Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-01-19

~ ANioiNhNN " A9AsNO p0Ihonul laA
the Auditor General says; "The Board
Of Revenue Commissioners have certi.
fed to this department the amount Of
the value Of the property of the sew.
eral cities and counties Of the Com.
monwealth, as adjusted and equalized
by them.
at appears that the Board declined
to increase the amounts of the valua.
tions as returned to them by the com.
missioners OF tho several counties on
taccount of the decision Of the courts
that they had no authority under the
law to increase the valuation of any
county unless the objects OF taxation
on which such increase was based were
shown to DO in existence. This the
Board were unable to do hence then
action"
The total valuation of personal prop
orty for purposes of State taxation, as
fixed by the Boare, is as follows;
Amount ofprcperty subject to atax
OF four mills..... O63, sl2.0t
Amoun, ofproperty subject to atax
Of three mills.~.,."............. o,OsS,Golot
Amount Of property subject to tax
OF one per cent..... ........ ...... 42l3,25S. .Ot
Amount Of tax on wstehes.....".." 3i,s42.st
Total tax x~..,..".......o.,."..... si96,567.4s
The Auditor General says that if tho
decision Of his department relation and
affirmed by the Attorney Generals
that there must be an appropriation
for each year, and that the mere crea.
tion Of an office and the designation Of
salary therefor are not sufficient to
constitute an appropriation, were sane.
toned by the Legislature there would
be no friction in enforcing the consti.
tutional provision on this subject
Tne Auditor General urged on the
Register of Wills Of each county to
certify monthly to the department all
entries made in his collateral inheri.
tance tax book, thereby furnishing the
proper information TO urge the collcc.
tion of these taxes.
The Auditor General makes a state.
ment of the claims for which there are
no appropriations and for which ap.
preparations are necessary. The claims
aggregate .S1l 1924, which sum in.
cludes sl ,42s for repairs and improve.
ments to public buildings and grounds.
Undor the law of 1s49 the Auditor
General countersigns all receipts for
moneys paid into the State Treasury,
and is thereby enabled to ascertain the
amount of money which has been paid
in at any given time.
STATE DEPOSITS.
This department has been unable
to verify the correctness of the State
Treasurer's reports of the amount Of
moneys in the Treasury belonging To
the sinking fund and the names of The
banks, corporations, firms or individ.
uals with whom tho moneys of the
SAID find are deposited, with the vari.
ous amounts of said deposits, &C., un.
der the act OF 1876, by reason of the
failure of such repositories to make
sue uiohthly reports required by law.
] have before called tho attention Of
the Legislature TO this matter. I'm.
less some penalty be imposed for such
neglect, II were better that the law
should be repealed"
REGISTRATION or CORPORATIONS.
The number of corporations regis.
tered in this department on Novem.
Der 30, 1879, was 1892 There have
been registered during the fiscal year
just ended 275. Total number of reg.
istered corporations 1867.
Ex-sTATE TREAsuRERs' BALANCES.
The Auditor General calls attention
to the fact that several State Treas
urers have retired from office, leaving
unpaid balances resulting from certain
losses sustained in the failure Of Ger.
tain banks and bankers, and ho re-
quests the Attorney General to insti.
tuto suits on their bonds. The bal
ances are as follows: