Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-12-03

the Grand List, the sum OF 603 o4I Rec
from llctntes and suction duties; from
Penllanliafy; from taxes on Banks nndit
i claima collected, together with the bhlaht4
at the close Of 1855, increased this tusn % N
l07 dollars MA -i|ss
From this sum several amounts, mt pFdn
ly constituting revenue, should be dfdpcl@
leaving the true sum m disbursement 9Se|
I5O. OF this there was disbursed dufnR Il
year, S7s2 5S5, Bat as the receipts ala nos Il
actly represent revenue, 90 neither did the di
buraements precisely represent expenditures 4
For example, the sum of sGs $50 IL charged n
disbursed, when the reaistf2nsabtion waaah
placing Of old claims, nominally ofthai am0nut
10 The hands Of the proper officers for enllec
tioni aud the suui Of 800, 200 was similafl,|
charged, When the whole amount was pad.
not for general purposes, but on ncocbnf Of Pob
lidAWotks. under The direction of your predes
cessofs. The aclusl disbursements for ilio EK
ecutive, Legislaiiye Vrd Judicial deparlrsnis,
and all the benevolent aud rpforma'orv State
tnstiuti0ns, inclndiu4 ihe P'ni cniiast eHrio
therefore, S62G s3s TIE bslauco ieinaininp
WIS SUI ,51l . ~
For the Expenses q she pablr Wari,s lhrfe
was received from tolls aud wntcf f,pis on, The
Ohio canal ! f19 dois on he Mimnt aud
Erie canal / IL 397 Ndolls, On il,,, Al,t.kint,ta
Improvement II 97I dolls. on The Hdcking ras
nal ~ ,30l dolls, on the Waihonding canal AIS
dolls, ON the Western Reserve and Mnunee
Road Isl dolls, on the National Road 5
dolls, from sales Of canal lands 5i6 dells, nnd
from other sources 992l-in ell o46 .7el dolls.
The disbursements were 1876 9s2 dolls The
apparent excess Of outlay aver income was.
therefore, 90 80 dolls and this amount was
paid from the General Revenue, as has iust been
stated. Ofthis sun, however. "a ,g3l dollnrs
vas expended 10 payment for the Lewistown
Reservoir, aud for other special purposes out,
side Of The proper repairs Of The year There
al excess OF cost rover receipt was $40 dol,
lars. l4.s.ssff M
For common schools there weiccoiIectsdon the
grand list, Si,24S,797. There we're also col.
leced on tho grand l.st for SCHOOLS hut aspatt of
the levy for Sinking Fund, S153 6g5 so. E1liis
sum was the intoresf ON the Irreduable Debt epe
ated by the appropriation of the proceeds oc The
school lands to general State purposes. TIE Two
sums with the balance from the preceding year,
formed an nggr, gate for school pari oFes Of 81,
4lS.O47, Of which disburfed 81 ,365, q2g leay
ing n balance of St35l9. itF
The amount collected for School III . i..ssl
ready stated. with the balance Of the l.. &
year, 80 as dolls The ainount "a I,ar.rd
was 70 579 dolls, leaving balance Of 59s dolls.
For payment Of debt and interest, there
was collected from levies, SI,O29, ,124: of
which $740,970 were for the general purpo-
ses OF the Sinking Fund, and 1888, l54 were
tor the reimbursement of The temporary
loan. There were also received for the
sinking fund from surplus revenue deposit
ed with counties, from sales of school lands,
from canal, turnpike and railroad dividends,
and from a few other comparatively unim.
portant sources Sl45 952 and there were
returned TO the treasury, of money drawn
for the payment of interest, S2S ,ll2. These
sums, with the balance of S67 050 from s5S
amounted to 81 ,2T0,23S, which was the
amount applicable to Sinking Fund purpo,
ses in 1859, OF this amount SSS3, ,070 were
used to pay interest on foreign debt $lS,2l6
on the domestic debt Sl53S0g on tho ire.
ducible debt Sl2 z5g 'ssse eessss5 stJiti;i5s-
s;,.,;s , f fy.snsfafiHe III lie cost of vault for
their office 81 300 in discharge of claim
ordered to be paid by the last General As
sembly; and $62 52S in purchase Of honds
Of the temporary loan, and other bonds to
be used in its payment Tho aggregate rx-
penditure was 81 ,l4l, 6S4, and balance
was left in the treasury Of l2S, ,554.
