The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-15
RECEIPTS OF STATE
PAST YEAR AMOUNT
TOOVER SIX MILLION
Treasurer's and Auditors
Books Are Examined by
Evans and Wilkinson
DISBURSEMENTS FOR
THE YEAR S6,OO6,255.56
Both Departments Praised for Excel
lent Manner in Which Affairs
Were Administered
s Departments Help

Montgomery, February H.--tSpecial)-
Receipts of the state from October ], 1911,
to September 81, 1912, amounted to s6.26l
1865, according to the report of Ex-
aminers of Public Accounts Frank v.
Evans and ". F. Wilkinson, on the state
auditors and state treasurer's depart
ments. The report of the two examiners
was filed in the office OF Governor oNeal
today. EH
The report shows that perfect system
has been followed in reference to the
books of the two departments, and both
Auditor Smith and Treasurer Plirifoy are
praised by the examiners for the excel
lent manner in which they have admin
jstered the affairs of their offices.
The report shows that the disburse-
ments for the year amounted to $6006,-
255.56, leaving a balance at the end of
the last fiscal year of $262,052.3S.
Examiners Evans and Wilkinson give
in their report a condensed statement of
all monies received into the treasury
during the year. together with a synopsis
of all the expenditures.
According to the report, the receipts
from state taxes during the year amount
sd to s1,3o2,566.49; special soldiers tax,
$3.50, $3.50; school tax, sl,562, ,494ss; poll
taxes, s179, ,790.2S.
The total license tax from the several
counties amounted to s395s21.Sl, while the
lax on record of mortgages from the sew
eral counties amounted to S107, ,326. .43. The
sale of sixteenth section school lands dur
ing the year brought into the treasury
$7S.6s625.
Another large source of revenue during
the year came from the convict depart
ment, which turned into the treasury
s1,073, ,296.16. Some of the other receipts
were as follows. Insurance department,
S251 1654.06 corporation franchise tax, Sl5,-
S62. IS; department of agriculture and in
dustries, 1854, 4,S29.67 United States treas
ury, for credit of college of A. & M. arts,
$4,000; solicitors fees, $i1,0S9.46; from
temporary loans, $500, ,00D; motor vehicle IL
oense. $50, rs; from penalties on foreign
corporations, s33,S0e.46.
Disbursements
Under the head of disbursements. the
state paid out for general educational
purposes 81, ,163, ,3S4.S6, while the county high
schools drew ON the state for sl29750
The agricultural schools received $4O,50O;
Alabama Industrial school, white boys,
s32,Sl250: experimental station, Union
town, $1,000; Montgomery Normal school,
$1,000
The higher institutions of learning also
drew heavily upon the state for educa-
tional purposes, the Alabama Technical
institute at Montevalo, receiving $4,000
for maintenance, $lI5s076 interest, and
$S,97AS7 interest on note.
The Alabama Polytechnic institute at
Auburn received $S7.2s0, while the Uni
versity of Alabama drew on the treasury
for more than 100000, including $4,000
that went to the medical department
at Mobile.
Other heavy expenditures were as fol-
lows: Alabama Insane hospital $341-
aA45; Confederate pension fund, $685.
401.63; executive department. $97354.95; ju-
dicial department $252. .S97. .02; agricultural
department $i1, 10; convict department,
$3.50, .i5; military department, $I1, 1,379 81 ;
feeding prisoners, s129,97675; interest on
bonded debt, 1851, $50; miscellaneous, 1922, =
OS6.12.
The list given above practically in
cludes all the disbursements for the year
in condensed form, the few remaining
items not included being for small ex-
penditures ranging from $1,000 to Sc, ,4S9 49,
which was paid the Alabama Reform
school, for juvenile negroes
The report shows that warrants We're
issued for the sum of $e3fl, ,7sS. .5s, q num-
her of which had not been turned in TO
the treasury at the close OF the fiscal
year 1912.