January 14, 1853 (5 pages)

VOL. IL—NO. 38, _. NEVADA, CAL, FR own ee > aemenrenns mernarmas wow ees n oan ss havé pursued a’ system’ heretofore, the ful in its construction, and would seem . ized litt % THE JOURN Al raottoal ‘result of which, a8 exhibited . to impose a novel, unnecessary, expen-. which i VI it 4 y the present financial condition ef the j*ive, and—ns it has been, sometimes acttis y ; ORNI State, are certainly net such as will. ed-on—inoperative duty. It provides ave he i i ae ste "SARGENT. = commend it to further adhesion. _ Ajthat, in order to revlon ‘oF aménd an Act . to the extent of s \s roe per . tae Whole “ , ; BUDD & SA : x system which produces such results, . or Section, the Act or Section . ; sipier “ ; Hen rend .etremts opporite sah Placer! must be defective, and should be aban-}to be amendcd, thust be re-enacted and TERMS, © ¢ jdoned. To sustain the credit of tte. re-published at length. This requisiFor one your, in advance > ‘$7 _ State, ‘to avoid the. burdens of émbar-. tion iacreases considerably our ‘printing . S ai mone . i : 4 fo . Passings pe ht ibn th uae * nore San en . ate useless labor. Three months: ° hd pale a . . Single copies, 20 o:s. than, the annual: reyenues derive s oke prdetion’ 8 frequently disregarded in casily borne taxation, are amen . p e Vu first and great objects of legislation. . time, ‘teaching 'us to evade the solemn But we have sgnelly failed to do either . injunctions of the Constitution which we . upto this time, and must,’ therefore, . have sworn to support, and uselessly enhave pursued a system neither »well. hancing the demande upon the founded nor wisely practical, considered. 1 therefore recommend that the por~ with reference to the objects intended . tion of this Section liable to these ebjecto be secured thereby. A debt has keen. tions be repealed, and that the Section already contracted, which, under exis-. be left to read, “ Every law enacted by . received in sach ting arrangements, will continue to ac-. the Legislature shall embra¢e but one. Thus. at one'and the same San Francisco Agency. ee J. M. Parker, of San Franc’sco, sucoessot to Ocravian Hoogs, is our authorized agent for that city, who is duly authorized to receive and receipt for moneys for advertising or subscription. All communications directed to the “Nevada Journal,” and forwarded thro ogh Adams &Co.’s or Wells, Fargo & Co.’sExpress, will be attended to sw ithout delay. ee Per Wells, Fargo & Co.’s Express. Governor's Message. Fellow Citizens of the Senate and Assembly : The duty again devolves upon me to communicate with the People’s Representatives on the condition of the State, and recommend such measures as [ may deem expedient. Permit me, then, to weleome you to the scene ef your legislative labors, and t» express the hope that all the measures mitured by you may not only be promotive of the inte:ests, but meet the warm approval of our common constituents, who have confided to you the most important trusts which can be dalegated to public agents. I need hardly assare you of my sincere desire to co-operate with you in all your cffurts to exalt the character, estublish the eredit. and advance the genera! intrests of the State. You have asxembled at an interesting period in the history of our public «fairs. Our interests have acquired a more permanent and selid character ; ¢he people have generally yielded a willing obediance to the laws; our commerce is rapidly diversifying and expanding; the sources of our wealth have been immensely augmented: agriculture and the mechanic arts are more generally engaging the attention of our people ; institutions of learaing are springing up in our midst ; and, in fact, all the arts of peace are. beginning to progress and flourish throughout the State. We have entered upon our career of freedom and civilization with prospects the mest flattering. Uninterrupted and surprising as has been the progress ef these sister States from which we are divided—not by feeling, but by geographival position —astonishing as have been the achievements of science, and astounding the political events which have distinguished the past history of our country, the settlemevt and partial development of the resources of California by the American people. is by no means the least amongst the great achievements which have been consummated. The importance of events ig estimated by their influence upon the destinies of mankind ; that of the settlement and developmen’ of Calif rnia, to which I have above alluded, possesses a peculiar interest, since it evidently hastens the period when a more considera~ ble portion of this ccntinent—ineluding, perhaps, aome of the proximate islands of the seas—may be in subjestion to the enterprising and enlightened policy of the Government of the United Stutes.