Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-02-03

"hieii tufa iaitiliut CIiccr mas performed
his duties during the past year. The
aggregate receipts amount to So, 705 364.
%. and in expenditures to S5.974095.
46, as follows:
Received for permanent loan, s2,765.0oo 90
temporary loans, I,8UI 4s2 90
lakes, $50, ,4l8 ~
soldiers alotments, 2Q4,335 lG
miscellaneous purposes, l05, l13 80
Total receipts, $5,705,36l 22
Ealince in Treasury Jan. l. 1864, 364 1922 4o
5000, ,lSG 70
EXPENDIyUREs.
expended for bountes. S2,G76,lSs CT
g bounties advanced by
cities and towns, 3li 1857 IL
g aid to famiie, 5S2, 1853 ii
interest, 225, ,S0l 10
public debt, 500G0 CO
temporary loans, I,60l.432 Ob
aiiGtEienIs, lsl, l3I 20
war purposes, 49, lT9 G3
" seaoo funds, 50, ,SsJ 50
g miscellaneous purposes, 23o, 2OJ 80
T,tal expenditures, S5,9,4.925 4s
haiance IN the flea'y Dec. 81, '64, so5, l9l "A
st, 10, ,IoG 10
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR
1865.
Tho receipts 70: 1865 are estimated as
follows:
Cash on iiand Jan. |, 1855, So5,l9l, q
Haliac. lls GA tue state taxes ptior
ct !sCi- 5,232 so
Gaiauoe duU on tax Of 1864. 937 3lg 2G
bahA TAX, $1,000 90
Itfid UAcG, 70 oOO u
touh t'Ne5, $50 U0
DGty Oh coIAissions, l,5J0 o.
$I,0}7,1~2 %
The estimated expenditures for the
same period amount in the aggregate to
$l,624,439 50, some CT ths PRINCIPAL
items CT which are:
Public debt, s;0.01a 90
Interest public debt, $4,000 60
Aid t. fI-.i!eS OF volunteers for 1861 sec .ULO 90
lslaiof"IY loan 100000 90
-ionains boaAtios advancedty towns, LOG eco 90
var PURPOSES, 80 0UU U
BalaDco due on school funds, 5s,75l )!
sai4Ii5s oi pa1llc officers, 5000 20
I san' state i'adperS, 1900 co
reform scd9e. lCuOJ o.
The estimated expenditures exceed the
estimated receipts for the year 1865, by
the sum Of So34 4,657 95.
Tue aggregate liabilities of the State
are stated to be 5,7l4,G25 81, OF which
the public debt Jan. lst, 1865, amounted
to the sum Of 5,l3T, ,000 60. The public
tlebt Of the state prior to the war was
about $100,CQ0. The Treasurer states
that further loans will probably have to
be made the current year, to refund to
towns the amount advanced for bounties
Ter previous calls for men, and also to
provide for payment Of bounties under
tao call Ct Dee. 10, 1851; Dut the
anount he cannot state.
The Treasurer recommends the assess
mcut Of 4 State tax OF ten mills Oh the
dollar Of the valuation Of 1860, to meet
tae expenses OF 1866, which will mike 4
AK u a5o4t sixteen hundred ami fifty
thousand dollars. lie also recommends
that il sinking fund be created for the
gradual extinction Of the public debt.
Thc amount paid into the Treasury for
the year b d92osits~ and allotmcuts Of
0aicers anl soldiers, was S234,335 16,
ana Of tai, s4m there was paid out
Ssh, l3I %. showing Il large decrease il;
the IN nouut received from this source,
which the Treasurer attributes partly to
tho disccutnuauee Of allotmeuts, and
also to tic expiration Of the term Of The
three years volunteers.
Under the law granting aid to families
Of volunteers, claims have been presented
to the amount Of a5553,690 81. which
claims have b en- audited and the aegvc-
gate Of $523, 500 5S allowed. The re.
port contains Il table givia. the claim Of
eacs town for saea aid and the amount
allowed from this table VIC sc.9et the
following: