The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-01-20

first of December, 1857. Notice of suit has been
given.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court for Caroline county
is also in default for small balance due upon his
return to the first of June, 1858.
The Comptroller was reluctantly compelled to
withdraw the claims of the State against the late
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Caroline county, from
the States Attorney for that county, on account of
his neglect to institute suit according instructions
from this Department, and to solicit the Governor
to appoint some other member of the bar to repre-
sent the State in these cases. Accordingly the
States Attorney for Dorchester county has been
appointed, and is now prosecuting these claims
with zeal and ability.
REVENUE FROM REGISTERS OF WILLS.
Inese ofhcers paid into the Treasury during the
fiscal year SOD, ,30696, which compared with the re-
cepts on the same account in 1857 shows a decrease
of Sl4 570.32
The Legislature, at its session of January 1853,
passed an act releasing the estate of Moses Shep-
pard deceased, of Baltimore city, from the payment
OF the collateral tax. The property belonging to
the estate was considerable, and it having been de-
vsed and bequeathed to the establishment of an In
Asylum, the Legislature released the collateral
tax upon it, which would have amounted to about
$4,000. This exemption reduced the return of the
Register OF Wills of Baltimore City, and will ac-
count for the falling off in the receipts from this
class of officers.
1t gives the Comptroller pleasure to state that the
Registers of Wills have, for the most part during
the year just closed, made their returns and paw
ments to this department with promptness and reg
ularity.
The Register of Wills for Caroline County is in
default for revenue which accrued in his hands
from the first of June to the first of November,
1897, and for balance upon his return to the first
of June, 1858.
The passage of law requiring the Registers of
wills to make quarterly reports to this office, certi-
fed to and attested by the Judges of the Orphans
Court, would, it is believed, be an excellent pro-
VISION One OF the objects In establishing the Comp
trollers office to make it check upon the ac-
counting officers of the State. This object is fully
accomplished so far the Clerks of Courts are CON
cerned in the regulations for the issuing of licen-
ses There is no such check upon the Registers of
Wills for the duplicate receipts have proved utterly
worthless, and the method proposed seems best
adapted to answer the purpose desired. Their pay
ments into the Treasury could be made as at present
provided for.
The receipts in the fiscal year this account I'M
der the provisions of the first section of the tenth
Article OF the Constitution and chapter A. of the
Acts of the Assembly of 1858, amounted to ST.
643.33, being less than one-half the sum reported
in 1857. Of the amount received the present
States Attorney of Baltimore city paid into the
for the said city paid S2l0, which sum was the re-
mainder OF fees due him from the city, and col
lected since the close of his official term.
The recommendation made to the Legislature in
the Comptrolers last report will be renewed in his
next to that Honorable body, and he is well salts
he'd that the passage of Act, such as was therein
indicated, would add much to the revenue arising
from this source
AUCTION DUTIES
The receipts from the Auction duties appear in
Table No. 4, and amount, for the fiscal year to
l4l2l73. In 1857, they were Sl6 6232S4 Under
chapter 266 of 1853 the proceeds of these duties are
placed to the credit of the Mavor and Citv Council
OF Baltimore to be expended in the deepening of
channel in the Chesapeake Bay and the Patapsco
river below Fort McEIenry. Table No 4, of the
appendix, also shows the receipts from Auctioneers
licenses, which amounted to Sc $50 exceeding the
receipts In 1857, from the same source 81, $50
NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY
This Company has faithfully met its obligations
to the State in accordance with the requirements of
chapter 26O of the Acts of Assembly of 1854 Its
regular quarterly payments for the fiscal year
amounted to 100000.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY
Inc State received from this Company during the
scal year. on account o her portion of the receipts
from passengers on the Washington Branch of the
road S34 396.O2 In 1857 the State received on the
same account S76,03S.l6.
