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VOL XWVIl. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 3845. NO. 18. TIT3 OZSOI5.C2A JO iTIUVrX." I'llt MIV.II TV.ICK \ WM K 1-UHING I U K -I - I 1* (7 '1' r 55 S *> T !S W a'. A 'i' 'S' , r.nrroR i vn rnornir.ron, * r raum; oot.i.viis i-i'.ti wnc.vi, in .vnv vxrr. on. K>um iioi.i.mis it run i;mi or Tin; vi ah oil, rollu dim, o 4<i!i4,-ri|ttioi) will In* i » ,| j||.* « ini ri|>| in it lUOllti \l W I* O ll T or TP E JOIXT STANDING \ '■ ‘ M '1ITITE 0\ THE l |lillll III * !i rlfl -.. i) U iiiiiiu: i Mill, VNDS.Iiv required 0\ In , li til- la i.l i in i puli lit* FBNITENT1 ARY, 1843. majority report. The Joint Standing Committee on tin; Penitentiary, hav ing (liscliiuged the duties assigned them, beg leave to Rl'.l’dlli: That having organised, they appointed sub-Committccs ill 1 .iiiiiirn to <■ xtiillino the vouchers in the several departments o! the Principal Keeper, Book Keeper and Inspector. That the tmlii on '!"■ i*rs. i snh-l.'oni in it t ees so appointed, upon the meeting of the Joint 1“an ' Standing Committee, alter cxumiimtioii, had reported sev- ,l. ,\, ii, ,■ hi iin-.-f - 0 ii-s orally that the accounts current of these several ollicers were 1 l ’"'" "* 1 ' folly sustained by the vouchers submitted to their inspection, (Till* |*l»l s(|inir V, 1(1 III' Sal*** .»r m: mint i»o at n p'iMm- :uk iion,on tin msi wit Ii llu* single (except mu that in the first mairtcr nl tin* no- ..mo.•uitritli.IioIvmmmi l!)«’usual lionise 1 s ilr.nl Hu* .. . , . . . - t , ‘ , , I,;,,. -,,i..si l i t i,o foi.niv va ii.»*t. ii.; ii finiiirii ntu iil vrni I ->, an error was <liscovi*ml in suhtiiictm^ the* tnrv.oi \ i tii ii inn ot orP i 1.4; ui-iiii .i i tiI* -1':"ini- amount of i>.sm*s from liiw inutmnls uu hand, rcriucim' ,.,l lirm ,vin'Sl\r\ DAX.S nt.li-o ili.-itol.in cl llu* ..... p ,*», j j. Him <Mi.*, nu.t i »‘»i» ,L >«>r or iiui'ouri- pi'olii s ot tin* I'rmeipal Warper fclUi). oil’ll •mli** \ .1, I I iti,e mi .... r.n>r. rv .1 Nolirt* i - i • P lor puM.-li."! F<.I1TY tlnv Noti III .1 aj» , iv for I ■ MON nis. \ r.)t to til.' t" tin* (’..til l nf( M ilimi • 1 r |uil)!it»lu*il fur !'• >1 I! *i >\ r tlit*rt'nti t»v tin* I 'uni I. ('in 11 os I >l oil. i* nl A.I thirl7 il if/* —ini' •!i j .uis •inn I- tun i'llhIf/ I" Didst In 1 juiMislirtl ration. monthly ni.v :.11, fro.ti in, mlituisliij>Jor!y days. ,• .- in* ill ll .III g ! M.IKl I i* j!':'' I i ‘ I It’ll ,— I'lM .'sttiMi-liiii!! I- -si }.!>|'« r.-./.»' thr .oiith*—l«r compelling lilies 1:old I'.MCll* A I -li-irnlms, wi|.*n*u l’..no! '.ms been |*ivt*n t>> lie |.»i’t*'i-.'4,/••<• tuff *pnrr ol'three months. p ,,|i • ,-j., ,< a ill alwn vn Im cun id i oil nccor.liiii: lo llicso Ik lfsr.il ti’ijiiireni.’iHs, miles.-ml;, rwiso nr.lernl. All lui*iiu*4s of 'his kiiolrodiiuiio- t” • vo prompt nticir i.l it ill v* t )ilicn ul ilm (1 P.OIKi I VJOl 1» N A t.. \ fi> v (1 V« tlladi&oH) rift? S'l'AGE T • \ >'. ('htnjrsU (twl o)0’j Ifoiifp he!wo n thr.-- ii/iyorlitn 1 1mints, now in ofiern/mn^thal rims (/ire: t : >rnuo/i without delay a/ion the mad. I’ r.WlNti Mn (I iso ii ou Monilnv, \\‘» dm•.««!.»> , ■ u.l I ’ jLa M"i ;.i ;. it, iificr iIip nrriviil ot iho Cnm from Ati| ji.i-'-iiiir la ILi'.dioii. PloplooV Mills, i’I on ul s\ itlc, I' I n> .1 atiit. W con il 7 o’ i . .. I*. M.. - I • I * we ii I. i,.t lii.c i.n* T.iiliiliu-si’p, and u ilailv line ol Four llmx I'olm.tl.i To Jil. Tf /iY(V. I. ivc IM.k on on utl Stit ,|i|;M Ml *J o’cl.icU, A. M., pimsi*'” i ir.it. :i*110.1 place t.niiil nniviiij: nt .Mntiisoii nl RJ 11 cm* a .