Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1869 — the Governor's Message. [ARTICLE]

the Governor's Message.

’ to the ladinira Legidature A,' ff ; Jt w ftiv'txhdtisfiVc paper aid ! ‘ ‘Vt’Q’ iulh*‘ l *»ly end*! ■* »’orid HH our; .. i*Sro£i‘PlW > We have undertaken t kUhpAWeiwc i«, <<£kvitig the leading" ■pbiutsof intarest iii as few words •** ! ' r ‘* ~~ , ! ' Re nr*qdqj to ihg. death ofex-Gov-erucff Wriunt, iM»d recommends the I-egifluiurU to nesure the portraits of thecurly Governors of die State to be hung in the State Library. Treats nt length <d' n Uta Finances of <I«V State fiud oondrtioti of thsTrc«s--ury, which he. anyr is very satisfacu>ry, brt’tf-'**! ■ j '_ TonrheS Upon assessment and taxslktti and recommends the Legislature to pass au act to empower the Appraisers to appoint deputies, and thinks the pay elrould be increased. Rwnmmcuds that an acL be passed raxing the exempt stock in the Hank of the State of Indiana and National Banks tor municipal purposes. Has found from estimates made that a Statu debt jdnkiug fund tax of fifteen cents oil ths one hundred dollars for die year 186tyand a tax'cf teii cents <>u the <>ie hundred dollahj (or thq yrtir TSTq, will be sufficient, with’the MJ 6f sinking fund as.-eta in the hands of the Auditor of' State, to pay off all the foreign, indebudness-of the State, except Ylic 'old internal improvement bonds; and thereafter, no taxes lor sinking fund will be required.” Ail'll lie recqmmcpds the passage bf hu act Ly which the tax may be levied. Says that the General GoVoriimbiit is owipg the State $?,- 5(18', (58 2'30 on war claims w hich he has been unable as yet to collect. Tile total a nioit it of claims presented the “Morgan Raid” Comiriiseion has been $407,399 21. The sum of all the claims allowed is §413,5911'48, which he thinks ought to be paid. Asks for appropriations for the f uppOrtof the and the education, etc., of the deaf and dumb and -thu Wind. Says the House of Refuge for the correction 61 Juvenile offenders has exceeded his most sanguine expectations, and recommends an appropriating of (d 0,000 to pay debts necessarily incurred by the Board of ■Control! 'lhe Soldiers' and Seamans’ Home, near Knightstown, has already accomplished great good hfnumstering to the necessities ot a class of men who have done and -uttered much for their country. Since its establishment, -408 men—disabled soldiers and seamen—have received benefits at that institution. Of these, 221 have been discharged therefrom in an improved condition, ;'£) have died, and 148 still remain. A new brick editice capable of accomm'ddating 209 men lias bean erected and the old frame building is used for the orphan department m which .are gathered eighty-six children of deceased soldiers which were taken from the poor houses, of different counties. . Governor Bakes recommends sep. urate .prisons for male and female convicts, ::l>o, an intel mediate grade b.-tween the House of Refuge and the Penitentiary for young men and those who have been convicted of their first offense ; also, in connection with the prison for females, a sort of reformatory bouse of refuge for young girls. Recommends a revision of the penal code in ma by particulars, among them by which prize fighting, may be prevented or punished ; also, that it be made a felony to join or I become a member of a Vigilance Committee. Wants rewards offered for the apprehension of the New Albany raiders, etc., etc. Wants the jurisdiction of the courts defined and the limitations fixed. Recommends a statistical departimut be connected with the State Board of Agriculture, or with the office of .Secretary of State, '1 hat a larger school tax be levied and that, thcTc'hool term be made longer. Also, that the time for the election ol’ school trustees in cities and towns be changed, as also'the terms for which they shall hold their offices. Recommends a wise, just, ' and liberal policy towards* Uta edu rational interests of our colored population. £! - ; : Does not advise the establishment ot an Agricultural. College st present, but instead suggests “that an Agricultural and department of instruction, such as would save lhe (United Stafea) grant from forfeiture, might boesfabfished in connection witß^^tatuT^varsity.” ,

lu conclusion, he assures the LegJslainni as his sinnti rfli alia WffiF dially co-opcrato with them in nil their efforts to advance the prosper; ity of the StateJSd the hqtyiinass of its people. .T- ifi J