Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-02-13
State Tobacco InSpec ions.

state Tobacco InSpec ions.
'This illogical establishment is again, we see,
put upon the Treasury for support. Here we have
fine splendid warehouses. free to the inpertors,
without charge or tax of anv Kind and with
fixed fees for inspecting tobacco. which are GER
tain to he paid re ,liZing from SI5 600 to S95
600 Annually, and vet not capable OF self sup
port, bur must in ilirion draw out of the
general Treasury TO pay stl,ries of officers.
This is H4grant wrong npon the taX-paying
people of the State and ii SHOULD not he sub
mitrei to-
Tue Comptrnller's r-por; for the fiscal year
ending Sept. 80, 1888, saws:
The gross receipts from the tobacco ware
houses, were sol 546 %, and their EXPENSES,
S74 ISL 40. leaving their earnings Sl7.24 80,
ont of which deduct the salaries paid to the i've
inspectors So, OoJ, and the balance OF 50 294
so. remains an ncrpm.nr to the treasury. This
is An improvement upon former years.
Here it is seen that the Trersnr, has rec iv.d
S. 1914 80 above all payments out Of it But
this WAS unusual, as for a long time before it
WAS grevous charge upon the Treasury
The C3mprro l"r's report for the last hsc.l
wear ending Sept. 80. 1884 SAYS:
During the wear ending GA The 30th d,v Of
September 1884 the total amount of money
received bv he Tob,cc Warehouses in this
State was SIS 9I2 OIL
After paving the salaries of clerks and EN-
porres there remained the sum Of "a, 04S 10
which has been paid by the ln.pet tors into the
Treasury
This sum is INSULT ieat to pay the Inspector,
heir salaries by the sum OF 81 95l 81 and the
system is, therefore, tax upon the Treasury to
tn i amouAt
Here il is .ern that he Treasury has paid out
81 95l 81 more than it received The whole
A he ahnlish.3 Right and
both alike require tito be abolished -Hagsr'-
torn Nal
We invite the attention OF our esteemed
contemporary to the Glowing facts and
figures. in the hope that it will examine
hem, and then, in the spirit Of fairness
Gle and Comptroller Turner's statement,
which it quotes, convey.
In obedience to an order passed 10y lie
House of Delegates March 9th, 1874,
Comptroller Wootord made careful and
ac"ura'e atement Of the accounts Of the
Tobacco Inspec ion Fund in the books of
he treasury, from the origin of he system
in 1923 down to the end Of the fiscal yenr
1875. In his elaborate report to the Cen
eral Assembly which was dated December
LIST, 1875, the Comptroller concluded his
remarks which accompanied the itemized
statement of the fund as follows:
I'm stating this account; ! have charged the
Tobacco Inspection Fund with the amounts ex.
pended for the purchase Of lots OF ground and
Tho erection n he s.yersl " ayebpnSA nufilInVs
with the expenses Of insurance, and repairs and
other expenses incident thereto and Authorized
bv law. with the amousI appropriated sni di-
rec'ed nv law 20 be phil out Of sti fund, and
with the amount Of deficiencies 10 PAY the eI-
peuses Of the warehouses, in the Years when
the eIp-nsrs have exceeded the receipts. sad !
have credited the fund with all the net rccsi pr.
of the tobacco warehouses remaining in The
Treasury at the end OF each fiscal ys4r. siuce
their establishment. have also credited sal j
fund with the amounts received On the policies
OF insurance on Tobacco Warehouse No. !
which VS. DESTROYED nv Ere in The month OF
January 1875 The several items Of debit nd
credit are detailed with the Acts AMI R-solu-
,ions authorizing the stma, in Statement \ and
Statement B. have also prepared rec.piru-
ia,ion Of the whole account, and ind ther-b.
that At the end Of the fiscal year 1878. th, fani
appe.r, to he indebted to the Trcsslry in IN.
sum Of Sol los % "
In the same repor', page s. the Comp
;roller, after referring TO the extiuguish-
ment. in 1853, of loan contracted for the
building Of one of the warehouses. by the
receipts from the : ate wharves which are
property. SAYS: There has been no Ia "
requiring wharfage receipts from ties.
wharyes to be set aparr for any specific
purpose, since that time, ana h>nrr. ,q'st,
qsentlg 20 the >ztiAgui,imrat et' TIT. l>bt in
+ 1853, no segregation Of ne rsc<ip', Of tios>
uIarres has ben m1ic on TIE 5oo&s Of he
Treasury Department
Now if The Mai vii but refer 10 state
ment \" in he appendix to Comptroller
Turner's recent report, II will find that the
receipts into the treasury from these
wharves for the fiscal year Of 1874 were
S5,l2S 05. II we pu' the annual average
receipts from these wharves for the 81
years that have interviewed si:ce 1853 At
$4,000 year We will have a sum total OF
1855 900 as credi, to The fund, exclusive
of interest. But 10 he on the safe side in
this approximation. LEI US put the average
receipts at $4,000 = year. This will a
noun, in the 81 years up TO the close OF
the fiscal year 1884, To 1924 900. and the
/ interes. on these annuities as they accru-
ed viii! amount TO Sill 500, making sum
total Of 1926 600 q. a credit to the Tobac.
co Warehouse Fund.