BIENNIAL REPORT

OF THE

AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

OF THE

STATE OF ILLINOIS.

AUDITOR'S OFFICE, ILLINOIS,

Springfield, December 1, 1864.

To the General Assembly of the State of Illinois :

I have the honor to submit herewith the following report of the business transacted in the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts, beginning December 1, 1862, and ending November 30, 1864, containing:

1. A statement of receipts and expenditures, showing the amount of revenue received, applicable to the payment of the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State government, and the amount disbursed.

2. A general statement of warrants drawn on the treasury for all purposes.

3. A detailed statement of warrants drawn on the treasury, and to what account and appropriation charged.

4. A statement of the amount of warrants outstanding unredeemed, December 1, 1864.

5. A statement of the redemption money received from minor heirs, and due the owners of tax deeds.

6. A statement of the condition of the school, college and seminary funds.

7. A statement of State bonds redeemed under the Governor's proclamation of September 28, 1863, and paid for with the Central Railroad fund.

8. A statement of State indebtedness purchased by the Governor with the Central Railroad fund.

9. A statement of State indebtedness paid at par, with the Central Railroad fund, under the provisions of the act of the Legislature, approved February 22, 1861, canceled and deposited in this office. 10. A statement of the accounts of the State Treasurer with the several State funds.

11 and 12. Statements of real and personal property assessed and taxed for the years 1862 and 1863.

13 and 14. Statements of the taxes charged in the several counties, amount collected, &c., for the years 1862 and 1863.

15 and 16. Statements of the school tax fund for the years 1862 and 1863.

17. A statement of the dividends of the school tax and interest funds for the years 1862 and 1863.

18 to 23 inclusive. The several statements and tables exhibiting the condition and affairs of the banks of the State organized under the provisions of the general banking law.

JESSE K. DUBOIS,

Auditor P. A,

No. 1.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditures from the 1st day of Decem ber, 1862, to the 30th day of November, 1864, inclusive.

Taxes collected and paid over by collectors, on real and personal property
assessed in the year 1861 and prior years, for revenue purposes
Taxes collected and paid over by collectors on real and personal property
assessed in the year 1862, for revenue purposes..

Taxes collected and paid over by collectors on real and personal property assessed in the year 1863, for revenue purposes.

$28,367 10

109,547 64

315,088 46

Amount paid into the treasury for redemptions and sales of property purchased

by the State on execution, for revenue purposes

Amount paid into the treasury from drainage fund..

27,220 92 2,360 00

Amount paid into the treasury for hawkers' and peddlers' licenses
Amount refunded as overpaid on public binding..

750 00

1,411 99

Amount received for State land sold......

120 00

Amount received for bonus on lease of penitentiary from June 10, 1860, to
December 10, 1862....

Total...

EXPENDITURES.

12,750 00

$497,616 11

Amount.

Amount of revenue warrants outstanding, December 1, 1862..

Amount paid out of revenue fund for special purposes, as shown by table No. 2.
Amount paid out of revenue fund for ordinary expenses, as shown by table
No. 2...

$5,545 81

386,727 87

497,287 10

Total......

$889,560 78

Amount of revenue warrants redeemed at the treasury from Dec. 1, 1862, to
Nov. 30, 1864....

869,049 80

Amount of revenue warrants outstanding, Dec. 1, 1864..

$20,510 98

No. 2.

A General Statement of warrants drawn on the treasury from the 1st day of December, 1862, to the 30th day of November, 1864.