The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-02-27
Of the State has been Increased $40

49,
The receipts OF revenue from subjects
,axcd fv SCHEDULES II" and &C" OF the
Revenue Act. which are reported by
sher;ffS and tax collectors a Unlist-
"a TaxabLes. aud known as license or
privilege taxes including Income tax.
amount To Sl1S.U15.19, an increase over
1898 Of 1,721.S1.
The amount Of incomes reported from
property not taxed i t.29l-oo. a de
crease from 1898 Of SS.o61.43. The ag-
sregate amoun Of incomes from salaries.
zee. etc. reported is S1SS. $4,000. IN in
crease over 1898 of $500. The diff
ference between the receipts under
Schedules II and .'Co' for 1893 and
1899. as above stated. shows that there
has not been any considerable variation
in the amounts derived from the sources
1axpl for these two years.
STATE GUARD, SPECIAL.
The REPORTED disbursements for 1893
on account of the Spallsh--Amtrlcan wa
under the head Of state Guard, spe
cial" appeared AZ a net eXpend4tore III
he Auditors Report. The disbursements
rpuorted for 1898 have the advantage
r Am eft set In the amount of money re
F CIV X !ICi1 liz Z -
mpnt on this accrunt-the mount 50 re-
tived being SO. 104.oG.
Al the close Of the fiscal year for
1893, the outstanding warrants on lhi>
account aggregated $21.S67.43. Warrants
sued for the Year 1899 aggregate 81
80 &c. The~. two L constitute
rhe suIn Of S2.t. .:35O.sa. On this amount
las been paid $40, 7U4.56 (allowed by the
fr-.:..l S,,,.,, (N,varn,pan+l loo wing ont
landing warrants at the close Of the
seal wear for 1899, 70 the amount OF
>B.G46:33.
The disbursements Of the S~l9,'o4.oo
>ceiv.L from tie United States Govern
isi4nt has been as follows: IN original
warrants issued in 1893 for claims al
owed in full S2.35o.S4; N original war
for 1888 which have been can
4ilel IL favor Of the issue Of two or
more new warrants S16,U09.O9; on war
ants issued il lS9a, $1,344.63. Total
SO, 7O4.50.
A summary Of the foregoing state
inents produces thu following Status:
Balance due on partially PAID
warrants p A,c-A-SO
Outstanding warrants ISSUED
in 1898 as shown by the
lllT'I statement
Outstanding warrants ISSUED
IN 1859 as shown by fourth
statement 3.13S.S3
Total amount Of outstanding
warrants on this account ....St,646.33
The claims fer which these warrants
are issued are now in the hands of the
General Government, and viii be liQui-
a+a3 2c tho Cn,ar,,1pGrr nrSrr.ly-nS anS
renits for them.
PENSIONS.
The number of pensioners dropped
rom the general pension roll during the
year on account of death, renlova FROM
he State, and othr causes. is 416. The
nuInber Of new pensioners enrolled Ill
der the general pension law is AL. The
f.et increase in the number Of pensioners
1nGer the general law is -. Th. Gen
eral Assembly Of 1890, by special enact
nent placed 80 new pensioners on tnt
general roll, making the total increase
4 the number OF pensioners for the year
$50.
The aggregate amount OF pension war
ants issued is slightly in excess Of the
pension fund OF hand December list,
1885. The warrants We're issued on "a
basis of $1,000 for a fourth class pen
sion. 1t has been found inadviSable to
.ssue warrants for an amount involving
n fraction of a dollar, and to have made
the issue OF q basis OF $500 for a
fourth class warrant would have left
CT hand q larger amount than ought to
have been withheld from distribution. II
is estimated THAT the number OF war
rants that viii be returned during the
year Oh account Of non-delivcTy to those
IN whose favor they urp drawn, viii
practically offset the aTnount OF the fund
OveldyaWp.
UNEQUAL TAXATION.
With reference TO the subject Of State
Taxation, there il little, if any, violation
Of fact III the statement that nothing is
more unequal than taxable values as re
ported by many counties in the Stale.
Sucn Inequalities manifestly constitute
an injustice, and some We'll directed er-
fort should he made 10 correct it. In
I'll probability the most effective meth
% that can be adopted for this Dur-
pose would be the crn3tion Of d STATE.
Board Of EQUALIZATION, with such power
and authority AZ would enable It 4.
make necessary Investigations. and cor
rect. Al least, fragrant Inequalities where
ever found. 1t could non be reasonably
expected that the first work Of such q
board would meet with general CONNER
da1ion. On the contrary it might be
reasonably expected that its first efforts
would create Dissatisfaction and friction:
but with the acquisition Of infOrmator
and experience. its operation would h.
come greatly beneficial. and Doubtless
meet with general satisfaction II on the
Gpn.-n "a ~ -, -.
son, i; should not be deemed advisable
to create such a board as :. djstinc1 do
nartlnenr Of State administration. tho
duties that would devulve on such ,
board might be imposed on some deDart.
ment already existing.
Very respectfully.
II. w. AVER, Auditor