An act to promote Agriculture and Family Domestic Manufactures within this State, passed in 1822. The Legislature appropriated $5,000 a year for two years for the promotion of the objects in question; the money to be distributed among the several counties in proportion to their federal numbers. Wherever an Agricultural Society was formed in any one county, or in any two adjoining counties, and the members thereof annually raised by subscription any sum of money, the president and treasurer, on making affidavit of the fact, was to receive from the treasurer of the State a sum equal in amount to the sum subscribed, receiving in no case, however, a larger amount than such counties are entitled to from their federal number of inhabitants. The several presidents of the Agricultural Societies (or delegates appointed for the purpose) were to form a Board of Agriculture for the State, to convene at the Capitol in Raleigh, on the first Monday after the annual meeting of the Legislature, when they were to choose their officers, &c., and publish annually, at the expense of the State, 1,500 copies of a volume containing Essays on Agricultural Subjects, the Report of the Geologist of the State, &c., to be distributed by the Agricultural Societies to the people of the State. The Treasurer of the State is directed to pay annually, on the warrant of the governor, to said Board of Agriculture $1,000 for the purpose of purchasing valuable Seeds, Models of Agricultural Implements, &c. for the use of the several Societies. In 1823, so much of the above act as establishes a Board of Agriculture was confirmed, but the expenses of the Board are restricted to the publication of their Agricultural volume, including the expense of taking and publishing a Geological and Mineralogical Survey of the various regions of the State. Part of the proceeds of this fund is appropriated in aid of the Literary Fund. Banks. There are three Banks in the State; viz. the State Bank of North Carolina (consisting of a principal Bank and six Branches), the Bank of Newbern, and the Bank of Cape Fear. The Bank of Newbern has offices of Discount and Deposit in Raleigh, Halifax, and Milton; the Bank of Cape Fear has offices of Discount at Fayetteville, Salem, Charlotte, and Hillsborough. The capital of the State Bank is $1,600,000. The capitals of the other two Banks are $800,000 each. GEORGIA. Officers and their Salaries. EXECUTIVE. The Governor continues in office two years; salary $3,000. JUDICIARY. Superior Court. There are eight judges of the Superior Court, and each presides in a Circuit, making eight Circuits in the whole. Salary $2,100 2,100 2,100 2,100 2,100 2,100 2,100 2,100 Inferior Court. There is one in each county, each composed of five Justices elected by the people. They have no salaries, and possess the powers of Courts of Probate. LEGISLATURE. Senators and Representatives are paid each 84 a day. The President of the Senate and Speaker of the House, $6. Receipts and Expenditures. For the Year ending on the 31st of October, 1828. Cash returned into the Treasury 12,241 58 Sale of Lots in and adjoining the Town of Columbus 26,198 20 Sale of McIntosh Reserves in Butts County 2,619 75 Sale of Lots in Macon 751 23 Fees received by State House Officers 28 37 Rent of Lots fraudulently drawn 65 00 Rent of Fractions, Reserves, &c. under the Act of 1826 692 591 226 00 1,146 72 3,433 04 Sale of Lots, Nos. 10 & 100 Rent of Public Property at Fort Hawkins Fees on Grants for reverted Lots in Baldwin, Wilkinson, and Wayne Tax on Pedlars Dividend on Bank Stock . Vendue Tax 550 00 536 25 1,170 00 35,100 00 2,213 02 Premium on United States Treasury Checks Bonds for University Lands Fund from Fees on Grants for Lots Nos. 10 & 100 80 07 1,972 80 4 00 $181,155 38 Balance remaining in the Treasury Nov. 26, 1827 637,303 14 Capital Stock Banks. 1 From Returns made in October, 1828. BANK OF Augusta. Bank Notes and Change Bills in circulation Amount at the credit of the United States Of former Dividends there remains unpaid Amount at the credit of other Banks on open account Reserved Fund Supreme Court.-Calvin Pease, Chief Justice, Peter Hitchcock, Associate, 484,450 00 14,074 64 2,083 95 19,372 53 $916,505 56 Salary. $1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 There are three Associate Judges in each county, who receive $2 a day, while the Court is in session. The Judges of both Courts are elected every seven years. The number of Associate Judges is about 200. LEGISLATURE. 36 Senators 72 Representatives,} receive each $3 a day. Land and Taxes. The following table, constructed for the year 1828, shows the number of acres of land in each county, the state tax, county tax, road tax, township tax, and school tax, and the total amount assessed for the year. |