Adjutant and Quartermaster-General. Appropriation for 1848,.. Amount overdrawn up to Oct. 31, 1847, Paid out during the year ending Oct. 31, 1848, 862 61 Appropriation overdrawn, Governor's House. Appropriation for 1848,. $500 00 625 13 1,487 74 $987 74 Amount overdrawn up to Oct. 31, 1847,... 200 00 $200 00 Appropriation overdrawn, 394 81 $194 81 Governor's Circle. Appropriation for 1848,. $100 00 Amount overdrawn up to Oct. 31, 1847,....... 28 43 22 87 51 30 Balance unexpended, $48 70 Stationery and Fuel. Appropriation for 1848,. $2,500 00 8,712 29 Amount overdrawn up to Oct. 31, 1847,. Paid out during the year ending Oct. 31, 1848, 4,429 10 Paid out during the year ending Oct. 31, 1848,. 3,086 00 Appropriation overdrawn, $260 04 Governor's Contingent Fund. Balance Oct. 31, 1847, Appropriation for 1848, Paid out during the year ending Oct. 31, 1848, Balance unexpended, $1,071 57 500 00 1,571 57 323 70 $1247 87 The foregoing statement shows the amount of appropriations overdrawn and the unexpended balances of the last and previous years. It is respectfully suggested that the General Appropriation Bill of the present session be framed with reference to these balances, or that some legislative recognition of them be made, which will either provide for them or authorize the Auditor to credit the accounts respectively so as to balance them previous to Nov. 1st, 1847. In strictness of law no moneys can be drawn from the Treasury unless specifically appropriated, and these large overdrawn balances, which have been accumulating for years, have never been provided for in any of the appropriations made from time to time by the General Assembly. This subject was presented in the last annual report from this office, but in the General Appropriation Bill for 1848 provision was only made for the probable expenses of the year 1848, leaving the old balances unprovided for. The amounts which will probably be needed to meet the ordinary expenditures of 1849 alone, may be estimated as follows: On account of Legislature,... $30,000 On account of Judiciary,·· 14,500 On account of Executive Officers,· 5,000 On account of Public Printing, (including Binding,) 6,000 On account of Probate Judges, 4,500 On account of Specific Appropriations, 3,500 On account of Stationery and Fuel, 2,500 On account of State Prison, 3,000 On account of Contingent Fund, 500 On account of Prosecuting Attorneys,. 500 On account of Distribution of Laws, &c., On account of State Library, 800 On account of Militia,. 200 On account of State House, 200 On account of Governor's House, 200 On account of Governor's Circle,. 100 On account of Transportation of Public Arms,.. 100 $72,000 ESTIMATE OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1848. The estimated resources of the State, applicable to the ordinary expenditures of the government for the current year, and to the payment of the interest on the State Debt, may be stated as follows, viz: Amount of State taxes of 1848 from County Treasurers, $407,000 40,000 5,000 road Company, about.... 5,000 Amount from miscellaneous sources, 5,000 $462,000 From which deduct for ordinary expenditures, $72,000 Blind Asylums, ..... On account of Treasury Notes and interest which will probably come into the Treasury this year, 50,000 100,000 On account of costs of collections and deduc The amount which will probably be needed to pay the interest on the State Debt for the current year may be stated thus: To which add for amount due the Banks for interest of 40,000 $230,000 The foregoing estimates, it is believed, will be found to approximate the true amounts of the receipts and expenditures of the State for the present year, provided there be no extraordinary demands upon the Treasury, and provided the amount of Treasury Notes paid in for revenue shall not exceed the sum stated. It will be observed that the balance of current funds in the Treasury at the close of the last fiscal year, amounting to upwards of $12,000, is not computed in the foregoing estimate. That there will be demands upon the Treasury for considerable amounts, growing out of acts passed during the last winter for the relief of individuals who performed contracts on the public works, is quite probable. Information indeed has already been received at this office, that an award, and afterwards a judgment, for about $14,000 was obtained during the summer by Messrs. J. & E. Beard, of Lafayette, which however is understood to be pending in the Supreme Court. If the judgment be affirmed, the balance in the Treasury will of course be subjected to a reduction of that amount. SETTLEMENTS WITH THE COUNTY TREASURERS. The following exhibits will show the settlements, in detail, with the several County Treasurers for the collections of the State revenue of 1847 and previous delinquencies, in alphabetical order: ADAMS COUNTY. No settlement has been made with this county, and no money has been paid into the Trea |