Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-12-06

REPORTS OF STATE OFFICERS he Auditor
o. Public Accounts submits the usual state
men,s showing the receipts aud disbursements
for the year and the state Of the treasury. on
the 3Oth Of September. Ii was made the duty
Of this officer, in conjunction with the Secre-
,.rv Of the Commonwealth, the Second Audi
tor. snd the Treasurer, under joint resolution
Of he General Assembly. approved March -.
l,72. 70 rerise the laws for the assessment and
collection Of taxes 10th for State and county
PURPOSES. TIE report Of this commission Is
ocar!7 ready II makes no Recommendations
DOW, and Only expresses the opinion that the
present revenue laws are very defective. The
Auditor a!s1 has IN preparation. and Will short
Is present to he General Assembly. "a statement
showing the valuations Of land under the
sereral ac:s Of Assembly which author
led the assessments These Will be ready
az soon as .u returns shall De re-
cci-ed from the township assessors together
With statements showing the valuations OF per
.onal property, and other subjects, for the year
IS
The rcpor, Of the Cyu missioner ofthe Sink.
iug Fluid, embraces concise statement OF
:heir operations from the date of their organl-
cation under the act 81 March 80, ISL to the
close Of the fiscal Year ending September 80,
l>.22 The receipts We're 31.4>4 - from sun
,lry assets Of Sclicn. Wilhcrs i Co., Oh ac-
cour, Of their indebtedness to the State, 49,
642. 8 from sales Of balance of State : stock in
he Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad Compa-
NJ. and 81. $40 from the Washington ard Ohio
| Railroad Compan7 On account of their bond
held By the S;ase-total, $50 o1..46. The dis
burSements were On account Of expenses.
$. %: 90 accounted the purchase Of 500, 500
- Of VIRGINIA consolidated bonds, $50, 4l2.41.
Balance on hand $3.50 49. Tire are now held
OK the commissioners consolidated bonds pur-
chased iv them a. above, Sc, 5Q6 81 purchas,
ed by Board Of Public Works and transferred
TO sinking fund, $4,000; untounded bonds
purchased by Board ofPublic Works and trans
terred to sinking fund, Sl4o,S53; and balance
received from sale of States interest in the
Richmond AID Dan7ille railroad and transferred
70 sinking fund. 1854, 9224 22Q-toia!, Sl:015,-
777777.29.
The reports Of the Board of Directors of the
peritentisry and Of the Superintendent, George
T. Strother, Esq, show that institution to be
in good condition The most important tea
lures are referred 70 il the message of the Grow
ernor.
The report Of Attorney General Taylor gives
10 brie: the state Of the several cases 10 which
the Commonwealth is party pending II the
Circuit Court Of the city Of Richmond and the
Supreme Court of Appeals: In the former
there are thirty.one and in the latteer eleven
cases Of this description.
.Aljutant- Genera! Richardson sets forth that
the State has sc regiments Of militia Of the
liue not enrolled and an active volunteer force
of one regiment (seven companicsl and seven
detached companies OF infantry aud two com
panies o: artillery The Adjutant-G General re-
commeDds complete revision Of the militia
laws, and urges the importance OF securing
batteries for the Richmond How;zers and the
Norfolk Light Artillery Blues He also highly
en!or,zos the volunteers = Pichmopd Di<y,n'rh