The Springdale news., 1889-01-25
AFFAIRS OF STATE.
Governor Hughes Final Msssaqe
 to the General Assembly.
A Review of the States Departments and Institutions Showing Gratify- ing Prosperitv-Needed Le3is-
 lation Recomm ended.

and Institutions Showing Gratify-
 ing Prosperity-Needed Lesis-
 lation Recomme ended.
 LITTLE Rock, Ark, Jan. 1G.-Governor s. P. Hughes, in his farewell message to | the Legislature to-day, was enabled to | make very handsome showing for his State and administration. In regard to | the State finances he says:
 Your attention is called to the excellent snp gestions in the report of the Auditor which ! shows that in 1886 the total assessed valuation Of taxable property in the State was S120 a1t . tSS' in loS7 sl4s, 25a 654 and for 1888 $i5L0)1- 600; an increase in ten years of SfI e9s 3is This shows fair and gratifying increase in the taxable values Of the State. The Auditor estimates that our State revenue for general purposes from all sources, will amount to si25,ooo, and that the ex, penses Of the State government will reach So000 per annum. including the sums necessary to maintain our charitable institu- uons Our State school tax upon the above assessment. he estimates, will be sia0, ,0)0 and our tax for sinkiug-fund purposes Sl25oO1 per annum. Since the last meeting Of your honor able body the State has been bereaved by the death Of one of her best officials and most hon ored and worthy citizens, Hon William k Miller, the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State at the time of his death and who had been twice Governor of the State. He was most excellent citizen. and an honest faithful, efticient and valuable public servant"
 TREAsURERs s REPORT.
 Special attention is called to the report Of the Treasurer. showing the healthy financial con- dition of the State and the progress made in purchasing and redeemng the bonds Of the State, under act Of 1887, numbered 1i6 for the sinking fund, the permanent school fund and the sixteenth section fund. It wtii be seen that s6S5623 9s in bonds with matured coupons have been purchased in all at si61, I10 24 a saving to these funds in the aggregate of Sf15 153 1f.
 The State bonds, with accumulated interest, purchased for the permanent school and six ft.,. fFe s1,l Board ot Commissioners or the common school fund for Loughborough bonds in the treasury to the credit of the sinking fund, and the Longhborough bonds bear interest from the date of the exchange for the benefit Of these funds, the previously accrued interest on the Longhborough bonds having been excluded in making this exchange, which, while it has not injured the State in any respect, has greatly benehtted the school fund. This exchange was made upon the official opinion Of the Attorney. General Of the State that it might lawfully be done.
 The State debt, amounting to s',oe9 100 prin. clpal. and S2. s32, 0f5 accrued interest is being gradually reduced. ana the message recon. lnends that the policy Of deht reduction con tinue. Regarding the repol of Special Fiuau- eial Agent Halliburton oi the iniebte lness be- tween the State and the United States, the Governor says:
 AS shown by the report. the only credits in favor Of the State reco .nized 50 lar by the United States are as follows:
 On account ot per cent. fund .4.... sfGs 136 S3 Under distribution act, fSfl....... .. 5.31s I6 For keeping United States prison
 CTS ..'s.'..,.......=.-... ..,.--.-.-.... lo3d so Total. ......... ......#......=.....s slsl.l20 7a
 It will appear from this report that the cred iss in favor of the State that were tecogn zed by the United States were paid to the State prior to isI5. and to the Treasurer of the United States since, on account Of interest due from the State 10 the United States; and that no in= demnity has thus far been allowed the State on account Of lands that accrued to the State under the swamp-land grants. and were tlis- posed of by the United States IL also HpHPlTS United States holds of inc bonds Of he Real Estate Bank and Bank Of the State, S193,O01 principal, with II 536 D accrued interest-totalo of prime pal and Hterest. A2,31a.5t. These bonds are held fer tAe smith sonian Institute anu the Indian trust funds. l. seems that while the United States holds the amounts due the State : indebtedness | the United States. the pr ncpal of which is draw ing interest," no credits have been r yen the State so as to stop the interest on the state ; debt, and the bonds stll bear Inc coupons, none of which have been detached
 II Is also apparent from the eosressoadence accompany ng this report that lHe State Will have to make out and establish her claim against the United States for tnJcma1ty on ac. count ot swamp lands of the Stat sold by the United States. Tn this behalf the work no# being done by T. C. Riley. referred 10 under tho heaq of Commissioner oi State Lands, promises good results to the state.
