REMARKS IN RELATION TO APPROPRIATIONS, WAYS AND MEANS, AND EXPENDITURES. APPROPRIATIONS.-The amount of the several general appropriations made by the Common Council" for every branch and object of city expenditure," or on city account, was as follows, viz. : WAYS AND MEANS.-The means provided for the payment of the above appropriations were as follows, viz. : GENERAL FUND.-The amount supplied from this fund, including the surplus revenues of the Sinking Fund for payment of Interest on the City Debt amounting to $650,000, as stated on page 16, was..... $1,274,677 86 TAX-LEVY OF THE YEAR 1862.-Amount included in and raised by the General Tax-Levy of 1862, for the Deduct, amount included in said levy to supply $5,111,056 08 148,829 70 STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND.-Amount transferred from this fund, to pay the salaries of the Board of Assessors and their clerk...... SUSPENSE ACCOUNT.-Amount raised by tax in 1861, to pay for printing and binding charters in 1859 by C. W. Baker, and carried to this account.. Total.... 4,962,226 38 7,000 00 4,260 00 $6,248,164 24 The statement on pages 89 to 91 shows the amount supplied from the General Fund, or raised by tax, for the payment of each appropriation. EXPENDITURES.-The amount of expenditures on city account for which warrants were drawn, executed, and duly registered, in 1862, was as follows: The Quarterly Reports made by the Comptroller to the Common Council, in compliance with the requirements of the twenty-second section of the charter of 1857 (vide Board of Aldermen Documents Nos. 4 and 14 of 1862, and No. 6 of 1863, and Board of Councilmen Document No. 9 of 1862), contain the names of all persons in whose favor claims have been audited and warrants drawn during the year. The vouchers for such warrants are on file in the Comptroller's Office. The statement appended to this report, shows in detail the ex penditures under each appropriation. RECAPITULATION. The amount of appropriations on city account made $1,433,974 66 160 00 $1,434,134 66 Amount of appropriations of and for 1862, as stated on page 12 6,248,164 24 Carried forward... *The amount of "A" warrants drawn as stated on page 8, was.. Deduct, amount refunded in 1862, as stated on page 11.. Net amount of expenditures, as above stated....... $7,682,298 90 $6,907,748 05 907 88 $6,908,655 93 559 57 $6,908,096 36 Brought forward...... The amount of "A," warrants drawn during the year, as stated on page 9, was..... Deduct amount refunded to various accounts, as detailed on page 11..... $6,907,748 05 559 57 Add amount transferred from the appropriation for "Interest on Union Defense Fund Bonds," to the credit of "Union Defense Fund Bonds, Redemption of," to reimburse the latter account the amount drawn therefrom in 1861, for payment of Interest.. Balance unexpended, December 31, 1862... $6,907,188 48 7,682,298 90 907 88 6,908,096 36 $774,202 54 A statement, showing the title and amount of each appropriation, amount of expenditures thereon, and the balances remaining at the end of the year, may be found on pages 92 and 94 inclusive. AGGREGATE APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES ON CITY ACCOUNT. The following table exhibits the aggregate amount of appropriations and expenditures on city account, for and during the years stated: REMARKS IN RELATION TO THE REVENUES. The necessary means to defray the ordinary expenses of the City Government are derived from the following sources, viz. : 1. THE GENERAL FUND, which comprises all the revenues of the Corporation, except such as have been specially appropriated and pledged to the Sinking Funds. 2. THE ANNUAL TAXES, which are Levy made by the Board of County, and City purposes. 1.-THE GENERAL FUND. included in the General Supervisors, for State, The practice of aggregating all the unappropriated revenues under one head, entitled the "General Fund," which was commenced in 1859 (see Comptroller's Annual Report for that year, page 23), has since been recognized and confirmed by law. Chapter 163 of the Laws of 1862, contains the following provision in relation to it, viz.: "§ 3. All the revenues of said Corporation, not by law otherwise appropriated, shall, when received into the City Treasury, be credited to the "said General Fund, and said revenues are hereby appropriated, and shall be applied, exclusively to the purpose specified in the second section of this act." The balance remaining to the credit of this fund, December 31, 1861, as stated in Comptroller's Annual Report for that year, page 39, was. $119,155 73 The receipts into the Treasury to the credit of this fund during the year, were as * The "purpose specified," in the section referred to, is the diminution of the amount annually required to be raised by tax for the support of the City Government. |