Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-01-12

crime, to disregard OF this salntary
principle. Nothing but an overriding
emergency cat justify appropriations
beyond revenue, or expenditures beyond
appropriations. When so justified. the
appropriations in the former case sho'd
be promptly provided Tor by taxation,
and the expenditures in the latter case
should be as promptly reported to the
Legislature Tor its judgment and sane
tion.
embrace this occasion 20 suggest the
expedieney of requiring, under suitable
penalties Tor omission, all officers hav-
ing charge Of works or institutions, to
state distinctly, in connection with
each annual report, whether any debts,
beyond appropriations, were outstaad-
ing at the close Of the year, aud, If any,
their precise nature and amount. For
all such debts the officers contracting
them are, under existing laws, person.
ally responsible, and their payment,
without express legislative seRction. out
of any subsequent appropriation, should
be strictly prohibited.
In this connection also renew my
recommendation Of an appropriation for
each year OF sum sufficient to provide
against unforeseen emergencies, sub
Ject only TO warrants of the Governor, to
be drawn on satisfactory evidence of
necessities Unexpectedly requiring ex.
trao rdinary expenditures. ..
The public welfore would likewise be
promoted, in my judgment, if the sever.
al officers OF the Executive Department
were organized as an Executive Council.
and required TO meet from time to time.
and whenever convoked by the Cover.
nor, for consultation aud action in re-
gard to public interests. The sanction
Of such Council to the drafts on the
contingent appropriations just proposed,
would constitute an ample guaranty
against inprovidence ana abuse.
The whole amount of receipts into
the treasury during the last year was
IS ,52u,l5 and the balance from the
preceding year was $226,lle. The
total sum subject to disbursement in
1856 ,, was S8,746.272.
OF this sum Y22,OOO was realized
from drafts in anticipation OF the rege
nue. of lo60; S2,939,73B were received
from levies. on the Grand List of 1853
OF one mil and a half on the dollar for
Common Schools; one tenth OF a mill iol
School Libraries; nine tenths for Sinking
Fund; seven twentietbs for reimburse
men. of Temporary Loan; and seven
tenths for general expenses of State Gov
ernment. These levies, amounting in tn,
: aggregate to mills and eleven lwenti
eths on the duIiar, assessed Upon the
taxable valuation of S84J, J,80O,O3l, ex
hibIted by the Grand List of 1853, 8,wo'd
have produced, if fully collected, 81,
t98I,8l0. The difference between thi
sum aud the revenue actually received
about forty live thousand dollars-i
attributable to costs OF collections, vari
atIons between delinquencies unpaid anc
delnquencies collected, and errors il
assessment.
The principal sources Of revenue 9th
er than levies, are Tolls aud Water
rents on the Public Works; collections
of Surplus Revenue; Proceeds of sales U
lands; Convict labor; and Canal, Turn
pike and Railroad Dividends. OF re
ceipts from these and other sources be
sides Ievies, some, classed as revenue
cannot properly be considered such
. Proceeds of overwOrk OF convicts 70
example, ana collections on old claims
and advances from contingent funds o
+ Executive Officers are not properly rev
enue; but either simple deposits, o.
means made money, or mere transfers
. from one account 10 another. Ii is L
/ be observed, moreover. that more thar
the whole realized IRON all sources, ex
cept levies, is either absorbed oy tn,
expenses OF the Public Works, and tn,
Peni:entiary. or specially appropriated
F to the Sinking Fund for the payment 0
, interest and principal OF the Public
Debt.
For the annual expenses OF the Stat,
in Education, for Benevolent lnstitu
tions, and for all departments OF tb,
State Government, no substantial reii
ance can be placed on any other source
Of revenue than the annual levies.
The whole amount Of disbursement,
during 1859, upon all accounts, wa
So, ,552, ,3O4, and the balance in the treas
ury at It's close, was Sl93,276. .lt
A more particular review Of the sew
eral branches of collection and disburse
, ment will present, in still cleare
, light, the financial transactions of ,h'
, y ear. For the support OF the State Gov
ernment and Institutions there was col
lected during the year, from levies OF
q the Grand List, the sum Of S603. CAT
Receipts from licenses and auction du
> lies; iiom the penilertiary, from taxes
ON Banks and from claims collected, to
n gelher with the balance at the close o
4 1865, increased this sum TO $751; ,lU7
From this sum several amounts. 10
+, properly constituting revenue, should b
deducted, leaving the true sum for ois
bursement $8uS,050. Of this ther,
4 was dlsbursed during the yea
S782 $50. but as the receipts dit
,, not exactly represent revenue, SO nei
q ther did the disbursements precscl!
/, represent expenditures. For example
the SUN oil SoJ, ,46u is charged as dis
bursed, when the real transaction wa
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