The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-08-07

Mr.. Henry >. BaDltt, cnleI CLERK
in the Auditors Office, answered
our communication, endorsing the
following statement as setting forth
the facts on the subject as nearly
as can be estimated:
STATEMENT.
There is no apparent reason for
any necessary difference in the
cost to the State of administering
the State government under the pro-
posed Constitution and under the
present one, except as to the judi
cary, the public institutions, and per
haps, the legislature.
In these respects there will be
some increase, but just what would
depend upon legislation. 1t can
however be approximated by com
parison.
JUDICIARY.
Under the New Constitution there
would be four Common Pleas and
two Superior Judges less than at
present making a saving in salaries
of $4,000, on this amount (one
Superior Judge gets about 81, 500
from the State.
Estimating the salaries of the
circuit judges (21) at $4,000 (which
is 81, 900 less than proposed for the
supreme Judges and $4,000 less
than the common pleas of Hamilton
and Cuyahoga counties reeeive) J,
they will amount to $4,000.
The salaries of the commission
(present Supreme Court will be in
the aggregate $4,000, for three
years. Ifto this we add the increase
in the salaries of the supreme judges
$4,000 each, in all $4,000, and
from the aggregate increase there be
deducted the saving on account of
the common pleas court, we have
the total increase of the judiciary an
nually for three years, and as often
and long as the commission should
be ordered and continued, 100000
When the commission should not
be sitting lit may be ordered every
ten years for a term of two years.,
that sum would be reduced $4,000
making the increased annual cost
$4,000.
Necessarily this calculation as
sumes that the standard of judicial
salaries designated in the New Con
stitution ($5,O0O for superior Judges
would be maintained, and takes no
account of the fact that under Ell
ther constitution salaries and the
number of Judges may be changed.
LEGISLATURE.
On an average there would be
twelve members of the legislature
more than at present. The average
pay of a member of the legislature
for some years past has been 5000.
On this account therefore there
would be an increase annually of
81, 200.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Article VII section 3, provides that
the primitive ana reformatory insti-
tutions "shall be a penitentiary
house of discipline and a penitentia-
ry"-the "house of discipline" being |
added to those already existing.
The cost of establishing this in
the cost of purchasing site,
erecting buildings &C., can only be
by comparison with the
cost of establishing and providing
buildings for other State institu-
ions. If its cost be a mean between
hat of the penitentiary and the boy
'eform school it would amount to
Utmost 100000. The average cost
If erecting the State asylum, and
,rphan's home buildings has been
bout that sum.
As this is to be one of the fixed
,ublic institutions and its buildings
constructed with a view
o the confinement of criminals, the
tructure should be of the best ma ,
erial and put up in the most durable
manner.
The cost from first to last Of such t