• tilt. \ cr Kill lo coddi cl vi .Hi llie tlm Ii lIlMUllOVl l.-cli, l*. M.. dWi.iil It.tin on \Yc .1.- lino to Millcljrrvillc i ,M-i.lisoii mi M.id.lt t!ic iiiriv.iI of lit.* Mill.il Tin 1 »\ diordiic.s.nl! j lim.dgli Ivifodi.m, not! mi .Wcf. < ' . I*. U. ulc ;c uc a lit . lit Ionr lio. i ’(dicln I.»r >:n null .1; m lieturninif. !e«\. Villc.iccv liic . i Sltlnul . \ . Ml :i luck, M., pn'si I'iv. ..t litnliMid nl IP) o'clock,l*. M. Foi M, .... ; o. lonvo Mnilisou on Mnndn> nil'! Frol <\ iifirr llu* Mriiml ofil.H . ; l( i • p '"ii I*y \\ Ii.iiicl.l’s, mid i.niw* nt M ii'i lock. I*. M. /illuming. Ict.vc Mmiiic iio, :<l Sutuul ii. «t B) o'clock, A. A! .1 Mtuiiiccllo for , Wnilimsdny nml us In.id \ up nslii l»v li.iitiiilnii, unit i iiig lo §28,951 o- '. w. Choate, 15. K. receiv ed r. oni A*. . C. Der- IV, 1 late Ji. K .cash, debts mid manufactures. 30,6(51 07 '. w . (.’home, M. Iv., of ’1 'iru** nrv. (of appro- priii ition of §32,000,) to pay old debts, 3.071 C2 . \v . Choate , 15. k., for Stills istence and re- building, (of appropriation § 18,0(50.) 7,918 Gf) 'ot tii amount of debits, §72,(5.13 •7;) Cil. M Ck. I*. M. r. I v upon co.id Iio ttt.l « • fill \Yc imp.*, I.\ public putroi r. II. PA Ml Ill’ll.I., A-Cdl, .'Im.Iisi M* l.ANIiML *’ ,\i.i<•■ >11. W M. >inii| 'J5V, “ .Mooli, din N. IIVUKI.NS, “ Mill.«Jc. villi*. Col. BUY \ s. “ L Ion. haw kins v'c i;ut(i(is, r Sept. Rll, 1 ‘ t.’». m’ate: or l Hy dLuilf} I' I, . ('!{.{ WTO If /). (ioern.ro/yoil \ V,\rAM‘Y 11 ii v in if oc c. u i red m lim ^Jtli < ■ i • ll , l ei: <1 Sinics l»\ lla* ri*>i:'.duli..ii ol ll.c I f.. W\SII1 Ml |ON I'OM, io. iiil cr cl.. l tr. i.i (P* Tim'd "I iotoil Districl ol tliir Sin.’. I.n licit l.\ i-s.ic Ilii pr.icl iiittiion, r» quii ii:g 11st dillv uilllioi i?.eit . i; > < . .■ < B'*p • i 1 ii"! 1 mi . I-1 too in ’ll., it i• -1 . . :iv. i ■ -ii,P V.i'.i' .'’li do \ ol .1 mi ii tin, 1IP*, in 10111110 r it to a, io till ci.iii ’...i ;.hc\ . j.i.d il.nl i, • Principal Keeper inis on hand raw materials, froinTussi’ J Oetnher b'tll, 1843, 1 Materials nsi d in relmilding, IP14, in.! ,i11i,I- in | P. K. allowed by nppiaisers, for re-lmilding, ialMI, mi, il I’. K. allowed by appraisers for 1 (> additional Tan Vats and Mark House, in 1813, , Increased value of Meat her in tan vats in 1844, IJaiai.ee of maimfac. ares, uolos, iVc. in hands ,1J. K. Oetoher lith, 18-15, \ mount paid hs M. K. on old debts, 1 Ueductiou on old .Merchandise turned over by , W . Dorrv, (JH. ’I'o!;,I amount of inamifacturedarticles turned over hv 1*. K. to It. K. lo 7th (Jet ifc-’ t. Materials used in creeling new building ; in 11,771 27 1844, 9,433 50 Allowed hy appra’ucis for erecting new build ings in 1844, increased value of Leather in tan van!, Oct, 1(5,323 80 7, 1-44, Balance of raw materials oil hand, 7th Oeto- 1,7(52 42 her, IS14, 20,010 70 $39,514 ?"> Profits up to October Till, 1814, 8 i 1,807 29 Tho Committee would call tiie attention i f the lag;. la- f \c.ir Committee report with coniiilenee the result of their i examination in these several depurtinenfs, heratise etich nets ns ti check upon tin' other, as will lie seen liv reference to the ; act of 1840, regulating and defining tile tin ties of the sever- ‘ j til ollicers above imnicd, at pages 1 11 to 148. My that act tn -.-11 Xt'.(!ttot;s.;„asi I,.- |i»Mi-Ihm! i.n ; ii j s made the dutv of the Monk Keeper lo receive from the |S 1. Mr,, no-Iir l. >'.MU' s.Milltin IMihI,’ . . .. ■ ,, . 