Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1865-01-19

tax to an amount which should be found
due on settlement. After consultation
with the Auditor, Treasurer and Secretary
of State. and IN con nnction with them. on
the = day of December, 1861. | filed in
the office of the Secretary of the Treasury
at Washington. a paper officially signed.
Of which a copy is herewith transmitted,
in which we assumed that the State would
pay l,er portion of, lbe direct tax without
the Intervention of Federal officers, and
proposing to set off against the same
/ like sum due TO the State for advances
made in furnishing orr. troops. and to re-
| lease the United States from further liza
blity for the sum thus set.Olf and advanc-
ed against the tax. This paper was ac
cepted by the Secretary of the Treasury.
who theleupon declined to aproint the Of
ficers provided by the law to collect the
tax within the State. On the = day of
January. 1862. Mr.. Eange. the Auditor of
the State, proceeded to Washington with
the papers and vouchers embracing our
claims against the Government ap to the
time, for the purpose of making settle
ment. He found. however. that the mode
of settlement with The several States had
not been determined upon by the TIeasury
Department. and that the press OF business
in the Department was such as TO prevent
the taking mp OF our accounts. He was d.
iected to lie them in the Department to
be taken up for adjustment whenever tn, y
could be reached. Ii then became obvious
that our account would not be settled and
adjusted by the last day of June, 1861. so
as to he '.liquidated and determined with
in the meaning of the Act of Congress, as
before quoted. and that. after all, our set
of against the tax was about to fail.
Accordingly | brought the matter to the
attention of our Congressional delegation
and asked them TO procure, il possible,
such legislation as would facilitate the set
tlenent of our accounts, and if that could
not he done. TO procHre the extension of
the time in which accounts could be filed
and settlements made, so that the advan.
tagc Of the set off need not be lost. After
much trouble and delay, they procured the
passage of an Act which was approved on
the 18Th day of May. 1862 the concluding
part of which is as follows: Provided,
tha, in the case of such release, such State.
Territory or District shall he allowed the
same abatement of the amount Of such
Tax as would be allowed i'm case of the
pay.nent Of the same in money" shall be
construed as applying to such claims OF
States for reiNbursemcn,s of expenses in
Cured Ivy them in enrolling. sub,sting,
clothing, SUI plying, arming. equipping.
paying and transporting its troops en-
ployei in aiding to suppress the present
ms direction against the United States, a.
shall be filed with the proper officers Of
Of the United States before the thirtieth of
July next. And in such cases the abate-
nent of fifteen per centum shall be made
on such portion of said tax as may he paid
by the allowance of such claims. in whole
or in part. the same as if the final settle
ment and liquidation thereof had been
made before the ihiuieth of June"
This act healed the difficulty. and under
it we have filed ith the proper officers.
anterior to the 30th Of Jnly. 1862. claims
against the United States, due o the State,
more than enough to cover the amount of
tax due from the State, after deducting he
fifteen per cent. from the gross amount
BY this operation, the State has saved
fifteen per cent. of the original amount
which is Sl35.73l 30, reducing the
amount from S904 s75.33 to S765. l44. .O3,
and the latter sum is set off and paid by
onr advances. The arrangement is mutu-
ally advantageous to the State and Gener-
al Government. 1t would do the Govern
ment no good to draw large amount OF
money from the people of the State for
taxes, while she was debtor to the State
to still larger amount. which indebted
ness must sometime he paid by money
raised by taxation. Besides this, the Gov
ernment was in no condition to reimburse
the State in the full arount of her ad-
vances, and il these advsnces were not us
ed to pay the direct tax, the tax must have
been collected from the people OF Indiana
Immediately. while the advances would. in
all probability. remain suspended debt
for years to come, on which the Govern.
ment. if it followed former precedcnts,
would pay no interest. respectfully re-
commend that the Legislature approve my
action. and that of the State Officers, in
the premises. uft
The snl ject was lail before the L-gis-
lature at i;e last session, but no action was
taken in reference to it, Tho settlement Of
our accounts with the Government has
progressed slowly. owing to the imper-
lection of many of the vouchers, growing
ont of the haste with which the business
was done, and the incxperience of the off,
GERS in the beginning of the war; At the
request of the Department have made ar
rangements to send an Agent to Washing
ton to CO operate with the accounting Of
ficers Of the Government, and anticipate
hut little trouble in bringing the settle
ment to a speedy and successful Issue.
BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.
The late Legislature adjourned without
making formal appropriations for the sup
port of the Benevolent Institutions. and
the Penitentiarics. Without attempting
to enter into the history of tho transactions
of that body. or the causesn which led to
its disruption. it is enough to say, that it
was SO constituted, C, aud adjourned under
such circumstances. Is forbade the idea Of
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