The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-01-13

nue. 1t will be remembered that the ~ the
Court Reports These increased u ss6 and are now
published annually and the cost of printing 1scesary aug
mented.
The capitol building sadly of rsa and the Board
O ruDc Institutions "ud determined shs. the after
q saving to the State in the end.
The increase in the State md the necessity
OF employing extra force that department. added the
expense OF the collections and have ask deficit
that branch of expenditures supplied thought
cessary provide burglar time the Treas
ONCE Tor the better and of the
and monies belonging State purchased
At acost OF 81 for which hoped appropriation will
| be made.
ln connection with the repairs the capitol proper to
state that large fire proof vaults have bes added to the
Treasurer and Comptroers Offices for the psvaon Of the
states vauables and its most important records
oERrIrIcArEs
By the provisions of Chapter s4l5 Acts 1889 all ax sale
Ger caes Of date and character
tns once to & be held for redemption pnt therein
such certificates the Office and the time allowed for redeemng
having expired by operation of law the rd Msrch
produced general rush for information respect the
property by these certificates
work in the office AS to require during the year the employ
ment of additional clerical force with
For several months the entire of one person
employed making the searches and giving the information
demanded by the enquiries that direction Some idea of the
magnitude of may formed from the fact that there
have been disposed of during the year 9 sale cerf
and counties But there remains yet undsposed Of
thousands of these old certificates bearing
prior to and for sales made the counties Appca
tons frequently made purchase
applicant discovering that under the existing law the
required to purchase than the value of the land they
OF course abandon It, 1t sometimes the purcha
desires obtain the States to lot of land
braced certificate calling for other lands which he unw
purchase and there authority disposng of
fractional part OF certificate except owners the opporu
nifty to sell is lost
desirable that the Legislature take some action looking
to the hnal disposition of this of old certificates Many
Of them would bring the State Comp
troer had the dispose such prices and in
such quantities would the wants and views of purcba
Many OF them worthless because of the rreguarity
of the sales and for the State hold them keep
unjust upon the property of its citizens
KEY WEST.
Since the Session the Legislature the Bank of Kew
West has been established the city of Key West
capital stock of $5OOo0 of which George Lewis Presidents
and they have made deposit of per
l64o Laws of Florida requiring Banking Corporations
post with the Comptroller oneouh of the amount of their
capital stock
TAXATION.
In my annual report 1885, estimated that the taxable
property of 1884 would exceed The table
it has reached the of s6oo42,655 This would
justify still further reduction of taxes from the determin
ed upon by exceency the first of January
view of the fact that Constitutional Convention be held
and probably another session of the Legislature during
coming any reduction from the present would be
questionable policy 1t requires and onehrd mills pay
the interest the public debt with taxable property of $780,
leaving the to be derived from and
third mills the dollar at the present of axaton
gehe with the occupation tax the expenses
the State government and the extraordinary above
referred to-
SURPLUS FUND
1t will be that surplus of $l42 reported be
the Treasury this date proper
due for interest the bonds of 1871 and s73 s52
O0OOO and for salaries for the quarter ending this day. 3d.
Oo0OO and due for which deficiency appro
priaon asked for, S245983 making in all 925983,
which should be charged against this surplus leaving
tically but $50, 1887.
WARRANTS ISSUED.
The warrants during the year. which are PAYABLE from
General Revenue account, $l95 92385 and
drawn against the appropriations as follows: