Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-01-06

| moved from tho state. lro many moro years
olnpsc, nll will bo gone by whose tcsto'T no AN
| lishcd II of tho highest importance tne,e,
| fore, that you mako provision without uclny lvI
the talking Of OH evidence ana inc naGE c o' ,ho
boundaries OF oil canals, thcir Dnsins, Iobo,,
| vors canal lands lots. etc, and 10 reclaim ail
| the property OF tho state which may have @ peon
| subjected 10 private use, and for the mailing
and keeping OF an accurate record oil MI suoh
| property. ...,,.,,.- ~
| general system common to nll the departments
and institutions for tho kooping of
| puDttC ACCOUNTS. .-
Each depnrtment and each institution Rceps
| ita accounts in It's own way. This leads 10 NUN
| confusion and makes It Impossible IN many IN
stances to fairly Institute comparison. petWooa
| the different departments aud institutions ana
| what is true ns 10 tho departments ana insutu'
tions OF the state, is also true ~ tls T8ap phIfi:
oipnl corporations II would be great improve.
mcnt " Il specific system could be adopted and
enforced for korpng accounts IN all the depart.
mcnls md Institutions OF the state, and In all
the counties, townships and municipal corpora.
tious, with such checks and balances rs would
not ouly prevent fraud. but mako confusion and
indcilnltcness Impossible.
By tho act OF March 49, 1871 entitled AN act
to provide complete and correct record OF the
entries, plats and surveys OF tho
VIRGINIA MILITARY DISTRICT
for tho Auditor Of States sonlco,' the Governor,
Attorney Gcneral and Auditor OF state were
empowered to contract with Samuel kcndrick,
late Deputy Surveyor, etc, for correcting, tran.
scribing binding and completing the records,
entries, plnts and surveys anil other records OF
tho lands contained in tho Virginia Mill nry Dis
trict OF Ohio now In the ONCE OF the Auditor OF
Sta,e; provided said officers shall first bo sutis
He'd that the said kcndrick has the means aud
power, rs such surveyor, to make such corrcc-
tions valid In law. The net also approprintcs
five thousand dollars to defrny tho expenses to
bo so incurred. The oitcial3 named have had
several interviews with Mr.. kendrick, but they
have not yet made any contract with him. Tho
reason they have not done so Is they have found
n "a fn IA "a
make II impossible. In thcir Judgment, to do all
that should be done for less than sum so much
larger than the amount appropriated, that thoy
do not feel authorized TO incur tho obligation
They were of the opinion that 1t was useless to
do any thing unless more could be done than mp.
pearcd to have been contemplated by the
statute They conclude /. therefore, before talk.
ing action, to again refer the matter to you with
the rccominon lntion that you may make pro
vision for the whole OF tho work that should be
done. Some Of tho most important of our land
records are in such dlapldatcd condition TINT
II Is almost impossible to longer use them. You
should therefore give this matter prompt attcn-
Tho late General Assembly passed IN act
Up. 45i, 81, o. IL for the publication OF
VOLUMEG Of THE GEOLOGICAL. SURVEY.
1Thc act passed practically without opposi-
ton but through some lnadvN'tencc 1t was not
signed By tho presiding o.ficcr OF either House.
Tho fact that IT had not bcen signed was not
discovered until after much work had been done
aud much expense contracted on behnli of the
publication by IL authorized Inasmuch as what
icul wor6 which the State has undertaken, and
the failure 10 sign tho law was manifestly an
oversight, and because 1t was necessary to con.
tnue the work in order that other work and OK.
penditurcs might not be lost II was thought
best TO proceed TO the eNtent OF preparing tho
work for publication The statute should, thorc-
fore, be rc enacted and the appropriation IL pro.
Yidcs thus made nvHilabl'.
PROTECTION TO UNITED STATES LIGHT HOUSES.
Complaint has been made that We have no
law for the protection of United States light
house stations, supplies. utc., situate within the
limits of our State, and that there has been
much damage done to such property, for which,
IN consequence, there Is no sufficient remedy.
You should give this matter consideration and
make nil necessary provision for the protection
OF these important aids to navigation.
FIRE INSURANCE STATISTICS
show there has been OF late years largo in
crease OF losses due to inccndarism. How 10
remedy this evil has been problem to which
insurance men have given much consideration.
