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dition to loan, without subjecting them to inconvenience, and of such none was exacted.

No requisition has been made upon any Bank, under the Resolve of March 25, chapter 123, or by any other authority. Though purposed in some few cases, it was deemed prudent not to make such requisition.

The generous, liberal aids of the Banks, to meet the extraordinary emergencies, which could not conveniently, have been provided for otherwise, are highly commenda-. ble. It is believed all these Banks have been disappointed, and some few of them somewhat embarrassed in their operations, by reason of the failure to repay their loans. But most of them know it has been unavoidable.

Payments, &c.

The pay rolls of both branches of the Legislature, the rolls of the Executive Council, and the roll of general accounts, No. 20, for 1839, have been promptly paid in all cases, when called for. There remain due on roll of accounts No. 20, only $63.47, not called for.

The salaries of all the Executive and Judicial officers of the State, including the Surveyor General, the Warden and subordinate officers of the State Prison, the keepers of the Arsenals, and all the Clerks in the public offices, have been promptly paid-a few of the County Attorneys remain unpaid for the quarter ending with the 31st December, and these have been notified by letters that they will be paid on applying at the office.

The scrip given by the Treasurer to the cities, towns and plantations, March 21, 1839, for the bounty on wheat, corn, and wild animals, the school fund, and the expense

of powder and money rations to the Militia, amounted to $217,293 26; of which $18,100 87 has been paid, mostly in the Counties of Hancock and Washington, leaving now due to the towns, &c., $199,192 39, and the interest thereon since March 21, 1839. This sum is due to almost every citizen in the State, excluding the inhabitants of Hancock and Washington Counties, and some few other towns, who have been paid. The Treasurer has not been unmindful of these claimants, and the probable anxiety of many of them to receive their pay; he would most cheerfully have made the payments, had he have acquired the means by loans, which could not have been procured without a heavy loss to the State, and this their State pride would not have sanctioned.

NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY PAYMENTS. The very large expenses incurred by our boundary difficulties, have been promptly met, or rather the funds have been furnished from the Treasury for that purpose. The disbursement of these expenses devolved on the Adjutant General and the Land Agent, to whom the funds were furnished. A portion of these expenses remain unpaid, being claims of the towns for supplies to, and transportation of, the troops. The claims for these expenses, by the towns, are understood to be very considerable in amount; they will be presented to the Legislature for allowance, and when allowed, there will be no funds in the TREASURY to pay them.

It will be perceived by an examination of the Treasurer's accounts and vouchers, that he has advanced to Abner

B. Thompson, Esq., Adjutant General, in cash towards these expenses, from February 15th to March 12, inclusive, the sum of $42,500, and February 21, $25,625 87 advanced in Boston to James L. Child, Esq., being for supplies purchased, which passed into the custody of the Adjutant General; for these two sums, and $10,000 besides, he has warrants. And from March 26 to May 4, inclusive, the further sum of $131,353 65, in cash, was advanced him, besides some subsequent advances for these expenses, independent of various sums, before and since, advanced on warrants for Arsenals, Gun Houses, military stores, &c. In addition to all these various sums, many thousand dollars have probably come to his custody for sales of provisions, clothing, military stores and other public property. The expenditure of these various and large sums will, it is presumed, pass under the scrutinizing examination of the Legislature. The supervision thereof, in no way, pertains to the Treasurer, who was refused the knowledge of the objects and amounts actually wanted, when sought by him to govern his course in supplying the funds. The Adjutant General denied the right of the Treasurer to make such inquiries, and contended it was the Treasurer's single duty to pay over the money to him upon the warrants of the Governor and Council; which warrants had and have been drawn by the Governor and Council, probably upon the sole estimate and requisition of the Adjutant General, to an amount vastly beyond the means of the Treasury, and very far beyond the expenses then or since incurred, or to be incurred for the objects of the appropriation. The amount of these warrants is $298,125 87, of which the Treasurer has $78,125 87, and is rightfully entitled to $124,500 more, which the Adjutant General refuses to deliver; and if delivered up, then he would

have an excess of $90,000 to $100,000 in warrants now in his possession. In ordinary cases the Treasurer would feel bounden to pay warrants, if he had the means; but in this extraordinary case, he believed he was authorized to exercise a degree of discretion. Possibly he has committed a gross error in adopting this course with the Adjutant General.

During the same period, from February 15 to the 27th April, inclusive, advances were made to Rufus McIntire, Esq., Land Agent, for the expenses of what is called the civil posse, which was armed, and other uses of his department, the sum of $82,487 50, including $3,000 advanced Major Strickland on the 15th February, and subsequently some further sums for roads and other objects-for all which, warrants have been received. The expenditures of these sums, it is presumed, will also undergo an examination by the Legislature.

Also, paid to the Commisssoners for running the boundary line in 1838, and their aids, the sum of $2095 87; and also $605 88, to Messrs Rogers, McCrate, Dumont, Vose and Child, for their agencies in winter of 1839.

Costs in Criminal Prosecutions, and the Salaries of County Attorneys.

It will be perceived, that the costs in criminal prosecutions already paid to the County Treasurers in 1839, are small in amount. The fact is, that the warrants for these costs, drawn since the April session of the Governor and Council, remain unpaid. The suspension of payment, for want of funds, was ordered by the Treasurer from Phila

delphia, in June. He regretted the necessity for such a

course.

The duty on commissions and tin pedlers' licences, the fines, forfeitures, &c., accruing to the State, which are collected by the County Treasurers, are by law required to be paid into the State Treasury. This is not done; but the amount so collected by them, is deducted from their ' respective claims for costs, and they receive warrants for the balance only. Thus the State actually pays the Counties for these costs, from $20,000 to $25,000 annually. The Treasury is not in a condition to meet these annual drains; and it is high time to relieve it from such a burden. Then, let the law, providing for the payment of these costs, be so changed as to require each County to pay its own charges. This will be the most equal and equitable mode of adjusting them. And these charges will then pass under the scrutinizing inspection of the County Attorney and County Commissioners of the respective Counties, and, it is presumed, they will be somewhat diminished. And, in connection with this branch of proposed relief to the State Treasury, will it not be expedient to revive the fees of County Attorneys in these prosecutions, and require them to keep and render an account thereof, and semi-annually to pay the amount received, to their respective County Treasuries, and then receive therefrom their present established salaries? These thirteen salaried officers were thrown upon the State Treasury at an inauspicious time; and its present condition demands immediate relief. Retrenchment of our State expenses, in all practicable branches, should be immediately and effectually adopted; and these two are suggested for your deliberate consideration.

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