MAINE STATE LEGISLATURE The following document is provided by the LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DIGITAL LIBRARY at the Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library http://legislature.maine.gov/lawlib Reproduced from scanned originals with text recognition applied (searchable text may contain some errors and/or omissions) DOCUMENTS PRl~TED BY ORDER OF THE LEGISLATURE, -~:2!?#-:7. STATE OF MAINEi DURING ITS SESSIOl.'I' A.. D. 1841. ~UJJUlta: SEVERANCE AND DORR, PRINTERS TO THE STATE. I 8 4 1. .AN ACCOUNT OF TIJE TllEASURY OF THE STATE OF Mi\lNE, J ANV AB. Y l, 1841 . .!l.UGUST.!l.: Wl\I. R. SMITH & CO., PRINTERS. 1841. STATE OF MAINE. TRF.ASURY OFFICE, ~ AuausTA, January I, 1841. 5 The undersigned, respectful1y submits to the Legislature an account of the State of the Treasury on the morning of ·the first instant, and a statement of the receipts and expenditures for the year 1840, with schedules thereto marked A to 0. D. WILLIAMS, Treasurer. To the Hon. Senate, and House of Representatives. ACCOUNT OF THE TREASURY . • BALANCE of cash in the Treasury, available for the ordinary purposes of government, 82,736 15 Bank Tax for the year 1841, estimated at 40,000 Duty on Commissions, ;2,500 Balance of State Tax for 1840, 97,718 13 Notes and Bills receivable, of this amount will probably be collected, 5,000 Notes, Bonds and demands in the hands of the Land Agent, nominally $364,435 18, of this amount may be realized, 200,000 Claim upon the United States for the de-i fence of the North Eastern Boundary, 350,000 and also for 1-3 of Massachuetts claim, Bank Stock - Augusta Bank 100 shares, Mercantile Bank GO do. Maine Bank 50 do. 18,000 Total, .'f/;795,954 28 immed'iate cl,,ims i1,11on tlie Ti·eas1n·y. The money borrowed the present year in anticipation of the permanent Loans hav­ ing been wholly repaid, the only de- mands on the Treasury now payable, arc outstanding '\Varrants, 4,797 11 Balance of Roll of Accounts, No. 21, L,a39 41 6 Notes to the following Towns fi,r Rounty on wheat, &c.-viz: Kennebunk Port, · , 00 57 Wesley, 21 07 Newrv, 192 83 Edinburg, 12 5D Blanchard, 140 85 Wilson, 17 6G Plantation of Montice11o, 19 39 No. 5, 2d Range, Oxford County, 1 G 45 J,1:21 41 Amount of notes to Individuals, 284 03 Balance of School Fund No. 7, 3,874 50 Total, .~11,416 46 Debt t.)f" .Nia'hie. Funded Debt. Amount of funded debt on the first instant, as per Register of Loans in the Treasury office, payable in 3, 5, S, 12, 15 and 20 years, 1591,677 44 Liqitidated Debt. Fund of Penobscot Indians, 59,350 Loan of 1839, payable at the pleasure of the Government. Frontier Bank, 10,000 Bank of Westbrook, 1,000 Central Bank, 3,000 14,000 Requisition Loan of Banks, Payable 1-2 in 1841 and 1-2 in 184~. Agricultural Bank, 1200 Bank of Westbrook, UOO Exchange Bank, 1420 Frontier Bank, 2400 Union Bank, 1120 Waldo Bank, 2000 9,340 Kenduskeag Bank, payable in 184:3, 4,000 T'otal, 1,678,367 44 Till':ASUHEH\ HF:l'OllT. 7 Statements of Recdpts for the year ltHO. Recci11ts. Amount of cash in the Treasury, January J, 1840, 8,0:21 99 " received for Bank Tax for 1840, Schedule 0. 40,965 " received for State Tax for 1840, 3,357 75 " received for State Prison collections bv E. \Vi Ison, · 123 00 ·' received for collections by Lnnd Agent, 3,226 57 ,; received on atcount of contingent fund of the Treasurer, 813 47 " received for duty on Commissions for the year, J,760 00 " received for Miscellaneous Items by H. Rich­ ardson and als., 42 00 " received for County Taxes and Interest thereon, 41 40 " received for Temporary Loans I 840, Schedule A, 210,018 02 " received for Notes and Bills receivable, bv Joel Miller and als, • 758 33 " received for Military Fines by M. McDonald, 35 00 " received of Superintendant of Public Build-~ 79 33 ings, not expended by him, 5 " received of Portsmouth Savings' Bank for ~ 75 13 diflerence in exchange of Stock, 5 " received for dividends on Bank Stock viz: Augusta Bank, 600 Maine Bank, 50 650 " received for sale of State Bonds as per Regis- ter of Loans in the Treasury Office, 1,069,548 90 " refunded by Adjutant General for appropri- ation for Gun House in Phillips, 200 '' received of A. B. Thompson, acting Quartermaster General, for sale of Gun House in Brunswick, 49 85 'Total amount receipts, $1,339,767 74 8 TREASURER'S REPORT, Statement of Expenditures for the year 18-10. Payment of Salaries established by law, schedule B, $26,424 64 " for Clerks in Public Oflices, schedule C, 2/E?5 25 " for Agricultural Societies, schedule D, t:>64 " for Militia