1 , l riueipal Keeper all the notes, accounts, and imillliiacturcu articles ; and from the Treasury nil monies appropriated I’m the use of the institution, and to account for the same. It is made the duty of the Inspector to purchase till articles used hy the Penitentiary, (the purchases heieg ordered by the Principal Keeper.) and to take the receipt of the Principal Kcepct for the same. And it is made the duly of the Prin cipal Keeper to receive ail raw niateiiais purchased liy the Inspector, and to receipt to him for the same, and such raw ! materials as may he on hand when the Principal Keeper on- ; ters on the duties of his ollice, (hr whid. lie gives receipts to his predecessor. j The Committee themselves having had access to all the hooks and vouchers, mid being satisfied as above stated of their correctness, and of the agreement of the same with the icports el’ the several otlireis, present in their repoit for the ! inspect! m of the Legislature, the following consolidated statement of the fiscal concerns of the Penitentiary for the j years 1844 and 1845: '! DM. A. W. I!I'pni.vr;, P. K. received from C. 1!. Nelson, late P. K. raw materials nmount- ! iare to the operations of the political year 1S45, commencing | on the *ili Oetoher, lf*44,aud ending on the Oth ()i toher, l s 45; in which the Principal Keeper, leaving the profits of 1814 out of view—charging for the ninteiials only used in re-lmilding—commences with the remainder of mw materi als on hand, thus : A. \V. Ijr.DI'lXO, P. K., DU. To balance of materials on hand outlie “th of Oetoher, 18-14, To amount of materials received from Inspec tor to ()cloher Cth, 18 13, To am,,mit i f expenses paid hy ,M. R. to Cth October, i 8 ;5, IT, . |,oai , - it.,- II . In,nl „l,,l it, - r. rtiliu’ I*. (iEOIlHE \V.Cl!A\YFOHI>. *. R H. 4 ll’ A L»£5«<'SiAJ3AT0tL\. ST.VS’t; (MtOltCIl. ttydr.OU W.Cll l . »•/ m/*/>, r.-.»r, /-.voro/x, M U i SI. irr. 1.0,1 i. l liumion Ilia! I <1 nil tin* Ul (J,i v in' Alliril-I. ill ills i ,,11'it v nt I ll|,',n i.i li.i.K I.l Suiui.l M Iiuu, III DAMII U I pr.iji. Total of credits, Deduct uuiomit of liabilities, fi'ross amount of profits for the two years, A m’l of credit pore’s in’4 I. $1,500 70 “ “ “ ’45 toOc.15, 2JJ44 87" Allowed by P. K. to cover losses, (contingencies,) 1,300 00 Nett profits of liie two years 1844 and K 20.304 '■l 9,4:18 30 i 0,525 80 220 (I.) 1,702 42 29,O'! 70 13,188 7 i 1.720 9(5 898,812 .;s r2,(io;j 33 82(5.208 73 5,033 G3 520,855 l: Total amount of debits for the year ending October Oth, 1843, 1845 (II. To amount, of manufactured articles turned over by i\ I'., to M. K. to full Oct., 18-13, ((■counts against United States in the same lime, turned over hy i*. K. to 15. K. ' interiais used in sinking 10 additional tan vats, and erecting bark house, I.enllier and raw bides oil Imud ("til October, 1-45, Other raw materials on imud, including brick, lumber, Ate. Ate. (iross amount of profits for the year 1815, Deduct for contingencies, (explained page 8, P. Keeper’s Report,) Deduct nkn for error in P. Keeper’s 1 st quarter, 1845, Leaves for nett profits for 1845, 820,010 70 J7,5.'3 71 11,121 21 8 18.(5 I 08 J 00 00 -3 KIN, llill *• it ri*'\ mkI «ii Him i '!M“ , s , ! And inasmuch ns the Monk Keeper’s necount current bus i. not been published, (except so nmcli as relates to old .