THE STATE FINANCES. For the two years ending September 30, 1894. THE STATE DEBT. The bonded debt of the state, created in 1861-63, for the purpose of carrying on the war for the maintenance of the Union, has now all been paid or converted into certificates of indebtedness to the Trust Funds, except one thousand dollars, which was paid from the General Fund, August 13, 1888. The distribution of the debt on the 30th of September, 1894, was as follows: Certificates of indebtedness, school fund. Certificates of indebtedness, normal school fund. Certificates of indebtedness, agricultural college fund.. ............ $1,563,700 00 515,700 00 111,000 00 60,600 00 $2,251,000 00 GENERAL STATEMENT. The aggregate result of the financial transactions during two years on all funds is as follows: This fund embraces all the revenues of the state applicable to the payment of the ordinary expenses of the state government. The sources from which it is derived are, a tax on civil actions, license of railroad companies, plank road companies, log driving and booming companies, savings, loan and trust companies, telegraph and telephone companies, insurance companies, and hawkers and peddlers; fees received from notaries public and from the various state offices, (and from the sale of books and reports. The expenditures therefrom are authorized by permanent and temporary appropriations, and by the several laws requiring the secretary of state to audit accounts. The receipts and disbursements have been as follows: |