The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-06-16

chltect' In lke manner, the monthly earn
iings of the Ohio Penitentiary are now re
qnired to be paid directly into the Stat,
Treasury, instead Of being retained, as for
merly, in the custody of the officers of IN,
prison, and by them disbursed without plae.
ing on file in the proper State office the you.
chers necessary to verify the payments, anc
explain the nature of the claims on which
they Iwere made. Since the passage of the
new law, the payments of Penitentiary earn.
ings into the State Treasury have been at 4
rate equal to the entire expenses of the pris.
on actually incurred during the same period,
and this too, inclusive of the salaries of of.
ticers and guards, which have heretofore been
charge on the tax revenues of the State
TO the amount of sixteen or eighteen thou
sand dollars annually. From these happy
results, attending the changes made in the
revenue laws BY the last General Asse mbly.
Is hoped encouragement may be taken for
prosecuting the reform as much further and
In whatever direction the public interests
may seem in the future to demand.
Besides the amandatory acts above refer
red TO-, the Legislature at ita last session,
deemed it proper to place in charge of this
once, the execution Of the new law "To req
ulate the Agencies of Insurance Companies
not Incorporated ky the State of Ohio"
which TOOK effect in July, 1854. 1t affords
me pleasure TO say that the operation of this
law has proven highly salutary, and that its
provisions have been complied with by near
ly all the solvent Companies which had es-
tablished agencies in Ohio, previous to it's
passage. Several of the New York and
New England Companies, which have gone
within the past year into ayowed and hope
less bankruptcy, had been doing large and
profitable business in Ohio, and it was not
until the new law required them to furnish
satisfactory evidence of their solyency, that
they ceased to issue their policies of insur-
ance on Ohio property, and draw the hand
some revenue to which they were entitled by
the misplaced confidence Of their victims
The amount of money paid by the people of
this State, to Foreign Insurance Companies,
during the year ending in May, 1854, was
(as is amply indicated by the assessment of
personal property,) but little short of one
million of dollars. The outlay of so large a
sum-more than equal to the interest on the
foreign and domestic debt of Ohio, demand.
ed from the General Assembly whatever
guaranty and protection home laws could
secure to those from whose pockets it was
drawn. In the first effort made to afford
this protection, it must be gratifying to the |
Legislature to know that the statutory pro-
visions which they adopted, have already so
lar commended themselves to respect and
lmHatlon' that they now occupy place
among the laws of Indiana and Illinois
10 these general remarks, principally in
explanation of the condition of the finances
OF the State, and the operation and results
OF the laws for the assessment of taxes.
much more might be added, but the length
to which my comments are already extended,
renders it expedient to reserve for nv annu.
al report to the next Legislature, such sug-
gestlons in regard to notifications of the tax
law, as experience and a proper regard to
public justice, shall seem to demand.
Respectfully submitted,
VIM. D. MORGAN, Auditor.
AUDITOR OF STATES OFFICE,
COLUMBUS, March 90, 1856.
.-....- ADDENDA.
The statement of taxes assessed and real. !
lied on the grand duplicate of Ohio for the
year 1854, as referred to in the early part of
the foregoing report, is given below. As
Will be seen by turning to the table else.
where given, the total amount of all State
taxes assessed in 1854, was $3,O77,6Ol al.
The amount actually collected under the as
sessment, and paid into the State Treasury,
is $2,868,003 %, showing that the amount
realized by the State is $209 ,59s 10 less than
the amount levied. This difference arises
rom three causes: i. Non-payment of
bank taxes and other delinquencies; 2.
fteasurer's fees on State taxes which the
avs allow to be retained out OF collections;
;. Cost of Advertising delinquent lands,
Sc. More than two-thirds Of the entire de-
lcit, is occasioned by the cause first named
bank taxes and other delinquencies.
statement showing tho amount of State taxes collected
on the Grand Duplicate of 1854, and paid into The
State Treasury. Also the amount of said taxes an
porhoned at Columbus, and repaied by the State
TO the Treasures Of the various Counties
,AYMENT OF TAXES BY COUNTIES INTO STATE TREASURY
axes for State Debtpurposes, sl.O13.eO4 1s
axes for Common School Fund. oCe' MA 30
axes for District School Library Fund. All ga "a
axes for Expenses of State Government 565,S06 Ga
Total State taxes collected and paid
into State Treasury, 2,s6sOO3 %
'AyMEN OF TAXES FROM STATE TREASURY TO COUNTIES
tate Common School Fund la