The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-18

condition, seek q sustsnance for themsel-
YES and families among strangers. In
June Last found that according to the
Auditors construction of the law, I had
expended the appropriation out of which
these companies had been paid; and
therefore ] made them several payments
out of other funds as is selsewhsre explain
ed. Yet their pay is several months in
arrear and many of them have no other
dependence for q support for themselves
and families; and recommend that as
soon as possible you make An appropria-
tion for this purpose, and that you also
appropriate money for their future pay
ment, unless you are of opinion that they
should be disbanded MY opinion is, as
has been indicated, that it is absolutely
necessary for the protection of the loyal
people in many of the counties, that they
be continued. But this is q question for
you, and not for me, to decide. The items
of the expenditure of the appropriation
made by the act "for procuring arms, &c. I"
and the enlargement and continuance
thereof by the general appropriation law
Of the last session may be found in the
report of the Quartermaster General.
Notwithstanding the people in some
sections have been subjected to rebel
raids, robberias and murders, it is graf
flying to know that great portion of
the State Is enjoying comparative peace
and security, and is receiving consider
able accesaions to the population and is
rapidly advancing in wealth and pros
perity.
FINANCEj.
The auditor has communicated to me
no statement of tho condition Of the
finances since the last session of the Leg
islature. The report Of the Treasury is
submitted; from which the condition Of
the Treasury will appear as follows
Balance remaining in the Treasury
Sspt 80. 1853 sl3a 659 46
Receipts from all other sources during
the fiscal year ending Sept 3d. "a s7s, as6 4s
Total receipts. san, ,9s5 "a
Disbursements during the fiscal year
ending Sept 30. 1884 ............. S232 92d lO
Balance in Treasury Oct. l. 1854. .sl7s 029 81
Receipts from Oct. l. 1864 to Jan. l. IS IA, 3o3 "a
Aggregate .......................s3a 1923, ,5s3 80
Disbursements from Oct l. lss4 taJsn,
/. 1885,. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 26,3I2 ol
Balance in Treasury Jan. 1865. 49, -.297.2l0 81
In June last it became a question
whether or not the appropriation of fifty
thousand dollars, made by act passed
July I'd, 1863, 'for procuring arms" &c,
and the enlargement and continuance
thereof by the general appropriation law
of the last session, was expended. Under
that act I had organized large number
of military companies for the protection
of the border counties of the State, as
elsewhere explained, with the under
standing that they should be paid for
their services; and when the question
arose as to whether this appropriation
was OF was not expended, rather that
have any controversy on the subject l
proceeded to pay these companies out OF
the Civil Contingent fund, and continued
such payments out Of that fund until it
was exhausted. This left me without
any money for the further payment Of
these companies, or to pay the contingent
expenses for which the latter was pro-
vided, and to which alone 1t should have
been legitiinately applied. Being thus
without money to pay these demands,
made arrangements with the Northwest
ern Bank of Virginia and the Merchants
and Mechanics Bank of Wheeling BY
which l was enabled to draw money
from them, on my own checks, for these
purposes. A statement OF the sums
thus drawn from the banks is here
with exhibited; from which it will he
seen that l have drawn from the
Northwestern Bank, .N7, l3s Is
And from the Merchants and Mechan.
ics' Bank, ..........-.......... Il l2o 70
Making In tho aggregate, ........ s9s, 264 W
1t may be seen that $23,9O7 O6 has been
paid to the military companies as stated,
and S5,357 ", the residue thereof. for
other purposes. AS may also be seen
81, 500 of the latter sum was for the Hos
pital for the Insane ut Weston. About
the first of October, the directors of that
institution represented to me that they
had exhausted the appropriation made
by the last Legislature, and that it was
not vet in Il condition to receive patients,
but that 81 500 would put it in that con-
dition; and they requested that should
supply this deficiency. Being satisfied
that it was the intention of the last Leg
islature to appropriate sum sufficient to
prepare the institution for the reception
of patients, and that the money appro-
priated for that purpose had beon econom-
ically expended, and that the sum ask
ed for was necessary for the purpose
represented, / determined to, and did,
furnish the small sum mentioned, and
with it the contemplated work was done.
The claims for which the money was
thus provided were just demands against
the State and must necessarily have been
paid at some time There was money i'll
the treasury; but the necessity for its
appropriation had not been foreseen, and
l thought it the better course TO pay the
claims as they arose and look to the Leg
islature to reimburse the Banks. 1t
seems to me that the propriety of the
course pursued must be apparent to all
and therefore recommend that at an
early day you provide for the repayment
to the Banks of the sums with which
they have thus supplied me.
As before stated, the civil contingent
fund is exhausted and as demands which
can only he paid out of this fund are OF
almost daily occurrence. l recommend
that you supply the means by tempo
rary appropriation for the purpose.
The general appropriation law, passed
at the last session, has been subject of
serious objection BY its sweeping Ian
guage it in effect repeals all appropriations
made hefnrp its MASSAGE and has been