Evening journal., 1897-01-05

cent years. Long continued and elab0-
rate tests OF the Pasteur system of pro-
tective vaccination have been made at
the station and facilities have been Sc
cured for the preparation of the neces-
sary vaccines. The reliability of the
vaccinations has been thoroughly dem
onstrated and the desirability of having
supply of the virus available at all
times has become apparent.
Under the congressional enactment.
Experiment Stations may demonstrate
the advisability of a course but cannot
use national funds in the practical APP
plication of the method. II rests, there
fore, with the General Assembly to
provide ways and means for continu-
ing this work. 1t is recommended that
an amendment be made TO chapter 639
volume 10, Laws of Delaware. giving to
the chief executive authority to meet
| questions of this kind as they may
arise.
The activity displayed in neighbor-
| ing states in combating bovine tuber-
! culosis demands that notice shall be
taken of that disease at this time.
Radical legislation does not seem de-
sirable or necessary; possibly the en-
tire question can be left for solution
J
tive course in dealing with tuberculo-
sis adopted by the Danish government
Is worthy of passing mention. The
state provides the services of the vet
erinarian. pays for the tuberculin used
in .he test, and does not demand the
immediate slaughter of condemned ami
mails. provided a guarantee is given
that innocent parties shall not be vic
timized by fraudulent sales. The said
cows are used, under restrictions, as
breeders, and ruinous losses TO the
herdsmen and to the general govern
ment are avoided. Not one calf in ten
thousand is a consumptive at birth.
PRISON REFORM
The wisdom of establishing a state
workhouse for convicts has engaged tn,
attention of many earnest, thoughtful
and benevolent persons. This subjec
has been agitated for several yars
With the crowded condition of oui
county jails, and the impracticabilit!
of separation and classification of con
victs, many youthful prisoners are lib
Grated at the expiration of their tern
: of Imprisonment, more hardened il
crime and more resolute in idlenes
than when they were incarcerated. ant
T consequently are untitled for the re
sponsible duties of citizenship. Tn
s great number of certificates given b.
. reputable physicians of the failin
a health of prisoners has not failed {
p make its impress upon me. | urge tina
p you diligently investigate the state
y resources and ascertain the practice
e bility of a satisfactory solution of thi
a problem.
Il DIVISION LINE.
BY Joint resolution passed by th
a General Assembly, being chapter SO
: volume 19, Laws of Delaware, q
i amended by chapter 147. volume 2
v Laws of Delaware, commissioners wei
/ appointed to run and mark the divi
I ion line between the counties of KeI
a. and Sussex from fork in the Mispi
l. lion creek. at the junction of the TAI
n trough branch and Beaver Dam branc
Is to the line dividing the States
Maryland and Delaware. Pursuant
n the authority conferred, the commits
o sioners entered upon their duties al
II have completed the work. The repO
s. of their proceedings, together with
le plot, showing the courses and distanc
C. of said dividing line by them esta
at lished and location Of the stones set
Of herewith submitted for your approvi
I'd In my judgment. the work has be-
is satisfactorily and accurately performe
In l, therefore, recommend the acceptan
D. and approval of the report, and Il
I'd payment to the commissioners and su
II veyor of such compensation as "
* may determine and allow.
10 STATE LIBRARY.
ar The General Assembly, at its last Sc
he sion, appropriated a sum not excee
IN ing ten thousand dollars, for the ere
s, ton of an addition to the State Hou
ne for library purposes and appoints
is commissioners on the part of the stat
IN whose duty it was to have such ado
VI ton erected. In conformity to that a
n thority. the commissioners have col
r pleted the construction of an additil
n to the old library forty feet lol
OF and thirty-five feet wide. The roc
communicates with the old librar
IS and has an estimated capacity of thirt
r. four thousand volumes. There are nC
es in the State Library about twenty-ni
IN thousand volumes. The library W
OF not be complete. however until
oi office is provided for the state libra
n ian, and a reading room for those W
nu desire to consult the many valual
n volumes.
a. STATE HOUSE.
Di- The apartments provided in the Sti
se House for the different state Office
ITO are wholly inadequate to the neces
RI ties of the respective offices. An
spection of the apartments now ocC
lgi pied by the state treasurer and ST;
ir- auditor, particularly, will reveal to y
N the necessity of enlarged accommoC
ne tions. II wouldm seem that the rool
gy formerly used for the State Libra
as could now be utilized to the full rel
OF of all the state officers.
nd STATE MILITIA.
ID The report of the adiutant-gen
ell herewith submitted to your honora
is bodies is replete with valuable inform
lat tion respecting the National Guard
is BY a discreet provision of our
raj ganic law, the military is kept, in
pit cases and at all times, in strict sub
ere dination to the civil power. The
en- ganizaticn and maintenance of 81
re- military force as may be necessary
rly prcserVe the suDremacv of the ci