— The settlement of California has develeped in the public mind a streng bias favorable to other peaceful acquisitions, and has preved, that, while in accordance with the uniform policy of the Gevernment, we bave ever been ready to welcome the emigrant foreigners to our soil who can, consistently with the Constitution and Laws of the United States, become citizens by naturaliza-. [nstraction, asa distinct department, is tion, they are, at the same time, dispos. of very doubtful necessity, as an original ed te make the soil itself, peacefully, a portien of the Republic. Despotisms forcibly subdue and subject foreign territory in violation of the laws of nations, while it is the policy of our Government . mount of the salary and contingencies of to extend the “area of freedom” only when it can be done consistently with the rights ofuthers, and by a due observance of the laws governing national intercourse. Pursuing the path of peaceful progress, we have advanced in all the elements of national greatness, and enjoyed adegree of individual prosperity under the operations of our civil institutions, unexampled in the history of governments. ‘Amongst the most important duties which will devolve om you at your present session, is that of regulating the finances of the State, and fixing them upon a basis at once permancat and sure ; which shall, at the same time, serve to. State Auditor; and Maine, secure us against the embarrassments of) shire, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, an overdrawa Treasury, as well-as against the burdens of oppressive taxation. [¢ cannot be disguised that for the past three years, we bave not devoted that advised und well-informed atten. ‘tion to this subject which its great im. portanee demands. Yeur after year, since the organization of the State, we have been steadily contracting heavy cumulate toa disastrous extent. Fortunately, however, it rests with you to cheek this growing evil, bya suspension . : of the existing, and the adoption of ano-. 5th Article of the Constitution, . ther system, which, while it avoids the. ing for the election of Surveyor Genetérrors into which we have fallen, shall. al, be amended, and that the whole mat+ object, and that shall be expressed in lit title.” introduce such salutary reforms, as past. ter of the necessity of appointment. or expérience demonstrates to be indispen-. election of sueh officer be confided to the: The reasons for this‘ reo: ommendation are the same as those sable. 5 i With this view, it is my purpose to present, generally, for your ‘consideration, a few of the leading reforms which have occurred to my mind, as important and necessary. : The existing debt of the State on the 15th December, 1852, is set forth as follows in the Report of the Comptroiler of State : CIVIL DEBT. Amount of 3 per cent. bonds outstanding, oy, 963.750 % Interest on same to'dute, 63.700 © $127,450 00 Amount of 7. per cent. bonds of 1851, $397.000 09 Interest on same, 3,218 58 . ————— 400,218 58 Am’t of 7 per cent. bonds ‘ of 1852. $790,500 00 Interest on same, 281 41 ————— 790,781 41 Am’t of Civil Warrants outstanding,69.763 79 $1,888,213 78 . WAR DEBT. Am’t of 12 per cent War Bonds of.1851, $200,000 00 Interest on saine, 39,812 20 239,812 20 Am’t of 7 percent. War Bonds of 1852, 478,000 66 Estimated int,on same 10,850 00 Legislature. which ebtain in the ease of the Superintendent of Public Instructien. . , Sixth: The 8th Section of the 11th . si Article provides that the Fiscal Year shall commence on the Ist. day of July. I recommend that this Section be so amended as to make the commencement of the fiscal year on the 15th of Decem. ber. The reasons for this change will readily present themselves. Under the existing provision, the Legislature which assembles on the lst Monday of January, cannet obtain satisfactory information from the Annual Reports of the Comptroller and Treasurer as to the condition of the State finances, after the lst day of July preceding. And, consequently, it becomes necessary for this information to be obtained by special resolution, always at great expense of time and labor to those officers. If the change suggested, however, were made, the Reports of these officers would display the condition of our finances op to the 15th of December, and be much more’ satisfactory. : These alterations are suggested under a solemn sense of duty, believing them 50 00) not only conducive to the interests of the ————— 489 §' Am’t of War Warrants outstanding,41,727 85 $771,199 % Total War debt, Am’t of School Land Warrants, $190,080 00 WAOLE DEBT OF THE STATE. Am’t of Civil Debt on the 15th Decem ber, 1852, $1,358,213 78 Am't of War Debt same time, 771.190 05 Entire indebtedness, 2,159°403 83 [The governor goes on to say that, excepting the prineipal of the school fund, which eannot be considered ‘a debt, and the war debt, which will probably be assumed by the general government, the indebtedness of the state is $1,388,213. The estimated receipts of ensuing fiscal year are 434.150 00 Expenditures, 1,093,213 68 The messnge next recommends an amendment to the constitution, so.as to require biennial instead of annual sessions “of the Legislature, for the duration of ninety days. Second, to repeal the twenty-eighth State, but absolutely essential to our By ddupting prosperity and welfare. the method of amendment pointed out by the Section ef the Constitution. te which I have referred, you will avoid the expense and agitation of