Annual report of the Alabama Comptroller of Public Accounts for 1866.

Annual report of the Alabama Comptroller of Public Accounts for 1866.

This report was presented by Comptroller M. A. Chisholm to the legislature. In it, he documents the financial condition of the state, listing receipts and disbursements to and from the state treasury. In addition to the detailed narrative, he also includes several tables of itemized expenditures and...

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Annual report of the Alabama Comptroller of Public Accounts for 1866.
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Chisholm, M. A. (Malcolm A.), 1809-1898; Alabama--Appropriations and expenditures; Alabama--Politics and government--1865-1950; Business and finance--Alabama; Finance, Public--Alabama; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Alabama; Real property--Alabama; Slavery--Abolition; Taxation--Alabama
description This report was presented by Comptroller M. A. Chisholm to the legislature. In it, he documents the financial condition of the state, listing receipts and disbursements to and from the state treasury. In addition to the detailed narrative, he also includes several tables of itemized expenditures and taxes collected. In the report (the first written after the Civil War and the abolition of slavery), Chisholm comments on the shortcomings of the state's new revenue laws that were passed in early 1866, acknowledging the challenges the legislators faced in creating them: "Under these circumstances it devolved upon you to enact such laws as would supply a depleted Treasury with funds to meet the constant demands made upon it, without increasing too much the burthens of our people, already heavily ladened by the internal revenue system of the General Government. To do this, was no easy task. The recent abolition of slavery in the State; the new relation of capital and labor among us, induced by that event; the sudden impoverishment of a large class of our citizens; and the change that necessarily occurred in our social condition, enhanced the difficulty of your labors."
spelling Q0000153800 - Q0000153817Q153800 - Q153817Annual report of the Alabama Comptroller of Public Accounts for 1866.This report was presented by Comptroller M. A. Chisholm to the legislature. In it, he documents the financial condition of the state, listing receipts and disbursements to and from the state treasury. In addition to the detailed narrative, he also includes several tables of itemized expenditures and taxes collected. In the report (the first written after the Civil War and the abolition of slavery), Chisholm comments on the shortcomings of the state's new revenue laws that were passed in early 1866, acknowledging the challenges the legislators faced in creating them: "Under these circumstances it devolved upon you to enact such laws as would supply a depleted Treasury with funds to meet the constant demands made upon it, without increasing too much the burthens of our people, already heavily ladened by the internal revenue system of the General Government. To do this, was no easy task. The recent abolition of slavery in the State; the new relation of capital and labor among us, induced by that event; the sudden impoverishment of a large class of our citizens; and the change that necessarily occurred in our social condition, enhanced the difficulty of your labors."186618661860-1869Chisholm, M. A. (Malcolm A.), 1809-1898; Alabama--Appropriations and expenditures; Alabama--Politics and government--1865-1950; Business and finance--Alabama; Finance, Public--Alabama; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Alabama; Real property--Alabama; Slavery--Abolition; Taxation--AlabamaTextReportsAlabama. State AuditorAlabama State Auditor state publicationsSG019485Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/14608
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