 The message shoAs thlt the Lani Commis- oner's department has succeeded recently tR having large areas of swamp lands pttnntel t1 The State, and recommends measures to per feet titles which are III dispute
 PUBLIC SCHOOLS
 The number Of children f school age in this Stale has increased from l16.g=0 fH ISj9 t1 5Ss- - i29 in lSsS The enrolment has inereaSed tn the same time from 61,4I3 to 21t,13i; tauehers from l.B5 10 4t6i- For the year ending Jnue ] ! ls52, there were 269 school houses egectei in the State. and the total number in the Slate then Was ., ia3, the total value of which was s9t5.- 21692. The total amount of money received for school purposes for the year ending June @a, lsiS was 3lQdG0 60. For the year rnaint June B. lsSs, there was on hand from June 31,
 There f-2as school districts in the State and the Governor rccomm nds ttai iheF ns made larger and the number reduced. He con tinues:
 sIt appears Tom the supcrintende1t,s report that on the 30th uf JuHe, lS54 sl24 3.31 Of State scrip baiongiag to the permanent school fund Was err7ueousi E des troye b4 burn ing Auditors rec 7r3 book I, D. l52l In the second quarter of lSi9 5lt1 2} in scrip be ion r. ing to sad fund was de tEoyed by burning. through mistake Pms scrip WAS lnterest-bear- & and with accumulated interest woHid n " amount the superla eHdeut s9YS. to about ssi10.- . t BY It's destruction the State lost Buthiue The tuAd could Aot gitimateiN have bern q >ed Tor any purpose otter than Hs aH inNesi ifffcnt for the beaeat of the permanent school fund or the State. The State is bound by every con- stderatlon ot equity and 2 cd DO Icy tl fcim- purse the permanent school fund Of the State for this amount destroyed. The superintendent says; An act approved De CT. bPr 1.= tS55, m addition 10 the other grants to the school fana gave ten per cent. Of the net proceeds of the sales or all State lands, and provided thai the same should be rested [ fJr the h-urfit of sai4 fund. and that The school fuud has not rr. ceiyed any lining from the sales af State lands This matter should be exumtucd into ans the school fund should be iudemniGcl for its pruport ton Of the proceeds ot the sales of Stale lands. The school interests of the State are Of paramount importance, and the school fund IS sacred. and ought ta be pueservel and increased by all leElt mate reasonable means"
 II Is recommended that part Of the act of 1SS7 which pfecludes females from thc benefits of the State Industrial University be repealed The branch normal al Pine Biug ls eul1s zetI Tor good work done in sen iluy out QHati3ai col oreu teachers to teach the culoret schools of me state. Fms is the only normal school iu the State. and Governor Hughes earnestly rec cmmends the Legislature ta pr0Vttt for tHe es- tahlishmeut of q State Normal school.
 The officers of The Iunatte asylum report til patents in the asylum and tsS other insane persons in Jatls and poor houses of the various counties Of the State.
 MINING. MAN FACTURE AND AGRICULTURE
 There is very emphatic suggestion that n bureau be created by law, to be known Us the Mn nF, Manufaeturtng and Aguculturu Bureau, and that provisions be m de for fas- leflne, through the bureau, the minjE. mauuiacuriag and agucultural interests ahd kindred interests of the state. and also lpr inducing desirable immigration 10 the state and the collection of stat sites as 10 the resources. advantages and products Of Inc State Attention is called to the good work Of lhc Merchants and Citizens immigration Buieau. Of which Colonel Logan II Roots is pres dent and Mr. II l.. Remmel SC. ciary.
 or the work thus dome Governor Eughes says: Much good has been accomplished in inducing capital and immigration to come with. m Inc State. Several small colonies have been located in different counties of the State and II $ estimated at least sl .5GlttO have been invested in the State from abroad largely through the influence of this bureau There have been s1} 00j pages pf literature, descriptive of the State, it's adyan- t4ses and resources, placed befoHc the psoBse oi every Slate in the Union, and i've thousand