Board of Internal Improvement. - Thomas Metcalfe, of Nicholas Co., President; Dillis Dyer, of Rumsey; Austin P. Cox, of Frankfort, Secretary. State Institutions for the Relief of the Unfortunate.— Lunatic Asylum, at Lexington, founded in 1822, number of inmates during the year 1846, 301; Deaf and Dumb Asylum, at Danville, founded in 1822, 53 pupils; School for the Blind, at Louisville, founded in 1842, 31 pupils; Marine Hospital at Smithland, established in 1827; Penitentiary, established in 1798, average number of convicts during the year 1846, 187; Louisville Marine Hos ital, established in 1835. FINANCES. Sinking Fund. - Commissioners - William Owsley, Governor and Chairman ex officio ; John Tilford, President Northern Bank of Kentucky; Virgil M'Knight, President Bank of Kentucky; Joshua B. Bowles, President Bank of Louisville; H. J. Bodley, Auditor; Thomas S. Page, Second Auditor; and E. H. Taylor, Cashier Frankfort Branch Bank H. J. Bodley, Secretary. The commissioners have control of the funds to pay the interest on the public debt, and finally to extinguish the principal. The receipts of the Fund during the year 1846 were $389,654.80; the expenditures for the same time, $370,594.02; leaving a balance of $19,060.78. The resources of this fund have been sufficient to meet promptly the interest on the public debt. Ordinary Revenue. - Receipts into the treasury for the year ending 10th October, 1846, including a balance of $23,444.36, on hand 10th October, 1845, $428,810 35. Ordinary expenses of the government, same time, $408,307 35; leaving a balance in the treasury, 10th October, of $20,503. Valuation of property liable to taxation in 1846, $242,388,967; increase from 1845, $13,900,806. A tax of 15 cents is collected on each $100 worth of property, besides a specific tax on carriages, &c.; one-third of the tax collected is paid to the commissioners of the Sinking Fund to aid them in the payment of the state debt. The debt was contracted for internal improvement purposes. Total number of white males over 21 years old in 1846, 137,604. Average value of the land in 1846 in the whole state, $6.31 per acre. State Debt. The entire funded debt is $4,596,026, to which the state owns $1,270,500 of bank stock, about 400 miles of turnpike roads, which yields about $24,000 of dividends annually; 29 miles of railroad, which rents for $17,000 per annum; and about 290 miles of slackwater navigation, which yields annually about $30,000. XXIV. OHIO. The first permanent settlement of Ohio was commenced at Marietta, in 1788; in 1789, the country was put under a territorial government, and called the "Western Territory," which name was afterwards altered to the "Territory North-west of the Ohio;" and in 1802, it was erected into an inpendent state. GOVERNORS. 1789 Arthur St. Clair, Governor till the end of the territorial government. Every white male inhabitant, twenty-one years old, resident in the state one year next before the election, and who has paid, or is charged with, a state or county tax, may vote. Representatives shall be twenty-five years old, citizens of the state and of the United States, residents of their county for one year next before the election, and have paid a state or county tax. They shall be chosen annually, and shall be not more than thirty-six, nor fewer than twenty-four, until the number of white male inhabitants, twentyone years old, shall be 22,000, and thereafter not more than seventy-two, nor less than thirty-six. Senators (in number not more than one-half, nor fewer than one-third of the number of representatives) shall be citizens of the United States, thirty years old, residents for two years of their district or county, and have paid a state or county tax, and shall be chosen biennially, one-half every year. The governor shall be thirty years old, a citizen of the United States for twelve years, and of the state for four years next before the election, and shall be chosen biennially by a plurality of votes of the people, or, in case of an even vote, by the two houses on joint ballot, and shall receive a fixed compensation. In case the office of governor be vacant, it shall be filled by the speaker of the senate, and after him by the speaker of the house. The supreme court has jurisdiction at common law, and in chancery, both original and appellate. The court of common pleas, beside its other powers, acts as probate and orphans' court. The judges of both courts are elected by joint ballot of both houses for seven years. Justices of the peace