The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-15

| tention of the General Assembly.
| No coupons maturing earlier than July, 1856
have been received and funded, unless they wei
| attached to the bonds themselves, or satsfactor
evidence produced, showing that such coupon
were properly charge against the state. I'm
rule was adopted, because 1t was known 10 Ia
executive officers that coupons prior to tina
date, after being paid into the State Treasury
had been stolen and placed again upon the mar
| ket. But few of this class OF coupons have beef
A portion of the bonds of the State fall due OF
| 1st January, 1875, and others during 1879 ant
| 1876, before the converting of the next Genera
| Assembly. The whole number falling due II
| both years is 50 bonds amounting to $4,000, ant
| of this amount, $4,000 has been already regis
| tered No bonds railing due after July, 1871
| have been funded. The Board charged with the
| duty Of auditing the securities, have construed
thu I1th section OF the act OF March II, 1873, to
| mean, that the ''OptiOn Of the State" required
| for the funding of bonds maturing after that
date, must be mace by the General Asse mbly d,
and not by the executive officers. 1t remains
with you, therefore, to provide for these bonds
falling due in 1906, in such manner as You may
deem ust and proper. lfthe revenues viii Justi-
fy it. their redemption would be preferable to
funding them.
DELINQUENT RAILROADS.
The report of the Commissioners, charged
with the duty Of selling delinquent railroads,
exhibits detailed account of what has been
done by ham since their la report to the Gen
eral Assembly.
Appended is a statement and description of
bonds and coupons received by me, collected
from the purchasers of delinquent railroads
ment with the Legislative Committee on this
account. These have been delivered to the
Comptroller as the law requi es. respectfully
solicit that the committee appointed TO examine
other cancelled securities be charged with the
duty of examining these also. Bonds and cou-
pOnS paid in have been cancelled under the SUI
pervision OF the officers charged with that duty,
By the act passed Nov II, 1871, chap. xxi, and
amended by The act OF Dec. Is, 1871, chap CNl.,
aud are registered in books in my office, sub
ject to the order and inspection OF the COM
mttee.
LIST OF BONDS, COUPONS AND CASH,
paid into the hands of John c. Brown as Gov
ernor by the purchasers OF delinquent railroads,
and turned over by him to the Comptroller:
% Bond coupons of January, 1871, paid by
purchasers Winchester and Alabam4
r. r, March 20, 1873.
y Bond coupons OF January, 1871, paid by
purchasers Knoxville and Kentucky
K. r., April >, 1873.
20 Bond coupons OF Jan, 1871, paid by pur-
ChaserS McMinnville and Manchester
L. r., April %, 1873.
% Bond coupons of Jan, 49, 1, paid by pUr-
chasers Knoxville and Kentucky R.R.,
May 9, 1873.
Bond coupons of Jan. 1871, paid by pur-
chasers Knoxville and Kentucky R.R.,
May q, 1873.
Is Bond coupons of Jan, 1871, paid by pur-
chasers Knoxville and Kentucky K.R.,
q Bond coupons of Jan, 1911, paid by pur-
chasers Knoxville and Kentucky K.R.,
100 Bond coupons of Jan, 1871, paid by pur-
chasers Edgefeld and Kentucky r. r.,
Sept. 20, 1873.
$50 Bond coupons of Jan, 1871, paid by pur-
chsseTs Winchester and Alabama Il. r,
Dec. %, 1873.
ITO Bond coupons of Jan, 1871, paid by pur-
chasers Nashville and Northwestern r.
r., Jan. !, 1874
45 Bond coupons OF Jan, 1871, paid by pur-
chasers NcNnnvilIc and Manchester
Il. r., Jan. D, 1874
10 Bond coupons of July, 1874, paid by pur-
chasfrs Edgeteld and Kentucky R.R.,
April :, 1874.
Is BOND commons of July, 49, paid bV pUr-
chasers Edgefeld and Kentucky h r.,
April II, 1874.
l Bond coupon OF Jan, 1871, paid by pur-
chasers Knoxville and Kentucky RR.,
May /, 1874.
Bond coupons Of July, 1914, paid by pur-
chasers Knoxville and Kentucky r r.,
May p, ISL
80 Bond coupons of July, 1874, paid by pur-
chasers Edgefeld and Kentucky RI,
June l, 1874.
2 Bonds no coupons, paid by purchasers f.
Tennessee and Western North Carroll
ma X. r., July 1874.
2 Bond coupons of July, 1869, paid by put
chasers +. Tenn. and Western North |
Carolina K. r., july, 1874
Bond coupon of Jan. ISL, paid by pUCchas-
ers +. Tenn. and Western North Car |
DINA K. r., July, 1874.
Bond coupons Of july, 1874, paid by pur- |
chascrs r. Tenn. and Western North |
Carolina r. r July, 1874.
s Bond coupons OF Jan, 1871, paid by pHT- |
chasers Knoxville and Kentucky R.R., |
Sept. +, 1874.
10 Bond coupons OF Jan, 1875, paid by pur-
chasers Edgefeld and Kentucky K.R., |
oct. 10, 1874. |
Bond coupons of Jan, 1873, paid by pur- |
chasCrs Z. Tenn. and Western North |
Carolina r. r., Nov. % 1874.
$50 Bond coupons of Jan, 1873, paid by puT- |
chasers Edgefed and Kentucky r. R., |
Dec. 20, 1874.
10 Bond coupons OF Jan, 1871, paid by pur- |
chaseTs Tennessee and Pacific Il. R., |
heretofore paid in and now cancelled, |
Aug. y, 1874.
Past due coupons from e. Tenn and
Western North Carolina r. R........ 81 ,0j0 90 !
asst due coupons from +. Tenn. and
Western North Carolina L. R........ 81 90 |
In cash from purchasers i. and X. Il.
r., SEPT .........................s 20 u |
In q. u, frnrn r,,rcha sers n ami i, r