Evening journal., 1908-03-03
FINANCES OF THE STATE
FOR YEAR JUST ENDED
Receipts and Disbursements Both Show an
Increase and Clerk Of the Peace QuigIeys
Office Leads in Revenues

ttrlbuted. costing the state s195. The
secretary of State was paid $3.50 for
lindexing laws Binding books for
State library cost S47910 A commits
sion to survey public lands on the
ocean front near Lewes cost the state
lSi43.5O. The expense Of issuing State
bonds was SS64.
The Philadelphia National Bank re-
lceived the largest item Of state ex-
lpense in the interest paid out account
1T was paid s11. 900. Altogether
ls33.OO71 was paid out for interest on
money the State owes. Judicial law
reports cost $4,000.
General appropriations included and
lreached a total Of S44.512. Requisitions
lcost $324.7S Of this amount. Insurance
on the States property cost 972762.
Registrars and assistant registrars for
the special local option election cost
l$4.7S0. Farmers institutes cost $500.
Education Of prospective teachers at
normal schools In Pennsylvania cost
49, .OOO
The National Guard Of Delaware cost
lS15,5O0. The Society for the Preven-
ton OF Cruelty TO Children was paid
$500. The state Board Of Health cost
s2.5Oo.
Receipts Increase
New and additional items Of State
revenue mark the first year OF State
Operation under these new laws, in
stead OF general fund receipts OF
S4S4 ,OS3.06, the receipts this year show
: a total of s63s,061.64.
The disbursements have increased,
, pace with the increased revenues. The
expenditures for the previous year
b show a total Of s422. 240.6O. while the
total expenditures for the year just
= ended, as found by the audit, aggre-
gated $562.O4I61.
The receipts for licenses were $751;
45057 OF this amount there was col
lected from New Castle county, Win
= field s. Quigley clerk Of the peace
, S117,932.23; from Kent county, S. W
Darby, Jr., clerk Of the peace, S12,.
= 1880; and from Sussex county, Johr
3 w. Green. clerk OF the peace, S1S..
2 27S.55. and from George w. Marshall
insurance commissioners, s37,966.49.
What Railroads Pay
3 From railroad companies. for Stat'
I taxes under the new law. the total sun
h of s1O1.3 was received. thVs: Phila.
C delphia. Baltimore and Washington
Railroad Company, $4,000; Delawar,
, Railroad Company. S2O,0OO;, Delaware
q Maryland and Virginia Railroad Com
.pany $500; Baltimore and Philadelphia
I Railroad Company, 10000; Phlladel
I phia and Reading Railroad Company
d $500.
y Interest on mortgages brought int
- the State S11.55O. as follows Fror
the Junction and Breakwater Railroa
sl Company. $3.50; Breakwater an
" Franlzford Railroad Company, $4,000
Ie Telegraph and telephone companie
II contributed to the support of the Stat
Ie under several laws, s6.O25.02. Th
d three highest payments were the Della
Ie ware and Atlantic Telephone and Tele
Ie graph Company s4.57140; Wester
= Union Telegraph Company, S511.9O
j. Diamond State Telephone Company
- $S42.7O.
The express companies paid s1.2s9.
S5 tax; the Adams paying s1.1916I
and the United States Express Com
pany paying s9s.19.
Banks and banking association
which have hitherto not been success
fully taxed by the State, were thi
year, and they have paid In S15,349.s7.
Income tax. or collateral inheritanc
taxes levied during the year by tn
State reached S1,244.O7.
Licenses to distillers or manufactur
ers of spirituous or alcoholic liquors
before the two of the three countie
adopted prohibition reached S1.O4l
From the sale of law books there wa
obtained 1895. The United State
Government appropriations TO college
of agricultural and mechanical art,
which comes through the State. reach
ed $780, 900. From the rent of the oil
governors mansion to Mrs. r. 4
Slaughter the State received $3.50. Tn
sale of the Duke of York records wa
not very large, but brought in the pick
lup Of SO.
Conscience Money
Conscience money and appropriation
refunded netted s342.0s. including sal
larry refused by J. B. Gilchrist, membe
Of Sussex county school commission
$40; overpaid claim for mileage, Sc
education at normal schools not use'
$50: and deficiency in contract Of
e. NJ. Stengle, S114.0S.
Corporation franchise taxes. unde
I. lcorporation law yielded S1O9,s19.4
& Charters and state taxes on corpora
tions. through the office OF Joseph
lCahall. Secretary Of state, yielde
s42.9ss.41. Civil commissions brougi
n lin a revenue Of S4S6. Automobile regu
!. llations and operators license yielde
. the state S15S6. Dividends from tf
!. National Bank Of Delaware brougl
Is in S40O. A special emergenc
h fund at Farnhurst State Hospital re
&c ceipts brought in Sl0.226.42. tt
J. jamestown Ter Centennial Commi.
K sion refunded $40s.59.
e The sale Of bonds for the improve
8. ment of Farnhurst Hospital building
- netted s4O,O53.2O; for the purchase
Is experimental farm, s20.250. From Il
state Board Of Pharmacy for registr'
q uons, s1O3.21.