Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-26

was that the state did not have rev.
enue enough with which to meet and
pay her legitimate expenses. In order
| to do so that year it was necessary to
make overdrafts on our county treas
uries amounting to one hundred and
eigthy-fve thousand dollars ($185,000)
| on account of taxes collected for use
in 1891. There was an actual deficit OF
| one hundred and thirteen thousand
dollars (S113,OO0.l .-.,.or r i~rs>
This evil had existed for many
years and on account of it the most
rigid economy had been exercised and
many things have been left undone
| that ought to have been done. Our hos
| pitals for the insane, the imbeciles and
epileptics' were inadequate, and many
| of these poor people were crowded in
| to the jails and infirmaries at the ex-
! pense of the taxpayers of the various
counties We had no reformatory
for our young criminals, for whom
| there is always hope, and the reform
I schools for youth with criminal ten
dencies were wholly insufficient.
To remedy these evils the general
! assembly. in the last ten years, has
thought it wise not to increase the
rate of taxation upon property, and it
has sought new sources of revenue. 1t
has made excise laws, by which large
sums of money have been paid by GER
tain corporations into the state treas,
ury. 1t has largely increased the rev.
enues from the liquor traffic, from in
| surance companies through the depart
ment of the superintendent of insur-
ance, and from corporations through
| the department of the secretary of
state. In this way the payments of
money into the general revenue fund
have been largely increased. In 1890
these revenues, from sources other than
by taxation upon property and advance
drafts amounted to nine hundred and
one thousand four hundred and TWEEN
ty-eight and 22-100 dollars 1901 ,428. .22
|
ounted to two million six hundred and
! ninety-nine thousand one hundred and
| tifty-four and 91-10O dollars ($2,699,-
! 154.9D, an increase of about one mil
lion eight hundred thousand dollars
Isl, 1,SOO,O0O.)
The time has come when it is wise
! 10 cOncidar W of or oil tho ravan,,oe
! of the state cannot be raised from 9TH
er sources than by levy upon real and
personal property. Great progress has
been made in this direction, by wise
legislation, during the last ten years,
all of which has been pronounced valid
by the supreme court, the last decision
having been rendered last week The
entire accomplishment of this result,
or still further progress in this direc-
tion would be relief to the people and
/ one to which they are entitled. This
subject shall submit to the considera-
tion of the general assembly in my
next annual message and recommend
| favorable action.
| The total disbursements from the
| general revenue fund during the year
ending Nov. Is last were four million
nine hundred and nine thousand four
hundred and fifty-three and 21-1OO dol.
lars $4,000, ,459.2D. The disbursements
from this fund during the year ending
Nov. Is, 1890, we're three million five
| hundred and twenty-nine thousand one
| hundred and thirteen and 32-10O dol
lars .(3,529, 1892. This is a large in
/ crease, amounting to one million three
hundred and eighty thousand three
! hundred and thirty-nine and S9-100 dol
lars Isl 8O,3S9.S9), and this increase
! should be accounted for
AS / have before said, the wards OF
the state were not properly cared for
| in 1890. Since that time facilities for
this purpose have been increased. Last
| year it required a little more than
three million dollars ($3,OO000O) to
support the benevolent reformatory
and penal institutions of the state. In
| 1880 about two million dollars ($2000,-
OOO) were paid for this purpose. Last
year the average number of inmates of
these institutions was sixteen thousand
four hundred and fifty-eight q6,45S).
! In 1890 it was ten thousand one hun
dred and forty-four qO,144, an in
crease of six thousand three hundred
and fourteen (631D. The average in
crease of the inmates was sixty-two
(62) per cent. while the increase in
maintaining them was only fifty 500
per cent
During last year $93, ,73747 were paid
fer the construction of an addition to
the statehouse, while in 1900 nothing
was paid for this purpose The bal