The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-07
STATE ENDS YEAR
WITH GOOD BALANCE
Treasurer Urner Has 1851 $1,000 In
General Fund 10 Start New
Fiscal Year On.
TREASURES BEST YEAR
But John Barleycorn Had Hardly an
Appreciable Influence In Achieve
ment -- Prohibition Commissioner
Turns in $4,000.

Hon. C. II. Urner, treasurer or VIZ
GINA, on yesterday filed his annual
report showing the states cash poA
to be in especially good condition Win
balance of $6S1,S30.66 in the gem
eral fund and. including the balances
standing to the credit of tho literary
fund, the Miller fund, the retired
teachers fund. and other funds nam
died through the state treasurer, the
total cash on hand is SS4s.S06.98.
Not only did the state collect more
money than ever before in the past
year, ss.20s,s35.9s. but 1t has larger
cash balance carried over TO the next
year than ever before.
Interesting features of the report
are the several detailed sources Of
revenue and the tax outturn there
from.
For the fiscal year 1a1s-1si7 the
axtomo hiie license tax returned s4so,-
9s557 to the treasury.
From the agricultural department
the fertilizer fund paid ss2,1S4es;
from hog cholera serum. slo,6Oe was
collected from the tuberculosis fund.
SIS, s24.s5. and from the dairy ana rood
com m issioner's office. s5455226.
The bank tax for government sup
port aggregated sfs7 ,600.43 and for
support OF schools. s55.043.4s.
Car companies payments for the
support or the government amounted
to si2,S60.23.
/ Capitation taxes brought In s42s,-
31s49 and charter fees ss4,oso.so.
! Clerks of courts, law process ac-
count. paid In s24s.535.14; fines to
the literary fund. sLs,54S.ss; land
lredemptions, sa,238.43; sales of land,
{s31.4ff a.; delinquent ospitaton tax
es, $s.SI3.60. and delinquent personal
! property tax. sf2.19s.5s
| Corporation commission fees PAID
Il a292I3, and the Office OF the COM
missioner OF prohibition turned In to
the treasury s40.059.s0.
AS an echo of the wet regime, dis
/ penaarieA In the windup Of the wet
period paid over $i4,sSi.s1.
Special collection Of delinquent CAPT
Itations amounted 10 ss0e4s.
/ Express company licenses were s34.-
ss225
/ From examiners Of record, returned
commissions, the sum of sli. 294.sl
was secured. and in excess fees re-
| funded the treasury was the sainer
/ by ss.305.5e.
The franchise tax paid the sum OF
s24e520 while the game protection
fund paid the state ssg,0T23G.
! Insurance companies paid the corn
missioner 32,s39.1S: licenses, S&S2,-
lT5G.s3.
Interest from Etate deposits --ES n :
iSgs.4as5s and other interest received
amounted, to s22.34T,+l.
J The inheritance tax was consid
erabfe item Collateral inheritance
trRx for schools produced asa - 81
for state government, sl2,sse-F1. and
direct inheritance for schools produced
lslT.i2s.02.
| The land Office assurance fund
reached the aggregate sum of si&.sl
/ only.
Sales of unappropriatsd land pro
duced s4,lTTQs, and the library fund
ss.o3o.es
/ Licenses other than liquor fattened
the states bank roll to the extent OF
ls1.0zs,sso7s. Liquor licenses land
wet the state still liveE and pays lis
buls) brought IN Ss.i47.6s A few
wears ago the very, tbnugbt Of such
y smxl sum OF liquor would have
!, created a near-panic In certain quar-
tiers.