The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-01-19

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Leaving an unsettled balance off,. $136, 400 IS
Another special settlement is soon to be
made upon calculations recently sent to
the Third Auditors office, which it Is con.
fdently expected, will result in further
allowance of at least 100000, though
probably $4,000. eal - 5a,,
am confident that the State authori-
ties will be able to convince the auditing
officers that nearly the whole of these
claims should be paid. Every effort will
be made to do so. The explanations and
further proofs have been furnished by
Gen. w. w. friedman, who was appointed
State agent for that purpose. He has dis
charged the arduous duties devolved
upon him with great efficiency, and to
the entire satisfaction of the State off
GERS. 2te 3 af
ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY FOR TAXATION.
Your attention is called to the remarks
OF the Secretary of State, in his report re-
garding the unequal assessment of prop
erty in different portions Of the State.
The disparity in the value in the
same KIND of property is ample, the
Secretary pertinently inquiries: 'sWhy
should horses be volued at 500 9 in Bay
field, and only 1886 in Kewaunee or
$7627 in Clark, 1883 in Dunn, $63 ID in
Rock, and $65.95 in Walworth, and only
$3.50 in Manitowoc, and $27.88 in
BROWNE He states that there is the
same disparity in the values of other
classes of taxable property. w l e
The value of the taxable property as
fixed by the State Board of Assessment, is
$455 ,900800 The State Tax levied last
year amounted to $720,322.24, being L.
$500 cents on the dollar. One hundred
and seventY-fye Thousand dollars of this
sum is to be expended in erecting build
ings for State institutions. From the
census statistics I learn that the total
tax levied in 1859, by counties, cities and
towns in this state, was S4,753,815. This
sum Is very much lesssthan was actually
levied and collected s3st
BoUNTIEs ON WILD ANIMALS.
It is strongly suspected that much
fraud is practiced, by obtaining our state
bounty for killing wolves, lynxes and
wild cats which were not killed in the
state. The Secretary of State estimates
that at least $4,000 will be expended
this year for such bountics, hence it is
worth your while to inquire how it hap
pens that so large a proportion of the
claims of this character come from coun.
ties bordering on other states. FL
LIBRARIES.
Large and valuable additions have
been made to the library of the State
Historical Society. 1000 volumes of books
and 1900 pamphlets and documents hay-
ing been received during the past year.
making an aggregate of $500 books and
pamphlets in it's possession. The Society
is constantly increasing It's facility for
usefulness, and is resorted to for reference
purposes by people from all portions of
the State. Its sphere of usefulnes would
be greatly enlarged If catalogue of its
valuable collections were published.
The State Library contains $685. vol
umns, 528 having been added during the
past year. na
There are in the state 1857 libraries
which contain 880,50 volumes.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
The people having at the last election.
adopted the amendment to the state con-
stitution authorizing the abrogation of
the grand jury system, appropriate legis
latlon is necessary to give effect to the
will of the people
The last Legislature adopted Joint
resolution proposing an amendment to
the constitution prohibiting special leg.
islation on certain subjects. / recon.
mend that you agree to the same. If sub
mitted to the people it will, doubt NOT.
be adopted by an almost unanimous vote
and when it shall have become part of
our fundamental law, one of the greatest
evils OF our system of legislation will be
removed and future Legislators will be
relieved from vast amount of labor.
which is not only of no benefit but DOS.
tive injury to the State. The adoption
OF TINS amendment will diminish the leg
lslatlon OF the state more than one-half