Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-01-29
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AK Oh law process, SedlS vi
courts and notaries 10000
Tobacco shipped lo,oOo
Registers fees 5000
Redemption of land 1000
Sales OF unappropriated lands l,5oo
Sales of Penitentiary manu-
features $4,000
Arrearages of taxes 10000
Revenue of Militia fines $4,000
Miscellaneous receipts tor
sales of conyicts, &c. $4,000
Balance in Treasury applica.
Bile to ordinary revenue on
first of October, 1921 1854 81
D51l,943 81
| From which it appears that there will
be balance of D3l ,04S 81 applica BILE
to such appropriations OF the General AS
sembIy, as may be additional to the ordi-
nary current expenses. Ii will not escape
observation, that the above estimate does
no, embrace any OF the probable expenses
which may grow out OF the bills for par
tally continuing the operations et the ar.
mory, and for the establishment of a Luz
natic Hospitalin the western section OF
this state, nor does it anticipate any pay
ments within the fiscal year by the late
Treasurer and his securities. 1t is also
proper 10 remark. that this estimate does
not include De4,5 "a belonging to the
Literary Fund, which had been erroneous
ly credited by the late Treasurer 10 the
general revenue account. Your Commit
| lee advise that the present Treasurer be
authorised to correct the books OF his pre-
decessor, so as 10 correspond with the
books OF the Auditor and of the Account.
ant of the Literary Fund.
You sC0mmittee, deeming il an object
| of interest to have all the facts and results
respecting the public debt, as disclosed by
the previous reports OF the public officers,
so embodied as to present distinct and
separate view Of that subject, beg leave to
state, that the seven per cent stock now
owned by the Literary Fund, amounts to
DATA, O00-viz. D244,000. redeemable
on the LIST Of May, 1927, and D230,0O0
redeemabe on the 9Th of March, 1899.
The old Military debt. or 6 per cent.
stock (if there be no certificates unpfe-
sened) amounts TO sc, 900 dollars. re-
deemabIe at the pleasure Of the stale. 1t
| will require an annual appropriation of
D9o 900, to pay the interest and extin.
| guish the debt thin the time limited by
the terms of he loans; an appropriation of
D94 900 will effectuate that object, and
redeem the per cents in 1929; and an
! appropriation OF Dloo, 900 in 1927.
The reduction Of the taxes in the last
year will render II indispensably necessa-
ry to scrutinIze every subject OF expendi-
ture, and con6ne the appropriation within
the na,rowest limits consistent with the
public engagements
| Your Committee are satisfied that much
might be saved to the general revenue by
the issue OF 5 per cent TO extinguish and
substitute the 7 per cent. stock; bu: as the
whole of the per cent certificates are in
the hands of the president and directors Of
the Literary Fund (and Of course within
the possession OF the House, the Commit
tee have not thought il advisable 10 express
any OPT ion respecting the expediency Of
! such a measure.
Your committee recommend the follow
| ing amendments 10 the law now in force
| for the recovery of public dues;-an a.
mendmeEt to the act, entitled, IAN act to
reduCe.into one, the several acts concern
ing escheators. The object of this "a
| mendment is to supply defect in the sub
slstng laws by which those officers escape
| all accountability.
An amendment to he act 10 reduce into
| one, the several acts for enforcing the
payment of fines into the public treasury.
! The object of which is to secure the &C.
countabiIity OF Sherifs tor the collection
and payment of 6nes,) who have hereto
fore had il in their power, by not return
ing ali execution, to evade the motion of
| the auditor; and to require the clerks to
transmit a certificate of the fact, that no
| fines have been assessed, whenever such
fact occurs.
| An amendment to the act. entitled can
act to reduce into one the several acts for
| experimenting and securing runaways. -
| At this time there is no law providing for
the transmission OF evidence TO the Audi
tor, by which he might ascertain the rights
OF the commonwealth, and thus be ena-
| bled to enforce them; the object of this
amendment is to supply that cetect
An amendment to the act, entitled An
act to provide for the collection of the tax
| es on licences to merchants, hawkers and
pedlars, to keepers of ordnaries and hou-
ses of private entertainment on law pro-
cess and certain other subjects" This
amendment has become necessary TO ena.
Bile the auditor to enforce the payment of
collections from these SOU ces of revenue
in the summary more prescribed Tor the
recovery OF the taxes on other subjects
The committee beg leave to report bills
in conformity to the foregoing suggestions
They also offer to the adoption Of the