The Arkansas advocate., 1831-11-30

pies. Your committee have been ill- formed that notwithstanding this unu- sual number printed, there are many ef the counties that have not received their quotas. The amount allowed oil the certificate of the Executive, for trans cfibing the laws for publication and prs. llying marginal notes, being much greater sum than has heretofore been allowed, for ike services, your commits tee have felt 1t their duty to notice tnis allowance, and respectfully suggest the pFopriety ol making a specific appro. prlation for this purpose, as the best neaHs of guarding hereafter against ex- travagant charges for like seryiees.- The distribution of the laws and jour- nais ought, in the opinion oi the eoms mttee, to be provided for, by speliilc appropriation; and the person or per- sons who undertake the distF.aa3.oD, should be bound in penal boud foa the faithful performance of the unders taking.
 The committee in the performance ef their duty, have ,iDutely examiued ev- cry subject connected with the offices of Auditor and Treasurer, and the pub lie revenue; and ID reporting the result Of their labor, find II necessary to ex- tend their remarks beyond what might appear the proper sphere of aa examine alton into the receipts and expenditures ot tic Territory. The revenue arising froaa tte tax on land, notwithstanding the annual increase of freeholds. by io- cation aud purchase of the public lands b} our citizens, diminishes yearly, in consequence of the number of military bounty lands struck of to the Territory. for the non payment of taxes. ln 1899. the tax on these forfeited, amounted to the sum of SI238 40 cents. and ia 1920.
 to the sum of S244870 cents. Should
 the revenue rom this source continue to diminish, in the same ratio, and 10
 means provided for the disposal of those forfeited to the Territory, in a few wears the revenue from this land will be reduc. ed 10 less than one-6tth of the original amount. Your committee would, tifere- fore, respectfully suggest the propriety ot dlsp6sihg, at public sale, ali those tracts that have been five yeats or up~
 wards struck oil the Territory. and to extend the time of redemption of the otherg, where the term of five years has not elapsed. There has been redeem- cd Of the Territory, since the report of 1893, one hundred and lorty-iour tracs of bounty land, aud two tracts of con- hFmed land, on which the redemption. taxes, and costs, amounted to S90A g cents. The amount due from default ters, mentioned in former reports, a. mounts to the sum of Sl486 03l; ffou, which deduct the sum of &4i4 06, cred l ited by the committe, to the former Sheriff of Hempstead, leaves balance of Sl09l 97d cents. Of this sum it is believed, that ,S3SI 50 might be collect ed, If the proper means were used to eoefoe the payment; the residue may be considered as bad debts. There an. pears due from collectors of the reven- ue of 1899, and 1880, the sum of S207 66l cents.
 The tax lists and others vouchers a. galnst the collectors of the revenue, for the present year, have not all been re- ceiyed by the Auditor, but from an es- innate of those on tile, your committee reasonably calculate on the sum of SS57O0 being paid into the Treasury, as net re- venue for the current year.
 Taking this view ofthe finances, your committee anticipate on the close of the current year, that the public debt will aot exceed S2000, unless the present e;;;:s!atese should require ifu;tt!!:e: ifu;tt!!e: dis b1rsements. They would, therefore. respectfully recommend the propriety of calling in the scrip in circulation, g
 measure which your committee deem necessary, to detect fraud or forgery, if such have been committed, as well as an act of justice to the ii,dividual whose namei 1t bears and sfidsr whose responsi- | L. "A !