calling a Convention of the State, and itis hoped that this course will eommend itself to. your judgment as the most prudent and desirable. The office of Superintendent of Public Buildings is believed to be unnecessary, and a useless burden to the Treasury. l recommend, therefore, that the law creating that office, unless it expired by limitation on the lst of January, as is believed to be the case, be repealed, and that the duties thereof be required to be performed by some one, or all of the State officers, without additional compensation ; or that *eme ether — sition be made of those duties whieh will relieve the Treasury ef the expenditures incident to that office. In this, too, we follow the example of most of our sister States. New York vests these duties in the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of Assembly, Secretary section, so as to prevent the necessity of. of State, Attorney General and Comptaking the census in 1855. Third, te abolish the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, and devolve his duties on the Secretary of State. It says:] The office of Superintendent of Public question; and if, under any circumstances, it were desirable, can now, with propriety, be dispensed with, and thus relieve the Treasury annually.to the athat office. In adopting the policy proposed, we follow the example ot a lags majority of our si-ter States on this interesting subject. On examination, it will be found that more than two-thirds of the members of the confederacy have, after mature pereneane in some of them, finally settled down on the measure advocated by thisamendment. The States of Vermont and Wisconsin are the only ones which have constituted this a separate and independent office; New York, Massachusetts, [linois and Peansylvania have merged the duties of this office in that of the Secretary of State; Indiana has placed in the hands of the State Treasurer, Connectieut, with the New HampFlorida, Geergia and Missouri, have diyided them out among Commissioners elected by the people of the various school districts. Such commanding pre. cedents should not be disregarded by us. The fundamental law of rreremnenh, which can only be changed after long and strenuous effert, it would seem, should be confined to provisions for great liabilities, until at length the burden is. and admitted principles and measures, enerously felt, and the embarrassments. and leave the ways and means of carrythus occasioned begin to seriously affect our standing and credit, and retard our progress. That meabvares mast v-fv_be adopted ithmediati, if. practicable, an their effect, and radical in their nature, would seem to admit of no question. We ing those great truths into effect to the wisdem and patriotism of the legislative power, acting under a kuowledge of the peculiar circumstances of the times. . Fourth: The. twenty-fifth Section of the fourth Article is equivocal and doubttroller,gby right of office. Mississippi vests them in the Auditor and Treasurer of State. [Illinois places them with the Secretary of State. Wisconsin with the Governor alone. In no State of the Union, save that of Missouri, can I find this constituted a separate and distinct ce. -Our Judicial Districts are much more numerous than our necessities seem to demand. We now have eleven District Judges, with salaries ranging from three thousand to seven thousand five hundred dollars each. These might well b3 curtailed to eight, and thus effect a eonsiderable saving to the Treasury. I recommend that this be done, and that the County Attorney system be also changed to thatof the election of one Attorney for each Judicial Distiiet, to be compensated by the fees of office. This latter . provision will relieve the County Treasuries of the salaries of these officers, and inves! the office with more importance and dignity, besides saving te the State the annual sum of five thousand dollars now paid to the District Attorney of San Francisco county. ; The State Prison Inspectors, authorized by the Act of April 25th, 1851, are not required, and are an unnecessary charge upon the State, their salaries aP. mounting te $2,000 per annam, each.— These may be dispensed with without detriment te this particular branch of the public service, and their duties devolved on a heard composed of any three of the State officers, without additional compensation. By adopting this suggestion a saving would be effeeted to the State of $6,000, annually. In pursuance of the system of retrenchment and reform proposed, I come now to consider the propriety of a further reduction of the salaries of officers of State and pay of members of the Legislature. The general object is to reduce both to a cash basis, and thus to provide for their payment in cash instead of, as heretofore, depreciated evidences of Stato in~ debtednege, from which has been realFilth: That the 18th Section of the providit is estimated thas an annual, saying . , ‘Limiting Sessions to 90 days, 43, ‘and ‘if se it is recommended to: divide therefore, Sr ihey tags : Sderation. ie ig “Deiat sie: BE Frisby tie sol il amount ne OF expenses of thie lature, as ; nsiderab