The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-01-22
Report OF the State Auditor of Illinois.


G Quincy City Bank, have furnished eyidcnc,
of publication, as required by law, ant
withdrawn their securities--and due notice
having boen given me, as required by til,
act OF 1877, section l, page 800, in the cases
Of the Farmers Bank, Ci y Bank, Mecha
mics and Farmers Bank, the Phoenix Bank
f the Bank o! Rockford, and the Union Bank
and three years having elapsed from the date
of the protests Of the same respectively, the
securities Of the same have been surrender
ed to the stockholders, Or are retained here
for evidence of ownership.
The law relative to the final settlement OF
the affairs Of banks, (thirty-seventh section
OF the general banking law, not being app'i
cable to banks closing business under the
act Of 1855; it may be necessary to deter
mine by law, when and kow their affairs
shall be finally closed.
The statement of the Treasurer's account
exhibits the finances OF the State in a sound
( and hourshins condition. The punctuaity
! in the payment Of the taxes furnishes graft
/ flying evidence of the prosperity Of our
/ State AID the good faith of our citizens
/ The amount of revenue in the treasury ap-
! plicable to tie payment Of ordinary and
contingent expenses Of the State Govern
ment Is s lJ3, ,O14.lJ.
The statements OF the value cf taxable
property, and the amount Of taxes levied for
tie current year 1873, have not as yet been
received from the several counties, and
therefore cannot be included in this report
The aggregate value Of taxable property
for the year 1856, $3l9,9Jl ,272. being an
increase over the previous year Of Sl3, ,5j2,-
on, ana IN ~ -Fe2l'e Na.Hati"h iof the year
!ool Is : a. - - -, ',e!ik M an increase III
1921 over 1919 "i *''r'-' o''' equal 20
a'out I"a per c1''' o.. ..'9 ''or oi l2oo.
iEe't eau ot D1' '--,'' n'N'. ~ '.'e i+c'
'.'S' 80, ." ~ '.' -
40 80 'r
ID"
"1"'- :. a. ''-' ''~ 80 $40 '-'U
-.........-.-
"S L. ' cd ''...~ W. '..'' ~
woes ''I tHa O.. -.''' "a i ''> % ~ - III ms
o. '"1 u'--'' '' '..'''' -. 10 "a"
- "' 81 ~ 80!
o. -" i-' r. I'D ehtA year. 10 >'.'i "o.'-er, ol
state @''.-' - "''s F.'','.' ''''i ''' '.a'
purPo's, >--A f'l men = 90 '' ma "n ''e
Prnc'pa. OF the 1..t.N l.'-.H,s', 1aeSe
payments nave d. .l' 's-.'.'' "'''- S'''ce
the adgt't+h OF '''t cons. ,.'..5I' "''' "-'e
dv4o'.tsS .'A''' '...-'.' - ''.'. .'' N- 't>'o-
iatlJh u! We arc ..o.'.' " ....'' .-' ..'l pr
Val.s I".- '-t' 'l.''A 10. u. ,.-'t. o. 'Ae
>t-'I "aS' ''N ~ |..'- -.' d STATE o.
t-lHs9 N !e.--''" 10 ''-r ~ 40 '.A l4'."
"ol-4 seem - require '"e ,i...nt ..''' a'''"-
non oI me lrGl9.a'iit. " "-e our >'1't
STOCKS were '-A-A '-.'" par III '.1 ''."'!
markets, payments On aca'1"; "i Iio f''Hs'-
Pa' were % eol,st &c 49, %, Jul $500
a'e Np' Guns '..-'""' 49, &C., - - -
therefore IN ''''a'-7 tAt' 1''S CO.. 1''I
"'''o'', 80 ~ = --- - 7'' '-' -
-. -
"- a'""s % - '-... - ,'.- ...',
"a, -, - 80. ~, - =.
- - 90 .',-,',, - ..,.s.....-
- t;.f. - -.
-. -. -. -, q -. f,,I
- e.. -. ,}. 49,, J., 90
I'm, T., a.-', yrar shall b.. added 10 ,h..
f,nI a'rea5y rrtriieI for rur.aasfn. tie
evidence # indebtedness OF the s:a:c. !:
or,..,s however hat much d:M nifty :,
,-,'..:.-r T.. -i. ,.--,..s~s.. ~ -.r,.. ;,.-
80 -. 49,, - ,r-,....r.- ,,-,,.-4.l
-. Jr,'5 = T.,T b.rl. .r
-. - -, - -. r,.,-..I ..,.,-..s
a.,...,l- -. ,,.r,..,. 81 ,i,,.. a..
I.,ii -. L.. ...,-.f.... mad. r.,
". " 49,, -,.... 49,, ,,.... -. H..
ITO If ,rr.a-grI ,nc-I.rr ,,.r c-r- rr.,ri
nm and there : now q cons, ,Icrall. an,ol.nt
of the fuors 50 proyiIsI reuajniur in. the
state treasury unexpcnEgd.
Under these Circumstances. to 20 into tie
stock market yy.th the large fund remaining
OF the two mill tax would probably raise the
price Of our state stocks TO 4 rate at which !:
would be y.ry undesirable u buy them
The lo'i.y ol this course may We. be qIcs-
tioneI from other considerations. Oae OF
the objects o. the IJ:h article of the conSti-
tuition WAS to aid in restoring the credit OF
the State, which was greatly depressed AZ
the time Of its adoption. That object Is
happily accomplished. The owners of our
SIX per cent. hl,Eatious preferto hold them,
and in fact ~iH no, part with them, eves at
! considerable premium. In the meantime
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