Holly Springs gazette., 1850-01-18
C GOVERNORS MESSAGE

and Of The House cI Representatives.:
Permit me- upon your assemblagc, in obed'-
ence to the requirements ofthe cons,tution,to
ia oxpress in the form OF legislation.th will
Of YOUR constituents, to offer you my hearty
congratulations. Since your last neetlnS,wlih
the exception of cholera, which has merely
touched the western margin OF our State, an
unusual degree of health has been enjoyed.
No great calamity has fallen on our people
The records of our courts, and the diminished
number of feons in our prisons. indicate
high and improving State OF morality and al,
though less propitious seasons than usual ana
low prices for our staple, have diminished the
pecuniary rewards of our industry, yet no eX-
tenSiye embarrassment exists. Our citizens
are mostly free from debt; our storehouScs
abound with plenty; and, under the benign
influence of our institutions, and the guidance
of u benilicent Providence, Our march is on
ward and upward towards prosperity and hap
pipess. Our acknowledge dgments are due TO
film who has showered His blessings upon US
in such rich prolusion.
The reports ofthe Auditor and Treasurer
show prosperous and Improving condition Of
our finances. The Auditors Report, for l64G,
shows that the assessments orthat year (incu-
sive of $G74 10, Of insoIvencies the former
wear collected,) amounted to $502,800 05
This includes damages ondeIinquent tax pay
ers, and OH delaul,ing tax collectors, amount
jng to 81, GIL 80, and 100000 assessed a
raust the United States Bunk of Pcnnsy Iva
MIA, or their trustees, the Commercial and ltaiI-
road Bank of Vicksburg, and the Bank OF
Nicksburg-Iittle OF which has been collected.
on account of Judicial questions arising upon
the assessments
From this assessment there had been col
lcctcd aud paid into the treasury, up to the
first day of January, $40, S342 ,0G2 80 AL
ter deductng from the Who'll, assessment the
credits allowed for nsolvcncics, commissions
jor collecting taxes on lands sold TO the State
erroneous assessments, execution OF deeds Ton
the lands, and So 1865 IS OF taxes, the col
lection of which was enjoined, there rcmanet
slU2 ,332 SO of said assessment uncolected
chiefly from the banks above mentioned,
During I'848 there were also coIIcctcd.l Iron
,he taxes due for former years, $23,38l 81
bnakinp the whole sum collected from ordina
70 sources Of revenue $366,466 Is. Their
were also collected. on account oI the Two pc
cent. Fund, Literary Fund, Town Lot fund
Seminary Fund Chickasaw School Fund
Sinking Fund, and lpiern;d Improvement
Fund. The sum of $3i 020 q which, addet
10 the collections iflado tthe general reve
nuc show an entire collection Of $lOl ,oS6 y
The total expenditures OF the
year were oii'"' l.
Which shows tic excess olreceipts over tn
expenditures to have been 5G,369 .
A large portion of the above expenditures
however, were extraordinary. The receipt
from the ordinary sources Of revenue, as stu
ted above, we're S3oo'4oo
And the ordinary expenses were
only 25',49o .
Showing an excess of ordinary receipts owe
ordinary expenditures Of l2'ooo =
The Treasurer's Report shows that on tn
FIRST day of January, 1919, there was in tn
treasury. of general revenue funds, the SUI
of $lS8,l74 g
And on the LIST of Janurry, l34S. or twelV
months before, ll4,'4l lo
Showing an increase in the general revehue,i
the treasury,in one ycar,ot 13'l3o II
But we have seen, from the Auditors Re
mort, that the excess ofthe receipts ofthe gel
erai reyenuc over the ordinary expenditure
wos $l29,00S A
If. from this, we abstract the increase, {
shown blythe Treasurer's Repon,73,i33 Is
We have the amount paid out, in discharge
former liabilities, 55,675 %
The amount of tho Two AMI Three per cen
Funds, as shown by the Ireasurers Report,o
lst OF january, l84S, was $2l3,02O
And on lst of january, l849, 1888
Showing diminution OF those
funds of 8l1G7 {
From statement furnished by the Audto
the entire assessments for the year lo49, il
elusive of damages, and insolvencies Of Il
former year collected, amount 10 the su
of $412,757
And the amount collected Of this assessme
and paid into the treasury was 353,6l7
Leaving a balance credited to the cole
tors, except $737 OF unsettled, of 84l39
But of this sum 9,046 40 is injoined fro
collection.
When we consider ihe large assessment
that year, and that only 1871 0l, exclusive
the sum Just mentioned as enIoned, femall
unpaid, too much praise cannot be beslowt