Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-01-18

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GOVERNORS BRENNAN MESSAGE ! y :,
vrg..ae,ns. Of tie Ssnats snd Hosss of Repre-
% - The General Assembly having. at It's session
: elected. the distinguished citizen who then &C.
= cupted the Office 81 Governor to the Senate OF
j. the United States, that gentleman resigned the
vdofice to take effect February first 1877, where
upon its powers and duties deyolved upon my
self as the Lieutenant Governor. 1t therefore
= becomes my duty on this occasion, to cotnmuni-
( ncate to the General Assembly the condition OF
~ You assemble, under circumstances rather
more auspicfous than those which greeted your
81 predecessors, although the biennial term has
had its deep shadows as well as its bright side.
The State has been freer from the insect
- seourge during the term than for several pre-
81 vious years, and during the year just closed 1T
81 has almost entirely disappeared, let us hope
:. permanently. Except in some parts OF South
- eastern Iowa, the past year has been one OF
bountiful crops and wealth bringing harvests.
1"l ,si9Paq1 ~. FINANCES.
1.-THE reports Of the Auditor and Treasurer OF
State make, regret to say, very unsatisfac-
al tory showing Of the financial condition OF the
:; State. The fiscal term began with q balance
In the general revenue Of 80, 114.66 The re-
tneeipts ffit5 Che treasury during the term were
Is. Deducting the excess from the balance OF
a. two years ago, we have 1855 cash In general
TO r99ekhde.r IN the last biennial message of the
sn6SterA1f, he stated on the Auditors aathori
mdgFipg the term, & 9e2 % Of receipts, To- meet
s6yisa, kss a saSs6ss to Sc ulsd for special
purposes TEe apPrupr iAtionso made by the
f.smassj4 tothe s4telt Of nesrly $4,000 The
~ s IL fe q oas Ga 8ss wan van
10 r11ts 9Deddtting therefrom the cash on
n e2e7,z59 " which has since been increased up
III oas H sSSSa SIS @ 'fs sfs sa 500
IN Excess Of the limitation Of in
d,TAis is 10 condition Of affairs withouta paral-
&, lei in the history Of the commopwe alth At
the Close Of the previous term, the net hoating
.hdebt was iSDlS9O.s7 The Commonwealth
fought hot tol Get an example OF diatoriness IN
debtness that Of floating character IS the
most objectional. The uncertainty as to its
amount will invariably enter into any com
putation made by persons contracting for sup
g. plies, material, or labor with the State. To
remove the present difficulty, and to avert its
recurrence, I look upon as the most important
work that viii demand your attention. .'''l
IipT The funded debt of the state is comprised Of
- $500, 600 war and defense bonds bonds, due Ju
: ly,, 1851 and $243, 056 Is owing to the school
fund together drawing during the term, $685.
5H.16 interest. The interest paid on the float
3ihg debt for the same time was $40, 524 n, and
. hfron the LIST Of October last to the 18th inst,
:. inclusive, 1925, 375 more was, paid. Several
thousand dollars should also be added to the
states expenditures by reason Of discount
paid BY the various institutions, on state war
-irAntsa srien a!l 20 sfljj 4dt 1Bdt h.il,
The Auditor, estimates the receipts Of the
tenn now begun at s., 09s, 900, and the expepd
iturvesF Tor purposes contemplated by existing
statutes at 81, $50 the excess of receipts be-
ing $346, $40 only triffe more than the sum Of
the Outstanding warrants, The legislature
at almost every session finds it necessary to
Increase to q greater Or less extent the ordi-
s1Ydfy expenditures of the State; and II is not
improbable ybualso will find such action neces-
-,aqg. THE amounts thus voted will doubtless
Resent tax Jew sOf course, If ithe genepal
assembly shall deetn that no new public build
nduixe DE Commenced, nor greater acceleraticnbe
-,tsiven TO the completion Of those, nov in, pro
cess Of erection. the anticipated revenues Of
the present term will perhaps be sufficient for
IN The ordinary and restabltshed purposes
INF tbs State Government; as we'll as to meet dts
ON warrants must continue TO be paid for sew
era months to come. But am Of the opinion
sSke general assembly will not be satisfied that
1.-The States interests are to be subserved by a
failure to make suitable appropriations for the
erection and completion of, needed public
buildings and for the maintenance OF, our char
table and educational institutions II such be
the case, means must beiproyided to meet the
lied, and this can only, be done by an increased
levy, or By borrowing money. The latter
fwonld Seem to be out out OF the question TN
It'll at beast the debt shall have been brought
within the constitutional limitation. In my
Judgement experience has shown that the re-
duction OF the maximum amount OF the State
levy, TO two mills, made by the Code was an
befror The receipts from the tax levy at this
rate, with interest on taxes will fall at least
fifty thousand dollars short Of meeting the or
binary expenses of the State, including the an
n,Ial appropriation for the new capitol, leaving
the ether sources of revenue--the insurance,
thetaxes, the insane dues, the fees &c, to make
up the balance, and meet additional expendf
lures the State may undertake.
81 The receipts from these items during the past
two years, aggregated 1923 ,42l 49, The gem
'eral assembly has for seye G years approPrl
sum. Prior to the adoption of the Code, the
two and a-half mills did not much more than
meet all demands after the expenses OF the war
had been reimbursed to the State am clear
yof the. opinion that the maximum rate
should be increased; and that it ought also to
be sufficiently high to permit Of at least half
mill more for the levy immediately preceding
the legislative session, than for the other Of the
I Observe tat our sister State Of Illinois adj
iustS It's 1evieS so tasi to raise one third more
revenue Cor The Legislative year than Ton the
other year bflthe term In our own State, the
sdsss Sse ana 5 sssdsGa ana fS Sa sS R
appropriations made to be paid immediately,
would absorb almost not quite all of such
additional ratssT9Ibl sGnof
closing tie hhancis cchasn before Us, which ID
"a fhcrease TIC gff6ss valuation BY Legislative
hcee lThat the present is far below the real
yalsstion is manifest. Were it doubled IT
would tfspresent T. not more than the truth, taxi
hafid, there IRE pafEs of the State where the