The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-01-09
The GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
A COMP / Z Fl ENSIVE AND VALU-
ABLE STATE PAPER,
An Interesting Presentation OF the
Questions Reiating 10 State, With
the Governors Recommendations.

questions Heiating 10 State, With I
the Governors Recommendations.
The CHRONICLE takes great pleasure
this morning il giving to its readers the
full text OF the message Of HIS Excel
lency, Governor GAS1EL G. FoWLe. Il
IS com prehenslya and able State paper
and the members Of the House heard it |
attentigely on yesterday II will be
read in the Senate to-day.
The CHRONICLE had to exert itself and
all its force last night 10 be able to
present this message to its readers, but
the CHRONICLE is nothing if not enter
prising, and here is the message.
We cannot to-day comment on the
recommendations Of the Governor. bat
will do SO later.
The message is as follows
! To the Honorable the General assembly:
The Constitution Of our State re-
Quires the Governor to give the Gen
eral Assembly information Of the affairs
Of the State, and recommend for their
|
deem eXpedient.
Following the we'll established pre-
cedents, | have the honor to lay before
you synopsis Of the operations Of the
Commonwealth for the last two years;
and respectfully suggest the adoption
of such measures as the public interest
may seem to require. The reports
from the several departments will
furnish more detailed statements than
would be compatible with the nature of
this communication.
PUBLIC DEBT.
It has heretofore been impossible to
state with accuracy the public debt Of
the State on account Of the pendancy
3 Of certain suits and claim by the
Government of the United States. But
within the last two years these suits
: have been decided favoraby to the
State, and the claim Of the United
e States Government settled.
TEMPLE CASE.
l l This was a suit for the purpose O.
establishing the validity of the SPECIAL
! TAX BONDS, issued by the Legislature
: of 1669-'9 It involved the liability O.
the state to pay these bonds TO th,
amount of 81, 366, 600 and S13 80, 00t
Of interest, a total of S25, COS 600. l
was decided by the Supreme Court j
the United States that a State couiC
= not thus indirectly be sued.
u CHRISTIAN vs.. THE A. s n. G. R. r. co
p The object of this suit was to sub
is ject the stock, or large portion Of
2 owned by the State in the Atlanti
20 and North Carolina Railroad Com pany
q to lien for the payment Of certai
- bonds issued in aid of said road Th
h also was decided by the Supreme Coul
a Of the United States favorably to tn
v. interest of North Carolina The effet
= Of this decision is to give the State th
right to dispose of this stock, amoun
ing to more than million of dollal
- ($1, 5000, in any way the publ
), welfare may require, or to hold it as
permanent investment for the State.
swAsEY SUIT.
It, This suit has been dismissed.
ey was for the purpose of applying Il
lis dividends of the North Carolina Raj
l road Company to the payment of tt
an interest on the Railroad COnstructit
nd Bonds of said road. All the bon
which could be found have been fund,
and the suit ended as above set fort
el. BALTZER & TAAKS VS.. THE STATE
This was an action brought in Il
:. Supreme Court of North Carolin
The Allegation was that the State h
'ge issued certain bonds to the Chatha
ina Railroad Company, receiving the bon
es. | of said road in exchange. That t
bonds so issued by the State had be
declared void, and that the railro
uat company had taken up portion of
~ bonds by surrendering to the State T.
ue- hundred and ninety-seven good bon
Mr. Of the State, and asked that the val
ldr' of said bonds should be paid to
; III III plaintiffs who were creditors of S;
aia railroad company, and had receiv
~ one hundred and forty Of the "
W bonds Of the State from said compal
Tue in discharge of claim for rails f
.an nished said company. This case v
licl dismissed upon motion, at the Septe
Der term Of 1889 of the Supre
Court.
'"'' UNITED STATES GOvERNMENT.
The United States government h
ned 149 of the construction
I at of the North Carolina Railrc
uo;l Company. 1t claimed this sum 9
an interest thereon up TO date of set
II ment The last Legislature author
s in the Governor and Treasurer to SCI
ace. this claim. Upon conference the q
ernor and Treasurer paid the one b
e Of dred and fortyseven bonds and III
day est to maturity, ut it was ascertain
Ga, that there could be no full settlem
dol by agreement, for the Governor ;
hine Treasurer insisted that North Caro-
t. was not bound to pay interest on
bonds after maturity This was {
ans tested by the government, and it
agreed that the question as to Nc
Cardinals liability for the inte
after maturity, amounting to ab
SAB, 900, should he submitted, upc
ELY case agreed, to the Supreme Court
the the United:otates for its decision
the was done, and the decision Of the c.
was that North Carolina was not
s-aa BILE for The interest acc ued after
horb turity. By these various decis
every claim against the state wi
has hepp the Subiact of lIIiQatlO