Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-12-19

subscriptions, the details OF which have no.
yet been completed, to more than two fnii-
lions Of dollars.
Of me transfer IF balances ofdhhfof,riati-
INNS and ofrneDenue from, 1914 10 1915
Ia the administration of the finances, il
has been the practice to consider the de
r.aads and supplies OF each wear, as dis
tinct subjects for legislative provision, In
dependene of the balances of,appropriati-
ons, or OF revenu-, existing at The close of
the prcce ling years. The same course
viii now be pursued, but with a few ex-
planatory remarks. The annual appropri-
ations have never been entirely absorbed,
during the year for which they were made ;
and the credit gwen, by law, for payments,
IN every branch of the revenue, nsccssari-
ly Introduces 4 discrimination b tween the
amount of duties which accrues within the
ye'r as a debt 70 the government and
the amount WI Oh is paid, within the year,
as money into the treasury. The annual ap-
preparations, however, arc not charged up
on the revenue OF the year, specifcally. in
which they are ma,le--and, in point offAct,
they are satisfied whenever demanded out
OF any unappropriated money in the tr-asu-
nv; without reference to the time, when
the revenue accrued, or when the money
was actually received at the treasury.
The Inconvenience of continuing appro-
pfiatons in force, which were liable to be
drawn from the Treasury during an indeii-
mite period, induced COngr SIS to- enact, IN
the year 1875, that any appropriations lex
cept permanent appropri atoms for the IN
terest OF the funded debt; or appropra-
tons for the payment OF loans, and the ac-
cruing interest (; FIR the Sinking Fund
and for purposes, which especially require
by law a longer dur,t ion) remaining unex-
pended for more than two years after the
expiration of the cal nder year in which
the act OF appropriation was passed, should
cease and determine ard that the mtX-
pended sum should be carried 10 an account
on the books Of the Treasury, to be demo
Minated the Surplus Fund" by the op-
Grafton of this provision, no ordinary APP
preparation can now survive the specified
period of two years ; and Notwithstanding
the formal designation of 4 particular ac-
count. in which the entry shall be made,
the sum disengaged by the determination
of each appropriation, becomes again an
undistingushable part of the public trea-
sure, which is subject to the future dispO-
sitions of the legsl sture.
With these remarks, it viii be useful,
for the purposes of general Information, to
exhibit the gross amount of the balances OF
appropriations for the year 1914, transfer
red TO the year 1915, without entering into
comparative detail If the appropriations,
va ~, ~, VIZ, "S ,,;a @ N'N.-
ya5 H., LOW ~, FF
IT. - ao,,nt "r +h
,,,n5sor - g., ,oIn
;nclI,,,;,,ar .,a oo.ar,..,,4t.as
the balances ofappropria-
tons for the year 1913, "a
mounted to the sum Of 55,o79,464 20
Of ,L;s ,hera
No. 80 on
-. So tho
I c'ls,,stt.33. r.
cern,,er -
+Ias,,.r IS % 400 oeo 90
Ard or five
a., &C J.nu-
mr. 1p1s
S.. vac
80 ~
tha S,,rr,us
End The
SIM of zoo $40 90
% s7o zAo o,
yao,,;oo,os , oo,ero1 10
isnce % the ann1onriat;-
,ions of 1914 nsvshIr ar
<,,a.-;,reaou7,, IN I815 tho
e,,ro IS y os7 ooe 60
-. -
&c
" me oe"H"'S on f"e treasury JoT
1913:
lhe demands autnorlsed ny acts OF APP
prop'reatloh ou!',S slie year 1919, (eXclu-
slVe OF certain Ihdehhte appropriations. the