The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-13
Report to Mayor Made
 Public. SOME ITEMS ARE CARRIED OVER FROM YEAR OF 1907 But Actual Deficit October 1, 1908 Was $I68,543.1. Total Receipts for Last Fiscal Year Were s442,5oO. .ss. whiie Dis-
 Sbursements Were
 e611,I34.11.

report of the City Treasurer has been placed in the hands of Mayor Teague. and will be delivered to the City Coun- ciI Monday night. The report is one of the most startling that has been made in many years, inasmuch as the deficit. as shown by the statement of the general fund, amounts to $1ss,- 543y7s.
 Last year the 1907 report showed a balance of si21.74gss, and in 1906 1t was $s0,620. 10. This marked differ ence is 4xp plained by the fact that in the latest report period of more than twelve months is covered, and that. several items of debit were carried over from last year.
 The report, in part, Is as follows;
 Montgomery Ala, Sept. 30. 1908. Hon. w. M. Teague, Mayor;
 Dear Sir---In accordance with the re- quifements of the city charter, I hand you herewith my annual report for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30. 1908, show ing, in detail, the receipts and expendi- lures of the city, and the condition of each department and each special fund at, the end thereof
 In furth CT explanation of the deficit shown in the general fund, I beg to state that there are certain items of expenditure charged out which properly belong to other years. but are included in the expenditures of the year. There are now outstanding warrants for the return of taxes on solvent credits amounting to. the sum of S5.84S. .91, which have been included in the ex- penditures of the year, and a further warrant for the som of $750 drawn and deposited, by the City Attorney with fan rAnxs4 .aR Mnr4te 0dV4R av4 rm damage suit therein pending, which has also been included in the expendi1 lures of the year.
 Deficit as shown by state-
 ment of general fund .. .s16s. .s4s.7a Less amount of warrants
 outstanding as above .... s.s9s .sI
 Balance :. .............,. ls1.s44. .ss
 desire further to call your atten- tiqn to the fact that there are included in the expenditures of the past year light accounts for fourteen months. in stead of twelve, which has increased tns expenditures of the year by ap- proximately $4.200, and also that there have been included therein salaries for thirteen months, which increased the expenditures by the amount of the September salaries. amQunting to $13,3s2.52. Furthef. I wish to call your attention to the fact that while 
 amounts to over $s0.0O0, yet In the charges for the year ending Sept 30, 1907, there was shown only an expendi- ture of s43.79e.6s, the balance having been carried over in cash represented by coupons and as a result thereof the interest account for the past fiscal year shows an expenditure of $416.e16 e26, which is in excess of the annual inter est approximately $35,000 '.
 There is. included in the schedule of receipts for the past fiscal year the sum of $9.S30.50, licenses collected in the year which are for licenses for the quarter beginning Oct 1, 1908, and are properly not part of the current reve- nues of the past fiscal year. Deducting these items of extraordinary expendi- lures from the deficit, as shown, and adding to- the amount thereof the ex- traordinary item of receipts 1t will be seen that the operations of the past fiscal year have been such as to slightly reduce the amount of the de- fioit. Respectfully submitted.
 GSigned) Robert Tait,
 , City Treasurer. General Fund Account September 30,