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BY C. 11. €. WILLINGHAM. Tlie Cartersville Express. I [oLU STANDARD AND EXPRESS.] KATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. OSo copv one year $2 00 Oft:- eopv !ix months 1 00 Oie copv three months 50 In Advance, jfc tubs.—For Clubs of ten copies or more SIBO per annum for each copy. KATES OF ADVERTISING. ■■ lie following are our established rates for iSvertising. and will be strictly adhered to in c :tse.-: . . - Hi 1%!.2A.>3 - 1 ws 2 m. 3 m.b n>. : l2 m 00 fl 50 $2 Ob' #2 solid 50 ?6 00*9 00 ! $12 (.0 W ■ 200 , 3 00] -1 00 , 500 9 00 12 C:)'l7 00 22 00 ■ : -i on' 4 50; 5 75: 6 75 12 00 16 00 21 00! 30 00 H 4 i oOf 575 7 25! 850 bi 50 16 75 25 00, 36 00 V 5 5 00] 7 00 8 75*10 25 17 00 21 50 20 00 12 00 ■ r,‘ 6 00 1 8 25 10 25112 00 19 5o 24 25 33 00 48 00 ■ 7 7 00 9 50jll 75113 75 22 00 27 0037 00 54 00 ■ 8 8 00 10 75-13 25 15 50 21 50 29 75 41 0o 60 00 ■ 91 9 O') 12 00! 14 75 17 25 27 00,32 50 45 00 66 00 ■ 10 0 75,13 0O 16 00 18 75 29 35 35 00 48 50 71 00 ■ 1! 10 50 14 00,17 25 20 25 31 50 37 50 52 0O 76 (X) ■ 12 11 >sh 5 00:18 50 21 75 33 75 40 00 55 50 81 IX) ■l3 12 00 16 00:19 75,23 v 5 -16 00 42 50 59 00 86 (X) ■l, 12 75! 17 0 1 21 00|24 75 18 25 45 00 62 50 91 00 ■ls n 50118 00 22 25.26 25 40 50 47 50 66 00 96 00 ■l6 11 25119 00 23 50 27 75 42 75 50 00:69 5) 101 00 ■ 17 11 75119 75 24 50 29 (X) 14 75 52 25 72 CM 05 00 ■161525 20 50,25 50!30 25 16 75 54 50*75 50 109 (X) B ID t> *s|9l 25 26 50 31 £0 48 75 56 75 7 8 50 113 (X) ■ 20 17 251*2 00 *7 50 32 75 50 76 59 0 0 81 50 117 00 821 16 75 : 22 75 28 50 34005275 61 25 84750 121 IX) 822 17 25123 50 29 50 35 25 54 75 63 SSI/87 50,125 (X) B IB 17 75,34 25 30 50 : 50 56 75 65 7M90 50 129 00 B 24 18 1X1,24 75 31 25*37 51 > 58 50 67 75 1)3 00 i 132 0*) I Persons sending in advertisements will ■ please designate the department of the paper ■ in which they wish them inserted—whetiier in ■ the “regular!’’ “special” or “local” column; V aiso the length of time they wish them pub- I lished and the space they want them ta occupy. Announcing names of candidates for office, five dollars, invariably in advance. Legal Advertising. [ Sheriff sales, per levy $2.50 “ mortgage 11 fa sales, per inch 4.5 q Citations for letters of administration 3.00 “ “ “ “ guardianship 3.1X1 Application for dismission from admins’n. 6.00 •* “ “ “ guard’slip 2.50 “ “ leave to sell land 2.50 tSalesof land per Inch 2.50 Sales of perishable property, per inch.... 1 50 Notice to debtors and creditors 3.50 Foreclosures of mortgage, per inch 4.00 Kstray notices, thirty days 2.50 Application lor homestead 1.50 All legal advertisements must be paid for in advance, and officers must act accordingly; and that they may know how to collect for those charged tor by 4he inch, \vc will' state that 125 words (in this type) make an inch. When Bills are Due. All hills for advertising in this paper are dne at time after the first insertion of the same, and will be collceted at tlie pleasure of the proprietor, unless otherwise arranged by con- j It met, ; mi I__ ", Travelers’ Guide. CHEROKEE RAILROAD. ROM and after this date the following * Schedule will be run on the Cherokee ltail f Leave Roc kraart at 7:00 A. M. “ Tavlorsville, S:iX) ” “ Stih fboro, 8:25 “ Arrive at <. artersville, 9:10 “ Leave Carl ersville 3:Ut) P. M. “ Stillborn, 3:50 “ Taylorsville 4:30 “ Arrive at Rockmai t, 5:15 “ WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD AND ITS CONNECTIONS. 15 te following Schedule takes effect Novem ber 2.C 1875. NORTHWARD. No. 1. Leave Atlanta— 4 20 pm. Arrive Cartersville 636 pm Arrive Kingston ....6 42 p m Arrive Dalton 7 04 p m Arrive Chattanooga 10 15 p m No. 3. Leave Atlanta 6 20 am Arrive Cartersviile 8 42 it m Arrive Kingston 9 If a m Arrive Dalton 10 54 a m ] ArrivelChttttanooga 12 42 p m No. 11. Leave Atlanta 5 55 p m Arrived artersville 8 50 pm Arrive Kingston 9 24 p in Arrive Daltou 11 45 p m SOUTHWARD* No. 2. Arive Chattanooga 4 03 p m Leav r e Dalton 5 51 p iy Arrive King-i .n 7 31 i) in Arrive Caitersville 8 02 p m Avrive Atlanta 10 10 p m No. 4. Leave Chattanooga 5 15 a m Arrive Dalton.i 7 I t a m Arrive Kingston 9 07 am Arrive Cartel -viile 9 45 a m Arrive Atlanta It 55 r.’n No. 12. Arrive Dalton i oo m Arrive Kingston 4 21 a m Arrive Canersville 5 18 a m Arrive Atlanta 9 42 a in Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 2, bc ween New Orleans and Baltimore. Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 4 be tween Atlanta and Nashville. Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos *a3 ml 2be tveen Louisville and Atlanta. JSffXo change of cars between New Orleans Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta and Baltimore and only one change to New York. Passengers leaving Atlanta at 4 10 p. m , ar rive in New York the second thereafter at 4 00 p. m. Excursion Tickets to the Virginia Springs and various Summer Resorts will boon sale in New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Colum bus, Macon. Savannah, Augusta and Atlanta, at greatly reduced rates Ist oi .June. Parties desiring a whole car through to the Virginia Springs or to Baltimore should ad dress the undersigned. Parties contemplating traveling should send for a copy of the Kenneeaw Route Gazette , con taining schedules, etc. ESTAsk for tickets via “Kennesaw Route.” B. W. WRENN, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, ma\22 —dtf Atlanta, Ga. ROME RAILROAD COMPANY. On and after Sunday, Dee. 12th trains on tins Rome Railroad will run as follows: DAY TRAIN— EVERY DAY. Leave Rome at 7 a m Arrive at Home 11.30 am SATURDAY EVENING ACCOMODATION. Leaves Rome at 5-45 p m Arrive at Home at 2 P m ATLANTA & WEST POINT KAILKOAD. PASSENGh K TRAIN- OUTWARD. STATIONS. AKKIVE. LEAVE Atlanta 10:25 p.m. East Point.. 10:41 p. ni. 10:44 p. in. lied <>ak 10:59 p. m. 11:44 p. m. Fitirburn 11:21 p. in. 11:22 p. m. Palmetto 11:3? p. m. 11 MS p. m. Powell's 11.59 p. in, 11:59p. m. Newnau 12:14 p, ru. 13:15 a. ni. Puckett’s 12:39 a m 12:35 a m Grantville 1: W a m 12:51 am HogHUsville 1:08 a in 1:09 am 'Whitfield’s 1::U a in 1:35 am I.HGrange 1:54 a m 1:55 a m Long Cane 2:21 a m 2:21 am West Point 2:40 a m PASSENGEIi TRAIN—INWAED. STATIONS. ARRIVE. I.E V.VE. West Point 12:30 pm laing Cane 13:30 p m 13:3(1 p m l.a Granite 1 :t*2 p m 1:03 p in Whitfield's 1:21 pm 1:21 p m llogaiisvilie 1:21 pra 1:42 p m Grantviile 1:57 p m 1:58 p m Puckett’s 2:13 p m 2:tS p ni New nan 2:29 p in 2:30 pm Powell’s 2:44 p m 2:45 p m Palmetto.. 3:08 p m 3:0? p m Fair'uurn 8:32 p nt 2:23 p m Red Oak 3: ; k< y m 3:i2 pin East Point 8:37 p m 3:57 pin Atlanta 4:lsjp m SELMA, ROME & DALTON. MAIL TRAIN DAILY—NORTH. Leave Rome - 6:10 p m Arrive at Dalton 3:24 p in Making close connections at Dalton with the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail road, and Western and Atlantic Railroad for ail Eastern ar.d Western cities. mail train daily—south. Leave Dalton .00 p m Arrive at dome 9.10 p m Arrive at Cal era 5:40 a m Arrive at Selma iu;2o a in Making close connection at Cal era tor Mont Comery and points South, and at Selma wit- A. Central Railroad for Mobile, New Or leans, Meridian, Vicksburg, Jackson, all points South in Texas, Louisiana and Missis si tP'- . M. STANTON, Gen. Sup’t. Rat V night, Gen. Ticket and Pass’gr Agt. GEORGIA RAILROAD. Day Pa- sengcr Trains on Georgia Railroad, AUaiuato Augusta, run as below: , av " Aug’.-t.t at 8:15 am 1 eaves Atlanta at 7:uo a m Arnve.- at Augusta 3:89 a m Arrives at Atlanta .5:45 pm Night passenger trains as follows: Hi 1 ™: at 8:15 p m Ai\es at Arrives at Atlanta... .'.'.'.'.'.'.".'.'.'.V. 0C35 a m Accomodation train as follows • Leaves Atlanta _ _ Arrive* at Atlanta * “ l Arrives at CovingtonV..V...V..V.7:|) p m TUH COOSA RIVER STEAMERS. Steamers on the Coosa schedule as follows - UlVer wUI run as P er Leave Rome every Monday at. . i„ rn A.ri „t J Sntu.-ai.yß S S f M ’ ei -LIOTT, Gen’i Sop’*> GEORGIA LEGISLATORS First Day- Wednesday, January l*}, 1876. SENATE. The Senate met at 10 A. M. Pres ident Simmons in the chair. Prayer was offered by liev. J. p. Duncan. The roll of members was called by the secretary, and a quorum found present. Mr. Simmons arose and addressed the Senate in appropriate remarks. After a number of resolutions in i forming the House of the organiza tion of the Senate, Ac., the President | announced committees to wait upon 1 the Governor and to secure a chap. |lain. Senator Kibbee—That the daily I sessions of the Senate commence at 1 10 A. M., and terminate at 1 P. M., unless otherwise ordered by the Sen j ate. Adopted. Senator