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ury Department, as well as to the efficiency and promptness of
the several clerks in the Comptroller's and Treasurer's Office,
whose efforts for the promotion of the welfare of the State can
be safely relied on.

In conclusion, permit me to say that if I have fulfilled the
promise made when I was about to enter upon the discharge
of the duties of this important office, and the service rendered
has been equal to what the people had a right to demand, then
I am content; for I am conscious that my sole effort has been
to serve the best interest of the people of our State with fidelity
and devotion.

Respectfully submitted,

MARION DEKALB SMITH,

COMPTROLLER.