The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-12


On the 10Th day Of November, 1880,
the public funded debt of the
State was. Ut, ,476,ooo W
The following redemptions have
been made since that date. by cash a.
payments and the cancellation Of .
State certificates, as follows
Loan payable July 1,
1868, not bearing in
terest ..........$ 1850 90
Loan payable after -....
June 80, 1881 bear
ing per cent. in ,-.t
terest.. ............. 1,27Z,64O 3O
Total payments. ts..................$1,27 81 ,275, 140 80
Total outstanding July 1, 1881. S., POI, ,665 90
The Sixty fourth General Assembly author
lied the fund Commissioners to place loan OF
%, S00,0 900, bearing date July l, 1882, with in
terest at per cent, payable seml-annually,
and maturing in installments as per statement
below.
The loan was placed at premium of $105.-
600, thus securing it at a rate OF interest OF
about 1-10 per cent.
The fact that this loan was secured at rate
of interest less than has yet been paid by any
State, or by the United States, attests the high
financial standing of the State.
The loan was applied to the payment of
like amount of State certificates, which, with
81, 275, ,140. 80 from the Sinking Fund, paid and
cancelled $4,075, 140.30 of funded debt due
July 1.
Net increase of local debts from last year,
80, 816, 35507. . ...
There is a decrease in the Funded Debt of
the State from last year of $1,275, 140.30 and
an increase Of the Irreducible Debt of $685.
1856
ADJUTANT GENERAL. N
The report of the Adjutant General shows
the present force of the Ohio National Guard
to consist of ninety-three companies of in
fantry, two troops of cavalry, and nine batter
les Of light artillery, and total number of
men, including officers. of 1908, being reduc-
ton of 698 during the year.
Your attention is especially called to the rec
ommendation of the Adjutant General in re-
gard to uniforms for the National Guard.
The improvement in the general tone, SOL
dierly bearing, and efficiency of the militia of
the State, noticed in my last annual message,
continues in a marked degree.
On the 18th of September, last, Ohio was
called to mourn the death of her honored son,
the late President. The State House was un-
der the direction Of the Adjutant General, ap-
propriately draped in mourning. An apprO-
priation of 1886. Al is recommended to pay for
labor and materials employed in draping the
| building.
During the year q settlement of the ordnance
| account of the State with the General Govern
| ment has been made, to the great advantage Of
| the former. Prior to this settlement the State
! was nominally indebted to the General Govern
| ment. on account of ordnance, in the sum of
| S25, 1883. This sum has been fully liqui-
dated, and the State credited, in addition
thereto, with the sum Of $91, ,0O6.57.
As result of this settlement the infantry
| of the National Guard have been supplied with
improved breech-loading rifles four new three
inch rifed wrought-iron guns have been sup
piled, together with the cavalry, soon will be,
| with new and improved arms and equipments.
The agent of the State employed to aid the
Adjutant General in the settlement of war
claims against the General Government, has
succeeded in obtaining an allowance of S67,-
| 674, and the Secretary OF the Treasury has re-
ported this award to Congress for sppropria-
| ton for its payment. 1t is confidently believed
that, during the year, the greater part of the
amount yet due the State will be satisfactorily
| adjusted.
| By the report of the Board of Public Works
we learn that their gross receipts for the fiscal
year amount to $259. 10637; expenditures,
$213, 705.97; net gains $45, 400.40.
Since the report was submitted the Assistant
Clerk of the Board has been discovered in the
| preparation of forgeries, false entries, and
| other dishonest practices, extending over the
time since the State assumed control Of the
| Public Works. The Board, assisted by the
Auditor of State. are conducting thorough
investigation, and the result, up to the present,
indicates loss to the State Of from ten to
fifteen thousand dollars.
While the investigation now in progress
|
recommend the appointment Of committee
by the General Assembly, with full power to
make thorough inspection Of the accounts
and transactions Of the Board. In this recon-
mendation the Board concur. ~ mt
| PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
The Board of State Charities in their annual
report, have given in detail the condition Of the
| several public institutions, which report shows
decided progress in the excellence Of their
management during the year.
The total population of insane persons in the
State is estimated at about 5000. OF this
number about ], 400 may be cassed as chronic
insane, and about 600 as epileptics. OF the
total number, 528 are cared for in the asylums,
leaving q population of about 2, ,5G1 including
epileptics, not cared for by the State.
The Constitution makes it the duty of the
State to "foster and support institutions for
the benefit of the insane, blind and deaf and
dumb" --'-
From the foregoing statement it will be seen
that there are about twenty-five hundred insane
people for whom it is your duty to provide.
The recommendation in my last annual mes
sage, to provide by law for uniform system OF
keeping the accounts of the public institutions,
is renewed with the addition that the money
receipts of every institution, from whatever
General Assembly, should be reported to the
Auditor of State, and paid into the Treasury to
the credit of the General Revenue Fund.
INSTITUTION FOR FEEBLE MINDED YOUTH.
On the morning of the 18th of November
last the main building Of this Institution was
destroyed by fire, involving Q loss of probably
$25O0O0. The large appropriation that will be
necessary to replace the destroyed building
naturally calls up the question of the future
} character Of this institution. 1t is quite evi-
dent that the subject ought to and will receive
your careful cons. deration.
The Board of Trustees and Superintendents,
while insisting upon the maintenance of the
present institution with its educational features
fully preserved, favor the addition of an insti-
tuition for the custodial care of the idiotic pop
ulation of the State.
} The Superintendent is strongly of the opin-
ion that, with sufficient lands for cultivation.
such an institution can be made more than
self-sustaining. .. ..
INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUNE.
This institution is so much embarrassed fol
want Of the necessary room to care for its in
mates as to Justify its Board Of Trustees and
Superintendent in calling attention to its needs
in this direction. They recommend the estab.
lishment of three primary schools for the edu
cation Of the deaf and dumb, in different parts
Of the State, each large enough to accommo
date from seventy-fve to one hundred pupils
This institution ia purely educational, and Il
would seem that the less than six hundred OF
: deaf and dumb children OF school age in the
State ought to be accommodated under single
superindency. lsr. .- 81
PENITENTIARY.
The management OF this institution has been
satisfactory The discipline Is excellent, econ
omy and care have beea observed, and thu
, receipts exceed the expenditures ~, 9SS. 40
!, being the first showing Of profit in its manage
|, ment for many years.
! The subject OF this wise employment Of con
vict labor deserves attention.
That the convict must be employed, ant
compelled to perform some kind Of uaefu
work, both for his own good aud the benefit o
D the State, is . proposition too clear to noet
, adopted2 The answer depends upon the resul
, sought Snail the State seek only to make tn
prison source of revenue? Or shall 1t adop
!, the humane, and what in the end, Is the wise
! policy, that looks to reformation, and tn
7 restoration Of the criminal to society as nj
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