til not the f well us the Executive Department of psn gar papery ag pe the Staae Government, considezed with upon which oar‘common school system: reference to their ultimate payment; . its fature prospecty and hopes.” The and in cash, instead of fictitious amounts, . Legislature, alive to the great interests 0} have. been undeniably exorbitant. ‘The . ucation, and regarding its mileage and per diem of members, alone, have annually averaged over $220,000 rice our organization as a State: Govpier ay ig ngs, egislative: printin ¢ printing of the ; laws and Soaapain ana the ‘contingeat pated an lkbese Bord ee ce expenses of the twe houses, which a~. the blessings and bounties of knowledge and muunt in the aggregate for the same pescience, to every family within thie. the ried to $365,555,06, an average of over . youngest State of the confederacy. The ad+121,000 annually. ‘These exorbitant . dition means relicd upon consists in an’ annual tax of five cents of the thirty impesed which has already commenced into with tho first duties of the representatives of & governmentiwhich: has derived form and vitality, and the future existence of, which may be said to depend upon the imelligenes or an expenditures may and ought to be preat~ ly reduced. So aire age = sche epartment. e salary paid officers y ; State, if fixed upon a cach basia, are ‘aa . the treasury, and on th necessurily large, and with proper dis-. 9 loan det anata criminations. may be reduced without! on the of, practically diminishing the amoual new received by them. _—__ Dury. The experises incurred in the’ support. and maintenance of our State Hovpltate, 4 too, are excessive and ‘unwarranted ch count; our present a pocerete ee a as we may regret the ne ty, still 16] °°" is certain, that as one of the meane to. *™° restere the eredit of the State and pre. serve it, the very large au expenditures consequent upon the support of this system must needs be avoided. Is appears from the Comptroller's: Report that appropriations for our hospitals for the present fiscal year exceed the sum of So great an outlay we are in no condition to sustain, even were the necessity for it greater than at present is believed to exist. I ean.de no less, therefore, than: earnestly recommend. that some measure be adopted, which, while it provides for the care of the. indigent sick in such manner as the meana and resources of the State justify, shall relieve the Treasury of the burdens of the existing hospital system. : ell By adopting’ the ‘suggestions’ which have been thus imperfectly submitted, [The project of a Pacifie Rail advocated. _ The inadequacy of the feree of tho ‘United States on the Pacific is stated, and it is recommended that Congress be memorialized to make adequate military provision for this State. ee A block of marble 4 ft. long and 22 ument was in Sacramente, and would be . shipped without delay. A recommendation of more promptmay be effec the § of $512.-. 2°85 in passing important monsares in 700 Ob, which conta of ‘the flowing . the early part of the sesion i mado items: samen “$2,000 00. Surveyor General, Sup. of Public Instruction, roto 3 up. of Public Buildings, Prison Inspectors, Biennial Sessions, Hy ak svg ‘of P a ont De eago— rdiem, . sollgage one-balf og 110 $3 ss88 ut 10psis of the oticing the . rtiz exeitement, Mr’ Uisabe stones thanks dbundmage af tie gears herve ‘abundance of the year’ A the death of Daniel Webster ta. . and passes to the Crry or 38 Reducing transportation of ‘Prisoners from one dellar to fifty cants per mile, which is recommended, State Hospitals, . Reducing salary of Governor . Bo 33 33 Of Supreme Crt Judges to $7,000 3,000 . the. Reducing namber of District 13h Judges from 11 to 8, about, 12,000 . 4) Salary of District Attorney of : San Francisco, 5,000 (The message next states that the evormous sum of $157,933 89 has been paid as interest on our three per cent. bonds. ‘ The resistance at San Francisco to the tax on consigned goods is referred to the Legislature, ; It is recommended chat the law be so amended as to authorize reeeiving state wariants for dues, It complains of the frauds against the . ,. state in the disposal of the water lots at San Francisco, and recommends the appointment of 2 committee to ascertain . ¥ whether the limits of the city: cunnot . , be extended without injary to commerce. the addition ia suitable lote to be leased . for the benefit of the state. = =. The refusal of the steamship compan ies to pay taxes in this state on th ground that the same property is taxe in the other states, is referred to. suits had been decided in favor of: State, others were pending. , ,. °° ded: The subject of the publie lands takeg . + much space in the message. . Lt. opposes! migrc the nction of the boatd of commissioners, especially in the Fremont decis _The blame of the states prion conteact is laid on tho commissioners: and may be d.— Rios. and. Nioarar: . < The Lobos Island question is 1 Hed full adhnewibers tat eae } claim to them and their rich'production OF the U.S. acquisitions of territory [Concluded on Fourth Page.) on the law. So,] liberal -support as intimately interwoven ry

