Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-01-19
GOVERNORS MESSAGE
Gea.acnaes. efthe Senate and assembly


as possible. the condition OF the State. and
10 make TO you such suggestions as are
deemed lmportanl for your consideration.
FINANCES.
The report Of tide Secretary of State.
the estimates of expenses and
revenues for The curren; year, will be lard
before you7immediately. Yoar attention +
will be attracted by the large amount es-
,imated for the expenditures of the year !
The large sum named under the heads Of |
:. Sundry Expenses Unknown" aud Due /
Individuals, makes an aggregate of over /
$50, 900, and constituting, whatever be
the actual amount when liquida;ed, what
may be called a floating debt. is such "a
10 require the attention of the Legislature
10 devise means 10y which the mourning
of a debt so large in dlmcns ions, and So
unceria in and indefinite IN rs character,
should be prevented. The amounts for
which the State has become liable from
sources of expenditure which the auditing
officer has been unable 10 estimate fcr
with any degree of exactness,. have al
ways borne large proportion to-the sum
total of the expenses OF the year, and
hence there has in almost every year been
reported deficiency Ia the income 10
meet the disbursements, and, tins, too, al
though some Of ILt officers have eslInat-
ed very large sums 10 cover these IucvIt-
able but indefinite expenses. The fol-
lowing table shows the estimated and ac
tua expenses Of each year from and III
GLIDING 1919. and will show as well the
ratio of increase o. the expenditures of
the State, as the very wide difference IN
hpfXy = p nd
results
Estimated. by L. McHugh, Secretary
for expenses of loI3 Si69o0 oo
Estimated revenues of same year 6069o %
Estimated balance in Treasury, Sl3.1I5 0U
Reported by I. McHush, "a expens-
esoiIol9, 1855 80
Reported revenues of 1919, 5oUJ3 g.
Actual deficit, S3UU2o -
Estimated by I. MeIluyh, for cIpen-
ses Of 1850, 1926 90
Add deficit oflo49, 20.025 -
Total estimated expenses of 1880, S63.950 ~
Estimated revenues of 1884,. 100, I5i -
balance in Treasury. S39.603 10
Reported by Vim. Bar,tow, oecy
OF State Tor expense, OF 1886. 62,746 20
Reported revenues OF 1870, 9i,2u0 81
Estimated arrcara4ses OF 1850 ~ DO
provided for, I4.567 81
Add reported .Apenses as above d.. 10 -
Charged and reported for 1850, s7i,3J3 81
Estimated expenses of 1881, BY VIM
A. Barstow, 65.2G6 OS
Add deficit above, l4,361 Gl
Total So0,l93 o.
Estimated revenues for ISL, 9o,2I5 %
Estimated balance in Treasury, SISu2I 81
Reported expenses iur io5l, by Vim.
A. Barstow, lOI, S65 %
receipts cf 1851, 1890 -
Actual deficit, S2I,o96 II
Estimated expences for ls52, by
A,rn. A. Barstow. Including
about SIS 900 of unpaid salar-
les, aud indebtedness, for
which no appropriation had
been Inadel l092S3 %
Estimated resources for 1852 10000 90
Estimated deficit, 265 81
Reported receipts of 1852, by {. ID.
Robinson, Sec'y OF Stale, 1875 -
Reported expenses OF loo2, l36.U96 Is
Reported excess of payments. $40 IL
Estimated expenses OF 1858, 10y c. ID.
Robins son. 99275 OF
revenues lS,557 d,
Estimated balance in Treasury. 1922 81
reported receipts OF 1888. by {. L.
Robinson 1926 ii
expenses, 100, 4U7 /!
Reported excess of payments. 6II0 ~
Robinson, 1920 10
revenues, l67.l41 IL
Estimated balance In Treasury, 9oO7 81
Reported receipts OF 1854. by y. L
Gray, Soc'y OF State, 1929 80