New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-23
REBUILDING TIE DIRECT TAN.
GRADUAL TO II STtTEs-THr
SOUTH AND THE TAX.

Washington. March - Spcciall.-In all tlc Demo
cratic estimates Of public expenditure, FOR the coming
fiscal war and tn, remainder Of The current fiscal
wear d, included an item ~ about Sl1.72'.Vp on
account Il the ~rcfsnding Of the Direct Tax oi l16l.
TO begin with. the amount Is exaggerated b' hpont
100000. the total amount received 10y the Govern
inent and which t. 10 be- refunded being Sly0;O.
a07 81. In the aocond place. tho payments VIII cX
tend over "a considerable period of time AMI q con
Siderable amount will not J." handed over t. tn"
states until after the expiration Of the nfNi L'cai
wear. unless special sessions Of the state Le-i>lItnrc'
shall De held. ore provision Of the law Requires
that no money shall be r1id to any state or Herr 'r'
until the legislature thereof shall have accepted ~
resolution the sum appropriated and TIE tr'-is i'm
pcsod In NIL satisfaction of all claim, agl!l-' the
United state on account of the lew and collection OF
the tax ard shall have authorized In" ''0'"rn"r 10
receive The money. In q number 81 the states III
which the legislature meets ii"nnidliy the r%nlar
,e.s,on Of this year has bren held and the next rcgi
IA, session will not De held untli the winter Of i-o3.
and several other State Legislatures viii not hold
regular ~o-.lons until after July /. l7o2. 1t is
estimated that no, moro than f~our-ifths. AID perhlp-
not 80 large a proportion. Of Tia, tOttl amount VIII BE-
called for prior 10 that date.
In all of The loyal stiles and Territories, except
Colorado, Missouri. NeLraska. New Mexico ard Oregon
the payment Of the tax WAS ASSUMED by the Lcgl"
laturc or other state auth1riueS. and the amount re-
funded viii be subject to appropriations. The amolnt'
received from the states which wcr: engaged IN the
pclcIllon were collected b. the Tinted >tltcS direct
tax commissioners, AMI tn states arc MAJ" trustees
10 hold the amount, aaG return them 10 the persons
from whom Tic tax WI, collected, or their heirs and
legal representatives,. The totll amount collected In
The Sccedcd states, including two counties OF virginia,
cftrrward set OIL {, West Virginia. was S2,3Gs,2j6 %.
so much Of this a, mag remain after the payment Of
claims fled within six years will inure TO The benefit
OF the states by which it i held in trust.
Among The southern states which viii receive the
benefit, OF the act a. trustees, together with the
amount which each will receive, are the following:
Arkansas. Si54,1 Ol IL: Florida. ~, 1B6 2t; Louisiana,
XllI 800 "a: North Carolina. 1877 ,452 81; oUuth
Carolina. s-22. 1896 80; Tennessee, TjD2,WDl ~, VIZ
g.nia, T4i2, io6 90.
F0r wears those states have been indebted 10 the
United states AZ trustee for Certain Indian tribes and
the smithsonian Institution. on account 81 state bonds
and interest. The amount ~ principal and Interest
due from each OF said states on January ! l7!O, Wa
A. follows: Arkansas. principal T1J3,OoO. interest
~ .G35125, total 72,4JS, l2i; Florida. principal %l32,
0CO. Interest s3JH.lGO. total $3.50 ,lG0: Louisiana.
principal aI1 coo. Interest $3J."fO, total. @I2,O4O;
North Carolina, principal T?5ooOo, interest Ti23,O'
,ntaI $50 $40: south Carolina, principal TiJJ, 900.
interest S24l 80. total s~"jG,2JO; Tennessee prin-
cipal 1885 Gj7. interest sS331 ,033. total HD'2,io2
Virginia. principal $~jsi.eoO, interest T1o3,a'o, tJtal
81 IG5. G7S. Tie aggregate Of these s"vcral amounts
T. u,inclpaI 1913. fG1. interest TI,Or3. 15S. Consrcss
bas r,e1iI1rly appropriatcd money for the Interest on
tno.c irUudlatrd and discTc1itcd state bonds, which
were purchased by q Democratic Administrator PRIOR
T., tbc Rebellion, and practically has assumed The
handed Indebtedness Of tie seven states named u
tIc amo,nt Of principal and interest, which. on Jan
nary ]. 1880. made the pretty sum OF F''l Jp.--"' or
more than One-thiNl IN much as all me Staler ana
Territories will receive on account OF me rrluhuIHe ID
the direct tax Of lsGi'