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appealing with great force to the consideration of the Leg-
islature, nevertheless, from inadvertence, or from some

other cause, have failed to be provided for.

PENSIONS.

The amount paid during the fiscal year on account of
Pensions, was $89.660,00. The payments under the Act
of 1870, chapter 477, are considerably less than under
the Act of 1868. A number of those mentioned in the
Act have since died, and the names are so misrecited
and misspelled, that many of those probably intended
by the Legislature to be benefitted by the law, are unable
from this cause to avail themselves of its provisions. In
all cases, where proof could be furnished to show to my
satisfaction, that the party applying is called by the name
mentioned in the Act, and the other requirments of the
law have been complied with, I have caused the payment
to be made. Many of the names recited in the Act are
however so absolutely different from those alleged to be
intended, that it is impossible to show by proof that the
name in the law is intended for the party applying.

I suppose if the Legislature intend to continue this sys-
tem of pensions, they will at the next session remedy the
defects in the law, and make it available to the parties in-
tended, for the time they have failed to receive the benefits.

The accompanying tables, from No. 1 to 13, inclusive,
show, in detail, the various receipts into the Treasury from
all sources during the fiscal year. The receipts from clerks
of courts amounted to $482,081.56, and from Registers of
Wills to the sum of $102,569.50, With very few excep-
tions, these officers have made their returns, and paid the
amounts due from them, with commendable promptness.
Several of the Wood Corders appointed, have failed to pay
the tax on their commissions. A list of them has been
furnished to your Excellency.