The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-06

port of December, 1850. page 80, Au-
ditor ADAM estimated the Current ex-
penses and interest on ~ 44' ="
State debt including part-paid bonds $176,2 SO
Dednctng rev. from specific taxes &c, $4,000. .0O
Would leave to be raisad by direct tax s14o So
Auditor SwREGLEs, December, 1885, /,
page 8, reports the current expenses,
adding awards of Board Of Auditors,
that year;
AS amounting to s11682O 81
Appropriation to Internal Improve
ment Fund E9ai ~ $4,000 90
Paid interest on State Debt 4051 .O4
Deduct tax levied $1Os, 100000 - -
And specific tax received 27,717. III 80
Left deficit or debt over tax levied s1O9, l54 IL
To which add unpaid interest on ST.
573,637 part paid bond debt 110. 154 SO
And we have an aggregate deficit of $912.3Os.7O
of means to meet the current expenses
and interest on State Debt which the
" democrats" neglected to assess a
State tax for and to pay, according
to the Constitution" = fafr.f,.,..
Now let US look at the official esti-
mate, tax and expenses for 1852: This
year the Auditor General made no /" es-
Inmates" The current expenses of
the State Government, as reported by
him (page 3) and the board of State
Auditors.
Were s74, ,oS6 go
Appropriation Internal Imp Fund $4,000. 90
Paid interest on State debt S. ISL S5
r S159, ,2SS. AZ
Unpaid interest part-paid bonds 92, 10000
Making total expenses s251, 1886. AZ
Deduct tax levied s110,OOO.O 90 II
And specific tax received S5,S5471-s195, ,S54.71
Leaving deficit of s55, ,ss3.7e
of "current expenses and interest on
State debit unprovided for and unpaid
by the democratic Administrator in
the year 1852. roiat ta ma
In 1853 no estimates were made.
The tax levied was but $4,000, and
the democracy have taken to them
selves great credit for /" thrift and hon.
esty" in having apparently reached the
ordinary expenses of the Government
so much, that only that amount of
tax was necessary to meet the Consti-
tutional requirements, maintain the
honor and credit of the State, pay its
current expenses, the interest on the
State debt, and all just demands
against the State treasury" The FORE
going official exhibit shows how they
managed not to pay these demands in
l650-'1'2. A little investigation into
their own official statements and figures
will show that they continued the non-
providing and non-paying habit even
more dishonorably, more dishonesty,
more uneonstitutionally, if possible,
this year than before. According to
Auditor Sweegle's report (page 3-4) the
current, ordinary expenses for this year
including awards Board of Auditors.
Amounted to s12O, ,s6s. .O3
Paid interest on State debt 2,057. .43
Making total expense S172, ,925 46
Deducting tax levied S10.000.O0
And specific tax received 101, ,939 l5-Sll1 9S9 Is
Left deficit debt over tax levied of $40 1856 81
To which add unpaid int. on p. p bonds, a. 500 90
And we find an aggregate deficit of sl65, 1861
Thus it is seen, that while the dem
ocrats' boasted of reducing the direct
tax in 1853, they nearly doubled the
deficit of the year previous, by neglect
to "proride a sufficient tax" as re-
quired by the Copstitution.
In 1854, the State tax levied was on
ly $4,000. Let us see from their own
democratic official figures, how they
this year met the constitutional require
ments to "provide by tax sufficient to
pay the current expenses, interest on
debt" DC.
According to the Auditor Generals
and Board of Auditor reports for that
year, the expenditures for the current
expenses of this year, to Jan. 1, 1855,
!" when the Republicans acceded to
power" rs ~ s,.s.s = a....e..
Amounted to s2I9 427 OF
Paid interest on State debt ls Sc 294 10
Making total expenses paid s264. 4.721 II
Deduct tax levied S SO00o..,ys - -
And specific tax received 1882 = -$143, ,31s 95
Lett deficit of ip - x191 4o1 %
bonds a. 900 90
And we find an aggregate deficit of 2l5, SOL % in
1854, of means to meet the Expenses and inter-
est" which accrued that year. - 4 fa..-,- 80
RECAPITULArILoN a.
EXPENSES AND c-TAx-- ANIMAL
YEAR, INTEREST. LEVIED. ,, SPECIFIC. DEFICIT
1850 3l0974 1898 "a 4O4 17a 800