Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-01-07


Bank Redemption Fund. Ib2 20
Total Disbursements. s. 294, ,02o 90
Balance In the Treasa-
ry Nov 10, 1861, l29 ,l1o 4S
OF the foregoing receipts, Il will be seen
that So, 1886, 1sl SO were derived from taxes;
1927, 302 06 from canal and other sources Of
general revenue, and from tolls Of National
Road, from the disbursement Of which no
money return will be made 10 the State;
81, 55s, 244 9s from Military Fund, which
will be reimbursed by the United States, and
$S6,277 AZ from School Lands and Bank Re-
demption Fund, which constitute debt rather
than revenue. DOdueting the amount OF rev.
enuss from the Military Fund and the balance
in the Treasury from the gross receipts, leaves
50, 1876, 7s4 80 as the sum expended during
the fiscal year, for the support OF the State
government in all ito departments, executive,
legislative and judicial-the common schools,
the payment OF the interest and S5s2, 900 OF
the principal OF the public debt, and all the
other expenses attending the administration
OF the State government. The disbursements
proper for the support Of the State govern
ment during the year, including the expenses
and salaries Of the Benevolent Institutions,
the Penitentiary, with the repairs and enc
enlargement of the building, and all other
expenditures ordinary and extraordinary,
were $751;, 1886 "a, which is little more than
One-kalf the disbursements for the support oi
the common schools, and about 500, 600 less
| than the payments on the interest of the For
I eign and Domestic Debt.
I / do not refer to the heavy cost 10 the State
of Common Schools for the purpose Of en'
/ couraging any reduction of the levy for theil
support; for, while / earnestly recomms nt
/ all practicable retrenchments in public ex
/ penditures, am decided in the opinion tha
the State school levy should not be reduced
The preservation of the public isith, by tht
prompt payment of the interest and principa
Of the public debt, and the providing for thu
education of all the youth Of the State, ar
objects Of such tranBcendsnt importance a
to need no argument to lie addressed to tn
General Assembly on their behalf.
The Auditors estimate of receipts from al
sources for the current fiscal year is 81, 290,
7sS 6S, and his estimate of the disbursement
during the same period is $3,7l3,477 81
leaving balance in the Treasury Novembe
IS, 1869, of $577,Sll 81.
In this estimate of disbursements the Aud
itor provides for the expenditure of $62, 2l
1 1
to recommend that the Legislature Provid
for the expenditure of larger sum.
1st. A sum sufficient for the enlargement
of the State Armory, the erection of Lsbo
ratory, and the purchase of ammunition.
I'd. A sum sufficient for the purchase c
arms of the most improved kind for the de
Tense of the State, and to Rid the General Gov
ernment whenever its necessities shall requir
State assistance.
The impoverished condition of the State il
regard to arms on the breaking out of the re
bellion, and the long delays attending thei
supply by the General Government, shoul
admonish Us of the necessity OF the State hav
ing always at its command, and as its ow
property, arms for at least fifty regiments G
infantry, twenty-five companies of eaVslry
and sixteen batteries of artillery. Ohio shoul
never again be unprepaTed to render promp
and effective assistance TO the Federal author
tiles in the support of the Government; no
ought we to rely on them for arms to defen
our State against invasion or insurrectiOn.-
The arms purchased under authority of you
immediate predecessors have all been trans
ierred to the United States. Their cost wi
be fully reimbursed TO the State. As its ow
property, the State has no more arms than
had in april last, with the small addition {
its proportion of the annual supply by th
Government to all the States.
The following schedule will exhibit th
taxable property of the State as valued 70
taxation; the respective amounts of Stat
county and local taxes, and the total amour
of taxes levied In each of the last four year