II will be seen that TIE revenue provided ny
! aw for the payment OF Interest on the public
S'bt not Including the Temporary Loan. was
Nfiicilt for hat purpuse. The anoant
9ti9R was about ll4,000 Thvrs- stf,s1
.sse8eyeEr, in the treasdrJ large sum belonging
to the Sinking Fund, detynd from the levy for
the Temporary Loan, but not needed for its
payment until next March, il was thought bet
ter to supply the deficient amount fOn that
source THAI to resort 10 the power to impose
additional levies. vested by The last General
Assembly in the Auditor OF State. The pubs
lie interest was perhaps hest consulted in this
action; bu. it involved departure from that
provision of the Temporary Loan Act which
requires the r't,vveGs 0I the Iesies for its pays
nicnt to be absolutely reseiyed from all other
Applications; aud 1t may well be questioned
whether any advantage gained by such dapait-
uie ought 10 prevail over the cons idara,ions
nh hiah ri " A.
1t is obvious, however, that the additional
lcvies necessary To provide for the Interest of
the deb, should have been imposed bY The Gem
eral Assembly its,lf, fully advised as il wa. "a
to the amount Of interest and the inadequ2oy
OF The provision made for it, The responsible
lily Of The necessary laXaiiou should hayH been
assumed by the Legislature hNtead ef beipg
imposed upon the Auditor.
A tabular statement appended to this
communication, and numbered !, exposes at
one view tho number of acres Of land on
the Grand List, their value, the value of
taxable town lots and chattels ths several
aggregates of State, county and local lcyios,
and the rates of levy for state purposes ia
each of the last years. II will be seen that
the average rate OF taxation in the first half
of that time exceeded considerably that in
the last half while the aggregate revenue
of the last half exceeded that OF tie first
This result wns produced by the larger ay'
erage basis Of taxation in the last period
More than the whole excess Of levies was for
school purposes aud the payment Of debts
contracted in the first period
Another tabular statement, numbered II,
will show the yearly disbursements for Esg-
islative, Judicial and Executive expenses
for the expenses Of the Benevolent and Re-
lormatory Institutions, and ON account Of
the Public Works for three periods Of FOUR
years each---the iiist Immediately preceding
and the tv o others Immediately following
the adoption of the existing Conslitution.--
IL will be seen, upon inspection OF IT, that
the expenses were largely increased alter
the adoption Of the Constitutions bat that
they have been considerably less during the
third than during the second of these Pc
Fiods. The average yearly expenditure
from lS4S 10 1854, was S7SS, us; from 1852
to 1855 inclusive, adding To the apparsht
amounts the unauthorized debts euntraetea
within these years aud subsequently, paid.
81 ,Q95, ,S24 fronlsfe5 to S5sf Inclusive. 81,
rbietiyo from, : parent ;ainss:ats payment on
accOnnt-of debts previously contracted ss5. Z
533 dollars.
When il IL remembered that durisf 81 b iiFt,
period the Public Works have scoias 3 Ehas{e
upon the General iseYenui.; 1Atifot nss llas
i0rmatOry ihsaluli0lB hayFNel0 nfeRDiksd3
that large addiiionSs SytSbeeu tnnde 70 lbe list
Of Judges; that tla lAlls ptiuliei III e basbtln
crested; thai fqtf f.ss ipps " ~. Lesislatnlr
l'baye brenf hfid: thai - hninbeI Of salpgles.
espssiAll sf judges sna eaicrrs od the Board
OF Pubte Works, hass heen ingfeased, and thaf
othernew expepdiiufa- hAve been directed by
the iegislaiure, may igunt D. hoped thai the