracefully glides 20 the con-
sidera,ion oi the finance Of The State,
and present.. the following statement:
Deb, redeemed during the year end
ing Nov. 30, lS73-consistlng Of six
per cent. loans, FIVE per cent. loans, and
Chanbersburg certificates - 81 .5O4,-
672.70. Receipts during the year end
ing Nov. 80, 1873, SS559,l7s ST.
Disbursements during the year ending
Nov. 80, 1873, S6,734 2757-cou-
slsting Of ordinary expenses, loans re-
deemed, and interest paid on loans
leaving balance in Treasury, Nov.
so, 1873. OF Sl,925,l ,l5l24.
The funded deot Of the State con-
sists Of six per cent. loans, FIVE per
cent loans, AID four and = half per
cent. loans, and In sum total amounts
to $25 500, ,9340l. The unfunded
debt of the State consists Of relief
notes in circulation, interest certificates
outstanding, interest certificates un-
claimed, domestic ere litors' certificates,
Chambcr,buIg certificates outstanding,
Cbsmbersburg certificates unclaimed,
which in sum total amounts to $l97. :
Ss7 90, which, when added TO the fund
ed debt, places the State Gcbt, Nov. 30,
1873, at S25, ,797, ,S2l94. There are
provIsioued for this debt 10 the Sinking
Faud, bonds of iLe Pennsylvania Rail.
road Company 5000. 10000, bond.
of the Allegheny Valley Railroad Com
panv 81, 800 10000, and cash II Tro4-
sur Sl.S25, ,l5l "A, ereatiag a total oil
sll OBS, 5l.o4. and leaving the State
indebtedness upprovided for at 2l4,-
, 7,S,670.70.
| The finances are further dwslt on Al
follows In 1874 the receipts from al
sources will be 81, 5000 less thar
the receipts OF 1878, while the e1pen-
ditures will not be diminished. Thi.
loss of revenue is largely due to the
repeal of taxes bearing heavily upor
| the industrial interests of the Common.
wealth, and partly &c :he pro.tratiou o.
business. The receipts la 1879 may bt
shout the same a. those Of 1874, bu,
the expenditures will be greater, owing
to The additional outlay necessary fol
schools, Legislature and Judiciary, un'
der the new Constitution, which viii
then be in full force. Notwithstsnd.
ing this enormous de crease in the re.
ceipts, and increase il, expenditures, il
is hoped aud believed, that by the mos
rigid economy in every branch of the
government and moderate appropria'
| til ms, the revenues IN the future will bt
sufficient to meet all the demands OF
the Treasury, aud leave q balance tt
reduce the indebtedness Of the State, Al
required By the Consn tuition.
The revenues OF the Sinking Fund
are reviewed. The Centennial celeb
ton is considered Of nitional impor.
tapce and preparation for 1t is urged.
His ExcelIency's conside ration Of the
new Constitution is in full as follows:
Pursuant to an act Of the Genera
Assembly, approved June =, A. D.
1871, the people, by a large majority
voted in favor of calling Convention
to amend the Constitution Of this Com
monwealth, and the General Assembly,
by an act approved April IL, 1872
provided for the calling Of the same
and 10 compliance with its provision,
the delegates elected thereto assembled
at the State Capitol, at Harrisburg, or
the second Tuesday of November, 1872
and adjourned s,ne die on Saturday, De
cember %, 1873. The Constitution
adopted by the Convention was sub
mitted to the qualified electors of the
Commonwealth, on the third Tuesday
o. December, 1878, and by certlfcat te
of the SAID convention, on file in the
office of the Secretary of .his Common
wealth, it appears 253.560 votes we're
given for, and 1O9 1913 votes against
the New Constitution.
In the schedule of the New Consti-
tuition it is provided that it shall take
effect on the drss day Of January, 1874
ln the act calling the Convention, it is
provided that the retsrns of the vote,
cast for and agains. the New Constitu-
ton, "sh.Il be opened, counted and
published as the returns for Governor
are now by Law counted aud published -
and when so ascertained and certified,
"the Governor shall declare by procla-
nation the result of the election" The
Constitution Of 1888, as we'll as the
New Constitution, provides that the
returns of every election fer Governor
shall be sealed up aud transmitted to
the seat of government, directed to the
President of the Senate, who shall open
and publish them in presence of the
members Of both Houses of the Gen
eral Assembly"
IT, C,nst,tut,oc.l fsou The