Excerpt from Annual Message of the Governor of Ohio, to the Fifty-Sixth General Assembly, at the Regular Session Commencing January 4, 1864 In compliance with the provision of our Constitution, which requires the Gov cruor to communicate to the General Assembly the condition of the State, and recommend such measures as he may deem expedient, I address you. The condition of my health for the past few weeks, and my present indisposi tion. Will account for the brevity of the communication. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.