Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-07-13
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lures al The Stale inhy nc SET uoWh as V''
lows;
Salaries Of general Officers, .o.oo
Judges, &c. SrnU
Senators and Representatives. GoOo
Supreme Court, labove receipts
for fines costs, &c oUoo
Common Pleas, (,bove receipts
for fines, costs, &e,) LOW
Accounts allowed by Tie General
Assembly. may be reduced 10 Oo0
State Prison. costs now about ODoo
Printing Laws and Schedules, |Oo
Interest of what the State has
borrowed Of the deposie fund,
to schools, o'oo
Balance TO make up the annual
scLnn,s COCO
For several yeas past the expenses oi the
State have very much exceeded the above
estimate, and the State has been enabled To-
d, fray them by income received from several
sources. which cannot be- relied on "a per-
maneni. The incrensc OF expenses chielly
10 be found under the head Of accounts al
lowed by the General Assembly, and has
arisen from the State Prison, the Boundary
Law SUIT, the new jail and arsenal at Prov'-
dcncr, the Geological survey, survey "f the
Cnnnectlcnt line, repairs of court houses
and bridges, aud great deal OF !, has arisen
from habit which The General Assembly
have 90, into OF late yenrs OF appointing
committees. al tho expense "f The STATE !"
enquire into every thing instead at leaving
individuals to The ordinary course "f law Tor
u redress Of grievances. The expenses IN
der the head uf "arcouns allowed by the
| General Assembly, for the last year, were
| a. follows;
! Rank Commissions. I63 30
! Boundary law suit, l,lGl CO
! Printing for the two Houses, or
i derod by the Assembly, 9c3 Id
| Clerks, officers. and Incidental
! expenses Of Assembly, 2Ell .!
! Jalors, EI ~
! Justices Of the poacc. lS0 81
I Witnesses III casos before jnstl-
I COS. &c.
/, Officers for service of criminal
"A pruccss, <ot Wv
I Militia aud military affairs, Ioolo w
Miscellaneous, "'E' d.
\ Repairs of Stale Prison, 4oI c.
Repairs nf Court Houses, lto "A
School for Indian Tribe, IOo w
Il S2i ..lf5 II
I| In m1nV O' InfN l''h~s 'H'
, think there mlglI, be aud ought 10 be gren
! reduction aud that the amount hereafter
\ ought no, 10 exceed 5000, which was ah"u
The usual amount several years ago. Bu
! the committee do not think they can ht
(, brought downtn this the present year. The
| alterations in The Court Houses, the revision
.Inf the Laws. the pay of the Governor ah'
Council. and ipw unsettled insurfcctionarl
expenses. VIII probably increase The anioun
to at least double that sum.
~ II Is believed there might also he consid"ri
hlr reduction in the expenses al the courts
/ In many cases. penalties arc now 3y law CIV
cn to the complaints, when they ought to -
into the treasury, as the State Is at th'
whole expense of prosecution; and IN son'
eases wI,rrc the public process Is used 4
, grarlfy prsyi4r feelings. prosecutors migh
, be- r, 0ulrrd 10 give security Tor costs, WIZ
, urrai benefit 10 the treasury.
The annual expense of the State Priso
4, has been abnu, $4,000 for several years, bu
the committee have reason TO believe, that
, viii be- much less The present year.
lis also 10 br considered, TIM, the r"vcnh
derived from The Banks, depend, upon ib
. amount of capital invested, and ifirop lossf
and The STATE of trade, the business ni oank
.ng should become nnproftcole, the revenn
. from this source would diminish and IN tn
progress of the temperance reform. 'he rer'
nue from licenses may fail. THIS latte
however, no one would regret
4 For the Committee,
r.. Il. POTTER.