The age-herald., 1897-10-13
TREASURER ELtIS' REPORT
Condition of Affairs for Last
 Fiscal Year.
LARGE DEFICIENCY SHOWN
There Are Outstanding Warrants Issued By the Auditor and Unpaid = Bills for
 Feeding Convicts Being Settled.
Special to The Age-Herald.

Special to The Age-Herald.
 Montgomery. Oct. 12.-state Treasurer Geo. W Ellis today made public the fol- lowing interesting statement of the con alton of the state treasury. The report was made to the governor;
 "As required by section 13 of an act "To provide for the public printing of the state," approved Feb. 2S, 1889, I submit herewith the annual report of this department for the fiscal year end ing Sept. 90, 1897. Such report embraces the condensed statements of the condi- ton of the treasury, the several special funds, the bonded debt of the state and itemized receipts and disbursements for the entire fiscal year.
 From the condensed statement show ing the condition of the treasury it will be seen that the cash. balance is $40,- 9SO21. There are outstanding warrants issued by the auditor, and unpaid bal ance due on salaries earned and not paid; balance due the university on ap- propriation for the fiscal year just closed; and amounts due to special funds. in all s3s6, ,65O.6S Deduct from this the cash balance, leaves the net de- ficiency $345, ,670.42. In arriving at the deficiency, riothing is allowed for the payment of bills that accrued prior to Oct 1, for feeding prisoners dhe most of which have been paid since that date and the remainder are being paid off each day), for the reason that the net receipts since Oct. up to and including the 9th, amount to $6,S77.72, the greater part of which is in solicitors fees, licenses and redemption of lands col lected by the clerks and judges of pro- bate prior to Sept. 30, butt reached the treasury since the beginning of the new fiscal year. These receipts will no doubt be sufficient to pay the biFls for feeding prisoners, above referred to.
 "The cancelled coupons paid since I came into office on Nov. 10, 1896, have all been arranged, recorded and fil9d away, as required by statute, after the ac- counts for the payment thereof had been checked by Hon. John Purifoy, examiner of public accounts, except such as have been paid since July 1. AS coupons are paid during every month in the year, in the exercise of my discretion, each semi annual payment is completed before ar ranging and canoelipg them, in order that the coupons, checks and vouchers held by the treasurer, can be more easily checked up by an examiner of public accounts, which examination I deem very essential for the proper pro- lection of both the state, outgoing and incoming treasurers."
 The following is a condensed state- ment of receipts and disbursements of the treasury, during the fiscal year end ing Sept. 30, 1897:
 By balance in treasury
 Sept. 30, 1896 ......:..:. .$5S ,3194O By receipts from Oct. 1,
 1896 to Sept 30, 1897,
 both and inclusive $2,174,64ia s2,2S2,96a.7 To disbursements on war
 rants of current year
 paid from Oct. 1, 1S96 to
 ssIt go, lss7 both and a. ,oo oz. oo To warrants of previous
 years paid during tho
 current fiscal year ....$3, ,0&.S6 $2, 191 ,9S3.56
 this day .. ............ $4O,9SQ.21 Against this balance there are
 outstanding warrants issued
 by the auditor and unpaid $9,249.N Salaries earned and not paid {, ,S37.99 Balance due the university
 on appropriation for the
 fiscal year ending Sept. 30, Amounts due to special
 funds, as follows:
 Penitentiary fund ........$ 36.263.N Soldiers and widows ..1lS' sS7.ss s ss Colleges of agriculture and
 mechanic arts ............ I.761.75 Educational fund ... ...167, ,514.29 Two and three per cent
 IuI eo1 ss sasc eeo % Deduct cash balance in the
 treasury as shown above s40,9SO.21 Net deficiency on Sept 30
 1877 .................. S34o,6iO.42
 It will be observed that this report is up to the close of business on Sept. 30. On Oct. i, however, a number of fixed appropriations for state institu- tions fell due, aggregating some s5O,OOO additional. This, therefore. must be added to the deficit above stated to as certain the actual amount due at the he. c~ip nf I, nd of