American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-01-12


any debts, beyond appropriations, we're ont
standing at the end Of tie year, ard n 5ny
their precise nature andamornt. For allsbct
debts the officers contracting them are, under
existing laws, personally responsible, and theil
payment, without express legislative sanction
out Of any substantial appropriation, should
be strictly prohibited. "
In this connection also ienev my recon-,
mehdation Of an appropriation for each yeal
of a sum sufficient to provide against unfUr.
seen emergencies, subject oily to the warrants
OF the Governor, to be drawn on satisfactory
evidence Of necessities Unexpectedly reQuir.
ing extraordinary expeniitdtes .a
The public welfare would likeyise be. p;o,
noted, in my judgment, if the several oficers
OF the Executive Department were Organized
as an Executive Corhcil, and required 10 meet
from time to time, and Whenever cnnyoked by
the Governor, for consultation aid action in
regard TO public interests. The sanction Of
such Council to the drafts on the contingent
appropriation just proposed, would constitute
an ample guaranty against imptoyilence and
abuse. i, ,.....- ,.,
The whole amount Of receipts into The
Treasury during the last year was SO, ,52015i,
and the balance from The preceding year was
S236,llS, The total sum subject TO discusses
meht tin 1859, was S3,746,272.
Ofthis sum 800, 900 was realized fforn dfafts
in anticipation OF the revenue OF 1860, s2,-
9SS,733 were received from leyies, on the
Grand List OF 1853, Of one mill and half on
the dollar for Common Schools; one tenth OF
a mill for School Libraries; nine tenths fol
Sinking Fund seven .twentielhs for reimburge.
,.,,,N nV / L.
for general expenses Of State Government
These levies, amounting in the aggregate 10
thee mills and eleveI,twentieths on the dol.
lar, assessed upon the taxable valuation OIL
Ssi0, 800, OBI, exhibited BY the Grand List o.
1858, wonld have produced, II fuly collected
So, $40. The difference between this sun
and the revenue actually received bout for.
1y.five thousand dollars-ls attributable 10 the
costs of collection, variations between delin.
queucies unpaid and delinquencies collected,
and errors in assessment. 40
Tie principal sources Of revenue, other
than leyies, are Toes and Natct rents on the
Pubic Works; collections Of surplus revenue
Proceeds Of safes of lands; ConTctlabor; and
Canal, Turnpike and Railroad Dividends- =
or receipts from these aud other sources be-
sides levies, some, classed as revenue, can
not properly be considered such. Proceeds o.
overwork Of convicts for example, and colec.
tions on old claims, and advances from con
tinpent funds Of Executive Officers, are no
properly revenue; but either simple deposits
Or means made money, or mere trafsfers fton
one account 10 another. 1t is to be observed
moteoyer, that more than the whole realized
from all sources, except levies, is either alb
sotbed by the expenses o! the Public Works
and the Penitentiary, or specifically appropti.
aied 10 the Sinking Fnnd for the payment O
in etest ana rfncipal on tie Public Debt. ''
For the animal expenses of the State fol
Education, for Benevolent Institutions ant
for all departments Of the State Government
no substantial reiance can be placed on an,
other sources OF ofrevenie than the annual rev
enue.
The whole amoust Of disbursements duiih
1859, Upon all accounts, was SO, $50, ,3O4, AMI
the balance in the Treasury at its close, wa
Sl93,276. ~.
A more particular review Of the serera
branches of collection and disbursement vii
present, in still clearer light, the fnancia
Transactions Of the year. For the support o
the State Government and Institutions there
was collected during the year, from levles OF
the Grand List, the sum OF S6oS,6i7 Re
cepts from lcecses and auction duties; from
the Penitehtlary; from taxes on Banks an,
from claims collected, together with the bal
ance at the close Of 1858, increased this sur
. to 1884, i07. From this sum several amounts
not properly constituting revenue, should b
deducted, leaving the triie sum for disbhSe
ment, sos, $50 dol. OF this there was disbur
sed during the year, 7S2, ,5s5 dol. But as tht
receipts did not exactly represent revenue, 81
neither did the disbursements precisely repre-
sent expenditures. For example, the sum o
6S460 dol. is charged as dsbursed, when III
real transaction was the placing OF old clam
nominally Of that amount, in the hands OF th
proper officers for collections and the sum 0
10000 dol. was similarly charged, when tn
whole amount was paid, not for general pur
poses, but on account OF Public Works, unde
the direction OF your predecessors. The act
ual disbursements for the Executive, Legisla
tive and Judicial departments, and all the be
nevolent and reformatory State Institutions
including the Penitentiary, were, therefore
G26, SSS dol. The balance remaining wa
lOl,5o1 dol. rN
For the expenses Of the Public Works thei
was received, from tolls and wafer rents Of
the Ohio Canal, 7t442 dol; on the Miam
and Erie Canal, ia ,237 DOL; onthe Mnsking
um Improvement, 1924 dol on the Hockin
Canal, lT,30l dol; on the walhonding Ca
nal, AIS dol, on the Western Reserve an
Maumee Road, 2,lsl DOL; on the Na,iohs
Road, 5,55l dol from sales of Canal lands
5l6 dol; and from other soufces, 1921 dol. ii
all, 2i6,1sl dol. The disbursements wet
1896, 9s2 dol. Ths apparent excess Of outla
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