The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-01-09

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Take then the balance Of the unavailable
Deduc. first the amount du. sinking
Second. onsthird Of the annual ''''''' ~
surplus Of $3.50 sol IL. ..Sll7 $40 IL
And it leaves q balance belonging to the Canal
Fund, and at the disposal OF the Legisla
Add to this third Of the annual surplus. 1850 II
In tho last annual report from thi: once, psS: as,
suggested that the Of $500 Of the bank fund
to general fund lieu Of $500 in cash withheld
from the general fund, by the act chapter 24o Of the
the same report that the sum q SITS paid cr soun
ties coal salt &c. from the general fund. should be
the advantages of paid Both Of these
items make total Of $47s so6 These claims are sup
has made ample provision for the payment Of the entire
debt Of the general fund including the railroad loans
has provided for the continuance Of the annual sppro
priation 5000 OOs for the support Of the
years and then to be increased to $3.50 000 and
scrpton from the canal revenues charges upon those
revenues Tor the benefit Of the general fund.- perpetual
Much of the prosperity Of the Erie and Champsin ca
na.s al ineir commencement attributable to the aid
the general fund. The canal fund as not only Sens6
ted by the direct cash receipts from auction and salt du
years. least another dollar in interest which
must have been paid these had not been thus
the convention Doc A. that the sums advanced from
the general fund 10 the canal fund.- from 1917 1885,
with interest at cont compounded annually 70 the
first of june 1885, would amount to the Of $l3 A6i
l67 "a Five cent this gives the annuity Of
$672 500 which the Constitution declares shall be paid
to the general fund.- annually from the canal
In 1884, the Comptroller recommended to the consds-
ration of the Legislature the i'm portance and the justice
of settling the account between the canal and general
funds and the committee Of ways and reported
in favor oft The constitutional provision is quite
favorable the general fund the proposition made In
1884. The liberal provision made by this settlement for
the payment of the debt and the support of the
ment thereafter, by direct appropriation from the canal
tolls must be highly satisfactory to those sections OF
the State not Immediately benefited by the expenditures
On the canals.
The amount paid for legislative printing is given at
$5S 800 IL. Ordered by Senate $32 s7 05-Assembly,
Sal 624 27-Convention, ST., 37S 70.
The cost OF the Senate printing s S642 ~ less than
the preceding year while the Of printing for the
Assembly is SIS 463 IS more then in the previous
gion The printing Of single document ordered by the
Assembly cost S2 1888 o. This document the
Of the State taken in lS45 pondsrous volume which 10
spread out and made to occupy much space ought
to be covered by the of the United States The
binding of 1850 copies Of this document cost This
makes the total cost Of printing and binding the
| $27 303 90.
The annual report of the American Institute, AMI the
annual communication from the Recording Secretary Of
the Agricultural Society printed Legislative docu
ments, at aggregate cost to the Treasury last year
OF S64l2 81
Payments from the Treasury to enforce the execution
OF the laws as follows =
Columbia county. .|S3,4l3 40
Delaware county. 70,492 30