The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-01-18

were interrupted BY reasons irreevablay te Conptroer
and esh eases deass have occurred ssrs being
n reference the sheriff. they OILY required TO settle
pssde.x g.sss pot,0a have United = he treasury
vency required By law BIZ proper attention settlements can
be continued accounts Circular % She
Informing them Of the law governing them In secs.~
The sending of monthly the Comptroiss
once accounting officers has been found expedate settle
The Comptroller has been much embarrassed BY the presen
aton OF accounts from officers who have been denOm
mated nsn y decision Of the suPssms Court and shs,see
from the Attorney to the Comptroller in reference to
these The last Legislature that Coroner
de- should be paid by the State but there approp
such payments They also enacted ha the
expenses of Justices trials of felony should be paid
them ana the ao6
been construed only applicable and witnesses of
the Circuit Courts Under these the Comptroller
has felt authorized for such
The attention of the Legislature respectfully called the
subject
atoms for expenses of collection of the al
haHsted leaving large due the Assessors and Cec
and especially the latter for commissions for assessing and
collecting the 1875 and years These claims
been the of assessors
Collectors made final settlement and in of the Coec
they held funds of the State hand all
due them Hence they anxious collect their
settle their Owing the fact that
the commissions due these Collectors and Assessors
taken into consideration and could be acened in max
ing estimates for the different years. appropriations
1879 were sufficient the claims presented
any deficiency then asked
In my efforts settle up the of delinquent officers
became necessary to of the appr
prations pay the commissions due Them induce them
settlements In of Assessors of Revenue they
paid upon the whole assessment excepting while Coec
only paid the collected As instance
the payment of commissions referred
paid Samuel Speang former Collector of Duval county
the goth of September 1879 settlement from 1871 to 1885,
This credited his the close of
protracted settlement although the
drawn for these commissions In the estimate Of 1879 Of the
necessary pay commissions Assessors and Coec
the necessary commissions for collecting the licenses
inadvertently omitted and only those for collecting taxes cacu
lated The commissions the licenses alone for the years
would amount to about $500
AS the payments referred officers and,
many cases. the paid into the Treasury
dne by Them these Others
had be drawn formally and the Teasuer receipt exchanged
the when the paid into the Treasury
account without which credit could be given the
books The alternative left the Comptroller leave
unsettled and the issued con6dng
the Legislature approve the Comptroes The
for these payments on fe and examined by
the committee of the Legislature up the first of January
1870 many the balanced the accounts
and money was paid at the time of settlement.
The above referred through the past four
but mainly IN 1874 and for the four they IN
of the appropriations to the of For
this amount appropriation is respectfully requested
The appropriation asked for formal of the
rants The in the Treasury and
cancelled and the appropriation asked way def
cheney or affects the floating debt which it will be seen Is
materially reduced from that reported in 1879.
1t will be for the wisdom of the Legislature to digest such
law will meet the wants of the State after the
of the past years. make such amendments Of
the present law will perfect it. Besides those points in the
present which have been before
rg susceptible of amendment the actuA yielding Of
revenue there others which might be improved the
end The great obecthe adaptation of Law
adequate the of the State-the Comptroller is
formed will receive special attention in the Governors commun
cation and the recommendation adopt the law Of
Georgia empowering the Governor and Comptroller fix the
according might end
most important to the welfare of Florida
have the honor to be- &C.,
c. DREW, Comptroller.