VOL. IL—NO. 38, _. NEVADA, CAL, FR own ee > aemenrenns mernarmas wow ees n oan ss havé pursued a’ system’ heretofore, the ful in its construction, and would seem . ized litt % THE JOURN Al raottoal ‘result of which, a8 exhibited . to impose a novel, unnecessary, expen-. which i VI it 4 y the present financial condition ef the j*ive, and—ns it has been, sometimes acttis y ; ORNI State, are certainly net such as will. ed-on—inoperative duty. It provides ave he i i ae ste "SARGENT. = commend it to further adhesion. _ Ajthat, in order to revlon ‘oF aménd an Act . to the extent of s \s roe per . tae Whole “ , ; BUDD & SA : x system which produces such results, . or Section, the Act or Section . ; sipier “ ; Hen rend .etremts opporite sah Placer! must be defective, and should be aban-}to be amendcd, thust be re-enacted and TERMS, © ¢ jdoned. To sustain the credit of tte. re-published at length. This requisiFor one your, in advance > ‘$7 _ State, ‘to avoid the. burdens of émbar-. tion iacreases considerably our ‘printing . S ai mone . i : 4 fo . Passings pe ht ibn th uae * nore San en . ate useless labor. Three months: ° hd pale a . . Single copies, 20 o:s. than, the annual: reyenues derive s oke prdetion’ 8 frequently disregarded in casily borne taxation, are amen . p e Vu first and great objects of legislation. . time, ‘teaching 'us to evade the solemn But we have sgnelly failed to do either . injunctions of the Constitution which we . upto this time, and must,’ therefore, . have sworn to support, and uselessly enhave pursued a system neither »well. hancing the demande upon the founded nor wisely practical, considered. 1 therefore recommend that the por~ with reference to the objects intended . tion of this Section liable to these ebjecto be secured thereby. A debt has keen. tions be repealed, and that the Section already contracted, which, under exis-. be left to read, “ Every law enacted by . received in sach ting arrangements, will continue to ac-. the Legislature shall embra¢e but one. Thus. at one'and the same San Francisco Agency. ee J. M. Parker, of San Franc’sco, sucoessot to Ocravian Hoogs, is our authorized agent for that city, who is duly authorized to receive and receipt for moneys for advertising or subscription. All communications directed to the “Nevada Journal,” and forwarded thro ogh Adams &Co.’s or Wells, Fargo & Co.’sExpress, will be attended to sw ithout delay. ee Per Wells, Fargo & Co.’s Express. Governor's Message. Fellow Citizens of the Senate and Assembly : The duty again devolves upon me to communicate with the People’s Representatives on the condition of the State, and recommend such measures as [ may deem expedient. Permit me, then, to weleome you to the scene ef your legislative labors, and t» express the hope that all the measures mitured by you may not only be promotive of the inte:ests, but meet the warm approval of our common constituents, who have confided to you the most important trusts which can be dalegated to public agents. I need hardly assare you of my sincere desire to co-operate with you in all your cffurts to exalt the character, estublish the eredit. and advance the genera! intrests of the State. You have asxembled at an interesting period in the history of our public «fairs. Our interests have acquired a more permanent and selid character ; ¢he people have generally yielded a willing obediance to the laws; our commerce is rapidly diversifying and expanding; the sources of our wealth have been immensely augmented: agriculture and the mechanic arts are more generally engaging the attention of our people ; institutions of learaing are springing up in our midst ; and, in fact, all the arts of peace are. beginning to progress and flourish throughout the State. We have entered upon our career of freedom and civilization with prospects the mest flattering. Uninterrupted and surprising as has been the progress ef these sister States from which we are divided—not by feeling, but by geographival position —astonishing as have been the achievements of science, and astounding the political events which have distinguished the past history of our country, the settlemevt and partial development of the resources of California by the American people. is by no means the least amongst the great achievements which have been consummated. The importance of events ig estimated by their influence upon the destinies of mankind ; that of the settlement and developmen’ of Calif rnia, to which I have above alluded, possesses a peculiar interest, since it evidently hastens the period when a more considera~ ble portion of this ccntinent—ineluding, perhaps, aome of the proximate islands of the seas—may be in subjestion to the enterprising and enlightened policy of the Government of the United Stutes.