Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-01-11

Labor Statistics, will be found Of great value
| TO YOU for the information II will furnish yor
J Of the number Of mef and the amount Of cap
| ital employed In the various industries II ha'
| been possible TO hear from. The defects IL
the law, pointed out by the Commissioner
ought to be remeded by legislation, and es
pecially should some law be enacted to punisl
| the employers who issue, in payment for la
| bOr, their scrip, payable at their own stores
known as the truck system. "The laborel
is worthy Of his hire and the law shoult
compel the employer to pay him money which
is the legal tender Of the nation, so that he
may be enabled TO purchase hts necessary snp
| plies Of food and clothing wherever he pleases
REVISION OF THE STATUTES.
| In my inaugural message took occasion tC
speak Of the revision and consolidation of The
| general laws of the State. Further cOnsidera
ton of the matter is demanded, not only fol-
the reason that the present General Assembly
is largely composed OF gentlemen who were
not members OF the last legislature but be
cause of the great Importance of the subject
Previous to the year 1873 there had been siN
prOfessed revisions of the statutes. OF these
the most important were those of 1881 and
1853. All Of them were partial, and hence
necessarily imperfect as well as incomplete
In 1870 an act was passed az V. so, which
provided for a complete revision OF all the gen
eral laws of the state, and their consolidation
under proper titles and divisions, into one act
Hons. Michael A. Daugherty, Luther Day and
John w. Okey were appointed Commissioners
under the act, and entered upon their duties
April |, 1875, since which time the work has
been prosecuted without interruption, Hons.
John 5. Brassee and George b. Okey having
been appointed Commissioners in the place of
Luther Day, who is q member of the Supreme
Court Commission, and John w. Okey, who
has been elected a Judge of the Supreme Court.
The work has been divided into four parts.
The fourth part, embracing everything relat-
ing to crimes, punishments, and prisons, was
adopted at the last session Of the General As
sembly, and is printed in the seventy-fourth
volume Of the laws, and is found, ] believe,
to be entirely satisfactory The first part, con
tanning all the provisions wlheh are original
in their nature, embracing the organization of
the Legislative, executive, and judicial de-
partments, county officers, municipal corpora
tions, militia, elections taxation and other
important titles, is now in print, ready for
legislative action. The third part, remedial,
embracing the code of civil procedure, JUS
tices' act, Probate Code acts relating to eXecu-
tors and administrators wills, and other acts
relating to practice has been prepared, and is
now passing through the press. The remain
ing part (second), called civil, embracing
private corporations, schools, roads, etc, has
received much attention, but is not com
peted. What remains to be done is the COM
petion of part two, the consolidation of the
whole into one act the annexation of the
work, with the decisions of the Supreme
probably, references to the decisions of other
courts of the State, the addition of an analytic
index, and the adoption of the entire work as
one act by the General Assembly.
It will be impractcabe for the General As
sembly to act on the work as a whole at the
first session, but time will be saved by adopt
ing the titles relating to municipal corpora
tions, taxation, elections, militia, and, per-
haps, the part known as the Civil Code, for
when those titles take their place in the final
paN~ sufs 81, .N.,I
'quire very little further attention from the
Legislature. At the second session the whole
work can be passed as one act Hence, during
the existence of the present General Assem-
bly,, the people will be furnished with all the
statute laws, with the decisions of the highest
court thereon, in form at once cheap, sim
pie, convenient, accessible to all, and likely to
endure for generations without material
change. | recommend this work, in which
the whole people are largely interested, to
your fostering care and consideration.
SUPREME COURT JUDGES
Impressed with the fact that the salary of
the Judges of the Supreme Court is manifestly
inadequate, call your attention, as my pred
ecessors have done, to this important subject
The salary is but $1,000 while in New York it
is $1,000, in Pennsylvania $1,000, and in Mas
achusetts, California, and every other State
which approaches this in either wealth or i'm
portance il is double the amount paid in Ohio
The salaries of the Judges of the Superior
Court of Cincinnati, and the Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas in Hamilton County,
are much larger, and the salaries of many
county officers arc much more than twice
us large as the salary of the Judges
of our Supreme Court. That court
finally decides, every year, causes in
volving not only millions in property, but
the lives and liberties of some of our
citizen, and the labors of the office are
enormous. Is there either justice or econ
omy in the salary now paid! Judge after
Judge has resigned and many eminent lawyers
have declined, because of the meager salary.
Nor is it either just or sound argument to
say that able lawyers will accept Office at the
present salary. Lawyers of ample means may
be willing to serve for the honor, and Others
may be willing, for the same reason, to ac-
cept the Office at a sacrifice. But it is no
credit to the State that the Judges of our
Supreme Court, ordinarily, leave the bench
poorer than when they assembled to it, and far
less able to perform that active and severe
labor at the bar which it so essential to sue
cess. While 1t is to be regretted that such an
act cannot apply to Judges now in office, it
will apply to all who hereafter enter upon its
duties, and | cheerfully recommend the in
crease as Il simple act Of justice as well as one
of good policy.
CONCLUSION.
My official duties are nearly ended, while
yours are just commencing. | know you will
be guided solely by principle In all your acts,
looking only to the permanent good of the
State aud the development of her vast re-
sources.
Since my accession to the responsible office
of Chief Magistrate have cndeavored faith
fully to discharge the important duties contid-
ed TO me, and in this, my closing message, |
take pleasure in acknowledging, with sincere
thankfuness, the fidelity, honesty and indus
try with which the State officers who have
been associated with me have discharged
their duties. THOMAS l.. YOUNG.