shall be elected in towns for three years. Slavery is prohibited. No state or county tax shall be laid on polls. The salaries of the supreme court judges, and of the presidents of the common pleas, shall not be diminished during their term. Whenever two-thirds of the General Assembly think fit to amend the constitution, they shall recommend to the electors, at the next election of members, to vote for or against a convention; and, if a majority of votes be in favor thereof, it shall be called within three months after the next session. But no amendment introducing slavery shall ever be made. GOVERNMENT. on the 1st Monday in December, 1848), WILLIAM BEBB, of Hamilton, Governor (term of office expires Samuel Galloway, of Ross Co., Salary. $1,200 Sec. of State, and Sup't of Schools, 900 Oran Follett, E. N. Sill, of Sandusky, Erie Co., Jacob Blickensderffer, of Tuscarawas, Tuscar. Co., do. Acting Commissioner of the Canal Fund, 666 The Auditor and Treasurer of State are advisory Commissioners of the Canal Fund. President, $2.50 a day. $1,000 1,000 Hiram Griswold, of Canton, Stark Co, Reporter. William Johnson, Superior Court of Cincinnati. Judge, Salary, $1,000 Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad.-(Extending from Sandusky on Lake Erie, to Dayton on the Miami Canal, where the Mad River forms a junction with the Miami River.) — Length of road, 160 miles. Contracts for construction were The charter of this company was obtained in 1832. made as early as 1835, and a portion at the northern end was completed in 1838. The financial crises at this time affected the affairs of the company; and, although additional portions were brought into active use from time to time, it was not until 1845 that a loan enabled the company to push on its work efficiently. The road is now completed, and cars run daily from Sandusky to Bellefontaine, 102 miles. To West Liberty, the superstructure will be done by 1st August, 1847, 110 miles; to Urbana, 120 miles, by 1st Nov vember. Between Urbana and Springfield (at which latter point, 25 miles from Dayton, it will intersect the Little Miami Railroad running direct to Cincinnati), upwards of $30,000 has been expended. The cost per mile is estimated at $8,000. The business of the road is fast increasing, averaging, on the commencement of the summer travel for 1847, $600 a day for travel and transportation. It is estimated, that the receipts for the year commencing 20th Oct. 1846, will exceed $100,000. When completed, the travel over this route to and from the great Mississippi Valley will be very great, while the transportation will come up to the utmost capacity of the road. XXV. MICHIGAN. Detroit, the capital of Michigan, was settled by the French about the year 1670. In 1805, the country was erected by the Congress of the United States into a separate territorial government; in 1812, it was taken by the British under General Brock; in 1813, it was recovered by the army of the United States under General Harrison; and in 1836, it was admitted into the Union as an independent state. 66 do. 1840 Alpheus Felch, 1846 S. T. Mason, ent. upon office, Jan. 1836 | J. S. Barry, ent. upon office, Jan. 1842 † Wm. Woodbridge, do. Jas.W.Gordon, Lieut.& Act. Gov. 1841 W. L. Greenley, Lt. & Act. Gov. 1847 ABSTRACT OF THE CONSTITUTION, Adopted in Convention, May 11, 1835; ratified by the People, October 5, 1835. Every white male citizen, twenty-one years old, resident in the state six months before the election, or at the signing of the constitution, may vote. Representatives in number not less than forty-eight, nor more than one hundred, shall be chosen on the first Monday and Tuesday of November. Senators, in number one-third of that of the representatives, shall be chosen for two years, one-half every year. Any qualified elector, resident in the county or district, may represent it in either house. Bills may be vetoed by the governor; but two-thirds of each house may pass them, notwithstanding his veto. The governor and lieutenant-governor shall have been citizens of the United States for five years, and residents of the state for two years, and shall be chosen for two years by a plurality of votes. The lieutenant-governor and the president of the senate, in succession, fill the office of governor when vacant, until it is filled by the people at the next election. The judges of the supreme court are appointed by the governor and senate, for seven * Died, July 6th, 1834. † Elected U. S. Senator in 1841. + Elected U. S. Senator in 1847. |