Biennial Message of Gov. James A. Mount of Indiana, 1899

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State of Indiana, 1899 - 51 Seiten
 

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Seite 29 - The general assembly shall provide, by law, for a uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation; and shall prescribe such regulations as shall secure a just valuation for taxation of all property, both real and personal, excepting such only, for municipal, educational, literary, scientific, religious, or charitable purposes, as may be especially exempted by law.
Seite 13 - It will not be doubted, that, with reference either to individual or national welfare, agriculture is of primary importance. In proportion as nations advance in population and other circumstances of maturity, this truth becomes more apparent, and renders the cultivation of the soil more and more an object of public patronage. Institutions for promoting it grow up, supported by the public purse; and to what object can it be dedicated with greater propriety?
Seite 27 - Knowledge and learning generally diffused throughout a community, being essential to the preservation of a free government, it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to encourage, by all suitable means, moral, intellectual, scientific and agricultural improvement, and to provide by law for a general and uniform system of common schools, wherein tuition shall be without charge, and equally open to all.
Seite 36 - IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the United States.
Seite 41 - ... one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, one first sergeant, four sergeants, eight corporals, two musicians, one wagoner, and from sixty,four to eighty,two privates.
Seite 35 - It is the wish of the President that the regiments of the National Guard or State militia shall be used as far as their numbers will permit, for the reason that they are armed, equipped and drilled.
Seite 38 - States; also all incidental expenses connected therewith, such as the hire of offices, clerks, messengers, etc., for mustering officers, will be met by the Government of the United States from the proper appropriation at the disposal of the several staff departments of the Army. Certified vouchers for all expenditures herein authorized will be forwarded to the War Department for audit and payment. The vouchers should be certified by officers of the proper staff departments and approved by the mustering...
Seite 37 - All absolutely necessary expenses for the subsistence, transportation, sheltering, and generally the maintenance of volunteers during the interval between their enrollment (enlistment) and their muster (or being sworn) into the service of the United States; also all incidental expenses connected therewith, such as the hire of...
Seite 41 - Iowa, has been directed to confer with your representative concerning details affecting comfort, shelter, subsistence of organizations and the order in which they should be mobilized for muster. To save expense, and for other reasons that will occur to you, it is suggested that preliminary physical examinations be made of men before they are taken from their homes. Blanks mailed to Adjutant-General of State. You are requested to constitute a board of three reputable physicians for the purpose only...
Seite 36 - ... accordance with the provisions of the proclamation issued by the President. All vacancies that exist or may occur in regiments, companies or batteries will be immediately filled by the acceptance of volunteers to the limit of the State's quota, as designated by the authorities of the Federal government. Inasmuch as the number of men who are at this time tendering their services is far in excess of requirements, I deem it timely to announce in this connection that there will be no compulsion upon...

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