The Company petitioned the Legislature at its
last session to be released from the capitation tax
on that portion of the road which lies between Bal
timore city and the Relay, but the Legislature re-
fused to grant their petition In making the first
payment in 1858, the States part of the receipts
upon the portion of the road before mentioned was
! withheld, the Treasurer of the Company forward
ing with his remittance a resolution of the Board
OF Directors, in substance denying the right ofthe
state to the tax on that part of the road. The
Comptroller protested against this novel construc-
| ton OF law under which different course had
been pursued from its passage, and notified the
Company that suit would be instituted should the
determination announced bv the resolution OF
the Board of Directors, be adhered to- The Trea-
surer OF the Company replied that the'communica-
tion containing the remonstrance and protest would
be laid before the Board of Finance at their next
meeting No action, however, appears to have
been taken in regard to the subject for consdera-
BILE time Information has at length reached this
office OF a reconsideration by the Board of Direc-
tors OF Their former resolution, and payments it is
stated, will hereafter be made as heretofore.
The failure to receive this portion of the tax does
not fully account for the falling off of the receipts
! from this Company during the year, but an expla-
nation is found in the fact that the return for july
| 1858, was not received until October. and is not
therefore embraced in the receipts of the fiscal
| year.
Table No. 10 shows the dividends received from
! the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the wear to
! have been S49, 500.
sUSQUEHANNA AND TIDE WATER CANAL COMPANIES
! TABLE No IL, of the Appendix, shows the amount
OF the Indebtedness of these Companies the State
on account of interest, and their payments during
| the fiscal year. The whole amount due from these
! Companies on the 30th September, 1858, was S92-
O59.94 OF which $50, SO was on account of 1855
| and S3Z, l64.4l was on account of 1857. The re-
! ceipts from them during the same time were ST.
| 325. payment of about an equal sum has been
made since the close of the fiscal year. and does not
| therefore appear in the report. The Comptroller
has urged the demands of the State upon these Com
| panes and has been assured through their Presi-
fOS"'"AS
meet their obligations The further action of this
department. WI depend upon the future conduct of
tneSe companies.
nv TOBACCO INSPECTIONS.
| inc gross Iece pts from the state TOBACCO In
! spections in Baltimore for the fiscal year. as ex-
NJ o Ill iapie No' % appear 10 nave oeen SiO,-
9o.oZ anu the expenses lot the same time were for
wages 10 laooers ana incidental expenses, S43, ,362
49, and Tor salaries OF inspectors, Clerks and for
nails, S2l ,55S.43 making the total expenses S64-
9zo.5S leaving the sum of S5,S7744 to be applied
10 the payment OF the interest of the Tobacco
dept, &c
In the year preceding the gross receipts were
SS' ,6so.O3, and the expenses were for wages to
laDorers ana incidental expenses, .54 and for
salaries OF Inspectors, Clerks, and for nails S2l =
225.s3, making total of S57,258.37, and leaving
the sum OF $50, ,426.66 applicable to the payment OF
the Tobacco debt, &c.
An Act of bly, was passed in 1855 increas-
ing the salaries of the Clerks in the Warehouses:
but as there no knowledge at this office of the
design to pass such an act, the APPROXIMATION for
| the Tobacco Warehouses set down at the usual
! figures, and hence the Comptroller could not allow
| to the clerks the increase which the Legislature
seemed to contemplate lest the appropriation should
De exceeded.
The sum OF $4,000 was appropriated by chapter
53!, OF 1898, for the repairing and keeping in re
pair the state Tobacco Warehouses in the city of
Baltlmore BY this Act it was made ''the duty
OF the Comptroller, upon the application OF any of
the Tobacco Inspectors, to have such repairs made
from time to time as in his Judgment NAV be neces-
sary for the security and protection of the said
| houses" Repairs have been made in accordance
with the provisions of this law 80 of the ap-
preparation expended, and the Warehouses put in
better condition than they have been for wears
GRAIN INSPECTIONS.
The law for the Inspection of Grain in the city of