AS result thcy have concluded that II will be
wise to provide by law for IN oIlcal investigl.
tion of all fires by some DESIGNATED oflicial in
such locality. The subject Is OF great importance
aud should receive careful consideration. More
would be said here In regard to it, but for tho
fact that It is understood that representatives
OF the insurance business who are familiar with
tho subject and what is desired, will present
their views TO you during your session
MOUND DUILDgnS
Az various places in the State the remains OF
the works OF the Mound Builders, or the pre-
historic race which occupied this country, are
to be found Many OF them are OF tho most in
tOforc appreciation enough shown for these
interesting relies. In many ins nnccs they have
been wholly destroyed. LGtterly, however, in
terest in them has greatly revived and quite q
sentiment hls been deyelopcd in favor of tho
State taxing some action 10 preserve them rs
nearly us possible In their original character
Such action Is well warranted by our duty both
TO postcrity and the interesting and important
study OF the antiquities.
OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The reports of the several departments and
the different ollcinls OF the State are OF unusual
interest. They are so complete as TO make IL
unnecessary To discuss here the many matters
TO which they relate. Th,e 10 oapooiOiiy ,rao OF
the report o! the Secretary OF State. II is sell
dom that public document Will be found SO
full OF intere sting Information anu wise Rnd I'M.
portant suggestions.
FINANCES.
In my last annual message this paragraph
"rhe State Auditors report will advise you
that the total receipts from all sources for the
General Revenue Fund nl 20 for the @ next year VIII
are that on the fifteenth day OF next February
we VIII have anticipated this to the amount OF
about si1l,DJI, and that at that time there will
remain to b. paid uneXpcnded balances OF the
appropriat ions OF this year about s!JO,0O
IN othor words, the net revenues available
for next year will not exceed S2,3Dl,00 TO the
extent your appropriations exceed this sum it
will be necessary 10 again anticipate next De-
cembcr the revenues of the following year, less
unexpcnded balances. Should your uppropria-
tions amount TO about slOOO001, tho sum mp.
propr!n;cd for this year, and the uncApcnded
balances be S2Jo,0JO, the amount they are eSti.
mated to be NJ the end OF this year. the amount
you wonld have TO anticipate would be $50 J0JO.'
This statement was made the basis for rec
ommendation that suitable provision be made
10 avoid the necessity OF drawing upon next
years revenues 10 meet the obligations OF this.
No such provision was made. and the result has
been what was then pointed out, The receipts
from all sources for the General Revenue Fund
of this year will be about s2,S)J,OOO. or this
amount about 5000 will have been expended
pr.or TO February IS, 1873 leaving the net
amount Of s!.3Dl,O)) available for general pur-
poses To the extent your appropriations from
tho General Revenue Fund my exceed this
sum, IL will be necessary for You to make
special provision or compel anticipation again
of next years revenues at the end Of this. The
habit Of anticipating revenues, although author
lied by law. is Il bad one that should be avoided.
We nre able to meet all demands as they arise,
aud each year should pay its own debts. The
falling behind OF the State financially has been
chiefly due TO the fact that expenses have been
necessarily and continually increasing, while
our revenues have remained substantially tho
same, And what has been true rs To an increase
of liabilities TO be paid out OF the General Rev
enue Fund has also been true rs to tho Sinking
Fund. The amount OF the public debt payable
out of II was for 1885, but S35 0pO while for 1850
IL was Si5,0lo and for 1887 $1,000. and for 1888
is will be S5D1,00O But for 1850 and for each year
thereafter, the amount Will be but s2500Do. On
this account and because OF tho reduction OF
interest, the liabilities of the Sinking Fund for
1850 will not exceed the sum of about $4,000.
But for The present year its receipts Will he in
sufficient 10 pay its liabilities by the amount OF
ABOUT NlOJrb. ThlS VIII make IL necessary 10
refund at least that amount OF four per cent.
bonds maturing July J., 1879. But inasmuch as
you can not pay In full the SOl0)O maturing
next July and must refund rs TO part, II Is
recommended that you pay only one'half and
that you refund the balance. We are doing well
enough when we are paying NIL our current ox-
penses and dlscharging our bonded debt at the
rate OF $500 900 per anlun. by this means you
will provide . surplus OF about s20O,0 for the
Sinking Fund from this years receipts, which
can be mp lied to its liabilities for next year.
thus leaving but about "a 1900 TO he raised for
that fund TO meet all its liabilities for IL 0.
Twotcnths OF one mill will be sufficient rate
for this purpose Hence you can safely reduce
the present rate OF fveten;hs OF one mill for the
Sinking Fund 10 two'tenths OF one mill, and add
the threet nths OF one mill, so taken from the
Sinking Fund rate, to the rate for the General
Revenue Fund, and with strict economy thus
almost II not quite, provide for all deficiencies
II the course here indicated be pursued, It will
save the necessity OF e.tuer borrowing or In
crcasinR the rate Of taxation
TIT ANsPoRrATION or PRISONERS.
/ again urge, rs In my last annual message,
that the law be amended so as TO require each
county To ply itS own expenses for the prosecu-
tion and transportation OF prisoners. This has
grown a De an imnnrtunt ilam Z I'D