— The settlement of California has develeped in the public mind a streng bias favorable to other peaceful acquisitions, and has preved, that, while in accordance with the uniform policy of the Gevernment, we bave ever been ready to welcome the emigrant foreigners to our soil who can, consistently with the Constitution and Laws of the United States, become citizens by naturaliza-. [nstraction, asa distinct department, is tion, they are, at the same time, dispos. of very doubtful necessity, as an original ed te make the soil itself, peacefully, a portien of the Republic. Despotisms forcibly subdue and subject foreign territory in violation of the laws of nations, while it is the policy of our Government . mount of the salary and contingencies of to extend the “area of freedom” only when it can be done consistently with the rights ofuthers, and by a due observance of the laws governing national intercourse. Pursuing the path of peaceful progress, we have advanced in all the elements of national greatness, and enjoyed adegree of individual prosperity under the operations of our civil institutions, unexampled in the history of governments. ‘Amongst the most important duties which will devolve om you at your present session, is that of regulating the finances of the State, and fixing them upon a basis at once permancat and sure ; which shall, at the same time, serve to. State Auditor; and Maine, secure us against the embarrassments of) shire, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, an overdrawa Treasury, as well-as against the burdens of oppressive taxation. [¢ cannot be disguised that for the past three years, we bave not devoted that advised und well-informed atten. ‘tion to this subject which its great im. portanee demands. Yeur after year, since the organization of the State, we have been steadily contracting heavy cumulate toa disastrous extent. Fortunately, however, it rests with you to cheek this growing evil, bya suspension . : of the existing, and the adoption of ano-. 5th Article of the Constitution, . ther system, which, while it avoids the. ing for the election of Surveyor Genetérrors into which we have fallen, shall. al, be amended, and that the whole mat+ object, and that shall be expressed in lit title.” introduce such salutary reforms, as past. ter of the necessity of appointment. or expérience demonstrates to be indispen-. election of sueh officer be confided to the: The reasons for this‘ reo: ommendation are the same as those sable.. 5 i With this view, it is my purpose to present, generally, for your ‘consideration, a few of the leading reforms which have occurred to my mind, as important and necessary. : The existing debt of the State on the 15th December, 1852, is set forth as follows in the Report of the Comptroiler of State : CIVIL DEBT. Amount of 3 per cent. bonds outstanding, oy, 963.750 % Interest on same to'dute, 63.700 © $127,450 00 Amount of 7. per cent. bonds of 1851, $397.000 09 Interest on same, 3,218 58 . ————— 400,218 58 Am’t of 7 per cent. bonds ‘ of 1852. $790,500 00 Interest on same, 281 41 ————— 790,781 41 Am’t of Civil Warrants outstanding,69.763 79 $1,888,213 78 . WAR DEBT. Am’t of 12 per cent War Bonds of.1851, $200,000 00 Interest on saine, 39,812 20 239,812 20 Am’t of 7 percent. War Bonds of 1852, 478,000 66 Estimated int,on same 10,850 00 Legislature. which ebtain in the ease of the Superintendent of Public Instructien. . , Sixth: The 8th Section of the 11th . si Article provides that the Fiscal Year shall commence on the Ist. day of July. I recommend that this Section be so amended as to make the commencement of the fiscal year on the 15th of Decem. ber. The reasons for this change will readily present themselves. Under the existing provision, the Legislature which assembles on the lst Monday of January, cannet obtain satisfactory information from the Annual Reports of the Comptroller and Treasurer as to the condition of the State finances, after the lst day of July preceding. And, consequently, it becomes necessary for this information to be obtained by special resolution, always at great expense of time and labor to those officers. If the change suggested, however, were made, the Reports of these officers would display the condition of our finances op to the 15th of December, and be much more’ satisfactory. : These alterations are suggested under a solemn sense of duty, believing them 50 00) not only conducive to the interests of the ————— 489 §' Am’t of War Warrants outstanding,41,727 85 $771,199 % Total War debt, Am’t of School Land Warrants, $190,080 00 WAOLE DEBT OF THE STATE. Am’t of Civil Debt on the 15th Decem ber, 1852, $1,358,213 78 Am't of War Debt same time, 771.190 05 Entire indebtedness, 2,159°403 83 [The governor goes on to say that, excepting the prineipal of the school fund, which eannot be considered ‘a debt, and the war debt, which will probably be assumed by the general government, the indebtedness of the state is $1,388,213. The estimated receipts of ensuing fiscal year are 434.150 00 Expenditures, 1,093,213 68 The messnge next recommends an amendment to the constitution, so.as to require biennial instead of annual sessions “of the Legislature, for the duration of ninety days. Second, to repeal the twenty-eighth State, but absolutely essential to our By ddupting prosperity and welfare. the method of amendment pointed out by the Section ef the Constitution. te which I have referred, you will avoid the expense and agitation of calling a Convention of the State, and itis hoped that this course will eommend itself to. your judgment as the most prudent and desirable. The office of Superintendent of Public Buildings is believed to be unnecessary, and a useless burden to the Treasury. l recommend, therefore, that the law creating that office, unless it expired by limitation on the lst of January, as is believed to be the case, be repealed, and that the duties thereof be required to be performed by some one, or all of the State officers, without additional compensation ; or that *eme ether — sition be made of those duties whieh will relieve the Treasury ef the expenditures incident to that office. In this, too, we follow the example of most of our sister States. New York vests these

