The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-07
A NNUAL M E 8 8 Ac E
or Governor Thomas L. Young.

bearing interest. est................... 1866 % |
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Total funded debt bt,,............$6 &, ,479, sos 30
Since the 18th OF November, 1877, the balance
OF the loan OF 1878, 81, 700, has been redeemed,
30 that the funded deb6 now is S6,476,8J5 30.
The amount of reimbursable debt is
j9Iate ....',',,',.,.........,. 70 oOJ 81
Local' 39.32o,5 569 10
Total. s45, ,s0S,O74 40
Irreduciole debt. 423l 404 So
Aggregate debts In the State. $50, ,039, ,47S 90
Balance in Treasury Nov. Is. 1877. s9S7, ,OO9 81
Estimated deficit in Treasury Nov.
10, 1878. ......................... 29,>A 0s
The taxes levied in 1876, collectible
in 1877. were.,...... ........... $685., ,l85 n
The taxes levied in 1877. and COL
lectlDle in 1878, are. ........ ... 1885, ,749 50
l especially desire to renew the recon-
incubation OF my predecessor in conCurrmg
with the Auditor in his opinion that the Asy-
lum Fund should be merged into the General
Revenue Fund.
During the last two years the levy for State
taxes was reduced tWo-tenths of q mill from
the rate OF 1875, being at present two mills and
athe-tentnsi he IN yeW ,sy, oi the payment OF the
advised, and i'll order to meet the require
ments Of the Constitution aud Keep the
piighted faith OF the State, 1t will be necessary
to restore the levy to three and one-half mills
be materially reduced.
You are to be congratulated alike with the
citizens Of the State generally, in the acquisi-
ton OF the records from the United states
Land once at ChiIlicotha.
Tho lessees OF the public works. on the Let
day Of December ultimo abandoned them, and
refused to pay the rent. The Attorney General
brought suit therefor, which is now pending.
Two receivers, at compensation rot exceed
ing 50 per day each, were appointed by the
Court to collect rents and tolls and preserve
the works from immediate or threatened in
jury. They are to serve till the termination Of
the suit, or until the Court or the Legislature
otherwise direct, This subject relating to tho
public works"is commended ~ your careful
consideration. The lease Will expire during
the next General Assembly.
Another important subject to which your at.
tention is called is the question OF drainage,
The great. increase OF the value OF property,
Of the production Of all kinds OF cereals, the
consequent increase OF wealth and population,
and the preservation of the public health seem
to require liberal encouragement from every
county Of the State, from motives OF self inter-
est alone, to aid in the passage OF laws to pro-
vide for thorough system OF drainage in this
section Of the state; and il experience has
shown that local aid will not suffice, State aid
should be invoked by the appolntm .nt of COM
Detent engineers, and the issue OF bonds. the
ISSUE to be apportloned among the counties
benefited tU sue / an extent as to Bring into
immediate cultivation and settlement the
whole Of these vast tracts Of fertile lands now
almost worthless,
Our public schools are in very prosperous
condition. The Ohio school System is admired
and is being gradually adopted in many OF the
States OF this nation. Too much care anu en-
couragement can not be given to this great and
essential factor of states prosperity. Lib
eral legislation to perfect the system Of train
Ing teachers and to provide for more thorough
supervision Of our common schools is recon-
in nded.
Number Of teachers employed ...... g3003
Number OF pupils enrolled ....... T22,
Average monthly enrolment .... B5A9j3
Average daily attendance. ........... AS, ,lO0
Total value OF school property. .... Sal, l45, ,5W
Number OF sch0ol-hotses erected
during the year. ar.................... 43O
I he Soldiers and Sailors Home, at Xenia, is
in most fourishiUg conaitlon, and the chill
dren cared for there are very fortunate In hav-
ing such home provided by the State. The
Home contains about six hundred children.
The insane asylums were all visited and
found in excellent condition.
would also respectfully recommend lib
eral appropriation for the grading and drain
which, in my opinion, is the best conducted
and finest Institution Of lis kind on this Conti-
nent. During the past year it has been finished
and opened for patients. The annual report OF
the Board OF state Charities will be laid before
YOU, and earnestly commend 1t to your SD, cial
attention. 1t contains The results Of careful
exam nation OF the county jalls and lnfrmares
throughout the SJato, WIN suggestions as 10
the betterment of their condition.
The Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical COL
lege is also recommended to the interest and
attention Of the Assembly.
The report refers to the habit Of parties resi-
dent of West Virginia and Kentucky Of plac-
ing soines across The outlets Of ONO streams,
and thereby prevent mig yatory fishes from as
cendlng and deposltlnx their spawn to restock
said streams.
Ths Fish Commissioners have been very sue
aF,,l afn tao uE n nu
Maumee and Miami Rivers.
l commend this subject to syou, and re-
spectfully suggest that you pass resolution
memorial zng Congress to cnan2e the eastern
ant southern boundary Of our state so that it
shall be as follows, viz: Commencing at the
middle OF the Ohio River, at low-water, at the
poiuL where the Pennsylvania State boundary
line Crosses said OHIO River, thence along the
point of the Great Miami River, where it
touches or interseCts the indiana State line.
The message says that the National Guard
has done ex, client work In queillng last sum
mcr's strike.
In this connection L would respectfully
recommend that there should be appropriated
a sum not exceeding 100000 to be known as
the EMilitary Contingent Fund" to be drawn
from the treasury, on the voucher OF the Gov
ernor to meet such a public exigency as
threatened the State last summer, under such
restrictions in its use as your wisdom may de-
wise.
| am not OF tn0So WHO DellcFe tndC leglsla-
tion can regulate the relation between capital
and labor, except TO make additional safe
guards for the protection Of each interest in
its proper sphere.
Some law should be enacted to punish the
employers who issue, in payment for labor,
their scrip, payable at their own stores, known
as the "truck" system.
The message then proceeds to the matter Of
the revision of the statutes. The statutes OF
1875 are not completed The second part OF
the work, called civil, embracing private cor
porations, schools. roadO, etc, has received
much attention, but is not completed. What
remains to be done is th9 completion Of Part
Two, tho consolidation OF the whole into one
act, the annotation Of the work, with the de-
csions Of tho supreme Court and Supreme
Court Commission, and, probably, references
to the decisions of other courts the State, the
addition Of an analytical index, and the adop-
tion OF the entire work as one act by the Con
eral Assembly.
mpressod with the fact that the salary Of
the Judges OF the supreme Court is manfestly
Inadequate, call your attention, as my prete
cessors have done, to this important subject.
The salary 10 but 5000, while in New York it
is 1900, IN Ielnsy ivanta 81 .00J and In Massa-
chusetts, CaitfoGnia and every other state
4, ,;ca ain in rIfh inn,