-Jock account,) the same not being retpiiicd by Inw to be pil'dish- ' ti,i--| ed, your Committee believe it will facilitate the better nn- iH'V'i I dersltinding of tlie Mime, by milking it a part of tin ir re port ; and they thcrcfoie submit the following account cur- Il ti ll '(ill oHT* ‘PP' III. 'Ill’ll.I III! il Mini 91. i.l wiih , III fill* ili-r licit Iim "... il III* 8l.tU.lH lllllll g'cil. ;i ill.til r inv hau l tit .1 llu* irrr.i! <• .tl ol lln* S C. ,n*l hi Mi!Uils' viil , r,.i, UU. .11\ ol : A. IIt: 15. (H.oiini: \v. ci!aw runi). IIv lilt- (Jovoinnr: N. C. I*. \I:.\KTT,S«mt*v ol Mai.'. m sruii*i ion. 'Illf* KM i I KINO i-r t < 11 ‘ Ml t ’JM \ 1*111 8 ill* npo, llltll V is,1 pwtuiliy i oii.|il*-.siuu, liiuo (•%(>, Ja i k hair, li.u» u down look '• (1 1 - tlllOUl Ii l* i I I.llill. In p^dilion lo «.»:<* ^ovpihoi 's Ih-wiinl. v. • .’.i I V 1 wo 11 r NI) 1H'.! > \ \ 11 FIFTY HO I..M!< \ f i ’• VI!) W. KING to os- «<i i.n: **. ii-1. O' .if Jailor ol Lowin''*# I’ciinlv . a. \i \Ti.m.\, rent of tin Piincipn d Keeper and Bool k Keeper , tii*parat(* Iv : 1841 B. DOk KEF,PER DM. Tot ii 1 ailioilll! oi Sir ndiandise, iiicludiu g notes, account s, (fcc. tor lied over by Win. (’. Dei- 1 lv.late M. K. to | ircscnt 15. K..3d .1 mi. '41, §30,(5(51 07 Cush rece iv ed hv (’. W. Choate, 15. K . out. of appropr iation of §32,000, to pay old debts, 5.07 i 02 < ash rece iv ed li mil 8 18,000 upproprir 11 ii >u, 7,918 09 A mount ol f inanufiicl ureil art ides und jt >!i work i cccivcf 1 from Pr. Keeper, v ear 184 4, 11,771 27 Do. do. do. 18 1 j, 31,90S 83 Accounts agaii.st U . States of l*. K., 1 45, *».>*) .'**(> Total liah ilitics for two vcms. §87,787 31 -ti rrr^nr'r: . J k iiiL i iluul • rZarvti. Tin: w i T. .1. IM.N I \i:k (< UOoVl.U, •i. i.r.i:, J. S. (iltoOVI’.I!. . . , , . \piomit ol o'l! <! Cll. w ...ic’hauoi:, 6V». 2in I iia\ inp eivcli'd ii I Amount of reduction on old stock turned over, paii! by M. Keepet, Vmoimt paiil to I.:-; eetorin 1844 ami 1845, Incidenliil exp-uses paid M. Ixeeper, '2 y< irs, ii , i HU* |i>ll<i ..I mull rlju III. • ■ ' i li i>iu xs in hi- rlrirpi>. * n* Hi' i ;i nml -iiln of ('iilloii w il 1 *»"’l ol Mi. JOHN jO\i;<, win *'i i'«. ' W’liro loiiist* Ini 'ini’ -h, • i.t will g, 111In* x 111> ot (Ntiion mill ilm IIIiinti ol 01 . __ I• i‘-1u I ,11!v unci \ vv li! lu: IllillJi: on ( 'olimi III rilnic o Hill,'].! *v norr„ no 'nvnt ii! in Hlii.iolii-I t:Il l’ll In I piio tin* hnidofj W holt? nmount of credits for 2 years, iiv'f.Ma*!"-! 1 .',! Eiilunce in Hook Kecju r’s hands, eml of [mlit- iiml iio*; ii ul n oar 15**15, I all ii* I = pl’lllliolt* to «! I PRINCIPAL KP.liPLR DR. Total nmomit of materials tin hi <1 over by C. 11. Nelson to A. W. Redding, on the 1st January, 1841, A. \V. Redding received from Inspector, from 1st January, It- I 1, to 7111 Oct. I(84-1, r.xpenses paid bv 15. K. ending 7tli Oct. 1844, Tola! amount of liabilities for 1814. r i!u* direction g ln*.*n known •ul.'ir ailciilion Mod#. rilolO or lo lit* 828,951 05 10,844 79 7,851) 72 17 46 Thus have the ('mnmitlee brought to tiio attention und in spection of the Legislature, by uccounts current, cnia-olidii- ted nml separate, ti fall view of tiio tlausuctmiis of the sev eral departments for the political years 1844 and 1845 ; and a '',i|| he | ereeived, that the profits from the 1st of January, 1844, to the (!tli of October, 1-15, amount to 820,855 12. (t may lie objected to this, that the sum of 825,9(54 3(5, for materials and labor in re-building, should not In; taken into account : to this it may he replied, tluit that expense was ne cessary to the State, and might have been more, if resort