The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-30

Condition ofsthe States Finances
Shown as Of September
50, 1903.
REP PORTING CAMPBELL CASE.
Good rec Was Authorized Tor
This Work Dispcnsarics and
Other Revenue Sources.

The annual report Oh i the AudltOrt OF
Public Accounts for tho fiscal year end.
Ing September so. 1909, has Just come
4 from the printer and Is q most Interests
ing document, being a. complete and de.
State up to that time.
Tho opening statement OF tho book
i (Which contains ISL pages and many ad-
ditlonal tables) makes the following
showing as or October 4, 1908:
Amount on hand October 1,
1902. $500. &. ..s..............$ 673s42S 10
/. Receipts from all sources during
the year. ......,.... t....t.. ~. 1850, 501 az
5 Sj5a. si.34s, 800 Al
Disbursements during the year. 4, 07G,71 IL
Balance on hand Oct. !, 1903. s272214 %
Following are some Of the interesting
figures gathered from the report: liz
Receipts from banks ...........s 242 1856
Rcceipts from clerks OF courts.... 221.354
Receipts from dispensaries.... ~. 5,2OS
panies. \. Il !. d. Il. :. \. 1o7, 7e4
Receipts from mercantile agencies. 715.
Receipts from oyster tax eo,2l7
Receipts fromrailroad companies. 1853
Receipts from steamboat conf
panies.... ...s..H....s .......... 1,5l1
Receipts from telephone and tele-
egraph com panics ~. .4........ 3,2Vg
CRIMINAL EXPENSES.
The report shows that the criminal
expenses for the year in the entire State
were s2s2.222SO and that the Auditor paid
out to various memorial associations the
sum Of 81. 435. H q
29 III :, m M
gives the amount by counties and cities
paid out for pensions, and the total.
amount is in excess OF $500. 90.
Tho following table shows the taxes
assessed for 1903, which are available for
free school purposes:
Capitaton tax...... $1,000. $3ss, 10 w
Personal i property tax. .......... 119, 451 A
Real estate Observation-Disclosures. 335, sST So
Banks-tax on shares. % 1850 20
Railroads and canals-tax .on.... 67,1s7 60
Steam boats. etc.-tax on........ 10S9 81
Telegraph and telephone COM .tS
:capies-tax on. -. !. ~ -. 1866 So
Express companies B. I. 81 \. ~. 80 10
IS n 4. sesi4 1887. ISL
Ninety per cent OF whichis APP 81 /
plicable toi{publica free school
purposes. (. &. sS439il ~
THE aCAMPBEIL CASE.
Under the head 2 fiaoccial appropria-
tions, are4some interesting toms. One is
paid heirs of.SJ.aJ. Moran in settlement
Of claim Of Virginia vs. United States,
$4,000; another, paid Ben. p. Owen for
c.. r.. Campbell. $500
ii This item Is for stenographic service In
the famous Campbell removal case. III
The item Of j. z. Phillips, contractor
for work on the University Of Virginia,
s., 200, is Included under this head, and the
total foots up s1s17s. ;g
At tie bottom Of table No. !. showing
the receipts with which the treasurer is
charged on the Auditors books during
the year, there is a foot note, which
explains that the railway, steamboat, tel
egraph and telephone companies Paid no
taxes for 1903 in this fiscal year, because
their payment was postponed by law until
after September 3oth.
On the back OF the book, which IS con-
cisely and conveniently arranged, are
six large tables dealing in great detail
with the tax derived from,various sources
during the year.
Comics Of the report we're laid upon the
desks Of members of the General Assem-
bly, yesterday.