The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-10-27


ilis usx,. l,a sl,s 6fn ia,lalmen, u lhe
Safes sstscFipiioa b lhr sinrk q ihis
r.rsd. rs raise ne rum. Stale bonds sFe
sulharIxrd - he issued snd sald. Il -
believed ilsi lhis han. - stll as al OH
eFs required ~ lls< ) ale. rsA he pFnenrrdl
ap~n h<iler. ,efns by sathofizing ilAr
Public Treasurer 90 i-sle s'supnn Baads-
40 zst ~ss passed al Inc lasi sfssinn
Of the General Assembly. sPpfoprlsiing
twelve Thousand dollars, :. 0uI u The fret
moneys callrried afler ihe 6Isi day ol
January 1851. from me Cherokee bonds.
and from he sale &c f,hris&es LANDS. .
inr The survey of Railroad rou from
Salisbury 10 me Tranrs<ee line. The
Agent STATES. lhsl only small sum sp
pIlcshle 10 this appropriation has been col
leried. Il wa- nni iirrrl.rr IN tisr power
&C the Isnard 81 Internal lmptostsnenir. 10
Epraeure The execution of The The survey.
II is 10 he regretted. thar this could not be
d.,ne beIore lhe commencement Of The
present sess,nn az she Legislature. as The
contemplated line rms through portion
nfIhe State. wherr The people are deprived
af The means Of rpnrenirni transportation.
and ARE therefore deeply interested in lie
subject. ID Is uncertain. under the present
Aci. which suffirienl sum viii be cul-
lecied 10 driray the expense 81 llie suisey.
Should The Legislature desue il TO be
made a, an early period. an appropriation
far that purpose will be the means by
wh,rh il ran surely I've accomplished.
The F4yelierille and Western Plank
Road is in course of extension. The
whole amonnl nf the SAFES subscription
10 this work has been paInl. The stuck
has aleady been paying dividends into
the State Treasury. This mol only bids
& IT. TO be valuable improvement. hui the
stock il is believed will be good invest.
menl for The Stale. The Report Of the
President aud Directors OF The Company
is herewith transmitted,
An Agent was appointed to superinlend
the construction of the Western Pike road.
A considerable portion Of The Road has
already been made, and other parts Of j
are under caulrari. The Agent, il is be-
,lleyed, has faithfully performed his duty
in experimenting The work. Toll gath
erers have already been appointed ON ,Ie
lp1r,iun Of The road rompleird. hui re.
port of the amount Of Tolls collected has
not heen received.
Il is respectfully submitted whether
legislative action is not necessary ON the
subject Of public high. ways. This is
subject of general importance 10 The Sac.
and has been too much neglected. Good
roads will he found 10 advance the inter.
e.ls of sll The industrial pursuits nf The
State. The mode of assessing The labor
TO build and repair public highways is
unequal and unjust. The work done on
The public roads is tax paid in labnr. Il
often orrurs that person of quite limited
estate contributes III the course of the
year a considerable amount Of ahu In |
Rna,ls, while his nearest neighhnr WIN !
has large estate contributes bull little or
nothing al all for iha, purpose.
Il becomes The duty of The present Ge- !
neral Assembly 10 lay oif The Stale inio
Electoral. Congressional. aud Senatorial
Districts; aud apporiion the members of
the House Of Commons among the several
counties of the State.
II Is respectfully Submitted. whether
public convenience and the ends uf public
Justice do MOI require The formation OF one !,
or two additional Ju.lrial cinniis. and
The election Of q corresponding number of
Judges.
The fiscal year classes an the 3lsl oi
Oclaher. whpn the pahhc Treasurer will
snhm, his report giving detailed ar
c.'unl Of The operations aud condition Of /
the Treasury.
The sIap debt is as fallows:-
State honds already issued. Sl,224 coo
Loans authorized by law for vari-
Gus works of Internal Improve
meni for which ii Unexpected honds
Will be issued during the next two
years, 2.l4n.000
Total. S3,364 900
The Report of the Comptroller for The
fiscal wear. ending HE 3I-l az October
1891, is herewith communicated.
Ii will be seen thai hp taxes paid inio
the Treasury during the wear 1851,
tn the sum al Sl57,l37 IL.
The Revenue Act, passed al The last SEES
sion, will, il is believed, increase the re-
venue paid into The Treasury This year. a.
bout 100000. Neither the demands on the
Treasury. nor public convenience would
seem TO require any increase of taxation
during The next Two wears. No more
money should be rulec,ed from he rro.
pile, than is necessary TO slefrav The ex-
penses nf IA good and economical govern
meni. Taxation is indispensable. bn, il
is one oI The first duties Of the Statesman.
In endeavor TO equalize the burdens as
well a. lhe benefits II enverniIien,.
For many years The demands upnn the
Treasury were so limin d. that but little
attention was paid 10 The subject of taxa
lion. OF lale years. Internal Improvements
aud d'litf pahlie dlJeels have increased
lhe expenditures, aud oar financial system
has assumed mare important aspsrt. II