Cain moved a recess of ten I minutes, while awaiting the organi zation of the House. Adopted. As the President announced the motion carried, the message from the House was announced. The Senate then repaired to the House to hear the message of the Governor. BILLS INTRODUCED. By Senator Arnow— A bill to in corporate the Brunswick Bank and Trust company. Read first time. By Senator Hudson, 28th —A bill to be entitled an act to alter and amend an act for the prevention of cruelty to animals. Read first time. By same—A bill to amend an act entitled an act to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors in the county of Putnam outside the town of Eaton ton. Read first time. By the same—A bill to be entitled an act to punish any person or per sons selling or giving to any minor any deadly weapon. Read first time. MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR. The sergeant-at-arms announced the presence of the secretary of the executive department with a message from the Governor. Senator Kibbee offered the follow ing resolution: Resolved , That the portion of Gov* ernor’s message relating to the pub lic debt be referred to the finance committee; that on the report of the attorney general, constitutional amendments, Macon and Brunswick railroad, North and South railroad to the committee on judiciary, and the remaining portions of the message to ap p ropri at e coin m ittees. Senator Gilmore amended that 500 copies of the message be printed for the use of the Senate. The resolution, as amended, was adopted. On motion the Senate stood ad journed to 10 A. M., on Thurday, the loth. IIOUSE REPRESENTATIVES. In accordance with the constitution and laws of this State, the House of Representatives this day convened in annual session, and was called to or der by the speaker, Hon. Thomas Hardeman, and opened with prayer by Rev. John Jones. Speaker Hardeman delivered an address to the House, when — The clerk called the roll of the House, and a quorum answered to their names. The foliowing new members were sworn in : David Irwin, of Cobb, vice W. 1). Anderson, resigned; C. Binns, of Wilkes, vice W. A. Quinn, deceased; J. K. Holcombe, of Haral son, vice R. A. Reid, deceased. The Seuute was informed Of the organization of the House, and a committee appointed to notify the Governor. The Governor’s message was then read as folio ws: GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE. Executive Department, ] State of Georgia, > Atlanta, Ga., January 12,1875) To the General Assembly: In discharge of my dutj 7 under the Constitution, I proceed to inform the General Assembly of the state of the Commonwealth, and to recommend io their consideration the measures that are deemed necessary and expe dient. In consequence of the vacancy in the office of State Treasurer, which occurred on the 2Gth day of Novem ber last, no formal report of the ope rations of the Treasury during that period of the last fiscal year, enqing on the day just named, has been re ceived for transmission to the Gen eral Assembly. It devolves upon me, therefore, to present in this com munication a full and particular statement of the affairs of the Treas ury during the period mentioned. state treasury. By a joint resolution of the Gen eral Assembly, passed at the last ses sion, t’ne Governor was directed to appoint a “skillful and competent person to assist the Treasurer in sys tematizing the manner of book-keep ing in his office, to make out a full and complete registration of ail bonded obligations in the Treasury, to ascertain, if possible, all the out standing obligations recognized as legal or illegal by the State, to report to tlio General Assembly a tabulated statement of the same,” and to do whatever else was necessary “to pro tect the interest of the State in the conduct of the business of the office.” Under the authority of this resolu tion, I appointed James F. Bozeman, who entered upon the discharge of liis duties on the 22d day of March last. Mr. Bozeman has prepared and submitted a full report of the results of his investigations, which i? here with respectfully transmitted for the information of the General Assembly. By reference to the tabulated state ment accompanying the report, it will be seen that the valid bonded debt of the State amounts to $8,005,- 500.00. The whole amount of out standing bonds of the State declared null and void by legislative enact ments, is $2,827,000.00. ine amount of bonds c.assetl by Mr. Bozeman as “ invalid ' is 250.00. The outstanding past due bonds of the State amount to Of these it has been ascertained that 5i2.500 are in the possession oi Mo.