Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-12-13
VIRGINIA LEGIsLAruRE.
PUBLTC DOCUMENTS.
AUDITORS ANNUAL REPORT.
AUDITORS OGce 3d pee Isl

.aIditor's Office, Sd Dee 1877.
: ST. herewith transmit TO the Legislature, as
1 70 law requires. my annual report OF the public
A'eceipis and Disbursements for the fiscal year
"n'eh ended The 3oih September last. The re.
eeip1s INTO the Treasury during that time, exbibi-
ted In statement A, amount, with the balance on
naho 'hs Ast October, 1926, to $4s9, 2o3 I6 and
'he warrants drawn on the Treasury for the same
pei,oo as shewn IN statement b, amount to $s460 :
40. %. DeduciDg the unpaid warrants, the &C.
ssi balance IN The Treasury on the lst of October,
was 80 So oS, but excluding from the account,
the washington Moaument Fund, the dispossble
balance Is reduced to SI5,SG9 80
also transmit Estimates of The Revenue, for
the current year ending 30ib September, 1928;
'ot winch u viii appear, that after defray ing the
ordinary expenses OF Government, q surplus is an
ucipsted on the lst October next, of $40 465 "a
upon ms surplus, however, will be charged any
extraordinary expenditure, that the Legislature
may anthorise at It's present session.
IL VIII be found on referring to the tisburse-
men's OIL the last year, that the expenses attending
Niiuiihsl Prosecutions, are very considerable.
am satisfied, that by some amendments 10 the law
.his Item might be much reduced, without rendering
Tess eHective the administration Of Justice In
stances occur, In which upwards OF q hundred
Witnesses are summoned in single case, of whom
perhaps not one in ten is actually exsnined.-
oush' not the law 10 define with greater precision
n"" many witnesses TO a single fact may CHARGE
'heH attendance to The Common w ealth, or 10 some
other form guard as ainst the present unlimited dis
cFsuon In some OF the law officers TO increase the
public burhens,
ihs beneficial effect of the Act OF ID. last Ie-
Sisiatlie, reducing the expresses of the Militia.
WIN not be iel', until after the current wear; the
Claims Tor services under the old law being charge.
"oie on The appropriation 10 be made at the pre-
sent session According 20 the construction gwen
- SO much OF that Act as relates TO the paw of
Nes'ment'l Clerks. (Which allows but one day. =
compensation, though the Court of Enquiry MAJ
De occupied much longsr,) am apprehensiye that
WITHOUT partial modification, some public injury
WIN Result. Az ne 18Th Regiment, Tor example,
"Hsle the haes assessed are of large amount,
ana The labor great, no person who is competent
VIII perform The duties Of Clerk for The present
| ernolument.
respectfully suggest some amendment 10 the
Act respecting Idiots and Lunarics. Under the
impression that the Law not onl7 sanctions bn, re-
CURES IL, these unfortunate beings are ,ften con-
Veyed long distance to tie Ho.pital, when il is
previously known that they cannot, for want OF
room, gain admission. Besides the violation OF
humanity, the Treasury is useless!y buIthened with
the expense OF transportation, and until the Staun-
ton hospital is completed, il may be necessary &c
enact some Statutory provision on the suhi-ct
ihe greater part of the Revenue for 1927. MS,
been duly accounted for, and the finances OF IN,
Stale are prosperous.
| am, Sir,
! Wrh high respect and consideration,
Your obedient servant
| JAMES L HEATH,
-Auditor Of Pubic Accounts.
| The Honorable the Speaker
| 81 the House Of Delegates.