Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-01-21
MESSAGE OF GOV. JACKSON.

of this State, which was delivered To the
General Assembly on Wednesday OF last
week, discusses tersely but pointedly the
chief topics with which the Legislature
will b. called upon to deal. The financial
condition of the State, which is the sub
iect upon which the Governor naturally
first touches, while containing nothing of
an alarming nature, serves TO point
moral to legislators in and out of West
Virginia. AT its last session the Legisla-
ture appropriated to be paid out OF the
treasury during the year The sum of SILL
52l .45, which was i'll excess OF the estl-
mated receipts, and neccssitated the Dor
rowing OF $50 900 to meet the obligationsof
the state. The actual receipts paid into
the treasury during the year, with the
balance on hand at the end of the previous
wear, were 1858, al PC, while the amount
appropriated was $444 ,52l 40, thus making
AN excess of appropriations over the
amount i'm the treasury of ISL ,3SO.l9.
Only $ll3, .02 was, however, actually
disburSed on account of appropriations,
creating a deficiency OF 500, 6l9.76. In the
light of these figures the Governor Is JUS
titled in rci,erating the suggestion THAT
great cane should be exercised In fixing
The appropriations"
The State Hospital for the Insane is re-
ported rs in good condition, the highest
number of inmates during the past year
being go and the lowest 5l4. The eXpen-
diturcS of the hospital for the last fiscal
wear, including furnishing, repairs, &c,
were $50, 960. 90, but for the present year
800, 900 is asked, the increased amount
required arising from the increase i'll pa
tientS and the greater cost of living. Tie
institution for the deaf, dumb and blind
i, also widening the field of its useful
ness, the number of pupils enrolled during
the current session being l2O, and the in
stitutiom being taxed 10 its utmost capacity.
Two colored children have applied for adj
mission, but as il has been the policy of
the State not to educate white and colOred
pupils together in its public schools, and
as the Governor thinks the number OF col
ored applicants for admission will be
small, he recommends that provision for
The present should be made for this class
i'm similar institutions outside ofthe State.
The normal schools make Il satisfactory
exhibit for the past year, 53S pupils
having been enrolled and 80 graduated,
and the public schools show rapid and
gratifying progress. The total value OF
school property for 1881 was 81 ,743, 929.34,
the whole number of schOOl-hOuscs 3,IO3,
whole number of schools 1915, number of
teachers 1927, total numberof children Ill
the State between six and twenty-one
2l3,44l, number attending school during
the wear Ill 1872, average daily attendance
4,07S, total expenditures for all purposes
during the year {775,032.l7. The State
University is in most healthy and pros
porous condition, the attendance during
The past session being lG2, a larger num-
Der than N any time for ten years. The
estimated expenses of the Institution for
the current year are $23,GOO, SlG,oODof
this amount being paid for salaries. TO
reduce the expenditure Us far rs practica-
hle the Governor recommends the ab0-
lition of the office OF president and vice
president, and concurs III the suggestion
To- enlarge the professional schools so as
10 enable the university TO graduate stu
dents in law and medicine.
Attention is called to the importance of
providing means 10 carry out the law ere
ating State board of health, and to the
necessity of defining more explicitly what
drugs country merchants are authorized
10 sell.
Reference is made to the UnOrganized
condition of the militia, and the Leglsla-
ture is rcqucSted to enact laws looking to
the organization and equipmentof volun-
teer companies, so that in future cmergeE-
cies the State may be able TO uphold its
own authority without Federal aid.
In regard to the ante-war debt the Gov
crnor declares that after careful consider
alton he "concurs in the conclusion of the
Senate committee in its report made on
the 22d of December, 1873, TO that branch
of the Legislature, that West Virginia
owes no debt has no bonds for sale, and
asks no credit"
Recent frauds praoticed upon persons
i'm the North and elsewhere in regard TO
West Virginia in land titles are comment
eel upon, and the Legislature is invited to
pass an act 10 appOint commission In
counties " here land is claimed to be held
under titles from Virginia, and to inves-
tigate and report upon the subject.
The Governor gives brief history OF
the progress made by the joint commits
sion appointed TO examine as to the true
location of the monuments marking the
boundary line between West Virginia and
Pennsylvania, and requests further APP
preparation To enable the commissioners TO
continue their labors,
In conclusion Gov. Jackson invites at
tcmtion to the graveyard insurance COM
panies which, he fears, after being eX-
PEELED from Pennsylvania, may seek TO or
yaniZe under the liberal corporation laws
of West Virginia, some of them having
already attempted to do so, and recon-
mendS that the corporation laws be so
amended as to prohibit this class of COM
paues from obtaining certificates of in
corporation and the enactment of suitable
penalties against those who attempt to
carry on the business.
Tic message, upon the whole, is an able
document, and to the point, and full of
practical suggestions and recommends
lions, sound and logical. The increased
growth of the business of our State needs
only live legislation to make it what ma
;ure intended it should be, the wealthiest
and healthiest State in the Union.
cB ANOTHER MINISTER PoUSDED.-On
Saturday evening last, after inviting the
minister and his femily to take tea, by Il
family in town, large number of the