Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-01-11

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essary; the per capita allow
ance of two hundred dollars
per annum to the pupils of the
State is ample for the support
Of these schools.
IMMIGRATION.
l submit the report of the
Commissioner of Immigration.
The resources and advantages
offered by Tennessee to the inn
migrant and to the capitalist
have been generally and very
inteIligently advertised during
the past two years, resulting in
the investment Of u large amount
of money III our State; many
immigrants have been induced
to come to the State; they are
generally people of substance,
who have been attracted by its
fertile soil and genial climate.
The people have co-operatcd
with the State officials in en-
couraging immigration, and
their own peaceful and hospi-
table disposition has furnished
the argument and the induce
mcnt TO come to Tennessee.
| recommend the repeal Of
the act appropriating two thou
sand dollars 10 tie Bureau of
immigration, and the passage
Of ali act requiring the Com
missioner Of Agriculture, Sta
tistics and Mines to perform
the duties Of Commissioner Of
Immigration, without addition
al compensation.
APPROPRIATIONS.
| renew the folio wing recon-
mediation made to your predeces
sors: "Comptroller Burch, in bis
report to my predecessor, calls at
tention to the requirements of the
Constitution, that money shall on.
Ily be drawn from the treasury in
Consequences Of appropriations
made by law: Constitution, Art
2. sec "a; and also to the require
ment of the Code, that the Comp
troller shall, at stated times, re-
port the unexpended balances OF
the several appropriations Not
withstanding this provision In the
Constitution, with a Legislative
construction clearly indicated in
the Code, it is believed that spe
cific appropriations are the excep
ton, and that for many years the
Ipablic moneys have been expend
ed without the auth rity cOntem
plated by the Constitution. If
that instrument is regarded ard
estimates required from the Exec
utive officers, the Legislature i:
enabled to see what amounts may
be necessary, and can place L
check upon expenditures by pres
criLing limit beyond which they
81 all not 60. The mere fact that
an appropriation is to be made re
quires investigation of the amount
necessary to be set apart for the
purpose, and promotes inquiry in
to former as we'll as present ex-
penditures, while the system now
practiced does nothing to insure
a faithful performance Of this i'm
portant duty. Under the present
system the Comptroller complain.
of the extent of the discretion
practically left to him. He is &c
examine and adjust all accounts
and claims against the State
which are by law to be paid out
of the treasury: Code 207, 8. s. l
With proper system nothing
could be the subject Of warran,
but such as had been included in
some appropriation made by law u
The Supreme Court declared
"lhat an Indebtedness of the State
fixed and recognized by law, was
was payable out of the treasury
without specific appropriation. "
Still it is the duty of the Gen.
eral Assembly to make specific ap.
preparations for The various pur-
poses Of the State, and relieve the
Comptroller Of the Treasury Of
the discretion now necessarily eX
ercisPd by him.
CONVENTIONAL INTEREST.
! | recommend the repeal Of the
law authorizing a conventional
rate of interest as high as ten per
cent the law has failed to meet
a single promise OF its friends, and
its repeal is very generally de-
manded by the people of the
State.
! THE PENTTENTIARY.
The act Of the Legislature, ap.
proved March %, 1875, provided
Tor a lease of the State prison
and labor of the convic's for a pc.