- ~ts. E. P. Scott A Cos., of >ew York; SB,OOO in the hands of L. L- Haves, of the State ot Rhode Island, and $17,000 are either in possession ot parties unknown, or have been lost or destroved. A full descriptive list of these bonds has been made and recorded in a book prepared for the purpose. The report shows that the amount of past due bonds legally om ] standing is very 7 small. Books of record have been opened, ! iu which all the recognized and valid current bonds of the State, as well as all the overdue and paid bonds found in any quarter whatever, have been carefully registered. A book has also been prepared lor the regJtra tion of such bonds as shall be heiv. ter issued. . „ Under an Act approved December 11,1858, entitled “An Act to provide for the education of the children of mis State, and to provide a sinking I the extinguishment of the Public debt,” $350,000 of bonds were prepared and placed in the custody | the Secretary of State. I would i respectfully suggest that the public Her _st does not require that these | - 11.,I 1 ., s houUl be longer kept, and it js therefore recommended that they to destroyed. I also recommend thav the $238,000 of 7 per cent, cur reney bonds, numbering from 1 to -06, inclusive, now deposited in the treasury 7 as security for the school fund, he destroyed. These bonds were deposited as a pledge for the replacement of $242,027.02 of the senool fund taken on the 6th day of August, 1870, by authority of the •Legislature, and applied to the payment of legislative expenses.— His not probable that the school fund will be materially increased by this deposit of bonds: they should therefore be destroyed. Pbe second section of an Act en titled “An act to set apart and secure the school fund,” approved July 28, 1870, is as follows: ‘ That from time to time, without delay, as definite amounts are ascer tained by the Comptroller Genera! to he due said fund, lie shall report the same to his Excellency, the Gov ernor, who shall thereupon deposit with tiie Treasurer 7 per cent, bonds of the State, to such an amount as will perfectly secure the school fund.” Under this section 150 7 per cent, currency bonds of SI,OOO each, dated May I, 1872, and due July 1, 18w2, were prepared for execution in the summer of 1872. They were never executed, however, because it was feared that a compliance with this law would injure the public credit. Rover having been executed and is sued, or even deposited as directed by the Act, they do not form any portion of the public debt of the State. It is also shown by the report that an amount of 6 per cent, bonds, not exceeding $375,000 was executed, probably in the year 1854, for the purpose of being exchanged for thY> outstanding bonds of the Central Bank. For some reason these bonds were never issued, but remained in the Treasury vault at Milledgeville until November, 1861, when, it is supposed, they fell into the hands of Federal troops. A rumor exists that attempts have since been made to put them in circulation in a Western State. _ For the protection of the pub lic against fraud and imposition, I recommend that appropriate action betaken, declaring these bonds null and void. The attention of the General As sembly is esuei‘biim tej to uiat portion of Mr. Bozeman’s report which refers to the State bonds re deemed by Henry Clews & Cos., as former financial agent of the State. It is shown that in the years 1870 and l<s7l this agent redeemed bonds of the State amounting t 05272,250.00, of which $98,250.00 were afterwards can celled.. The remaining $174,000, to gether with SBOO,OOO of void currency bonds, and £15,075 of sterling bonds, which had also been redeemed, were, on the 13th day of December 1873, sold by the said agent at public auction, New York, on one day’s notice. At the sale, the $174,000 of bonds men tioned were nominally bid off as fol lows, viz: $153,000.00 by J. D. Hays; $12,500.09 by the Misses Clews, (said to be sisters