Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-01-04

/ coHoltlon- fOr the DETAILS, respectfully
refer you to the reports of the Auditor and
Treasurer of the State, herewith presented
The total receipts into tho Treasury,
from all sources, during the year,
including balance, Nov. 10, 1868,
were Fos6i9,JOo
Total 6679,OO6 II
Balance to credit Of all fnnds....... 1000 $50 67
The General Revenue account, which
presents the receipts and disbursements for
the State Government prJper, stands ss
follows: 10.
Balance Nov. L. Is53................. Sl23,7sG q
Amount collected from taxes.-----..-. o2i. 9SI 81
AMOUNT collected from other sources lOlssIs 20
Total................ ......sl ,l5O,655 IL
Disbursements for Revenue r
purposes .---..-----..-.-s-.. S82l ,lbz Xli r.. o.
For Military Bund..s.--....-. 22s,sss Ol -. :.
i8 IS i8sI T. so. 8g7 s
As compared with previous year, these
figures show the following results
An excess of tax collections in 1854
aver 1865, SlOO34 80
An excess Of Revenue expenditures Of. 23a746 Is
the end Of the year of.............. q, ,Ios s5
Fund, Of...........................'. - ~ 9sol IA
The excess of expenditures, as compared
with previous year, is made up principally
Of the following items
Benevolent institutions .............. $50 TO4 Os
TranspOrtation Of militia in 1858, car
Ted over to 55 so &c
Equipments for militia "a 200 ls
Redemption Of Seneca county Bank notes 4s,O5I 46
Expenses Of soldiers 92Sl rs
Gettysburg Cemetery 1850 90
TOTAL zSs les 3s
Reductions in other items compensate
for the increase of this sum over the excess
Of expenditures.
The reports of the Sinking Fund Com
missloners show that the redemption of the
public debt during the year has been as
follows:
Of Foreign Debt SI2OT73 46
" Union Loan. ], 500 90
Domestic Bonds ............... ..... l24l,7 90
Total S96f O5s 46
And that it has been Increased by q domes-
tic loan, for military purposes, 100000
The balance Of that fund in the Treas
ury, On the 10Th of November, was S7I9,-
s36 81; from which redemptions of debt
have been made since that time; but to
what extent am not advised. T-
The debt of the State, including the loan
Of 1854, for military purposes, consists of
Foreign Sl2,sl5,2l! 9s
domestic 6S5 5ss 4g
S13 5OO75 Al
undor the act of March sosh, 1861, the
commissioners made domestic loan of four
hundred thousand dollar, the details of
which will be presented in their report.
Under the same act there have been
drawn upon the million appropriation
therein made, the following amounts:
Pay, transportation and subsistence Of
National Guard 7,...............-.., SIS9, ,o95 36
-Four batteries of artillery, horses and
hrrness les, $40 36
Total s2Is,0 ,0O5 81
There is estimated TO be due upon the
first of these items, $57,467 10; which will
increase the disbursements from that
appropritiOn to $3O0,462 s2.
As elsewhere explained, the payments
for substance and transportation of the
guard have been assumed by the War De-
partmenti and the item of pay of officers
between date Of rendezvous and date of
muster, is held under advisemeQS
The amount OF Allotment Fund paid in
~ hL9 LAIl-AAJ W Bul-AECAtet 0uILuR kilb
year, was $2,25l, 4s0 46. Nearly half a
million has been added since the 18th of
November; and additional amounts are
on the way, which will swell the amount
to about threo millions. One item which
has sWelled this amount is the large pay
ments 70 substitutes and local bounties to
recruits, which were not paid to the men
until mustered in here, and forwarded to
their regiments The amount collected
st the barracks in this city, on this account,
has nearly equslled the whole amount of
collections last year. r.- -.
Owing TO the constant moving of the
armies during the summer campaign, it
was impracticable to pay the troops. The
payments were crowded into the fall
months, and the pay-sgents were hard
pressed In making collections; and in
many cases, seriously, and, in some, dan
gerously delayed in making their returns.
The amount of this fund in the Treasury
on the 18th of November, was $751;, ,s65 "A;
Of this, the sum of $530,67l IS was paid
in between the 1st and 10Th of November;
$l70, 1872 80 was paid in during the month
of October, and the balance during the
month Of September.
The State Treasurer makes some sugges-
tions in his report, in regard to the trans
mission of this fund to the counties, which
L commend to your early attention. In
msny cases the amount allotted TO a coun-
ty is In excess OF of the State revenues in
the hands of the County Treasurer There
is no provision for payment of express
charges in remitting funds, or the expenses
of the County Treasurers in coming to the
Treasury for it. This is a sacred fund,
and should not be held an hour after il
can be transmitted to the parties entitled
to receive it,
The Auditor and Treasurer of State be-
ing members of the Board of Canvsssers,
a large portion of their time, since the
October election, has been directed to this
duty. As a consequence, have not bean
able, with the exception of the tabular
statements, to receive and examine their
reports. The Auditor, presume, will give
YOU full information in regard TO the
working of the revenue laws, and suggest
such changes Rs are requisite. From his
acquaintance with the subject, and expert
ence in the operations of the laws, l have
no doubt his sugfestions will be sppropIi-
ate, and worthy of consideration. 1t has
seemed to me, from the examination 1
have been able 10 give the subject that it
would be well TO order compilation and
revision of our revenue system, with such
notifications as experience may demon
strate as useful. There are inequalities to
bs corrected; there are conflicts of laws to
be adjusted; There are obscure possages to
bs made plain; snd there ia, undoubtedly,
q large amount of property now escaping
taxation, upon various pretexts and omis-
sions, which should be brought npon the
duplicate. Such 8 revision cannot well be
made during a session of the Legislature
but should be doneby q committee or COM
missioners during the recess. commend
the subject to your attention.
The annual examination Of the Treasury
was msde in July last, by 7. P. Handy,
Esq, of Cleveland, and his report is pre-
sented in the appendix. ,r