BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE Auditor of Public Accounts TO THE GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS. NOVEMBER 1, 1896. SPRINGFIELD, ILL.: BIENNIAL REPORT. AUDITOR'S OFFICE, November 1, 1896.. To His Excellency, JOHN P. ALTGELD, Governor of Illinois: SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith a report of the transactions of the revenue department of this office, together with brief mention of other departments connected with the office, from which quarterly or annual reports are required by law, and have been made. from time to time. The arrangement is by tabular statements, as follows: 1. Receipts and disbursements of General Revenue Fund. 2. Receipts and disbursements of Special State Funds. 3. 4. Detail of warrants drawn on the Treasury for all purposes. 5. Table of balances of Appropriations made by the Thirty-eighth General Assembly, unexpended October 1, 1894, amount of warrants since drawn thereon, and amounts which lapsed into Treasury September 1895. 30, 6. Table of appropriations made by the Thirty-ninth General Assembly, showing amount of warrants drawn thereon, respectively, and balances unexpended September 30, 1896. 7. Warrants outstanding October 1, 1894, and September 30, 1896. 8. Condition of School, College and Seminary Funds. 9. Summary of the State Treasurer's account with the several State funds.. 10. School Tax Fund and Interest on the School Fund, distributed to the several counties, for the years 1894 and 1895. 11. Aggregate amount of State taxes charged on tax books for the year 1894, the amount of abatements, commissions, etc., the net amount collected, and the amount received at the State Treasury on account thereof. 12. Aggregete amount of State taxes charged on tax books for the year 1895, the amount of abatements, commissions, etc., the net amount collected, and the amount received at the State Treasury on account thereof. 13. School Fund tax charged on the tax books of 1894, showing the abatements and net amount collected and amount paid each county. 14. School Fund tax charged on the tax books of 1895, showing the abate ments and net amount collected and amount paid each county. ac 15. State, County and Local taxes charged on the tax books of 1894. 16. State, County and Local taxes charged on the tax books of 1895. 17. Statement showing the per cent. of forfeitures and insolvencies on count of State tax, for the years 1894 and 1895, in the various counties. 18. Statement showing per cent. of total amount of State tax collected for the years 1874 to 1895, inclusive, paid by each of the various counties. 19. Statement showing the average rate of taxation in the several counties for the years 1888 to 1895, inclusive. 20. Statement of property assessed in the several counties for the year 1895. 21. Rate per cent. of addition to or deduction from the assessed value of each class of property in each county of the State, as determined by the State Board of Equalization, on the assessment of 1895. 22. Railroad property in the several counties, as assessed and equalized for 1895. 23. Aggregate equalized assessment of railroad property for the year 1895. 24. "Capital Stock" assessments made by the State Board of Equalization for the year 1895. 25. Statement of the equalized assessment of all taxable property in the several counties for the year 1895. 26. Statement of property assessed in the several counties for the year 1896. 27. Rates per cent. of addition to or deduction from the assessed value of each class of property in each county in the State, as determined by the State Board of Equalization, on the assessment of 1896. 28. Statement showing the proportion of the total equalized assessments of taxableable property in the various counties, for the years 1884 to 1895, inclusive, assessed on Real and Personal property, respectively. 29. Statement of the aggregate equalized assessment of taxable property in the several counties in the State for the years 1873 and 1884 to 1896, inclusive. 30. Railroad property in the several counties as assessed and equalized for the year 1896. 31. Aggregate equalized assessment of railroad property for the year 1896. 32. "Capital Stock" assessments made by the State Board of Equalization for the year 1896. 33. Statement of the equalized assessment of all taxable property in the several counties for the year 1896. 34. Statement of Bonds issued by Counties, Townships, Cities and Towns, registered in the Auditor's office, in pursuance of an act entitled "An act to fund and provide for paying the Railroad Debts of Counties, Townships, Cities and Towns," in force April 16, 1869. |