MiStORY 6f VERMO"^ ''^^ 



Chief justice of the Supreme! 

 courtj while on the circujt, qhe I 

 jj6ii!l'd seven shillings per d^^ay. » ^^^^ ^ 



T'vo assistant ju''g:':s, dneponnd i 

 "2 shillings per day ; orders drawn | 

 on the treasury by the sup. court, j 



Treasurer^ salary, liS 



Occasional expenses. Orders 

 drawn on the treasury, by the au- 

 ditor of accounts. 449 14 3 



Total expense from October 1, '- 



1791, to October 1, 1792. £. 3,219 9 9 



These are the constant and annual expenses 

 attending the government, and do not greatly 

 differ in different years : But as the number of 

 representatives is annually increasing, the pub- 

 lic expense is annually increasing on that ac- 

 count. There are other expenses which arise 

 almost every year, which are of an occasional, 

 and contingent nature. Of this kind are com- 

 missioners for public purposes, the council of 

 censors, conventions, &:c. As these are only 

 for some particular or occasional purpose, the 

 expense varies with the occasion ; and they 

 cannot be estimated among the annual charges 

 of government, ''I'hc whole expense then of 

 govertiment, from October, 1791, to October^ 



1792, amounted to three thousand two hundred 

 and nineteen pounds, nine shillings, and nine 

 pence. If this sum be divided among the in- 

 habitants of the state, as determined by the cen- 

 sus taken in 1791, it will amount to but nine 

 pence, or the eighth part of a dollar, for each 

 person. This is the -sum that each persori in 