laid been bail toother mechanics than those in tin: Peniten tiary— for the former would have had an eye to the profit in the undertaking—while in the employment of the latter, matciials and labor alone tire charged for. And ibis labor und expense in re-building was erpi illy necessary, if tin sis- item me rontiiiacd, n bi-tlici the location u.;s uhcie i: now I is, or Imd been fixed at a different point, i Your l 'oinmitlee having examined ti.e u bole of the Shops, Tan Yard, mid Hospital, recently erected, tesethri with tin: machinery, arc min li pleased w ith tin ir hit-nngement und construction. They are satisfied llmt the Police i coialuct- M'diiith firmness, skill and immunity ; llie coni ids nppeui to ! la 1 belter satisfied than ordinarily belongs to their condition, j The whole interior of the e.-tablishmcnl is neotiv kept, und j the inmates look healthy. Your ( ommittee are inuc-li grat ified lo learn llmt so feu cases oi mortality liave occurred since the last session of the Legislature. The Committee agree fully with the Principal Keeper in llu: sentiments expressed in his Repot l, in i (card lo I lie hc.-t mode of improving the nun::! comhsmu of the < miv.cts.— Men inny lie pcisiiaded und induced hy kindness to do belter ; | hut force is seldom efiectiiul to accomplish like results. 1 li- Kxcellencv, in his Message, recmiiniended an increase! of lhe salary lo the pi'incipal oi'.icers. \\ hileyour l.'oinmit- tee feel it to lie their duty io I'lToiuturnd economy in the dis- Imiisi incuts of the public monies, they yet express their agreement with llis Excellency, ami Inlieie that the very : arduous duties of the ollicers of the Institution me not, hy j present salaries, adequately compensated ; nml therefore re* | commend that i lie Principal Kicpcr’s salary he iuci easi d to ; two thou and ih, liars per a mini a ; the As-istiiiil Keeper’s so I- jarv to one thousand dollars per annum ; and in order to se- | cure master workmen to superintend the convicts, and give | them the piopcr instruction,your ('ommittee recommend the I wagi - ot' tlie Overseers he increased to live hundred dollars per nnaiiin. liy rel’mence to the Principal Keeper’s Report, he snvs— f have had to employ master niechtinics to teach the com ids, and paid out till amount which,if divided between tin: Over- . seel.-, would nearly scciue a (-niapeteut masler woiiUiiaii m 1 each of the departments. That mechanics thus employ ed ate tmt held responsible for the work or tlie conduct of the convict. And ns your Committee can see no difference in | the expense of employing them the one wav or tin! other, they know of no good reason why their wages should not he iucieascd, ami thus make them both more responsible and pet niauent. And as an additional reason, they have ascertained hy in- tervi. w with the Principal Keeper, that one officer in the guard, at pay of §300 per annum, has been dispensed with, and the wages of the guard reduced from twenty to sixteen dnilais per month. l'roni n cert ificate furnished by I lie Treasurer, shew ing t be amount of money drawn by the Rook Keeper of the appro priation of §18,05)0, to re-build and subsist on, it appears that of tlie su m of 8 10,324 43, drawn of it, there was drawn on tlie first of January, 16-1-1, by John Hammond, topnv for Pork nml Suit, §2,318 81, and which was chargeable to the firmer Monk Keeper, and the further sum of §17 50 paid to folm M. Ashiiist. Esq.; til-)) the sunt of §38 43 to William Stride, expenses for prosecuting escaped convicts, but w hich several sums not being drawn by tlie present Rook Keep er, have not been charged by him against himself. The Committee would recommend that the two female convicts now confined in the Penitentiary be pardoned ; and they recommend tluit sonic oilier mode of punishment be prescribed for females who shall hereafter be convicted of tlio.