Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-17
The Auditor Generals Report
And Other Matters.

From the report which State Auditor Gener
Lemon sent US, for TIE year ending with the
| 3Oth day of November last, we take the follow
| ing facts, some of which are of interest only to
the people of this county: The total receipt;
of State during the year and not including the
new loan, were something over seven million:
| of dollars. The total expenses OF the State foi
the same time and not including loans redeem
ed were something over five millions of dollars
| The amount of the new loan was 50, 600
and the total amount of loans redeemed during
the year as $40, ,265, ,1O4.77, leaving the public
debt on the first of December last amount to
| so, DE, ,Os3.28, although there are nearly
eight millions ofdollars in the sinking fund
| The bulk of the receipts of this State come
froIn the different taxes on the different corpo-
| rations in the State, the taxes on whlch for
| last wear amounted to nearly four and one-hali
millions of dollars Tavern, eating-house and
| LIQUOR licenses brought in over 100000, the
taxes on collateral inheritance, wills, deeds and
| personal property over one million, and for
| eign insurance companies 1874, ,939. The I.
s. government paid $94 sci to the State, and
| some fellow whose conscience smote him sent
| SIC TO the State Treasurer-the Commonwealth
can again renew its faith IN itself.
| Quite number of corporations doing busl-
ness entirely or partly within this county are
taxed bat it is not necessary to enumerate
them. The tax on wills, deeds, writs, etc.. re-
mitted from this county TO the State Treasury
during the year amounted to SlS09.99, the tax
on collateral inheritance from this county was
| SI365.4S, tavern licenses S1643, retailers IL
censes $685., eating-houses $40, ollllards
1852 35 and circuses $3.50.
The expenses of the State government, in
Guiding both houses of the Legislature, jude
iary, the departments, commissions, boards.
ETC., amounted to 81, isl, 900. Common schools
81 ,0S3, 900, charitable institutions S6S3.oo4
soldiers orphans 1866, go, National Guards
S242. .395. and penitentiaries S216.99S. These
are but the largest items. The common schools
of Butler county got $12,242.65, Murtland's
salary was Sl170. The Orphans Home here
received sl447 33; Co. f. of 18th Reg, w. Z.
Ensminger, Capt got s1451,S5, and three fe-
male pensioners got S2S6,OO
According to the report there is not brew
er, broker, an auctioneer. dlstiller, ped
dler or patent medicine manufacturer in this
county Gov. Hoyt in his late message to the
LEGISLATURE said that larger sums now go into the
Sinking fund than are necessary for the payment
of the interest on the State debt and estlnguish-
ment each year of the "at least 200 of the
principal" provided for by the Constitution,
and recommends that the State revenue now
derived from tavern, retailers, eating house
and billiard licenses be retained in the county
treasures. The Governor, also, says that
none of the State debt natures until 1892, that
the bonds of the State are selling at premium
of from to 10 cents on the dollar and that
the State Treasurer has no authority to go into
the market with the sinking fund money and
buy these bonds. The $8, 100000 in the sink
ing fund consists of something over two mil
lions of money and nearly SIX million In
Pennsylvania r. r. bonds afterwards changed
to Allegheny Valley K. r. bonds guaranteed by
the Pennsylvania railroad company acquired
nv the State from the sale of the old State
canal and railroads to the Pennsylvania X. X.
Co. These bonds are not yet due and bear
interest at the rate of per cent, while the
bonds of the State bear interest at from 81 to
per cent The two million in cash is the accum
ulated surplus Of the fund over the expenses
interest ON the State debt and redeemed
principal. The Communication of tonnage
tax $3.50, 900 year, some other special taxes,
the interest on the railroad bonds, and principal
when due 20 into the sinking fund. When
the Pennsylvania L. Co. was relieved of the
mills per ton per mlle-some
years ago it agreed to pay half a million year
ly into the state treasury in lieu OF 1t, and
this half million per year, and the bonds OF the
railroad for State property, were by act OF
Assembly made fund for the payment OF the
debt of the State and called sinking fund.
By statement published in the daily pa
pers of last SItucliy we see that this sinking
fund money as well as other moneys of the
State to the amount of nearly three and half
millions are deposited ia different banks in tn
State. The Allegheny National Bank of
Pittsburgh has over 1922 900 of it-a large sum
to trust to any une bank, aud the Butler
County Bank, Of Mllerstown. hIs $4,000 of
it. These banks, we suppose, pay the state
small interest for the use of this money, and II
seems to be the general Impression that the
State Treasurer makes few cents 10y letting
the banks have 1t.