The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-01-31
MlSSOURPS REVENUE.


document, covericg nearly 700 pages.
1t shows receipts and disbursements
of over 81, 500, 600 Of public moneys.
The preface explains, concisely and
lucidly, the sources from which the
receipts into the Is different funds
were derived, and shows for what
specific purposes the moneys of each
fund have been expended.
Auditor Seibert says revenue ser.
vice was never so efficient as at the
present time, and refers with pride
to the fact that every collector of the
revenue, without exception, had act
tied up and paid into the treasury all
the moneys collected for the state.
He says the chief perfection in our
revenue system is in /the operation
of the provisions of the law for get
ting all the taxable property on the
tax books on an equal basis of valu
alton, and suggests "a means of
protection against the over valuation
of live stock and lands by the State
and county boards Of equalization
that the law he amended so as to re
quire assessors to assess unweanod
colts, calves, lambs and pigs, with
their mothers, and that the number
of acres of cultivated lands be given.
He also suggests that the merchdn-
disc of merchants be assessed by the
assessors, and be made subject to
review by the county boards Of
equalization.
The subject Of criminal costs is
discussed and attention is called to
the fact that the unpaid bills of 1894.
now on file in his office, amount to
$l17 426 so, which with the 1925.
900, estimated for payment of bin
in 1895 e6, make a total of $G42,
426 80, to be provided for by this
legislature.
This item of public expenditure, he
says, has been ahou, equal to 10
cents per capita OF the population
during the past fifty years, and fuG
gests very pointt dly that it tie laws
were so amended as to bring about
the more speedy trial of person
charged with crime, limiting cortin-
uances and changes of yenuH, the
effect would be very material re-
duction of this expenditure. H.
does not believe that the fees of the
| officers charged with the enforce
ment of the criminal cod can bl
safely reduced, since they are al
ready lower than are allowed fol
similar services in civil cases.
The balance in the treasury on
January /, 1893 was s5G2 ,2774 48
The receipts from all sources into all
the funds in 1884 we're S6 ,93S, =
356. IA, the disbursements for all
purposes So, $50, 909 10, and the bal
ance on January /, 1895, was $7l9,
725.4 1t is worthy of notice that
only S5, ,543, ,955.84 of the SG,93S, =
35S. IA came in from collectors of the
revenue for taxes and lceuses, aud
that the balance, Il 1894 400 80, was
derived from foreign insurance conf
pan es, incorporation tax, interest on
state deposits, earnings OF the con-
vict5 in tile penitentiaiy, aId from
moneys collected by the !ryasurCr.
of the eleemosynary Institutions, etc.
The receipts into the +, Venue fund
in 1893 "a were 81 O34 68l 46, and
the disbursements were a. follows:
Expenses stale government, 1893 Sl,357 ,6l7 81
Expenses state government, 1854 l 095 2S3 II
support of public schOul~, lS13 6lO ,9O2 IL
support Of public schools, 1884 6l7 ,O77 Il
Partial support peniten larry 1888. l,2i7 3,
Eleemosynary institutions, 1888. 1854 ,2lO 81
EleemosS nary institutions, 1884 15a So 8,
The state interest tund rece we'd
81 955 ,S69 "a, which was used as lol
lows:
Interest on bonded debt .!........ s5l3 O75 g.
Interest on school and seminary
certificates. ........... . %. ..... SO, 100 8
Transfer To sinking fund ... ..... s9i 1923 II
The disbursements from the sink
ing fund were for purchase OF $36, 900
of unmatured 6 per cent bonds; re
demptIon OF S214 900 OF 3ls per cent
option bonds and the payment a; ma
tuli y OF S4l4, 900 of 6 per cent bonds
Mr.. Seibert mentions the fact that
S409 900 of 4 per cent bonds fell dut
the lst inst, and the money to NEE
them was placed with the fiscal agen
of the state in New York, by ordel
of the fund commissioners, but mas
much as the payment occurred il
1895 he could not report them paiC
off.
The state debt on the 1st inst il
given as follows:
Three and one-half per cent option
bonds ...,....,..,.-,,., ,..,.,.. 5, 0S6, 600 o
Six per cent bonds .......,....,.. $50 900. o
School certificates, .,.... .... 3,li0, 900. %
Seminary certificates ..,....,. l,l0s, ,e5S ?
|
Total .,.,. .,........,.......slO, ,35i 1858, .
He estimates that the receipts int,
the revenue fund for lS9596 will b,
"a, 100000, of which one third
81, 300, 600, will be transferred t,
state school moneys and distributes
for support OF public schools. Hi
estimate of the state interest fun,
receipts is given at 81, 900, 700 and h
calculates that the amount requires
to pay interest on the bonded deb
will be 1894, 150 in 1895 96, which i