Letter from Chief Clerk Henry S. Babins to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; December 11, 1874

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Letter from Chief Clerk Henry S. Babins to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; December 11, 1874

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Allen, William, 1803-1879 Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933 Babins, Henry S.Kellogg, William Pitt, 1830-1918

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[image: building]Strobridge & Co. Lith. Cincinnati

STATE OF OHIO.Auditor of State's Office.Columbus, Dec 11^th_' 1874

To His ExcellencyGov^r Adelbert Ames of Mississippi—Jackson Miss.

Dear Sir:

Yours of the 15^th,, Oct. to Gov. Allen was referred to this office for reply. It has been delayed until the close of our fiscal year and the figures clearly ascertained, and I now reply as follows—The calculations are made to November 15^th 1874—

The assessed val^u—of Realty—	$1052,257,736⁰⁰
,, ,, ,, Personalty	528,121,588⁰⁰
Total ,, ,, for taxation—	$1580,379,324.⁰⁰
The State Indebtedness funded—	7,988,205³⁰
There is beside this an irreducible debt de-rived from the sale of lands devoted to school purposes, the interest upon the proceeds of which is paid to the counties in which the lands are situate or to whom they belong &c amounting to	4,121,393⁵²
Total State Debt	$12,109,598.82
The yearly expenses of the State government—are—for expenses proper—Executive, Judicial & Legislative	$725,863.61
For Benevolent, penal & Reformatory institutions—	1,943,337.82

and the rates per cent of levy for the above objects—are as follows,

For State debt	8/1- of a mill—on the dollar
,, Revenue (Expenses)	5/10^s ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,
(incl. penal & Ref^y) ,, Asylum Fund (Institutions)	9/10^s ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,
[* ,, School purposes	one ,, ,, ,, ,, ]
Total levy	3. 2/10 mills ,, ,, ,,

Very respectfully

Henry S. Babins chief clerk.

* Redistributed to Counties according to population of school youth.

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Ohio
1874.

State of Ohio
Finance Report

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[unclear] LOUISIANA [image: pelican and steamboat with inscription: "JUSTICE UNION & CONFIDENCE"] J. W. Madden, N. O.

STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department.
New Orleans, Oct^r 21 1874

His Excellency
Gov^r Ames Miss

Sir/

I have the honor to enclose the information asked for in your communication of Oct^r 15^th/74

Very respy
Yr obed^t Serv^t

W P Kellogg—