The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-02-02
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Estimate Of Ways and Means to ,,sest This Ex.
For revenue tax on lands, lots, per.
soBai property, merchants and
pedlars, licenses and aTrearages
alter deduction fsr commissions
>, and inso'ven,s, Ss9i, i67 IS
Tax on law process, appeals, county
and nOta.lai seals, and ordinary
licences, 10000
Surplus On tobacco exported, $500
Mi'iiIa ines, 5000
Neestcr'e ices, $500
Sei"'eIpSty agents, $4,000
Bale Of waste and unsppropriated
land, 600
Debts iue, and to become due du-
ring the present year, to the COM
rlOnwealth:
From a. A. Strange and
w. 1'mberakc on 4
Judgment Si56
Fran Joseph and Will
am Dickinson
judgment, SIS 70
From John Strowby and
Rawley Scott. due on a
forth coming bond, 500
E:G:rl the Trustees of the
Upper ApponIattox ca
nal company 5000
From Adam Dickinson
and others for the pur-
chase OF convict slaves
due on bond, 1855 II
From Archd. B. Dand-
ridge and others on
similar account, due
on bond, 4,&5o
From Samuel Holmes
and Others, due on a
forfeited recognisahce, 626 50
Redemption of lands forfeited for
non-payment OF taxes, supposing
that further time shall be allow
ed to redeem, 1879 90
Dividend on state shares in the Bank
Of Virginia, estimating the tivi-
deud at per cent. a4oOo
Dividend state shares in the Far.
Iners, Bank of Virginia, estimat-
ing il at ciS per cent. 10000
Dividend state shares in the Jas
River Canal company. $500
1t ia proposed to withdraw sI the
appropriation uaGe TOT the new
road from Taylor's Ferry 10 Rich
Inond, over and above $1,000,
which viii bring to the treasury a
bout 10000
Balance in the treasury on the lst
january, 1918, 16099o 0s
Total, S569.9S4 90
From which Il appears, that. after defrsyinr ~.
expenses ~ government, there viii be balance in
favor of the Treasury OF 1Og,A4g dollars ~ cent,
Favorable ne IS the view OF the OF the public
treasury "hich tie foregoing estimates exhibit, il
VIII appear vet more so, when the principle on
which those estimates have been formed ia made
Known he committee thought il most prudent
that the estimates OF expenditure should be rather
exaggerated than otherwise. ( is certainly EXCEPT
Ia regard 10 few comraratiycly trivial items much
more anpie than ugus',) and that the estimate of
tie product o. the rettnGo shoaih be made on the
most moderate calculations. On the one hand for
sxempIe, ;he charges On tie militia fine fund are
here estimated at 900 doilsrs--;hey we're estiiost
ed las year at 500 Only Tie criminal charges ~
tie eouhtiy are here estimated 5000 dollars
lsst Seer ~ ~ .Uti only The exs,nce II reTaoyi
er''niha's % TIE peneifiaiy aud tse Internal char
res o tiist stitntiOa asc here csnat,d Vt II OuJ
d.lars--Iast ear Sc 1850 doliars, CT cents o0lv
Jls ssdmatc Ia the pni chase ot munitions Of war
adapted to the chaugs Of circups;ancey "a here
StHJ3 doiiars--l .st year ~ 5.&7S dollars only
Anh tire contingent f',d which vas only u.s. o, G
dollars lhF yeor--i4 proposed 90 he augmented t.
$1,000 dolarB. On t'e Other hand the revenu,
from the tx on iav yrosess, SC. is here estinaf.
ed at lutte more dian half aua the surplus on tobac
e. exported sc ircs G,an half q the last ,esrs est
mates sud tlic dividend m the Virginia Iank stool
n tie state, which was iast wear eotaated ~ So cor
J. nov ertimateJ IT only 2iOND. The dividend on
tie,st-+e STOCK 50 tie Esrpsers Bank is as viii y,
s-"ye0 e"mpUted At tie yate Of only G per cent
"hsf.Fe' the estimates here presented, either eS.