The Empire County argus., 1856-09-27
S753,414 rs
10000 90
Amount appropriated for ordinary ez
$669,473 IS

Amount appropriated for ordinary ex-
penses s....................... $743414 IS
Error in above account of ten thousand dollars on
State Prison contract; it was estimated at one hum
dred thousand dollars whereas it is only ninety thou
sand dollars for this year.
Of the extraordinary appropriations for 1856 that
for the State Capitol will hardly be touched this year.
the contract is not yet let. Even when it is, the
payments are to be made in bonds but no interest is
to be paid upon them under the law, until some time
next year. The $4,000 for building wing to the
Insane Asylum will be expended, as the wing is now
being built. The amount paid to suppress Indian
hostilities will doubtless be refunded by the General
Government: that for settling the Indian war debt
at Washington should have been appropriated by the
session Of 1855. and would have been had that Legs-
ature discharged fully its duty in the premises.
1t is believed by the Controller that the approprl-
aons Of last year for the ordinary expenses Of the
State Government will be sufficient to cover, with
perhaps one or two exceptions, the expenses they
were intended to meet If this anticipation is real
lied, there will be no deficiency bill called for during
the next session. and the difference of State expenses
for ordinary purposes in 1855 and 1856 will be the
difference between the sum of ST O30,030 y expend-
ed in 1855 for ordinary expenses, and the sum Of
$743414 IS, expended for ordinary purposes of the
State Government in 1855 during the first year of
the present Administration. This calculation, which
we deem correct makes the State Government expen-
ses in 1855 exceed the expenses of the Govern
ment IN 1896 III the sum OF S2S6615 81. 1t thus
appears that, Notwithstanding the appropriations for
all purposes in 1856 exceed those of 1885, yet the
real expenditures of the State Government in 1856
are considerably less than those of 1855.
The expenses Of the Legislature of 1856, as is
shown by the following tables $8l, ,037 SO less
than those of the Legislature of 1885,
EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE OF 1865.
Per diem Of 1t Governor and thirty-three
Senators-l27 days. ys...............S 52,675.00
Mileage of Senators. s............... 3,963.20
Per diem Of eighty Assemblymen-127
days. 121 10000
Mileag Observation-Disclosures. 10,975.2O
Officers and Clerks of the Senate. ..... 56,945.00
Officers ana Clerks Of the Assembly,. 6S,73l 90
Contnoents Of the Senate. ........... 15,500.00
Contneents of the Assembly ........ 25,508.37
Contngents Of the Legislature. ...... 16,192.2l
Total Observation-Disclosures. 1914 ,449.98
EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE OF 1896.
Per diem of 1t Governor and thirty three
Senators-lO6 days. 44,219OO
Mileage of Senator'S ............... 3,984.O0
Per diem of eighty Assemblymen-lO6
days ..................... 10l, ,784.O0
Mileage Of Assemblymen. .......... ll,279.40
Pay OF Officers and Clerks of the Senate 34,964.00
| Pay of Officers and Clerks of the Assem-
bly,. Observation-Disclosures. 33,61lOO
Contngents of the Senate. . 156643O
Contngents of the Assembly ...... l79S750
Contngents Of the Legislature .... 299l009
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $29341229
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