The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-19

acter, | commend it to your fostering
care, but in saying this / do not wish to
be understood as endorsing the recom'
mendation Of the President to establish
two additional Chairs-one OF Law, the
other Of Anatomy. The appropriations
desired amount to 81, 46l.O6, This In
cludes $50, 220.l5 needed for the compile
ton Of the new hall.
PESITESIARY,
In some OF the States, the penltentia-
ries are source Of revenue, but with US
the cost Of maintaining and guarding the
coRvicts has been an important Item in
appropriation bills. Recently, however,
the Board OF Directors have inaugurated
measures to make the labor produce some
valuable returns, and although as yet the
results are not very large, they neverthe-
less deserve special commentator for
what they have accomplished. They
hope in short time tn make the peni-
Tertiary self-sgstaining. Some Of the
coRyicts have been employed by the oIii-
GERS in manufacturing, while others have
been hired to n contractor, But the
Board say that at has been successfully
demonstrated at the prisons Of several Of
the older States that the system OF letting
the labor Of the convicts to manufacture
ing contractors is the surest and most re-
liable way Of rendering this labor a
source Of revenue to the State" / fully
concur with the Board in this opinion.
The Board ask for an appropriation Of
Sl0,Gls,S6 for support Of cOnvictS, pay OF
guards and salary Of officers for the cur
rent fiscal year, and $4,000 for same
purposes for the next year. They also
desire an appropriation Of S25,06O for
the construction Of the north cell build
ing, work shops and water works, While
it Is desirable that this request be
granted, yet for reasons before stated, |
lear it cannot be done this year, but the
revenue for the next fiscal year may per.
nit It, The reports Of the Board cover
ing the last two years will be laid before
you.
LAWS REQUIRING AMENDMENT.
| shall not attempt to refer to oil the
laws that seem to need amendment, but
shall speak Of the more prominent, ]
come TO the election law first, which 10 OF
primary importance:
The present law authorizes the county
court to appoint commissioners Of cleo
ton. This would seem the proper plan,
were It not for the provision Of the Con-
stitution declaring that "the Legislature
shall not confer upon any court or judge
the power Of appointment to Office, fur
ther than the same is herCinbGfore pro.
vided for" The difficulty can perhaps
be best met by bcstowing this power upon
tho president Of the county court, and In
Ohio county, upon tho Board Of Commits
sioners. The president Of the county
court Is not Judge, nor Is he invested
with judicial powers except when sitting
as one Of the county court.
This law further provides, that the
commissioners Of election ut the court
house shall ascertain the result Of cleo
tiOns, but they are not required to keep
any record OF their proceedings. There
fore, II the certificates issued should be
lost or destroyed, there would be no evil
dence OF the election Of officers, and no
possible means for supplying this evil
dence. In any event, however, there
ought to be permanent record showing
the result Of ouch election IN u county.
This would constitute evidence of the
election OF county and district officers,
and would afford the means OF issuing
new certificates in case any were lost IN
the course Of transmission to the seat Of
government. III addition 10 this, these
commissioners, or the clerk Of the county
court, ought to be required to certify
list Of ali county officers TO the Secretary
Of State. The official character Of these
officers must sometimes be certified by
tho Governor, or Secretary Of State, for
,lst in other States or foreign countries,
hence the necessity Of having an authen.
tic list OIL file in the office Of the Secre.
tary Of State. Again, the the thirty
sixth section OF the election law requires
"ihe commissioners authorized by the
treaty.Sennh section Of this act" to sign
and Issue certificates Of election. This
WIS evidently u clerical error, the
tweRiy.niah was without doubt intended,
but 4 is M error which may be fruitful
in mischief, for no commissioners are re-
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