The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-09
REMARKS OF MIR. LOGAN
OF RUTHERFoRD

4lSCSnns
Bill on its third reading.
The revenue bill having been read anda
question recurring upon its passage, Mr. I fle
gan moved to recommit to the finance co"' NV
mittee with instructions to them to renort u.,
bill adequate only to raise revenue necessa,,'
for the ordinary expenses of the State
Mr.. Logan stated that he had had a conf.
ence with the Chairman of the Finance c..
mittee, to whom he had exhibited certain s,l
ures, which lie now intended to BRING to =.
attention of the House. The Chairman haS
agreed to their accuracy, and if they NO.
wrong in any particular, he desired correct;n,'
He did not object to the articles taxnd -
the bili-he thought they were the corrent
ones from which to derive revenue. hnt ~
did object to the amount of money proposed
to be raised by this bill, and he could shon.
that 1t was far beyond the needs of the
Treasurer, i'll order to defray the ordiaarzor'
penses OF the State. That being so, he de-
sired to know whether the true friends of nrO
positions to relieve the people of unnecessarr
and oppressive burdens of taxation &!
were prepared to vote for this bill Foronn'
he was honestly opposed to it.
In his report the Public Treasurer cav.
that Table D gives a list of those subiecta
in regard to which I can find no data what
ever, on which to found an estimate. A con
siderable amount ought to be raised from,
these sources, but no more than will lie need
ed to meet extraordinary appropriations
which will doubtless be made by this GeneraI
Assembly"
MIR. Logan continued. Here he said wa
have the statement of the Public Treasurer
that he has now fund set apart to meet anv
extraordinary appropriations or expenses Of
the State. These extraordinary expenses
therefore are already provided for; and it
only becomes us to look to the ordanaryey-
penses of the State government; and this
revenue bill should be accommodated only
! to the fuiflment of that object.
What are the ordinary expenses of the
State government? According to the report
| made by the Treasurer to the Hon. r. Y
McAden, Speaker of the House, during the
present General Assembly, it will be foupd
on page of said report, that the ordina,v
I expenses of the State for the taoo fiscal wears
ending Sept. 30th, 1868, will be $500, 535-
But let US look d little farther into this
| matter. According to the statement of the
Public Treasurer this revenue bill will raise
annually $309, 1872, which added together for
the years '67 and '6S, viii amount to the sum
of $61S, 7S4-{see page 3, of same report.}
In the same report the Treasurer says there
was on hand, on the LIST of October, 1865,
$113, 205 9S-also additional taxes since Sep
TENDER goth, 1866, under revenue ordinance
of the Convention, $6,346 10; also, under
the revenue act of General Assembly, 1856,
'66, fifty nine Counties settled, add remain
der estimated total, $2SS, 1856 IS; also, pro-
bable receipts from other sources $4,000
These amounts. added together, show that
the resources of the State win be on Oct. 1st.
1868, ST ,036,5 S7 Sit being $545, 1897 81
more than is required to defray the ordinary
expenses of the State government for the tuo
fiscal years ending Oct. Est, 1851 However,
to deduct the expenses of the present Gen.
eral Assembly, say 100000, from the forego-
ing amount, there would still be in the State
treasury surplus of $465, 99T 81, above the
ordinary expenses of the present government
1t appears also in the Treasurer's report
that the interest on bonds due from the 1st
of October, 1867, to July list, 1868, amounts
to 1858, TAG. which if added to the ordinary
expenses of the State government, as per
same report, is 81, 344 ,2S1, money due, to be
provided for The Treasurer furtherstates the
resources of the State to be only SIT, 100 81,
making it necessary under his calculations
to raise $617, 150 03, provided we agree to
pay the interest on these State bonds There
beng, however, noy proposition before the
House to pay interest due on State bonds
from October list, 1867 to July list, 1868, the
above calculations of the Public Treasurer
fall through, for we only have to raise enough
money from our impoverished people to de-
fray the ordinary expenses of the State gov
eminent.
Just here is another point to which
would direct public attention. In his state
ment of the resources of the State, the Treas
urer has omitted the taxes to be raised fol
the year 1868, amounting to $500, 392-and
which added to $727 1907 increase the re-
ceipts Of the Treasury, properly stated, to
81, 036 ,422, 81, leaving not six hundred thou
sand, but only about 1907, 75S, 03 to be raised,
provided we agree to pay the interest due on
bonds aforementioned. pause for an ex-
PLANTATION, if any can be given in relation to
these incorrect calculations.
The Chairman of the Finance Committee
stated that the taxes for 1868 were included
in the report.
MIR. Logan recapitulated his argument, and
showed that they were not, and the point
was yielded.
He continued. As has been shown from
the Treasurers report the ordinary expenses
of the government OF the State win amount to
$3.50, $50. for the two fiscal years ending the
30th Sept, 1868. And the resources of the
Treasury, independent of raising taxes under
any revenue bill, for the same years, amounts
to $417,73S. Thus it will be seen that only
2,797 is necessary to he raised by taxation
in order to defray the ordinary expenses OF
government to Oct, list, 1868. tits plain 10
all, Sir, therefore that we need no revenue act
at all for the year, 1867, and one for 1863
which will raise only $7a,797.
This was the conclusion to which he had
arrived. He favored propositions for the re
lief of the people, and held that the defeat oil
this unnecessary revenue law would grant
them effectual and speedy relief. For from
the calculations of the Public Treasurer, from
his own official statements, it was plain to
all that the resources of the Treasury indie
pendent of taxation were ample for the pre-
sent year and fell short only $72,797 for the
coming year; while if this bill were passed
it would place surplus in the Treasury Of
nearly $500, 900, when it was not needed mol
could any one tell why it was desired. When
the people were crying for relief, and legis.
lators seemed anxious to give it, he asked
them were they willing to pass this bill and
tax their constituents unnecessarily-in or
der, it seemed, merely to have a surplus in the
Treasury?
WHAT is THE MATTER Z No less than
three clergymen have been before courts OF
laws for crime-Rev S. L. Williams, for pick,
ing the pocket of a lady in Broadway IN.
W stage Rev. Joseph Bahia, for the alleg
ed murder of his crippled sister, and Rev
Joel Lindsley for the murder of his child,