Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-13

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enactment OF narrow, unwise, special Of
class legislation. It is a maxim as true
as Il has become trite. shat the leas
governed is the best governed State,
and the safe and prudent legislator vii
usually find It more difficult to preven
unnecessary and hurtful Legislation
than to accomplish the enactment o
wise laws.
FINANCES.
The reports OF the Auditor and Treas
urer are before you, aud they merit ;
careful perusal From them you vii
gain information as TO the fnancia
condition OF the State.
The following statement shows tn
condition Of the treasury for the two
years ending, respectively. September
so, 1891, and September 30, 1892, will
she balances belonging to each OF TIT
several funds at the ends of these per
l0ds:
There was at the beginning Of
the fiscal year 1901 ia the
treasury tho sum Of........S 451,5S0 S
Receipts from al sources dur
ing the year. l,Sol,I22 o
Total in the treasury dur
ing the year............S ], SOB, SOS y
Amount noun oi'Our'sd iOr al pur- I'll, 32S 81
Balance in treas 40, -, %
r,,o - - Sas made up OF the fol-
owing distinct funds:
State fund. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 44,S57 &C
General school fund ............ S20SS3 81
School fund, uninveSted."..,.. 1864 sc
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 49l, 914 Of
At the beginning Of the fiscal year
1928, there was:
In the treasury the SUM of. s 491, 074 90
Receipts from al sources during
the year. .................... LSo1,SuS O5
Total in the treasury dur
ing the year. 81, 749, $50 80
Amount disbursed for all pur-
poses during the year.. 1867, 27S IS
Balance in the treasury
October !, 1892. ........S 4S2, 6O4 Al
The balance was made up of the fol-
lowing distinct funds:
State fund 80, So Il
School fund, uninYested. ...,.. l54, $50 20
Total. .........S 4S2,6O4 Al
There was due the irreduciole or per-
manent school fund at the beginning OF
the present fiscal year, S1Q1, 1000, the
balance Of temporary loans negotiated
several years ago to meet casual deficits
in the Treasury. Since the beginning
OF the current fiscal year this sun has
been paid and the entire obligation,
sometimes enormously called bonded
State debt, has been discharged.
The financial condition Of the State
is, thereby, highly satisfactory. All
demands upon the Treasury during the
past two years were promptly met with
out borrowing, and al outstanding
loans have been paid. West Virginia
owes no debt
The Auditor makes the following es-
Inmates OF receipts at the Treasury for
general State purposes for the fiscal
wear ending September 30, 1898, and
the same for the fiscal year ending Sep
TENDER 30, 1894:
State tax Tor 1875. f0J0,VUO w
State tax for 1892 and previous
observation-disclosures. $1,000 90
License tax for 1894. ..... ....... $1,000 DO
License tax for 1898 and previous
years. 5000. .-.-.--.. --....... t0sVUV w
Interest on deposits OF public
funds OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. c,uVJ ~
Tax on seals. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $40 %
Delinquent county taxes from
lands redeemed at Auditors
ONCE. .......... .s....s ViVoV W
Delinquent district taxes from
lands redeemed at Auditors 80, 80
once. ........... .s.-. - .'s. 49,
County, district and munlclpal 80, ~,
taxes from railroad companies. %5O,OJOJ w
Sale Of books. S'CuO W
License tax on charters. OO,VVO w
Total ......... SS5S, 500 %
his estimate OF probable charges on
the treasury during the fiscal wears end
ing September 80, 1898, and September
30, 1894, is as follows: