REPORT. AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, 867.} Lansing, Mich., December 30th, 1867. His Excellency HENRY H. CRAPO, Governor of the State of Michigan: As required by law, I have the honor to submit the follow ing, as my official REPORT, for the year ending November 30th, 1867. The receipts of the treasury from all sources during the year, amounted to..... Amount in the treasury at the close of the previous year,.. .$1,697,390 32 579,004 80 Funds available during the year just closed,.$2,276,395 12 Warrants have been drawn on the treasury du ring the same period, amounting to.......... 1,694,283 68 Cash balance in the treasury at the close of the late fiscal year,. . . $582,111 44 2 52 $582,113 96 This balance will be subject to the following reductions on the first day of January, 1868: For payment of two million loan bonds,........ $192,000 00 59,222 00 19,000 00 6,480 00 38,517 50 3,000 00 Total,.... $318,219 50 In addition to the above amount necessary to meet the State indebtedness which falls due on the first day of January, 1868, the current expenses must be met, and the calls under the several appropriation acts must be honored by the Treasurer. These necessary payments will so reduce the balance in the treasury that it will not probably exceed, on the second day of January, $250,000. STATE INDEBTEDNESS. The funded and fundable debt of the State amounted, on the 30th of November, 1866, to.$3,979,921 25 1867, to. 3,901,242 70 " Showing a reduction during the fiscal year just closed, of..... $78,678 55 $58,000 00 This reduction has been made by payments as follows: Total as above,... 12,000 00 8,678 55 $78,678 55 ... .$1,730,560 91 147,136 17 The trust fund debt of the State amounted, on the .... 30th day of Nov., 1866, to.. Giving, for the amount of the trust fund debt, STATE TAX. .$1,877,697 08 The apportionment of the State Tax, for the year 1867, was made as required by the acts named below: Act No. 122, laws of 1861, mill,.... $38,495 73 Act No. 5, laws of 1861, (extra session,) 1-16 mill, 19,247 87 Act No. 16, laws of 1862, State Military Fund,.. Act No. 115, laws of 1867, Asylum for Insane,.. Total State Tax,.... 24,674 25 15,398 30 50,000 00 692,923 15 40,000 00 $880,739 30 The amount of the State Tax to be apportioned for the year 1868, is $713,747 84, less by $166,991 46, than the amount apportioned for the year 1867. TAX COLLECTIONS AND SALES. The net proceeds from tax collections, tax sales, &c., for the fiscal year, amounted to $607,863 70, as appears from the following statements: Received from counties for taxes collected, &c.,.. $419,485 76 Amount paid counties on tax acc't,....$90,935 74 Except from the counties of Chippewa, Houghton, Iosco, Manitou and Ontonagon, the proceeds of the October tax sales were paid into the State treasury, as required by Act No. 68, Laws of 1867. Since December first, the Treasurers of Houghton and Iosco counties have paid over the proceeds of the tax sales in their respective counties. In the county of Van Buren no tax sales were held. The "Tax List" was not published as required by law. Deeming this a sufficient cause to invalidate every sale that might be made, the county treasurer was directed not to proceed with the sale. Such of these lands as may then remain delinquent for the taxes of 1866, will be readvertised the coming year, and reoffered at the time of sale of lands delinquent for taxes of 1867. Act No. 456, Laws of 1867, authorized the Auditor General to grant and convey to the treasurer of the county of Jackson, and his successors in office, all the title and interest which the State had, or may have, in the several parcels of land bid off for certain drainage taxes in the townships of Leoni, Waterloo, Henrietta and Blackman, or either of them, in trust, for the use of said county, whenever he shall be duly certified that the Board of Supervisors of the county of Jackson, by formal resolution, had accepted the provisions of said act. The provisions of this act were formally accepted by the said Board of Supervisors as required, on the 22d day of October last, and a duly certified copy of the resolution of acceptance forwarded to this office under date of November 6th, and on the 30th of the same month, deeds were made as required by law, conveying to the county of Jackson the title and interest of the State in the lands designated by said act. The amount charged against these lands, ($13,391 87,) was transferred to the account of the county of Jackson. Joint resolution No. 34, laws of 1867, empowered the Board of Auditors to determine the amount of the claim of the State against Henry Johr, late Treasurer of the county of St. Clair. Below is a copy of the finding of the Board of Auditors in the case: AUGUST 27th, 1867. The Board resumed the consideration of the claim of Henry Johr, late Treasurer of St. Clair county, referred to them by Joint Resolution No. 34, Vol. 1, p. 334, session laws of 1867. Having examined fully the testimony presented, and having heard the statements of Mr. Johr, and Mr. Collins, and deliberation having been had thereon, the Board find that on the 29th day of December, 1866, the said Henry Johr, late Treasurer of St. Clair county, was indebted to the State of Michigan, in the sum of seven thousand four hundred and ninety dollars and eighty-eight cents, ($7,490 88,) and that no part of said sum has since been paid. And the Board further find and determine, that they cannot have any further action on the matters herein referred to, by any provisions or conditions delegated or imposed by said Joint Resolution No. 34. The matter was handed over by the Board, to the Auditor General, for collection. Mr. Johr was notified of the determination of the Board, and requested to settle the account at once. No attention being paid to the matter by him, a copy of his official bond was placed in the hands of the Attorney General, on the fifth day of November last, with a request that legal proceedings for the collection of the amount due the State, be commenced against Mr. Johr and his bondsmen. |