of Henry Clews,) and $-5,000.00 by Messrs! Chittenden & Hubbard. The amount realized from the sale of these bonds wasslß,- 625.00. Tue sterling bonds, and tiie void currency bonds mentioned were also disposed of for a trifling sum. It cannot be doubted that this pre tended sale was a mere device resort ed to for the purpose of obtaining a col or ofrigh t fo r p 1 acing t hes ea 1 rcad y redeemed securities a second time upon the market. After the sale they all went back into the control of Henry Clews &Cos., and it is alleged that early in the spring of 1874, a portion of the same bonds, amount ing to $149,250.00, was presented at the Treasury of Georgia and again redeemed by the late Treasurer. It has not yet been ascertained when or by whom tiiese bonds were thus presented for payment. ‘The late Treasurer himself declares his inability to give any information whatever upon these points. He rep resents that no written entry orj memorandum, throwing any light] upon the subject, was made by him. j lie further professes to be entirely unable to recall any fact which would serve as a clue to the person or per sons who presented these bonds for payment. His possession of them seems to be the only evidence within his knowledge showing that he re deemed them. In addition to the principal of the bonds,the late Treas urer claims that he also paid interest thereon accruing after maturity, amounting to $24,582.15. This alleged payment of interest is not verified by proper vouchers, nor is the Treasurer able to state, from memory or other wise, to whom the same was made. In addition to the foregoing, it would seem, the late Treasurer also redeemed a second time other bonds of the State amounting to a large sum. On the Bth day of January, 1873, Alton Angier, clerk in tiie Treasury, received from the Fourth National Bank of New York $21,500 of uncancelled bonds which matured in June and July, 1872, and in Jan uary, 1873. These bonds have been redeemed by the bank, as agent for the State, by exchanging therefore new 7 per cent bonds, issued under the authority of the Act approved January 18,'1872. Mr. Angier states that he" brought the bonds from New York and placed them in the vault of the Treasury. It should he here remarked, however, that no entry of the redemption of these bonds was made on the records of the Treasury, either by the Treasurer or his clerk. The then Treasurer went out of office shortly after the bonds had been re ceived in New York by his clerk,but failed, it seems, to take any receipt showing the delivery of them to his 1 successor. The latter denies that the bonds were turned over to him by | his predecessor, and claims that he redeemed them in good faith after !he came into office. If is proper to state that he does not remember from whom they were redeemed, nor does he recall * any circumstance from which the fact of their redemption by himself can be ascertained. He also claims that he paid interest cn these bonds amounting to $1,080.00. The ascertained amount of the al leged payments made by the late Treasurer*in second redemption of bonds, was $196,612.15, a particular statement of which i3 presented in the accompanying documents, j Before passing from this subject, it is proper to state, that in the iat i ter part of the year 1874, theTreasur j er obtained warrants in His favor for the amount of the alleged payments mentioned. The payments them- I selves had been made before the war ; rants were applied for, and without \ he knowledge of the Executive. It is CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1876. not intended by this statement to imply that the special consent of the j Executive is required to authorize the Treasurer to redeem the princi ; pal and interest of the public debt. Each outstanding bond, and coupon, also when properly signed, is, itself, a lawful warrant upon the Treasury which it is the duty of the Treasurer to pay upon presentation at maturi ty. Paragraph 11, section 92 of the last Revised Code of the State, is in the following words : “When he (the Treasurer) pays the interes, j or principal of the State debt, upou a warrant ; issued in his favor, he shail deposit in the Ex ] cutive office coupons, or bonds, on which the | payments arc made, there to be marked ‘paid’ and filed