Pensions, schedule E, 2,;375 " for Revolutionary Pensions, :WO " for Miscellaneous Items, schedule G, 1,:204 14 " for Bounty on ,vheat, School Fund and Roll of Accounts, 1838-9, schedule H, 197 ,22.5 42 " for Literary Institutions, schedule I, 1,~300 " for School Fund No. 7, 40,093 68 " for Temporary Loan of 1840, schedule A, 210,018 02 " for Military Purposes, (K,) 4,'7.50 " for Costs in Criminal Prosecutions, (L.) Q0,:'397 57 " for amount Parker & Co's. Note discounted at Mechanics' Bank, New York,endorsed by J. Goodwin, former Trea:surer, 4,451 " for Temporary Loans of Banks in 18::39, ( l\J,) 260,1261 71 " for Requisition Loan of Banks, (N,) 126,.576 83 " for Special Temporary Loan of Bank of Ban­ gor in 1839, 6,600 " for debt to counties, towns and individuals, 66,667 78 " for State Prison, 3,;360 41 " for Contingent Fund of Treasurer, 1,000 for Penobscot Indian Fund, 3,677 25 " for Contingent Fund of Governor and Council, 1388 69 " for Fuel and Lights, !)00 " for Indian Annuity, 1,Dl9 40 " for Stationery, l ,'700 " for Roll of Accounts Nos. 21, 22, 27,738 73 " for New England Institution for Blind, 1,027 17 " for North Eastern Boundary, 48,600 '' for Aroostook Road, · 3,826 71 " for Baring and Houlton Road, 696 30 " for Mars Hill Road, 1,600 for Canada Road, 1)85 49 " for Moose Head Lake Road, 600 " for Surveyor General's Departmeut, 5,054 52 " for Compensation to Commissioners, revising. Laws, 4,021 33 " for Pay Rolls of Council, 1840, 2,!J26 '' for Pay Roll of House, 22,454 " do. do. Extra Se:;sion, 15,~221 TREASURER'S REPORT. 9 Payment for Pay Roll of Senate, 5,307 " for do. do. Extra Session, 2,794 '' for do. of Committee on Revised Satutes, 2,328 " for Pay Roll of Electors, 214 " for Passamaquoddy Indians, 277 52 " for Contingent expenses of Secretary, 100 " for Repairs of Public Buildings, 500 " for Internal Improvement, 15 15 '' for Printing, ~,000 '' for Insane Hospital, 16,267 61 " for Bank Commissions, 366 42 " for Postage, 1,032 14 " for Roll of Accounts No. 18, 52 71 " for Revised Statutes, 850 " for Public Library, 75 '· for Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Hartford, 1,655 " for Arsenal at Bangor, 1,200 " for Maine Reports, 1,087 50 " for Interest on Debt of State, 89,777 50 Total Amount Receipts, 1 ,339,767 74 Total Amount Expenditures, . 1,257,031 59 Balance in the Treasury on the morning of January I, 1841, . 82,736 15 D. WILLIAMS, Treasurer. Estimate of the Receipts for the year 1841. Amount cash in the Treasury at the close of the year 1840, 82,736 15 Balance of State Tax for 1840, 97,718 13 Amount Bank Tax for 1841, 40,000 Collections by Land Agent, 30,000 Dividends on Bank Stock, 700 Notes and Bills receivable, 3,000 Duty on Commissions, 2,500 Amount due on Bond of Penobscot Indian Fund, 2,240 " due from the United States for expenses in ~ 200,000 relation to the North Eastern Boundary, j $458,894 28 10 TREASURER'S REPORT, Estimate of Expenditures for the year 1841. LEGISLATURE-Pay of Senate, 6,500 " " House, 39 ,.500 45,000 Salaries of Public Officers, 26,000 " " Clerks 4,000 Repair of Public Buildings, ~300 Fuel and Lights, fiOO .Militia Pensions, 3,000 Revolutionary Pensions, 600 Annuity to Passamaquoddy Indians, 1,000 Annuity to Penobscot Indians, 3,000 Interest on their Fund, 3,561 Printing Revised Statutes, 4,000 Printing for the Legislature, 10,000 Donations to Agricultural Societies, 600 American Asylum at Hartford, 1,500 New England Institution for the Blind, 1,000 Literary Institutions, 2,600 Costs in Criminal Prosecutions; 10,000 Publishing Reports of Judicial Decisions, 1,00() Insane Hospital, 6,000 Contingent Fund of Governor and Council, 5,000 " " of State Treasurer, 1,000 Postage, 1,000 Surveyor General's Department; 5,000 Bank Commissions, (>00 1"11LITIA-for Rations, &c. 15,000 for Staff Officers, 2,500 for Artillery, 500 for Courts Martial, 50 18,050 Sheriffs' and Coroners' Accounts 500 Miscellaneous Accounts, ' 2,000 "\\r arrants 1840, unpaid, 4,797 11 Interest on Public Debt, 98 ,500 Amount due town of Kennebunk, 1,121 41 Balance of School Fund for 1840, 3,874 50 Amount School Fund, 184 J , 40,000 Amount three Notes to Individuals, 284 13 Balance of Roll of Accounts No. 21, 1 ,339 41 $306,627 56· ./1. Temporary Loan Notes, 1840. The Notes No. 1 to 60, inclusive, on the Register Book in the Treasury Office, were given to towns~ for expenses in defence of the North Eastern Boundarv, and also to Banks and individ­ uals, for money borrowed in an"ticipation of the Permanent Loan, all of which were paid at maturity.