The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-16

Shows total collecte for fiscal year $500 62S 4s
The expenditures for all purposes from
reventes have beef
Under receivers. from December I. 1877,
Under S sirection 1e Of Boad Of Public 20
Der IL, 8 50, 4s5 40
Total expenses by Board of Public Works
and receivefs from December l, 1e7S.
to No*embet 10, 1878. AL 1874 SO
To which add amount reported rs ex-
pended by lessees, from NOV. 1910 Dec.
l. 5,564 "a
Tot expenditures for fiscal year..s147, 1853 81
Balance credit of works for fiscal S53 269 46
70 which NAV be added for water rents
due on November 1873, but uncOl- e;sti.3 4
lect at that 15,709. II
Net earnings 2s8 s7S IS
| As this is an important subject of legis1a.
| ton, the above statements are made to
show that the works, under, present man
agement, are. in safe conditi5t, and to
| assure the General Assembly that no haste
| is required in determining the final dis
| position that may be made of them, but
that full tiff1e for deliberation may be taken,
| without dettimeut to the interests of the
State. - a'sssr ~ }rrrs !a-..-
| The special attention of the General As
| sembly is called to that portion of the re-
port bearing on the system of paying the
wages of labor other than in lawful money,
and which system at your last session was
| sought to BE eradisated by the enactment
| of laws againt the payment of wages in
scrip, checks or orders not redeemable In
lawful MONEY.
among workmen should receive your
earnest consideration, and the recommends.
| tions of the Bureau of Labor Statistics that
| legislation should be had providing for the
i creation of Courts of Arbitration and Con-
ciliation, which would, without cost to the
State, be a ttieate of preventing many
/ strikes; and inatigiirate a, spirit Of fufbear-
ance and Consideration Between employer
and employee, deserve attention. ol Z
The annual report of the Boetd ef Di-
/ rectors of the Penitentiary is worthy your
careful consideration. 1t Hi1l appear from
this report that the excess of expenditures
i over the earnings for the first five months,
! during which the former administration had
control, amounted to s21 4e3 "a. Tnat for
the next seven months dnder the present
mai auagef1ent, instead 6f any excess over the
receipts, profit was realized of $3934 54,
by which the sum cohtfacted ana lost
dnring the first five months was reduced to
17,55S.70. The total cost for the first FIVE
months for current expenses, say for cloth
ing, provisions; tobacco, etc, was $51 1865 66 !;
for tae remaining seven months the current
expense for the same articles was S39, COY 40
the first Ave months averaging $40 275 513
) per month, and under present management,
4
. From the foregoing statement it is easy to
infer the successful financial management
, of the institution. -t-a; -s;.
: The sanitary condition of the prison is
E excellent, and tie s6ndact of the prisoners
s as shown by the record of discipline, mich
q improved, there being subjected to punsh.
: ment during the month of November, 1878
: !. one hundred, as against three hundred and
! thirty-fve during the same month in 1877
5 The entire number now incarcerated Is
q one thousand six hundred and thirty-three
q new State prison, eligibly located, il
q recommended, and district workshouses fOl
r the punishment of persons convicted O
! minor ofenses. - -aai2s
On Education, the Governor says: At {
Z number of conventions of the people
d called to consider the present condition
" of the schools, and their relation to thu
Il in our school law have been advocated
4 which shall give unity to the schools of tn
= townships by placing them under control o
IS Boards of Education, with the same power
10 as the Board of Education of village dis
', trict, and shall constitute the Presidents Q
er the Township Boards in County Board Q
!" Education, whose duty II shall be to emplo
), County Superintendent of Schools. 1t
;, doubtless true that any thing which tend
~ to the improvement of the schools of thos
P, districts where other educational agencie
p are SO few that shall furnish attraction
there, anu Alu IN stopping the uEllt ol tnte
prising men from 1untry to town, is wort
,f our most careful consid- ration. invit
- your attention to discussion of the gel
~ eral topic in the report soon to be laid b.
III fore you, OF the State Commissioner /,
ID Common Schools. sos g. HHi. 4- s..
er My attention has been called by the Tru
n tees of the Ohio State University to ii
In fact that the Legislature has at ditfereI
es times authorized the payment of the nece
4 sary and reasonable expenses OF the Boar
~, while in the discharge of their official d
:. ~ ties, but that no appropriations have bee
~ made for this purpose. 1t would also q
ok pear from an estimate of expenses for Il
n ensuing year, which the Board Is require
Il. by law to furnish, that the sum of SIS, ,5
ia is required for additional buildings, il
70 provements, and equipments of the m
y, chanical and physiological laboratory.
rs Allusion'is made thereto because, und
y, the law of Congress making the land gran
;ai no portion of the funds derived therefrC
ny can be used for such purposes, and II
IN quired for the satisfactory and 'successi
wO management of the University, must,
of that case, as in other State institutions,
on supplied from the Treasury of the Sta
"a Hitherto no appropriations to the Univ
hu \ sity have been made since its organizati'
SO excepting the sum of $4,000 to equip
lat school of mines and mining engineers; a
ter it may be said in support OF what is n
J in asked that, covering in its broad aud libe
re- instructions a necessity deeply felt by
,.o,, people at large in their various indnst,
Ivy pursuits, it's claims should receive
and cons ide rate action at YOUR hands.