-e crimes for which they have heretofore been coufiucdin tlie Penitentiary, and that the li \v making a common prison the receptacle of males mid females, be repealed. The rea soning which lias led the (’ommittee fo these conclusions need not here he detailed, it being appntent tluit, unless fe male convicts m e placed in solitary confinement, there would lie a class ol persons soon springing up not contemplated in any piovisimis made for the Institution, and under circum stances abhorrent to every feeling of humanity. 3 om ( oinmitlee would recommend a small appropriation I'm John lladdor, one of the (Juard, of the countv of For syth, who was wounded at the lime of the alt 'to rescue several convicts on their way to the Penitentiaty', while pas sing through the county of Tw iggs; he Inn ing attended as a witness the trial of Dempsey .1. Justice, the supposed mur derer of owe of the fSiutrd in tlie county of Tw iggs. \ our Committee- would recommend the passage of u rcs- .d.itiou making it the duty of the Principal Keeper, Mook Keeper, und Inspector, to publish their Reports herctifior lo j lie made. The ('ommittee also recommend that the temain- | der of the appropriation now in the Treasury ho subject to j the order of liii Excellency the Governor, for the Use of the ; Penitentiary, if necessity should require it. j The recommendation of the Principal Keeper, in his |{e- | port, to appoint item to appraise, at regular periods, j the raw materials in the hands < f the Principal Keeper,utul | also to appraise the notes mid accounts, and ntln i us- • . in : the possession of the Look Keeper, your Committee in e snl- i-fied that, by a hasty examination of those as-ets mude bv them, large amounts are turned over from one set of officer's to another altogether or comparatively worthless, and that the people are deceived by large amounts of assets being reported from time to time on baud. And your Committee would further urge such a commission to be appointed, fimn the consideration that the Keeper can make up a more equi- j table account current; and they recommend tluit the valua tion lake place hy tlie Commissioners as soon as may he pruc- ■ tieablo after their appointment, and thereafter inake such j valuation immediately preceding the assembling of each Le- ; gislnturc. Your Committee highly approve of tSir order of the (,'ov- | ernor, direct- d to the PiilK'ipiil Keeper, on the 14th of Dec. | 1841; for while it tends to strengthen the police of the In- | st it Ml ion, it oilers to the convict a toward worthy his attain- ! meat. And your Committee tecomincnd the passage of a law abolishing the present mode of making up quarterly and an nual reports, by Abstracts,” as they can see no good rea son or adi outage grow ing out of the present mode of makim- up accounts, hy abstracts. \our Committee congratulate the country upon the apparent improvement of the moral condition of its people, us exhibited hy the greatly reduced ntimher of convicts in tile I’rison from that of two vears ; past, being hrady-peren less than there then was. i In conclusion, your Committee