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During the same period the expenses of the Constitutional
Convention and two extra sessions of the General Assembly,
and unusually liberal appropriations to educational and
charitable Institutions, were paid. The direct taxes for two
of the years were two and a half mills on the dollar, and
for the other three years one and a half mills.

When we consider these heavy payments in excess of and
beyond the ordinary expenses of the State Government, and
remember that the public debts of many of the States of the
Union, by reason of the expenses attendant on the late war,
have been greatly increased, it is gratifying to know that the
bonded debt of this State has been increased and her invested
capital diminished but in the sum of $1,341,695.91.

Respectfully submitted,

ROB'T J. JUMP,
Comptroller.