The Arkansas advocate., 1833-11-13

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 of tse .auditor and Treasurer, made fte
 Jotloscing
 REPORT:
 The Joint Committee on the Auditors and Treasurer's Books, REPORT:
 That your committee, in conjunction wit, tic Committee from the House Of Re- .,,,s,,,, cs, have, according to order, performed tho duties assigned them, and, after patient and labonous examination of the books, vouchers, &c. in the offices of Auditor and Treasurer, are now enabled to lay before you the true state of the Trea- suTy.
 An act, passed at the last session, eTiti- tied sAn act to~eall in the Territorial Scrip, and for other purposes" approved the Eth of Nov. 1851, repaired the holders of Scrip issued prior to the passage of the act, to present the same at the Treasury on or before the first day of December, 1892. Under and Ill compliance with this act, there has been presented at the Trea- sury four thousand six hundred and seven ty-six dollars and eighty-two cents, on which new Scrip has issued, and Treasu- rer's receipts given for the interest, amount inu to the sum of one thousand one nun dred and sixty-eight dollars and cighty-two cents.
 To satisfy warrants drawn on the Trea- stiry, for tine current expenses oi iiie Go- yernment, from the passage of the act of the 7th Nov. to the 30th day of Septem- ibcr lust, Scrip has issued to tie amount of. six thousand seven hundred and twenty one dollars and forty-nine and three-fourth cents; which, added to the said sum of four thousand six hundred and seyenty-six dol lars and s,h!ty-tMro cents makes the sum of eleven thousand three hundred and nlnc- weight dollars thirty-one and three-fourth cents-being the whole amount of Scrip issued since the passage of the act; all of which have been issued in conformity with said act, and regularly registered under the proper heads. Of the sum thus issued, there has returned to the Treasury four thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven dollars fifty-six and one-half cents, i'll pay ment of revenue, &c. including the sum of four dollars received from the Treasu- Ter to pay an over-issue on warrant to N. Mencfee, all of which has been likewise regularly registered under the proper heads; and being deducted from the said sum Of eleven thousand three hundred and ninety eight dollars thirty-one and three-fonftf cents, leaves the sum of six thousand four hundred and ten dollars seventy-fiye and one-fourth cents, the amount of Scrip Ill circulation.
 The close and minute investigation giv- en by the Committee to every matter con- neeted with the public accounts, has eaus- ed them to remark the great improvement caused by the act of the 7th Noyember.- The numerous checks created on the books of the Treasurer have imposed additional labor on that officer, and likewise on the Committee; but the salutary effects are obvious So long as that act IS continued in force, what has been heretofore based on hypothesis {the Scrip in circulation,) can be ascertained at any time, with the different denominations of the bills out, the letter and number, and tc whom issued, which must tend to secure the Treasury against fraud, should any attempt be made 10 counterfeit the Scrip currency. Since the last report of the Joint Committee, warrants have been drawn on the Treasu- ", under the different appropriations, to the amount of SIX thousand seven hundred and forty-one dollars forty-ninc and threc- fourth cents, to which add the sum of four thousand six hundred and seventy-six dol lars eighty-two cents, tho amount of old Scrip redeemed at the Treasury, under the net of the Eth of November and the far thcr sum of one thousand one hundred and sixty-eight dollars ninety-two cents, Trea- surer's receipts for interest on old Scrip, makes the sum of twelve thousand five hundred and eighty-seven dollars twenty three and three-fourth cents; from which deduct the following, viz: Four thousand nine hundred and eighty-three dollars fifty .six dnnts, new Scrip received IT payment for revenue, and the sum of six hundred and twenty-five dollars and five cents, Treasurer's receipts for interest on old Scrip, taken up Ill payments at the Trea- svry;, and the sum oi nNeuty-iuur dollars, a warrant to James M. Kuykcndall, return ed in payment, making together the sum of five thousand SIX hundred and thirty-two dollars sixty-one cents, leaves the sum of six thousand nine hundred and fisfy-four dollars sixty-two and threc-fourth cents, being the amount of Territorial debt on the 3Uth day or SepI. Iast.
 The net revenue accounted for at the Treasury sihce the last report oi mo Joint Committee, amounted to the sum of ele- ven thousand six hundred and thirty-seven dollars sKty-one and one-fourth cents, and the sum of thirty-one dollars twenty-two and one-half cents balance in tho Treasu- ry at last report, makes the sum of eleven thousand SIX hundred and sMty-eight dol lars eighty-three and three-fourth cents.- Of this sum, ten thousand and eighty-one dollars thirteen cents was paid ii. Scrip; twenty-four dollars, a warrant returned;