Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-02-05
STATE AUDITORS REPORT.

| STATE AUDITORS REPORT.
| State Auditor James NJ. Seibert Makes Hif
| biennial Report to the General Assem-
| blythe Transact of the Treasury
Department for the Last Two Years.
The report of Hon. James NJ. Seibert.
State Auditor, covering the transac'
tions of the Treasury Department OF
Missouri for the two fiscal years, end
ed December 81, 1890, has been laid be-
| fore the two houses of the Legislature.
| This is the most important report
emanating from any department OF the
| State Government, and the work OF the
| General Assembly is, in very great
| measure, based upon the information
furnished by it. The receipts into and
| the disbursements from the State
| Treasury during the years 1889 and
| 1890 are shown in detail and summarized
thus:
| To balance in treas
ury January l, 1889. 5 5S5, i99 OF
| Receipts in 1889 and
| Outstanding warrants
charged to school
| Transfers in lss9-9O... 1851, 31S 20
| BY warrants issued -.
1Ss9-9G ............. 6S34,3TI 3.
Balance =. 100 o4,aS3 s.
Totals. $40 430,l79 81 Sl043O,l19 81
Among the larger appropriations made out
of the revenue fund the following expendi
lures are noted:
erai Assembly .......s2 -I $50 10
Pay of civil officers 426,2S4 81
Assessing and collecting the rev
Costs in criminal cases............ 539 993 9i
For af1lfa ms IL
For insane asylums ..........-.... 2I6,il1 IS
For deaf and dumb and blind asy-
For penal and reformatory institu-
tons -....-.-..--.-- .---.-.--..---. lo4,oi- %
To give some idea of the sources from
which the States revenues are derived, the
following is taken from the statement OF re-
ceipts embodied in the report:
From collectors of the various
counties. ........... s6,141, 431 4S
From incorporation tax. 1850 90
From tax on foreign insurance
companies .......-...... ll5,3o3 10
From interest on deposits of State
moneys ..-.....-.--...---- ---..-.. lt,.ot q,
From tax express companies. 5.433 "a
Fees for notary commissions ll,32o W
From sales of statutes and session
acts. ............ o,bZ9 ~
The receipts from miscellaneous sources
and the receipts into the separate funds go
to make up the remainder of receipts during
the term.
The Auditor estimates the receipts int the
StiJe revenue ana Slare interest luiitS dul
ing the years 1891 and 1892 to be S6,U03,0OO. In
his estimates of the amounts required to
maintain the State Government, pay the in
terest on the bonded and trust funds, and for
the retirement of bonds to be redeemed and
paid within that period, the following
amounts are given:
Out of State interest fund, for pay
ment of interest on bonded debt
proper and trust funds, and for
the reduction of the principal 2,33l ,lS7 80
Out OF state revenue funu, TO pay
expenses of State Government
and of State institutions.........4 ,151 ,240 80
The balance of the State sinking fund on
January 1, 1891, added TO the estimated re-
cripts for 1891 and 1892, will make sum
sufficient to meet the estimated demands
upon the State interest fund for the same
period.
The Auditor notified the General Assem-.
bly, of the following deficiencies in appro-
priations made by the Thirty fifth General
Assembly.
Costs III criminal cases. ............. $50, 500 90
ReDai rs to State Capitol. ...... 2,2S5 SO
Repairs to state Capitol grounds. 36l IS
General contingent fund. 1926 Sc
Stationary for State departments. 319 81
Publishing decisions of Court of APP
Paper for State printing -. .,..... 6j
Contingent expenses of Supreme
Court of Appeals ..-........... a7s 81
Printing of Executive departments. 2,7l2 IS
Printing reports and documents or
deffd by the Ge9gral 7 % %
Publishing Revised Statutes 1SS9..... 15,ll6 81
ments ....................... $3.50 90
Publications under Antitrust law. 49, %
The report shows that during the years
1899 and 1890 there were collected from coun-
ty collectors who were short in their ac-
counts with the State for 1883 and prior years
the sum of S2l 220.16. The Auditor says that
all the county collectors have made settle
mpntG for tbp 1880 and 1890 and have
paid into the State Treasury the amounts
found to be due the State upon such settle
ments. This, he says, is, perhaps, the first
time in the history of the State that all the
settlements have been made and the bal
ances paid into the treasury within the time
required by law.
A table is given showing that taxes were
collected in the State in 1889 to the amount
of 3d. ,931 3D. and in 1890 1857 109.6l. The
taxes paid per capita in 1890 amounted to
$500
The table showing the taxes collected for
the support of the public schools shows
that S., s9S, 6j061 were collected and expended
in the year ending June 20 1889, and 1921
956-27 for the year ending June 80, $780, The
amount of capital school fund of the coun-
ties on June 30, 1889, amounted to S6,9iS 30,
and the estimated value of the school prop
erty was 81 244, 974; and ON June 30, 1890, the
capital school fund amoupted to 81, $50
II, and the school property to s12,ss9,036.
The reports of the various county clerks to
the Auditor, and by him compiled, show that
the bonded indebtedness of the counties on
July /, 1890, amounted to 1926, 255 and of the
to S., 066 100. The bonded indebted
ness cities and towns on that date
amounted to S26 TO-, $780, of which S21 ,S73, 100
was st. Louis city.
A table is given showing the bonds regis
tered by the Auditor for the counties, which |
for 1889 and 1890 shows the amount of bonds |
registered to have been 81 800, 1923, and that of
the cities and towns $970650, and that of |
school districts, for building school houses, |
S979,6 o5.
A table is given in which the dram shops |
are treated of. The table shows that the |
number of licensed dram shops in the State |
for the year ending July 4, 1889, was 5,029 |
which paid the State $157 ,005. H. and the coun-
ties 81, 466. 367 80; the number for the year |
ending July 4, 1890, $40, which paid the |
State s156529 "a, and the counties S1,4300s5. rs.
The Auditor recommends that assessments |
on real and personal property be made
nualIy instead of biennially