The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-04-27

1920 l2. The true amount in the hands
of the Treasurer. unaPpropriated, at the
time Of the settlement, S453,59, and the
$4O6 26, unpaid ividends, being added.
make $3.50 s5.
The amounts, TO be realized from the
following sources of revenue, have been
ascerlained, since the settlement with the
Treasurer. They belong to The reve-
nues of the present year, aud are, there.
fore, now stated:
Received from Hay Scales. es..-...... $3a 4a
Country Butchers. .-. IS l2
Remaining in hands of President after
settlement, derived from license Of
shows, &c aud fines. ..... 81 GO
$l0l 90
Add amount in hands or and received
by Treasurer. 1865 70
Gives.a total amount ofreyenue of l848 1867 90
Deduct above aggregate Ot disburse-
ments 1912 10
Leaves for the payment OF small debts, ----
Of previous years, that have beeu pre-
sented. and the balance Of the ex.
penses of l848. 8..... 554 81
Deduct estimated amount oil said debts
and expenses, say. 304 81
Leaves, OF the revenue OF 1848-... $40 "a
The present Council were urged, by
equitable and prudential considerations,
to reduce, TO the utmost possible extent,
the debt of the town. The measure a.
dopted for ascertaining its amount, and its
result, were stated in former Report.
Looking anxiously to the speedy pay
ment of the debt,the Council determined,
as means of attaining that end, to sub.
stithte a system Of rigid economy, in its
expenditures, instead of exorbitant taxa
ton.
This principle denied them the pleas
ure of making appropriations for desra-
BILE public Improvements. Desiring.
however, that important object TO be nei,
ther sacrificed to the economy they were
compelled to observe, nor even material
ly deferred, they adopted measures of en-,
couragement, in the hope they would
stimulate an individual enterprise, in the
work of improvement, which would CON-
pensate, To some extent, for the with
holding ofthe usual appropriations for
that object.
With that view, and associaiing the
appropriations with individual enterprise,
the Council, during the past year, appro.
priated $3.50 67 for improvoments,-
$66 so of which were expended in the
Northern and $92 81, in the Southern
division of the Town.
The results attest that those measures
were Salutary
From estimates, carefully made by the
Committee, they are of opinion that $500
will liquidate all the unpaid expenses of
1S4S and the small debts ofprevious years,
that will come..in upon the funds on hand.
lfso. there will be left. in the hands of the
Treasurer, about $3.50, applicable to
objects.
The tax delnquencies, of1S48. amount
to $219 60, from which about $3.50 may
be expected to be realized. 1t will come
into the revenue of 1S49.
The proceeds of the judgment, in ia.
vor of the town, against Short and his Sc
curities, will. no doubt, be added to the
revenue of this year. They will amount
to about $500, after the payment Offices.
These two latter items, added to the
amount that will probably be left in the
Treasurer's hands, as above stated, make
about 5000. But of this sum, 5000 are
pledged to make up the full amount of
dividend, Tho payment ofa part of which
was deferred, in pursuance Of an arrange.
ment between the parties.
The Committe assume that the Duplicate of l849
WIN produce. -.-...----......... S29OO w
Add the remainder of the 5000, above
specned .....-..- 7OO 0O
Proceeds Of other sources Of revenue. $50 90
Making, as estimated revenue of I849. $3.50 OC
Assuming that the appropriations for
general objects, and the expenses of the
ensuing year, will not exceed those of
the past-5eing about $600,-there will
be applicable, this year. to the payment
of the debt, about $4,000. The entire
debt now, does not, probably, exceed
$4,000.
This view ofou: condition, as a town,
will, no doubt, inspire every member of
he Council to adhere to the system of g.
conomy, which has so largely contributed
% produce it, and will justify them in ex.
pectng the approval oftheir constituency,
GEO. H. SMITH, }
q RORTANn Ho,o