The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-04

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30, 1878: .%.-' sEj-q#
RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS.
Balance on hand October i, lS77.. $7,25S 90
Total amount received during the
3,O2O,l3S %
Total :. :. O2Tss7 9e
Total amount or disbursements dur -
Ing the same period. 2,997,067 90
Balance on hand October 1. 1.1s7s;as
per books OF this office, $SO,33O 81
The last year was one Of peculiar em5ar-
rassment in conducting the operations OF
tins office. 1t will be remembered that
some time prior TO the adjournment Of the
General Assembly, in April last, laid be-
fore the Finance Committees OF the two
houses, sitting in conference, a statement
showing the financial condition Of the Com
monwealth. No measure OF relief, how
ever, was adopted, and was compelled to
carry on the Government as best / could
with the limited amount OF currency or
money at my command.
Against my management, however, no
voice OF complaint but one has been beard,
although delayS-necsssary delays-occur-
red in the payment OF demands upon the
Treasury, which were authorized by law,
and therefore proper to be made. The au-
thorlties OF our State asylums, though in
pressing need Of funds. not only for build
ing but on support account, have shown a
most commcndable degree OF forbearance
upon an assurance that my failure to pay
them was not occasioned by any unwilling
ness on my part to do so, but from sheer in.
ablitu. The complaint to which / have
alluded was the old one OF diuerting the
school funds" To this I have replied in
an appendix to this report, to which i beg
the special attention of the General Assem-
bly,. TO meet an objection which has been
again and again put forward-that tax oi
ten cents in the hundred dollars value OF
property was specifically levied and collect
ed for the schools-I beg to say that the fact
is otherwise, and that there Is no provision
Of law which requires it, the language OF
the. statute is that .'the proceeds Of one fifth
Of the tax on land, property, &C., shall be
applied to the support OF the public free
schools" There Is no separate fund kept
for schools on the books Of this office; the
law does not require it, nor could it be done
il it did. The payment Of taIeS, de-, IN
coupons, acould alone preUent 1t. The taxes
are all merged and paid, or accounted for,
by the treasurers at this office, without any
distinction as to whether they are for .capi'
tation, land, or property, and are applied as
general credit in the settlement Of their
accounts. .....-..
The amount received during the year in
coupons has been over S1,2l5,000, which,
displacing that amount OF currency, has
! rendered it impossible to pay in full the ap-
preparations made at your last session.
The amount unpaid due to the Lunatic
Asy yluns on all accounts is as follows:
To the Western Lupatic Asylum. ...s75.376 64
To the Eastern Lunatic Asyum......... 1854 q
TO the Central Lunatc ASYLUM. 2l.SyS SS
| To the Deaf, Dumb, aud Blind ASYLUM. 10000 oC
| There Is also due and unpaid to the Uni
verslty OF Virginia. o.Zoo w
The Weld Of revenue from the tax upon
liquors under the Moffett law, in the alb
sence Of returns from twenty-five counties,
| l am unable TO ascertain in time for this re-
port. AS soon, however, as full returns are
in, will furnish complete statement to
the General Assembly, giving the informa-
ton, together with q comparison Of results
between the present and the old law. This
statement think I shall be able TO com
plete by the middle of December.
respectfully submit the following state
ment, which shows
FROM WHAT SOURCES REVENUE is DERIVED
Value Of ssa esste a asis:sea x with
value is 81 ,23i ,s55 SO. and back
taxes assessed of $l,26o.22. MAX
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Value or personal property assessed
| with taxes, S76.l7S,43S: tax on
value. .......................... sso,s92 Is
Value of incomes rs assessed with
| taxes, S3,457.715.40;sta on
| same at one ptr ceut............... 34,557 !;
CapiIalion tax-white. 174.S6I;
culored. II 0.954; Total tax at one
dollar per CAPITA. a................... 2S5,Sl5 OF
Estimated tax on liceuses... ......... 100000 OF
Taxes derived from banks, rail-
| roads. insurance companies, clerks,
| EoarieS, &c..... 100000 Ot
Revenue derived from other sources,
net and other than extraordinary. $4,000 OF
Total revenue. ........".... .s2,73s,4e0 5:
&c.......................... ls9,67O 0.
| $2,549,S10 81
Deduct insolyent capitatisn and pro-
perty and delinquent land ta1..... 135.7S9 St
s2,4l4,O20 4.
ment. 100000 Oh
|
| $1,414,020 4.
Deduct amount dHe TO public free
schools. 1fA'fof ~
N Of interest "p ~ s972,262 /!
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