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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1861
entire amount then received, and leave the Government totally unprovided for for another year. Not only is this to be provided for, but the treasury warrants now in circulation are to be paid, as well as those rangers who have been, and are now, in service; and means are to be provided for the future defense of the frontier. From the report of the Comptroller hereunto appended, and made a part of this message, it will be seen that from the 21st of December, 1859, to the 19th of January, 1861, there had been paid out from the Treasury in cash the sum of $763,394.65, and that ten per cent. Treasury warrants had been issued, amounting to $129,556.99, making a total of $892,951.64. Of this amount there was expended: For the Cortina war____________________________________ $137,828.10 "
Expenses of Legislature___________~----------- Pay of Ford, Bourland, and Brown Com's______ Supplies furnished Capt. Williams________________ Construction of Lunatic Asylum_________________ Machinery of Penitentiary________________________ Improvement of Bays and Rivers_______________ Improvement of Capital Grounds______________ Debt of the late Republic______________________
94,997.01 60,445.02 7,423.46 33,369.12 27,000.00 68,270.40 4,771.08 12,391.64
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Total _____________ ·-------·------------------------------------$446,495. 83 This entire amount was paid upon expenses, ordinary and extraordinary, incurred prior to the commencement of the term of the present Executive, excepting a portion of the amount paid for expenses of the Legislature. Of the balance $446,495.83, a considerable portion is of the same character, or for special ap- propriations not included in the ordinaiy appropriations of Gov- ernment. It will be seen that the entire amount of money used by the Executive for the defense of the frontier is $76,937.73, and that the entire amount of warrants issued for the same service is $62,843.39, making a total of $139,781.02. Deducting this from the above $446,495.83, it will be seen that the amount expended in the past year for the ordinary expenses of Government, in- cluding such special appropriations and amounts due, as are not enumerated above, was $306,674.71.
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