Supreme Court. John Hemphill, 1858, $2,000 Abner S. Lipscomb, of Independence, Associate Justice, 1858, 2,000 Fees. Sale of Reports. Salary. Attorneys. Residence. 1,750 A. W. Battle, San Antonio, 1,750 Frank Egan, 7. P. W. Gray, Shelbyville, 1,750 L. F. Cacey, 1,750 S. P. Dowley, 1,750 ArthurMiddleton, Huntsville, 12. A. W. Arrington, Brownsville, 13. Henry J. Jewett, Centreville, 14. James Webb, 1,750 E. J., Davis, Rio Grande City, 500 500 Corpus Christi, 500 Public Debt.-By the act of the Legislature of the 20th of March, 1848, all holders of the liabilities of the late Republic of Texas were required to present them to the Auditor and Comptroller of Public Accounts "on or before the second Monday in November, 1849; and all claims that shall not be presented on or before that time shall be postponed." The claims presented to and acted upon by the Auditor and Comptroller, under the provisions of this law, were to be reported to the Legislature at its next session, "for final adjustment." Those that were not presented and acted upon by the accounting officers before the second Monday of November, 1849, cannot be brought in without further legislative action. The Auditor and Comptroller, November 12, 1851, made a report to the Legislature upon the debt of Texas, which has been recognized and adopted by the State. The ostensible or face value of all the claims filed according to law is $ 9,647,253, of which the par value is $4,807,764; and the whole amount not filed $2,789,738, worth $ 2,019,514; making the total ostensible debt $ 12,436,991, or $6,827,278 par. This includes interest. The debt is classified as follows:- First Class. Consisting of audited or ascertained claims. Second Class. Claims sufficiently authenticated to be admitted to be audited under the laws of the Republic. Third Class. Claims not sufficiently authenticated to authorize their being audited under the laws of the Republic. Totals, The first class embraces all consolidated fund, funded debt, treasury bonds, and audited paper, including the claims for naval vessels, loan from United States Bank, &c. The second class embraces claims not audited, but for debts contracted by the government under the sanction of law. The third class embraces claims not provided for by law, though many of them are highly meritorious. Among them are many claims for losses sustained during the war, from the appropriation or destruction of property by the Texan army or that of the enemy. $1,114,144.64 of the public debt has been paid. The act of Congress of September 9, 1850, provided that, as an indemnity for lands ceded by that act, for public property ceded by annexation, and for relinquishment of all claims upon the United States, the United States should pay to Texas $10,000,000, in 5 per cent. stock, redeemable at the end of 14 years, with interest payable half-yearly. $5,000,000 of this stock was not to be issued "until the creditors of the State holding bonds and other certificates of stock of Texas, for which duties on imports were specially pledged, shall first file in proper form, at the Treasury of the United States, releases of all claims against the United States on account of said bonds or certificates." The United States has decided that all the public debt of Texas created prior to the act of Congress of that republic of the 14th of January, 1840, and all the debt of said republic made receivable for all public dues, are debts of Texas for which the duties on imports are specially pledged, and that releases of all claims against the United States for or on account of such debts should be filed in the Treas ury Department of the United States before the President will be justified in issuing any of the second five millions of stock to Texas, as provided in the act of Congress of the 9th of September, 1850. The receipts for the year ending October 31, 1853, were nearly: Balance of cash, October 31, 1852, Received of dues to the late Republic, . $4,261,651.20 3,635.87 244,278.70 $ 4,509,565.77 $3,628,000 00 4,046,410.35 $4,509,565.77 XXI. ARKANSAS. Government for the Year 1855. ELIAS N. CONWAY, of Little Rock, Governor (term of office expires November, 1856), David B. Greer, Christopher C. Danley, Thos. B. Hanley, Salary. Use of a house and $1,800 of Little Rock, Sec. of State, Perquisites and 1,000 President of the Senate. The Secretary of State, Auditor, and Treasurer are elected by a joint vote of both houses of the General Assembly. The Legislature meets biennially at Little Rock. Number of Senators, 25; of Representatives, 75. Their compensation is $3 a day during the session, and $3 for every 20 miles' travel in going to and returning from the seat of government. The Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction only, except in particular cases pointed out by the constitution. It holds