Show Govurnos Blackburns Message Mes-sage I Louisville Ky IGov Black burns mesaage wai sent to the general gen-eral assemtly tcjay Toe following is a summary of the important points therein A state whose financial condition con-dition in respect to bonded indebtedness indebted-ness is good should be able to make an equally favorable showing aa to I the internal financial status With a bonded indebtedness of only SlEO 394 and resources 76815172 a deficit in the budget of SG7991535 has avery a-very ugly look The governor fcbows that there are ftw extraordinary windfalls like the realization of war claims which disturbed the financial wisdom of the legislature and led them to reduce taxation at a critical period when such action ought never to have been taken that the slate has been the harmed victim of some very mean frauds and has hal to pay the bills which had not a shadow of legitimacy in fact that I claims have been manufactured to a I large amount year after year and thus the treasury has been greatly depleted de-pleted aside from the decrease of the revenues incident to the unwise so duction of taxation from 4oc to 40o a few years ago Tee governor shows that the staa is greatly imposed upon in other ways and recommends the restoration ot the oo tax the diminution of super Burner courts legislation to destroy the facilities holding bogus claims and an ertrely now deal in the valuation valua-tion and assessment ot propeity to secure se-cure uniformity and to reach tbe lull amount of propertyswhich houlJ justly be fazed He also recommends tbe issue i of five year 6 per cent bonds for 5500000 As to the penitentiary peni-tentiary the governor takes the OJi tion that retief mutt be accorded by the legislature to the inhumanly crowded prison houses tbat the present pres-ent leasing system be abolished and the stntf take contrcl that a second penitentiary be erected and a proper libor eyetem be introduced With reference to common schorls the governor gov-ernor recommends voluntary local taxing to bring state aid up to the educational requirements of each district State aid has reached tho low figures of 122 per capital for whites and 48o for colored pupils By reorganization of tho taxing system 20o school tix would yield a much larger revenue anti teachers would ba paid much more promptly were sheriff not allowed such long grace on their returns re-turns to the state |