Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-10
tax as you'd Be allowed in cass d tae

IA a. No1tQ % ALoWEQ IN cASR q tue |
payment Of the same in noneT.
From the YerT beginning Of the var,
Il . State vas compelled 10 advance large
: nJsbf money 70 equip aud supply our
volunteers, and. in fact, furnished -np-
p4ss Of every kind until the fall q ls0I
aad It was believed shortly after The
pa sage Of that act, that our
advances. over and above all REIN
bursements, would soon be sut- /
fceDs in amount to set-oa the |
amount 81 tax appoftioned against the I
State. Accordingly, ! opened core |
spoBdence with the Secretary Of ths |
Treasury on tic subject, and ascertain
ed rom him that tue advances made BY |
the state on behalf oi our troops would |
be regarded So . claim within the |
spirit aud meaning Of the Act, and
would be admitted 10 payment Of the
tax to an amount Which should be
found due on settlement After con
sullatiou with the Auditor, Treasurer,
aud Secretary Of State, aud in GENUINE
ton with them, on the - day Of De-
cem1er, 1861, fled in the Office Of the
Secretary Of the Treasury at Washing
ton paper, officially signed, Of which a
copy is herewith transmitted, in which
We assumed that the State would pay
her portion OF the direct tax without the
Intervention Of Federal officers, and
proposing 10 set-Of against the same
like sum due to the State for advances
made in furnishing our troops, and to
release the State from further liability
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against the tax This paper was acs
cepted By the Secretary OF the Treasury,
who t5ereupon declined to appoint the
officers provided by the Law to collect
/ the tax within the State On the -
day Of Januqry, 1862, Mr. LANCE, the
| Auditor Of the State, proceeded to
Washington with the papers and youeh-
/ ers embracing our claims against the
/ Government up to the time for the par-
I pose Of making settlement He found,
however, that tho mode Of settlement
with the several States had not been de-
teFmined upon by the Treasury Depart
ment, and that the press Of business 10
/ the Department was such As to prevent
the taking up Of our accounts He was
directed TO file them ia The Department;
to be taken up for adjustment whenever
they could be reached. II then became
obvious that our accounts would not be
settled aud adjusted By the last day Of
June, 1862, so as to be " liqaidated and
determined within the meaning of the
Act Of Congress, as before quoted, aud
that, after ALL our SET OF against the tax
was about to fail
Accordingly, brought the matter t.
the attention of our Congressional dele
cation, aud asked them to procure, i
possible, such legislation as wouid facil
itate the settlement of our accounts
:. and If that could not be done, to procure
3 the extension Of the time in which &C
: counts could be hled and settlement
! / made, so that the advantage of the set
/, off need not be lost After much trout oil
d and delay they procured the passage Q
5 an Act which was approved GU the l3ll
8 day Of May, 1862, the concluding par
, OF which is as follows Provided. tha
J. in case Of such release, such State, Te,
e ritory or District shall be allowed tn
same abatement Of tho amount of sue
Tax as would be allowed 10 case Of til
payment of the same in money, sbaI
be construed as applying TO such claim
Of States for Reimbursement OF expense
I incurred by them in enrolling, subsiai
ing, clothing, supplying, armiug, equip
: ing, paying and transporting its truOp
! employed in aiding 10 suppress the pres
! ent instruction against the Unite
: : States, a. shall be filed with the prope
= officers Of the United States before IN
: thrtieth OF July next And in sucl
cases the abatement Of fifteen per centuu
shall be made on such portion Of sal
tax as may be paid by tie allowance o
I such claims, in whole or in part, ID
same as il the final settlement and liqui
! dation thereof had been made before
: the thiFtieth OF June
This act healed the difficulty, and an
der il we have filed with the proper of
1 GERS, anterior to the tbirteth Of July
: 1862, claims against the United States
due 10 the State, more than enough 1
: cover the amount Of tax due from Ii
State, after deduoling the fifteen pc
cent from the gross amount.
!, By this operation the State has save
! fifteen per cent of the original amour
which is Sl35,73l 80, reducing tn
amount from $904, SIS 33Fo S765, IA 0.
aud the latter sum is set-off aud paid b
+ our advances. The arrangement is mu
!; tually advantageous to the State an
y General Government Ii would do til
+ Government no good to draw larg
Z amount of money from the people OF th
"A State for taxes, while she was debtor t
= the State 20 a still larger amount, whic
:. Indebtedness must sometime be paid b
5 money raised by taxation. Besides thil
Z tie Government was in no condition /
& reimburse the State in the full amour
d of her advances, and II these advance
:, we're not used 10 pay the direct tax, th
@ tax must have been collected from til
It people of Indiana Immediately, whll
= the advances would, in all probabilit
IT remain as suspended debt for years
o come, on which the Government If
e followed former precedents, would pc
n no interest respectfully recommen
that the Legislature approve my actic
&c and that of the State Officers, in Il
r premises
n This subject was laid before the Legi
a lature at its last session, but no action VI
ID taken in reference 10 it. The settleme
oil Of our accounts with the Government b
III progressed slowly, owing TO the impe
n lection of many of the vouchers, grown
&, out Of the haste with which the busine
e was done, and the inexperience Of &
Sc officers in the beginning of the war.
Sc the request of the Department / ha
made arrangements to send an agent
Washington to cooperate with the a
be counting officers of the Government, al
tt, anticipate but little trouble in bringil
&C. the settlement to speedy and SUGGEST
CIV issue
rs Bener0leat Institutions
= The late Legislature adjourned wit
u out making formal appropriations
the support of the Benevolent Instit
tons, and the Penitentisries. Witho
IN attempting to enter into the history
di. the transactions of that body, or t
of causes which led to its disruption, il
ed enough to say that it was so constitut,
re- and adjourned under such eircumsta
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