away, subject to the order of the General Assembly.” Section 955 of the Code is in the fol lowing language: “When bonds or coupons are paid, they must be stamped as paid, anti preserved in the Treasurer’s olfice with the same care as the funds of tht) State.” The first section is a codification of the Act of 1845. The second was in troduced by the Code of 1863, and materially changed the old law. The first does not require the re deemed bond or coupon to be can celled until after the same is present ed by the Treasurer for an Execu tive warrant. The second requires the cancellation to be made at the time tiie bona or coupon is paid. The first implies that the cancella tion should be made under the direc tion of the Governor; the second that it must be made by the Treas urer at the time of payment. The first provides that, after the Execu tive warrant has issued, and the re deemed bonds or coupons have been marked “paid” or cancelled, they shall be “filed away” in the Execu tive office. The second prescribes that, after payment and cancellation, they shall be “preserved in the Treas urer’s office with the same care as the funds of the State.” Under the law, as it now stands, the Treasurer is clearly the custodian of the redeemed bonds and coupons of the State. It has been the usage, when the Treasurer applies fora war rant to cover the payment of bonds or coupons, for the Governor to cause such bonds or coupons to be careful ly counted by one of the secretaries of the Executive Department. When the count, which frequently consumes many days, is completed, the vouch ers are sealed up in a package, and a memorandum of the contents and amount is indorsed thereon. A war rant, based upon this memorandum, is then issued in favor of urer, and the itself remains in r -pn usurer’s office, “subject to the order of the General Assembly.” The warrant thus issued, it will be borne in mind, is not intended to give authority to draw money out of the Treasury. Its only effect is to certify that the Treasurer is entitled to credit on the books of the Comp troller General for the amount stated in the warrant. The allowance of such credit, however, is not intended ! to cone! ude the right of the .State to re-! open the transaction for the correc- j cion of any error that may have been ! committed. It is proper here to ob- j serve, that the usage just mentioned was conformed to, in every respect, when the warrants covering the im proper payments referred to were is sued. No suspicion had then arisen j that the Treasurer was not entitled to the whole amount of the credits claimed by him. I recommend a careful revision of all the laws governing the State Treasury, and that such amendments thereof be made as will guard more effectively the public interest. The law itself should require that item ized monthly reports of the condi tion and transactions of the Treasu ry be submitted to the Governor, and the information contained in these reports should be, in his discre tion, from time to time, given to the public. The law should create a lien in favor of the State upon all the property of the Treasurer and of his sureties, from the date of the execu tion of his bond. Provision should also be made for the issue of execu tion against a defaulting Treasurer and his sureties, without the inter vention of suit, as is now allowed in cases oi tax collectors and receivers. The report of the Treasurer, sub mitted at the last session of the Gen eral Assembly, showed a balance in the Treasury on the Ist day of Jan uary, 1875, of $1,003,228.88. The amount received into Troe.eury from all sources from that time to thej*2sth of November, 1875—-the date of the Treasurer’s removal —was $1,287,277.37. This sum, added to the balance on hand on the Ist day of January, 1875, amounted to $2,290,- 400.25. With this gross amount the Treasurer stood charged at the time of His removal from office. Tiie ag gregate amount of his disbursements in tiie year 1875, as the same appears on the Comptroller General’s books, was $810,401.79. This sum, deducted from the gross amount with which he stood charged, left a cash balance against him at the time of his remov al of $1,480,004.46. The amount of disbursements just stated includes only the payments made under (lie Executive warrants. In addition to these, the late Treasurer claims that he is entitled to a large amount of credits for which no warrants were issued. To the following statement of the items of credit thu3 claimed, the attention of the General Assem bly is respectfully invited: On the 24th day of June, 1875, the Treasurer presented his account for interest paid upon the public debt in the year 1874. This account consists of the following items : 8 per cent coupons for interest due October 1,1873 $ 46,360 CO 8 per cent coupons for interest due A prill, 1874 47,210 00 8 per cent coupons for interest due October 1, 1374.... 