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at * According to the report of the Principal Keeper of theiPenifentiaiy. the condition of that institution is prosperous. Under his skilful roonsirement it bos produced a net in- si » come of $8,937 83 the present yp ar. AVhatever may have heretofore been the large and unrequited outlays of money /•on account of this institniton, thereby making it a distaste- . fu! burthen on thirpeople, the problem U now solved that convict labor may be so applied as to rcmuntrato the pub*---- - * a r ’ ’ f----”^ lie Treasury and satisfy that cctljfe^phijanthropy which ylooked to guilt and its atonements—lHat preserved life and reformed.thc offender. The exercise of the'pardoning power according to an Executive order of last year, it is believed, has acted beneficially on their conduct by stimulating the hope of the convicts. The worst of all calamities is when a man despairs of himself.Tbs trades pursued in the institution are not intended materially to interfere with the regular and honest mechanics. The principal poreuit is the making and working ofleathersn most of its forms of use. .These fabricsdo not supply one fiftieth part of the consumption of theState. yAn spprepriation of a small amount is recommended so as to cover any demands when the fabrics of the institution may not be mratlable4but with the condition that the same be replaced in the treasury within the space of twelve months after the same shall have been drawn.. 'Also, that authority be given to employ master workmen as overseen at a price exceeding the present limits, and the safeties of some of the principal 'officers of the institutionbe increased.. *3 I In the revision ot an act of the last Legislature authorizing the creation of certain corporations, defining their rights and privileges and providing a mode for changing the names ofindividuals, some embarrassment was felt inconsequence of tbeVacfion'of^mv immediate' predecessor on the subject. ^ In the year 1789 an act was pssea, and it is believed to be now in force, whereby the Exetn*tive was invested with authority to incorporate churches „ limiting his power to grant only gucb charters as were similar to Uioso conferred on the two churches designated in the act; 'In the mean time repeated legislation has oo n | enrred in relation to the delegation of the appointing pow, j.! erto certain offices, which in the eariy period of the go* ij I vernment had been exclusively exercised by Legislature, j I It is to be noticed that fa most instances when this power . I has been transferred by and from the Legislature,' tbe Ju* I dietary,' In'seme of its branches; has' been made the de* 3*) positoiy^ In the excerrise of * this delegated power it istfcongbt that no cg»c has arisen in which its constitutional
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Athens Southern Whig
Athens, Georgia, US
Thu, Nov 13, 1845
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