cannot but express a fa- I vorulil:- opinion of tlie general management of llie present I Principal Kct-pci ; and the gratification that, instead of he- i ing an expense, it will he a source of revenue to the Slate. A BILL I To lx; entitled An act to provide for tin- completion I < I the Western i-.nil Atlantic IIni! Komi: ; Yi’tlt-;;;t; vs, liic State of Georgia, !;) make a profitable invest meat of her capital, to provide for her citizens the ail- vamages of a i heap and rapid transportation, and to foster a great system ot' internal commerce in the United States, did, by sundry cmulmenls, found n system of Rail llotnls, in tended to open between the Atlantic Ocean and the great ; valley ol'the West two lines of cniutnanieutimi through a | portion of her territory. And whereas hv said enactments I she undertook to construct the Western nml Atlantic Rail I Road, und chartered several companies to construct from its let minus i:i D( Kalb enmity, two lines of Rond, tin: one to j terminate in the city of Align .In, and the other in the city : of Savannah. And w !u:rc;i“, through the i-iicigv and enter- prise of her citizens, tho lino of said Road to Augusta is completed, and that to Savannah nearly finished, giving to llie him him'diT ; ol said Mo i ls, and the citi/.eiis generullv, jits' round ; to e v perl I he Slut e to complete her Mood, w hich K hat ,1 part of tiie great system, without iiiirccessnrv delay. And whereas the State of Georgia in ; invested Ihr. < null ion* of dollars, and upward s in the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, w hu h has been so expended as to complete said Road about sixty miles, und to place in a state nearly compli to the balance of said Road, !■> its terminus nt Ghattnnooga, in the State ol Tennessee. Audwhercas u failure to ctnrv it out ' to its proper terminus must and will render it in u great de gree luipiodiKtive and useless, and, therefore, requires mm- ’ ph'tiun ta In ing into udK ily mid value the groat capital al- I ready expended, therefore Sr.CTlox 1st . /)' it enacted hy the Senate and House of j Ilejirrs n!afir s of il. ■ State oj (icurgia, in (Itncrut Ass< mill/ mi/, and il is in i ■ i.y enacted hy the <;eiiiority of the same, That for the completion of the Western ni-d Atlantic Rail Rond, there shall ho appointed liy this General Assembly three Commissioners, one for two veins, and one for four venrs, and one for six years, so that one may he chosen even sec ond year In-realtor ; and they shall lie entitled to tin: same salaiies and allowances us herelofoie allowed to the Com missioners of said Road. And the said Commi-sinners are hereby declared tohe a body corporate, with pon cr to sue for tiie enforcement d their contracts hereafter to be made, and liable to be sued mi the contracts they may enter into under seal, and no others ; ami Imve authority to borrow money for the ciiinpk-lioii of the said Western and Atlantic Rail Road, and ti) pledge the Road and its appurtenances and profits for tho payment of the principal ami interest, which may accrue. And the said Commissioners shall also have authority to is sue scrip, or tickets in the form of checks, which may eiicu- Inte as money, the same being made receivable in payment for passage, und transportation or freight on said road. J*ro- vided, the tickets or checks to he so issued shall in no event exceed dollars, and the money to he borrowed sliali not exceed dollars, at an interest not ex ceeding per centum per annum.