44,630 00 7 per cent coupons lor interest due on o January 1,1375 259.7)0 00 7 per cent, coupons for interest, due on bonds issued under Act .lan 18, ”T 2.. 30,007 50 6 per cent coupons for interest duo on and before February 1, 1375 ... 62,115 00 7 per cent, on gold coupons due on or before October 1, 1871 93,207 50 Miscellaneous coupons for interest past due bonds, tie 34,207 50 Aggregating $632,527 50 Of the coupons last mentioned, $6,615 matured at dates prior to Jan uary, 1873, and, in some instances, as far back as the year 1801. The re cords in Treasurer’s office show that the bonds to which some of these coupons pertained, were paid at dates varying from seven to sixteen years agi>. After the year 1563, the State paid the interest on her old bonds, from which fact the presumption arises that these coupons were paid prior to January, 1873, the date of the late Treasurer’s accession to office. In many instances the dates of ma turity are carefully and ingeniously clipped, or punched, from these cou pon-, in a manner strongly sugges tive of a doubtful claim. A portion of them had been twice cancelled, and the records in the Treasurer’s office indicated that many of them had been paid by a former Treasurer. In many instances, original entries of payment on the records, iu the handwriting <f a former Treasurer, are altered amioverridden by second i entries in the handwriting of the late Treasurer. A further suspicion of the validity of thcs<> coupons was ; raised by the Klmission of the Treas urer, frequent If repeated, that por ! tions of them yere not proper cred its, and had pfcbably been gathered by his clerk from the sweepings of ! the vault, aid carelessly placed ; among his voichers. ' Objection whs made also to allow- I ing the $93,57$ of 8 per cent, coupons ; presented, as $1 ready stated, with the Treasurer’s account. These coupons | represented alt of the first year’s in terest upon tiie whole issue of 8 per s cent, bonds, except $41,000. It was a fact within my own knowledge, that a large amount of these bonds I was not disposed of until after the ! first coupon ibr the semi-annual iu i tercet thereon had matured. It was hence reasonably inferred that when they were sold, the matured coupons i pertaining thereto were cut off and retained by the Treasurer. No amount of coupons so cut off and re i taiaed was reported, however, it waf not doubted that the Treasurer was entitled to credit for a iartre amount of this interest; but no data vveie furnished from which this amount could be ascertained. His books ought to have furnished the desired information, but no full ae ; count of the sales-of bonds was sub mitted. Neither bis written nor ver bid explanations furnished any satis factory evidence of the specific amount of credit to which tie was entitled. In the absence of this in formation, it was manifestly improp er to assume a fixed amount; and lienee, this whole item was held up for further investigation. I respect fully submit, herewith, for the infor mation of the General Assembly, a particular statement of the coupons so disallowed, and of the Treasurer’s written in explanations of the objections thereto. REMOVAL OF TIIE TREASURER—HIS A SCEKT AIN ED LI ABILITIES. From facts which came to my knowledge during the Treasury in vestigation, I formed the opinion that the surety on the official bond of the Treasurer was insufficient. Thereupon, an Executive order was issued and served upon him per sonally, on the loth day of Novem ber last, requiring new bond and surety to be executed in terms of the law. With this requisition the Treasurer failed to comply, by reason whereof his office became vacant by operation ~f M