duties in the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of Assembly, Secretary section, so as to prevent the necessity of. of State, Attorney General and Comptaking the census in 1855. Third, te abolish the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, and devolve his duties on the Secretary of State. It says:] The office of Superintendent of Public question; and if, under any circumstances, it were desirable, can now, with propriety, be dispensed with, and thus relieve the Treasury annually.to the athat office. In adopting the policy proposed, we follow the example ot a lags majority of our si-ter States on this interesting subject. On examination, it will be found that more than two-thirds of the members of the confederacy have, after mature pereneane in some of them, finally settled down on the measure advocated by thisamendment. The States of Vermont and Wisconsin are the only ones which have constituted this a separate and independent office; New York, Massachusetts, [linois and Peansylvania have merged the duties of this office in that of the Secretary of State; Indiana has placed in the hands of the State Treasurer, Connectieut, with the New HampFlorida, Geergia and Missouri, have diyided them out among Commissioners elected by the people of the various school districts. Such commanding pre. cedents should not be disregarded by us. The fundamental law of rreremnenh, which can only be changed after long and strenuous effert, it would seem, should be confined to provisions for great liabilities, until at length the burden is. and admitted principles and measures, enerously felt, and the embarrassments. and leave the ways and means of carrythus occasioned begin to seriously affect our standing and credit, and retard our progress. That meabvares mast v-fv_be adopted ithmediati, if. practicable, an their effect, and radical in their nature, would seem to admit of no question. We ing those great truths into effect to the wisdem and patriotism of the legislative power, acting under a kuowledge of the peculiar circumstances of the times. . Fourth: The. twenty-fifth Section of the fourth Article is equivocal and doubttroller,gby right of office. Mississippi vests them in the Auditor and Treasurer of State. [Illinois places them with the Secretary of State. Wisconsin with the Governor alone. In no State of the Union, save that of Missouri, can I find this constituted a separate and distinct ce. -Our Judicial Districts are much more numerous than our necessities seem to demand. We now have eleven District Judges, with salaries ranging from three thousand to seven thousand five hundred dollars each. These might well b3 curtailed to eight, and thus effect a eonsiderable saving to the Treasury. I recommend that this be done, and that the County Attorney system be also changed to thatof the election of one Attorney for each Judicial Distiiet, to be compensated by the fees of office. This latter . provision will relieve the County Treasuries of the salaries of these officers, and inves! the office with more importance and dignity, besides saving te the State the annual sum of five thousand dollars now paid to the District Attorney of San Francisco county. ; The State Prison Inspectors, authorized by the Act of April 25th, 1851, are not required, and are an unnecessary charge upon the State, their salaries aP. mounting te $2,000 per annam, each.— These may be dispensed with without detriment te this particular branch of the public service, and their duties devolved on a heard composed of any three of the State officers, without additional compensation. By adopting this suggestion a saving would be effeeted to the State of $6,000, annually. In pursuance of the system of retrenchment and reform proposed, I come now to consider the propriety of a further reduction of the salaries of officers of State and pay of members of the Legislature. The general object is to reduce both to a cash basis, and thus to provide for their payment in cash instead of, as heretofore, depreciated evidences of Stato in~ debtednege, from which has been realFilth: That the 18th Section of the providit is estimated thas an annual, saying . , ‘Limiting Sessions to 90 days, 43, ‘and ‘if se it is recommended to: divide therefore, Sr ihey tags : Sderation. ie ig “Deiat sie: BE Frisby tie sol il amount ne OF expenses of thie lature, as ; nsiderab til not