Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1862-01-23

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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE C0MPTROL-
LER OF THE TREASURY.
The report of A. Lingan Jarrett, ESD. =,
Comptroller of the Treasury Department of
Maryland, was laid before the Legislature
on the 9th inst
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
The receipts into the Treasury for the
fiscal year ending on the 3Oth of September
1861, amounted to the sum of 5000, ,S13 0S,
which, being added to $255, ,5S775, the
balance remaining in the Treasury at the
close of the fiscal year of 1860, makes the
aggregate of 81 PIG. .4OO.S3. Of this sum
$S19, ,651.78 was derived from revenue
which accrued during the year, and the
residue, $141 ,161.30, of revenue which
accrued prior thereto.
During the fiscal year of 1850 there was
paid into the Treasury the sum of 81, ,200,-
552.77, and the fiscal year of 1860 the sum
of 81, 1,O4S. 339.67.
BY comparing the present with those two
previous years, it will be seen that the re-
ceipts of the present year are $3.50. .739 SO
less than those of 1859, and $s7 ,525. SO
less than those of 1860.
The disbursements of the Treasury for
the fiscal year just ended amount to the sum
of 81 ,O46, 1856 Al, being $3.50, ,01321 less
than those of 1859, and $3.50, ,6S6. 67 than
those of 1860
Deducting the disbursement from the re-
ceipts, leaves a balance in the Treasury at
the close of the fiscal year 1861 Of S17U,-
O44.42. This balance is, however, subject
to variety Of charges, amounting in the
aggregate to the sum of sS291 500 II ,
which would leave an apparent deficit of
1921 $3.50 against the Treasury The
probable receipts iuto the Treasury during
the current fiscal year are estimated at the
sum of $1,l30, ,855.2S. The probable de-
mands upon the Treasury during the current
fiscal year are estimated at the sum of $685.
376.
These estimates are made upon the exist
ing laws, without reference to future legis-
lation or regard to the present disturbed
condition of the country.
FREE SCHOOL FUND.
There remained to the credit of the free
school fund at the close of the fiscal year of
1860 the sum of S19 432. %, and there was
received on account thereof during the fiscal
year of 1861 the sum of $40, ,9S9. 35, max
ing the aggregate 500 .421 So.
During the fiscal year of 1861 there was
disbursed the sum of $S6. .4SS 60 leaving
balance at the close thereof Of S12 ,932 95
to the credit of said fund
At the close of the fiscal wear 1860 there
remained in the Treasury to the credit of
this fund the sum of S., ,l57.6s, and there
was received on account thereof during the
fiscal year 1861, from interest on the stocks
OF said fund, and from other sources, the
sum of 1925, ,241 O8 making in the aggre-
gate $3.50, 1876.
During the fiscal year 1861 there was in
vested for the use and benefit of said fund
the sum of $219.4791+ leaving cash
balance uninvested in the Treasury to the
credit of the fund of $4O,919.62
The aggregate amouns of stocks to the
credit of the sinking fund at the close of the
fiscal year of 1860 was 81, S23, 229 35, and
there was purchased during the last fiscal year
on account thereof the sum of 1921. 1S9 O2,
which, being added to the sum of-S40, ,919.-
g., the cash remaining to it's credit makes
the total amount of the sinking fund, at the
close of the fiscal year of 1861, S5,Oe5,-
337 go.
The assessessed value of real and personal
property for tts year 1861. in the several
counties and the city of Baltimore. is shown
to be 1886, ,43O, ,O56, of which amount S15S,-
$50, ,686 is that Of the counties and S127,-
89O,37O of the city of Baltimore. Thus it
appears that rather over four-ninths of the
whole assessed value of real and personal
property Of the State is of the city of Bal
timore.
The assessment shows an increase over
that of 1860. Of S3.749, ,558, and over that
of1859 of So. 500. .299.
DIRECT TAX
The levy of 10 cents on the 800 upon
the assessed value Of property in 1861 pro-
duced direct tax of $2S6, ,43O O5. of which
amount there was paid into the Treasury
during the fiscal year of 1861 the sum of
1913, ,705 65
=. The total amount paid into the Treasury
on account of direct tax during the fiscal
Of 1861 was $219, ,63897, of which amount
Baltimore city paid $102, 70616.
The aggregate amount Of direct tax in
arrear and unpaid under levies prior to 1861
was, at the close of that fiscal year, $685.,
300 80, which. being added to the uppaid
levy of s6l would swell the amount to
s527, 7O2 40.