The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-09-01

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ditional labor and responsibility i'm
posed upon the Comptroller Gener
AIS office by the Act of March, 1868
making it superintendent Of the In
surance Department Of. the State,
and other accumulated duties.
INCREASE or TAXABLE PROPERTY.
The returns for 1869, show taxa
Die property amounting to SlSS,81l,
347. Those for $40 amount t,
S2l0,G02,2 ll, showing an inoreas,
of over twenty one million dollars
1t is reasonable to suppose that ;
proportionate increase will be exhib
tied for 1871, and that the taxable
value Of property for the presen
year will not be far from $40, 1000
800. This shows that the people Of
the State are in a prosperous condi-
ton. That agriculture, commerce,
and internal improvements are in a
hourishing condition, and that the
taxable wealth of our State, increas-
ing at the rate of twenty million
Of dollars per year, will in a few
years, ct moderate ratios OF taxation,
enable the State not onl y to meet the
interest on her public Indebtedness,
but to pay off the principal and place
her in poin! OF wealth, pEedit and
standing Oh az equality with the
most favored State in the Union.
DEBT OF THE STATE.
This, on the st day Of January,
1871, was S3,144,600. There fell
duo in 1868, 9l5,000, Sterling
bonds), all held in Europe, none of
which have been paid; $4,000 in
terest on same is still unpaid, The
Treasurer reported amount of inter
cat paid during 1870 at $41G, 1874.
"THosE BONDS"
"Tho Treasurer also states that
the amount ofnew State bonds issued
last year is not known TO him.
know nothing officially of any bonds
having been issued last year, not
having been required by law to reg
lister them in this office. | have, how
ever registered the bonds issued UNI
der and by virtue of the acts of 18th
of September and 9TH of October.
1880, and these are the only bonds
that are required by law to be
countersigned and registered by mo
| have approved bonds issued un.
der the act Of the 10Th September,
1870, up to tie list of January, 1871
bearing the numbers from No. l to
No. 1000, inclusive, for one thou
sand dollars each, making in the
aggregate, under this act, two
millions of dollars. And, under the
Act of the 18th of October, up tc
the LIST of January last. | have APP
proved bonds from No. / to No. i,
200, inclusive, for one thousand dol
lars each, making in the aggregate
under this act, one million two hun
dred thousand dollars.
"This comprises all my officia
acts connected with bonds up to thu
lst day of january last.
ACRES OF LAND RETURNED.
There were returned in 1870, 49,.
189,76S acres, being an increase Of
/, 484,152 acres over 1869. Ag
gregate value of land in 1870 is $685.
GO0,674, an increase over the pre-
ceding year of $l1,358,299.
LANDS.
Improved lands are set down at
27,147,G02 acres-wild lands at g.
sol ,229 acres,
THE VALUE OF CITY x TOWN PROPERTY
is givenin the aggregate at S47, 922-
544, being an increase OF nearly ST.
100000 over 1869. Amo INT Of
money and solvent debts, S26,646,-
995: value of merchandise S12,8S4,.
11S.
PROFESSIONS.
These number 2,22l in the aggre
gate.
THE NUMBER OF POLLS
is put down at 90, l65 whites, SO, At
colored No. of whites over colOred
6.6S8; aggregate of polls, 1861
CAPITAL INVESTED.
In shipping and tonnage, S2l4,77;
! Cotton manufactures, 81, 975, 49S
Iron works, foundries. ETC., S658
O2G. In mining 33, 140. No.
shares in NationalBanks in the Stat
S985,90
INCOME OF 1870
was from all sources 81, 164, 303,7'
/ Payments from the Treasury amour
ted to S1,444,81G,73. There W:
a balance in the Treasury from 1S6
Of S4442, 9G0,l8.
ASSETS.
In the Georgia Railroad and Banl
Company 1856 shares valued at SIC
per share, in the Atlantic and Gu
Railroad 10000 shares, valued
$50 per share. Total 5000
Also, the Western and Atlant
Railroad, now leased.