annually two terms at Little Rock, in January and July. The judges are elected by the General Assembly, by a joint vote of both houses, for eight years. The Circuit Court has original jurisdiction over all criminal cases not expressly provided for otherwise by law; and exclusive original jurisdiction of all crimes amounting to felony at common law; and original jurisdiction of all civil cases which are not cognizable before justices of the peace; and in all matters of contract, where the sum in controversy is over $100. It holds annually two terms in each circuit. The judges and prosecuting attorneys are elected by the people, the former for four, and the latter for two years. Received from all sources from September 30, 1850, to September 30, 1852, Total, Expenditures during the same period, Balance in treasury, October 1, 1852, $203,961.08 386.767.03 590,728.11 537,263.34 $ 53,464.77 Of which balance, the sum of $ 16,692 is in specie, and applicable to the redemption of treasury warrants. The rest belongs to specified funds. State Debt.-The whole amount of unredeemed State bonds sold by the State Bank, Oct. 1, 1852, was . Add interest from July, 1842, to October 1, 1852, $ 953,000 605,620 $ 1,558,620 $38,000 of the bonds are due in January, 1867, and 915,000 in January, 1868. Taxable Property in 1852.-Number of acres of land 4,108,272; value with improvements, $ 17,129,513. Value of city, &c. lots and improvements, $1,735,512. Slaves between 5 and 60 years of age, 36,482; value, $ 16,712,357. 198 saw-mills; value, $ 147,006. 82 tan-yards; value, $20,203. 42 distilleries; value, $3,945. Value of pleasure carriages, $63,237; of horses over 2 years old, $1,978,250; of mules over 2 years, $560,360; of jacks and jennies, $57,028; of neat cattle over 2 years, $1,166,526; of stock in trade of all trades, &c., $ 964,670; of loans over debts, $ 284,431; of steamboats, ferries, &c., $19,463; gold watches and jewelry, $89,511. Total value of taxable property, $41,000,556. Amount of State tax, $ 88,906.12. Number of polls, 28,238. ANDREW JOHNSON, XXII. TENNESSEE. Government for the Year 1855. of Greenville, Governor (term expires Octo- Salary. $3,000 of Nashville, Sec. of St. & Int. Imp. Comm'r, 800 & f. The judges of the Supreme Court are elected by the people, for the term of 8 years. The judges of the inferior courts are elected in the same manner, for 8 years. There are 14 Circuit Courts. Salary of each judge, $2,000. Each circuit has an attorney, paid by fees, who is also elected by the people for 6 years. 13. A. J. Marchbanks, M'Minnville. G. J. Stuhlfield, William K. Turner, of Nashville, Judge, Common Law and Chancery Court of the City of Memphis. G. W. Hardin, Bolivia. New Marke. McMinnville. Lawrenceburg. Salary. $1,500 The property of the State, consisting of stocks in banks, railroads, and turnpike companies, amounts to $3,654,456.66, and is mostly productive. The State also holds mortgages of the several railroads as security for its loans and indorsement of their bonds. The State debt, October 1, 1853, was $5,746,856.55; on which about $325,000 interest accrues annually. The State has also the contingent liability to repay the United States surplus revenue, being $1,353,209. There is a school fund of near $ 1,500,000. XXIII. KENTUCKY. Government for the Year 1855. LAZARUS W. POWELL, of Henderson Co., Governor (term of office expires August, 1855), Salary. $2,500 of Nicholas Co., Secretary of State, 750 of Frankfort, Auditor of Public Accounts, 2,000 of Frankfort, Assistant Auditor, 900 of Frankfort, of Louisville, Register of the Land-Office, 1,250 1,700 of Frankfort, 150 Adjutant-General, Quartermaster-General, Sup't of Public Instruction, James P. Metcalfe, Thomas S. Page, James R. Watson, Elisha A. Macurdy, R. C. Wintersmith, John M. Harlan, E. H. Tole, Benjamin Selby, John D. Mathews, A. G. Hodges & Co., J. Russell Hawkins, Thomas J. Helm, 7 per day. The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Auditor, Attorney-General, and Register of Land-Office, are elected by the people for the term of four years. The Governor is ineligible for the four years succeeding the expiration of his term. If a vacancy in the office of Governor occur during the first two years of the term, the people fill it; if during the last two years, the Lieutenant-Governor, and after him the Speaker of the Senate, act as Governor. The Secretary of State is appointed by the Governor during his term. Senators, 38 in number, are elected from single districts for four years, one half every two years. Representatives, 100 in number, are elected from single districts for two years. Sessions of the Assembly are biennial. They cannot continue longer than 60 days without a two-thirds vote of all the members elect to each branch. The members are paid $3 a day, and 12 cents a mile for travel. |