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1883.] Document No. 1. 3
when these reports are sent abroad, it is infinitely preferable
that the value of the property of the State should appear as
the facts justify, and the rate of taxation should appear as
low as possible.
THE treasurer's REPORT.
I earnestly endorse the recommendation in the Treas-urer's
report as to the consolidation of the different objects
for which the taxes are levied. Practically, as suggested by
the Treasurer, no good comes of separating these objects,
but much inconvenience. For instance in the last revenue
act, there was levied.
1. For the general fund for the support of the State Gov-ernment,
six cents on the hundred dollars worth of property.
2. For the support and completion of the asylums for the
insane, eleven cents on the hundred dollars' worth of
property.
3. For the suysport of convicts and construction of (he
penitentiary, five cents on every hundred dollars' worth of
property.
4. For the payment of the interest on the public debt, six
cents on every hundred dollars' worth of property.
In preparing the blanks for the tax lists, this recjuires the
printing of four separate columns, and in making up the
tax lists, it requires the Count}' Commissioners to n^ake
four separate calculations for each tax payer, and conse-quently,
it increases the chances of errors, as well as the ex-pense
to the county. These same separate calculations
have to be gone over at tlie Auditor's ofSce in his Fettle-ment
with the sheriffs and separate entries made by the
Treasurer on his books.
The practical effect of this system is to leave a surplus in
some of the funds and to cause a deficiency in others. For
instance, there was a surplus of fifteen thousand dollars in
the funds for the asylums, and a large surplus in the amount
levied to pay the interest on the public debt, while there is
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| Full Text | 1883.] Document No. 1. 3 when these reports are sent abroad, it is infinitely preferable that the value of the property of the State should appear as the facts justify, and the rate of taxation should appear as low as possible. THE treasurer's REPORT. I earnestly endorse the recommendation in the Treas-urer's report as to the consolidation of the different objects for which the taxes are levied. Practically, as suggested by the Treasurer, no good comes of separating these objects, but much inconvenience. For instance in the last revenue act, there was levied. 1. For the general fund for the support of the State Gov-ernment, six cents on the hundred dollars worth of property. 2. For the support and completion of the asylums for the insane, eleven cents on the hundred dollars' worth of property. 3. For the suysport of convicts and construction of (he penitentiary, five cents on every hundred dollars' worth of property. 4. For the payment of the interest on the public debt, six cents on every hundred dollars' worth of property. In preparing the blanks for the tax lists, this recjuires the printing of four separate columns, and in making up the tax lists, it requires the Count}' Commissioners to n^ake four separate calculations for each tax payer, and conse-quently, it increases the chances of errors, as well as the ex-pense to the county. These same separate calculations have to be gone over at tlie Auditor's ofSce in his Fettle-ment with the sheriffs and separate entries made by the Treasurer on his books. The practical effect of this system is to leave a surplus in some of the funds and to cause a deficiency in others. For instance, there was a surplus of fifteen thousand dollars in the funds for the asylums, and a large surplus in the amount levied to pay the interest on the public debt, while there is |
