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will amount to but fourteen cents for each per- 

 son. The sum then which each individual pays 

 in the state of Vermont, for the blessings of ci- 

 vil government, is scarcely any more than it 

 was fifteen years ago. Notwithstanding then 

 the increase of representatives, saLirics, and oth- 

 er unavoidable articles of public expense, the 

 economy of the governnient has not abated ; 

 no degree or appearance of corruption hiis ta- 

 ken place in it ; but the public economy yet 

 remains highly deserving of praise, and worthy 

 of future imitation 



While a careful attention has been paid to 

 the public expense, the public revenue has 

 also been increased, and preserved. In the 

 year 1791, the grand list stating the ratable 

 property of the state, amounted to 1,082,656 

 dollars and 47 cents. This list became doubled, 

 ill 9 years ; and in 1806, amounted to 2,738,538 

 dollars. On this list the 1-egislatiire voted 

 a tax of one cent on the dollar for the expenses 

 of the ensuing year ; and on September the 5th, 

 when all the expenses of the preceding year had 

 been paid, there remained in the treasury, 

 21,031 dollars, and 30 cents, to meet theexpense 

 of the ensuing session of the legislature, and 

 other charges against the government. In this 

 management of the public expense and revenue, 

 we behold a political phenomenon, greatly fa- 

 vorable and honorable to republican govern- 

 ment. 



Militia. The military force of the state 

 consists of all the able bodied rnales, from eigh- 

 teen to forty five years of age ; with such ex- 

 ceptions as are customary in the other states. 