v> r , on the 26th day of Kuverriber last. the jjltiou allowed for the execution of new bond and surety, the receipts into the Treasury were deposited in the Citizens’ Bank, of Atlanta, and dis bursements during the same period were made directly from this bank, upon Executive warrants only. The sums so received and disbursed are particularly slated in the report of the Comptroller General, herewith transmitted. Within the time prescribed by law, the late Treasurer made a statement of his accounts and delivered the books and papers of the Treasury, to gether with an amount of money, to to his successor, taking his receipt therefor. Tills statement of settle ment was duly recorded in the Comp troller General’s office; but the re ceipt taken, as just stated, for the property of the Treasury, has never been jwrpsftntocl for record. By referring to this statement of settlement, a copy of which accom panies this communication, it appears that the late Treasurer stood charged at the time of his removal, with a balance of $1,480, 004.46. This state ment of balance is verified by the Comptroller General’s books. The credits claimed by the late Treasurer in bis said statement, amount to $1,544,930.95, from which it would ap pear that the State is indebted to him, on account, in the sum of $64,926.49. A careful audit and statement of ac counts, made since his removal from olfice, shows a net cash balance against the late Treasurer, however, of $110,274.84. This balance, it should be here remarked, is exclusive of id 1 illegal and improper payments made by him, and includes only the ascer tained amount of cash actually re maining in bis hands at the date mentioned. The entire amount for which he is liable on all accounts, as shown by the carefully prepared statements accompanying this com munication, is $291,969.95. By a joint resolution passed at the last session of the General Assembly, the Governor was directed to have suits instituted against the Treasurer and his securities on tiicir several bonds for the recovery of the amount appearing to be due from the former to the State. The institution of these suits was attended with uuadvoida ble delay, on account of the great difficulty in ascertaining (He true con dilion of tbs Treasurer’s accounts. So soon as the necessary information upon whieh to predicate suit was ob tained, however, the Attorney Gen eral was instructed to lay the cases before the proper courts. These in structions have boon complied with. The Governor was also instructed by a joint resolution, passed at the last session, to cause certain bonds and coupons, in said resolution men tioned to be burned, and to report the fact of their destruction to tiie General Assembly at its present ses sion. This direction has not been complied with, for the reason that these bonds and coupans will be re quired as evidence iu the several ac tions now pending against the Treas urer and his securities. A vacancy existed in the office of State Treasurer from the 25th day of November last, until the 4th day of December following. During "this period, the Comptroller General acted, by Executive appointment, as State Treasurer. The amount re ceived by him while so acting was $204,287.79. The amount disbursed during that period was $21,730.16, leaving a balance, to be turned over to the new State Treasurer, of $132,- 557.63. APPOINTMENT OF A NEW TREAS URER. On the 4th day. of December last, the Hon. John W. Renfroe, of Wash ington county, was, by Executive au thority, appointed and commissioned State Treasurer, to act until the next meeting of the General Assembly. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. The whole amount received by the present Treasurer, from the date of iris appointment until the close of the last fiscal year, was $782,240.07. j The disbursements during the same period were $270,454.86, leaving a balance in the Treasury, at the be ginning of tho nresenC \ 7 ear. of $511,- 7 85.21, For a more particular statement in regard to the receipts and expendi tures of the last fiscal year, the Gen eral Assembly is respectfully referred to the report of the Comptroller Gen eral. (Conducted on Fourth Page.) Special Notices. COLONIST!, EMIGRANTS AND TRAVELERS WESrWARI). 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