the f well us the Executive Department of psn gar papery ag pe the Staae Government, considezed with upon which oar‘common school system: reference to their ultimate payment; . its fature prospecty and hopes.” The and in cash, instead of fictitious amounts, . Legislature, alive to the great interests 0} have. been undeniably exorbitant. ‘The . ucation, and regarding its mileage and per diem of members, alone, have annually averaged over $220,000 rice our organization as a State: Govpier ay ig ngs, egislative: printin ¢ printing of the ; laws and Soaapain ana the ‘contingeat pated an lkbese Bord ee ce expenses of the twe houses, which a~. the blessings and bounties of knowledge and muunt in the aggregate for the same pescience, to every family within thie. the ried to $365,555,06, an average of over . youngest State of the confederacy. The ad+121,000 annually. ‘These exorbitant . dition means relicd upon consists in an’ annual tax of five cents of the thirty impesed which has already commenced into with tho first duties of the representatives of & governmentiwhich: has derived form and vitality, and the future existence of, which may be said to depend upon the imelligenes or an expenditures may and ought to be preat~ ly reduced. So aire age = sche epartment. e salary paid officers y ; State, if fixed upon a cach basia, are ‘aa . the treasury, and on th necessurily large, and with proper dis-. 9 loan det anata criminations. may be reduced without! on the of, practically diminishing the amoual new received by them. _—__ Dury. The experises incurred in the’ support. and maintenance of our State Hovpltate, 4 too, are excessive and ‘unwarranted ch count; our present a pocerete ee a as we may regret the ne ty, still 16] °°" is certain, that as one of the meane to. *™° restere the eredit of the State and pre. serve it, the very large au expenditures consequent upon the support of this system must needs be avoided. Is appears from the Comptroller's: Report that appropriations for our hospitals for the present fiscal year exceed the sum of So great an outlay we are in no condition to sustain, even were the necessity for it greater than at present is believed to exist. I ean.de no less, therefore, than: earnestly recommend. that some measure be adopted, which, while it provides for the care of the. indigent sick in such manner as the meana and resources of the State justify, shall relieve the Treasury of the burdens of the existing hospital system. : ell By adopting’ the ‘suggestions’ which have been thus imperfectly submitted, [The project of a Pacifie Rail advocated. _ The inadequacy of the feree of tho ‘United States on the Pacific is stated, and it is recommended that Congress be memorialized to make adequate military provision for this State. ee A block of marble 4 ft. long and 22 ument was in Sacramente, and would be . shipped without delay. A recommendation of more promptmay be effec the § of $512.-. 2°85 in passing important monsares in 700 Ob, which conta of ‘the flowing . the early part of the sesion i mado items: samen “$2,000 00. Surveyor General, Sup. of Public Instruction, roto 3 up. of Public Buildings, Prison Inspectors, Biennial Sessions, Hy ak svg ‘of P a ont De eago— rdiem, . sollgage one-balf og 110 $3 ss88 ut 10psis of the oticing the . rtiz exeitement, Mr’ Uisabe stones thanks dbundmage af tie gears herve ‘abundance of the year’ A the death of Daniel Webster ta. . and passes to the Crry or 38 Reducing transportation of ‘Prisoners from one dellar to fifty cants per mile, which is recommended, State Hospitals, . Reducing salary of Governor . Bo 33 33 Of Supreme Crt Judges to $7,000 3,000 . the. Reducing namber of District 13h Judges from 11 to 8, about, 12,000 . 4) Salary of District Attorney of : San Francisco, 5,000 (The message next states that the evormous sum of $157,933 89 has been paid as interest on our three per cent. bonds. ‘ The resistance at San Francisco to the tax on consigned goods is referred to the Legislature, ; It is recommended chat the law be so amended as to authorize reeeiving state wariants for dues, It complains of the frauds against the . ,. state in the disposal of the water lots at San Francisco, and recommends the appointment of 2 committee to ascertain . ¥ whether the limits of the city: cunnot . , be extended without injary to commerce. the addition ia suitable lote to be leased . for the benefit of the state. = =. The refusal of the steamship compan ies to pay taxes in this state on th ground that the same property is taxe in the other states, is referred to. suits had been decided in favor of: State, others were pending.. , ,. °° ded: The subject of the publie lands takeg . + much space in the message. . Lt. opposes! migrc the nction of the boatd of commissioners, especially in the Fremont decis _The blame of the states prion conteact is laid on tho commissioners: and may be d.— Rios. and. Nioarar: . < The Lobos Island question is 1 Hed full adhnewibers tat eae } claim to them and their rich'production OF the U.S. acquisitions of territory [Concluded on Fourth Page.) on the law. So,] liberal -support as intimately interwoven ry