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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 Excerpt: ...general purposes. The payments on account of artificial limbs and schooling maimed soldiers, burial of confederate dead, removing furniture, library, office-fixtures, books and papers, from Milledgeville to Atlanta, are all taken out. Also payments on account of convention scrip. So each period stands fairly alike on ordinary expenses, which shows Governor Bullock's administration, for less than two and a half years, to have been eight hundred and ninety-nine thousand fifty-three dollars and three cents more than Governor Johnson's and Governor Brown's for four years. With no deduction from the accounts as officially reported they stand thus t1'1 1857. Total amount paid out of State treasury.-: ....... $511,789 90 1858. do do do do do 745,470 64 1859. do do do do do 874,465 92 1860. do do do do do 662,600 00 2,794,336 46 1868. Less than six months $430,957 77 1869. Twelve months...-. 1,857,825 93 1870. Twelve months 1,470,021 02 3,758,804 77 Deduct four years before the war 2,794,336,46 Leaves an excess of Governor Bullock, for less than two and a half years, for over four years 964,468 31 Nine hundred and sixty-four thousand four hundred and sixty-eight dollars and thirty-one cents. Total for extra legal services for 1855,1856, 1857,1858, 1859, and 1860, (six years) $17,000 00 Governor Bullock, for extra legal services, for less than half the time has paid 36,600 00 Eewards for fugitives, 1855,1856,1857,1858,1859, and 1860, (six years, ) all charged to contingent fund 1,400 00 Governor Bullock has paid by warrants on the treasury, (not charged to the contingent fund) 51,100 00 Less than half the time, though thirty times as much. Advertising proclamations, 1855,1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, and 1860, (six years) 5,000 00 Governor Bullock has paid for loss than hal...
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