Document A. REPORT OF THE TERRITORIAL TREASURER. To the Hon. Legislative Assembly: In compliance with the act to provide for the appointment of, and defining the duties of the territorial Treasurer, I herewith submit the following report. It will be perceived by the report that a part of the duties have been performed since the fourth of September last, at which date the Governor of the Territory declared by proclamation that my acts were void; alleging that I had not complied with the statute before entering upon the duties of my office. As an act of justice to myself and the public, I most respectfully ask that your Honorable body will make a thorough and full investigation of the matter, and report the facts as they exist. Very respectfully, R. L. REAM, Treasurer of the Territory of Wisconsin. MADISON, December 13, 1841. Territory of Wisconsin, 1840. To amount paid by the treasurer on Auditor's Dec. 16. warrants and appropriations (including the amount remitted to Crawford, Grant and Io- To amount paid on auditor's warrants and appropria- 1841. To amount paid J. A. Noonan, salary as au Dr. cts $ cts 32 00 2613 96 Jan. 6. To amount paid R. L. Ream, salary as trea 66 surer and postage, to Jan. 1, 1841, 8. To amount paid Wm. R. Smith, salary as 36 00 75 00 66 9. To amount paid Green county, error in re turn of 1839, 5 00 "14. To amount paid Wm. B. Sheldon, for locating University lands, 150 00 Feb. 9. To amount paid H. S. Baird, balance sala ry as Att'y Gen❜l, 350 00 "To H. N. Wells, balance salary as Att'y Gen❜l, 250 00 66 "To amount paid S. F. Gale, for books and stationery, 109 22 66 "To amount paid R. L. Ream, for transcri bing accounts of auditor and treasurer into new books, 30 00 66 "To amount paid J. Taylor for hauling box "12 To amount paid Harvey Pepper, for execu ting E. E. Oliver, &c. 150 00 July 21 To amount paid Walworth co. for territorial bond, (cancelled) 51 50 Sept. 10 To amount paid Wm. R. Smith, expenses of To balance due Grant county, audited and not paid, 306 95 amount due R. L. Ream, for postage, for the year 1841, To amount due R. L. Ream for salary as $ 3 93 treasurer, 11 months, from 1st Jan. 1841, 57 50 215 33 4221 51 1840. By total amount due the Territory from the Dec. 16. several counties(except the counties of Rock and Crawford, for the year 1840,) from the 1841. By amount due from Rock county, for the Jan'y 8. year 1840, as per return on file, $111,13 By amount due from Crawford do county, for the year 1840, as per Cr. cts. $ cts. 4627 39 46,62 155 75 -4783 14 By amount due from the following named counties as per returns on file, for the year 1841, to wit: Aug. 2. By amount returned due from Green Co. as per returns, 86 71 16. By amount returned due from Rock Co.' as per returns, Aug. 16. By amount returned due from Fond du Lac county, as per returns, 16. By amount returned due from Sheboygan 197 03 56 99 From the counties of Walworth, Racine, Manitowoc, Grant, Mil waukee, Crawford, Washington, and Dodge, I have received no returns for the present year. I am wholly unable to report the amount of unliquidated demands against the Territory, further than the balance of $432,75 as above, from the fact, that the communications addressed to me by mail at this place, are witheld from me by the post-master. Respectfully, R. L. REAM, Treasurer. CAPITOL FUND ACCOUNT. 1841. CR. March 26. By cash from Daniel Baxter, on the sale of 35 bonds of $100 each, $3,500 00 26. By 35 bonds, of $100 each, 3,500 00 Nov. 18. By 2 bonds, of $100 each, in exchange Nov. 18. To cash paid Daniel Baxter, in ex change of two bonds of $100 each, 200 00 Dec. 4. To cash paid Daniel Baxter, on com |