The daily gazette., 1879-01-07

10 speedily supplying SuCh uefect5 ana
afording such additional remedies as will
more completely serve the ends of pub
lie justice and secure the safety of person
and property.
LEVY COURTs.
| Attention has boen directed to the mode
In which Levy Court appropriations are
drawn, iu some Instances, by ndividual
commissi oners who obtain the unrestrict-
ed control aud use of the entire aggregate
appropriations for their respective hum
drsds, without giving any form of sscur-
ity for thor safe and proper disburse-
ment. As such practices, II allowed to
become habitual, will, in time, lead to
grave abuses and serious public detri-
ment, they should be promptly discon-
tinued and their repetition etfectually in
hibited.
! BY careful provisions many wholesome
corrections may be male in present meth
ods of conducting public, municipal and
corporate duties, which could not fail
greatly to subserve the general welfare.
SUPERVISION.
deem it expedient to renew the re-
commentator contained In my last mes
sage, to which ! beg leave to refer, that
suitable provision shall be made by law
for the careful supervision of Insurance
Companies; and also to suggest that ap-
propiia supervision be applied to Saw
ings Banks, Trust Companies and such
other Corporations as may seem to re-
quire It,
STATISTICS.
From further experience Of the embar-
rassment arising from the impossiblity OF
properly answering the frequent applica-
tons to the Executive Department by
State and Federal authorities for infor
nation concerning Crimes, Paupers, Deaf,
Dumb, Blind and Insane, Assessments
aud Valuation Of Property, Taxation, 1n-
surance and Railroad Companies, Agri-
culture and kindred topics, because Of
the lack OF adequate provision under our
laws for the collection and preservation
of the necessary statistics, i feel constrai n
ed TO direct attention to the importance
of the subject, as presented in my last BIZ
ennial message, and again to urge that
some provision be made to supply a
need 30 seriously felt.
Much progress might be made in this
direction by adopting former sugges-
ton that it be made by law the duty. OF
particular officers to prepare, annually,
and file in the office Of the Secretary of
State, for public use, certain statistics of
the matters pertaining to their respective
offices. In this connection l would sug-
gest the propriety of obliging every In
surance Company and Savings Institution
to deposit with the Secretary Of State, in
4. = IL
number of the annual statements now re-
quired by law, for purposes Of general in
formation, aud for distribution among the
departments of other States.
, sTATh LIBRARY.
} Since the remodelling of the Capitol, a
large and commodious apartment has
, been approprl ated to the uses Of the State
: Library, which IL suitably furnished and
affords ample accommodation for the
many valuable books and publications
which had previously been excluded for
want of space, and also for such as have
. since been received.
l The number of volumes at present in
the Library il fourteen thousand four
hundred and fifty-seven; Of which four
: thousand SIX hundred and nine volumes
consist OF Reports OF decisions ofthe U nit
+, ed States and State Courts and other law
= publications, and nine Thousand eight
! hundred and forty-eight volumes OF Unit
) cd States and State Documents, Congress
3 sional and Legislative Journals and mis-
$ cellaneous works. The additions to the
Library are procured. chiefly, through
Q the medium OF State exchanges and the
q annual appropriation authorized by
i Joint Resolution OF March 8, 1865, to be
!, expended under the direction of the Chief
y Justice OF the State. 1t Is to be hoped
u that a collection so valuable shall be main
:, tained under the care of competent
= Librarian, in a proper state Of preserva-
l ton and convenience for reference, and
o its growth so carefully promoted that by
= constant accessions it may attain proper
tions commensurate to the public need.
;. CHARITIES.
. Humane provision has been made by
;, law for the care and educat on of the ill.,
. = digent deaf and dumb and the INDECENT
:. blind, and, also, for the supporC and pro-
a lection of the INDECENT insane and the
. destitute imheciie children of this State
!, A limited number of these beneficiaries
have been admitted, in conformity with
a our laws, , to institutions without the State,
: especially adapted to the care of such
!, afflicted persons, where they are under
a the charge of those skilled and exper-
y fenced in the treatment OF their intirmi
r ties. These laws have been in operation
= for several years, and the benevolent
Il purpose which inspired and framed them
u has fully secured their beneicent results
a The number now enjoying the advan-
a tages of the vari Gus institutions is as fol
lows:
~ / n the Pennsylvania Institution for the
=, Deaf and Dumb Observation-Disclosures.
:. In the Columbia Institution, w ashing-
,r ton, for the Deaf and Dumb. ..........
Ia In the Pennsylvania Institution for the
- Instruction of the Bind. ............
"a In the PENNSYLVANIA Training School
:, for Feeble minded Children.
n In the Pennsylvania Hospital for the
h Insane. .......,.............
10 | Total. l.............' ..'.......
al Showing a decrease within the last tw,
=. years of one imbecile, one blind, and fou
- deaf and dumb beneficiaries.
4 THE BOUNDARY QUESTION.
IA In my last M Message l gave succinc
to account of the origin and progress Of tn
"fshery controversy" between this Stat
and the State Of New Jersey, involving
the jurisdiction of the respective Stale
ey over that portion Of tho Delaware rive
of lying whiting "the compass or circle @
Vs. twelve miles about the town of New Cas-
he tle," to low water mark on the Now Jel
o. sey shore. This controversy, as thsrei
-, mentioned, arose out Of the enforcement
rs of our laws requiring license to nsh il
certain wators of this State, by the arres
10 of citizens of New jersey engaged i
.c- fishing within that portion of said riyei
es withing the twelve mile circle and in vic
ng latien of the provisions Of SAID laws. L
IA the course of my review of the subject
lis after relating that our exercise of juris
ne diction as Aforesaid was opposed by
of counter-claim ofjurisdiction on the par
.e- of New Jersey, over said portion of tn
rs river east of the middle line thereof,
It's showed that our differences could not b
lal settled without resort, by the State q