536 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



person is to be stricken from the lists if it be 1^ JjigHM.^..................... $i,n s8 



proved that he is not a legal voter. Extra session 88,594 



The smoking of tobacco Or the drinking of Executive and other departments bo,221 



intoxicating liquor in ., polling-place while an 3fift^aBJS^.^ o,ioo 



election is ill progress, is to ho punished hy the Sundry other commissioners 1S,0<8 



arrest of tlu- olU-ndor, and by the imposition ^^ l a ^ panmmt - ' ' [ 



upon him of a fine of not more than $20. Educational. . i !!!.!!'..! ".!!!!!!."!..!..'.";.'.'.' 79*992 



The sale as butter or cheese, of any imita- J, l " li(li "[>' ' 



tions of those substances, shall he punished by lu !^n" u aory and correctionaiV//. :::::: 



a tiue of $100, or imprisonment for thirty days, Military i8i>$!8 



fnr n tirwt v Solution of tlm lnw find 1)V ft fine of 8tate an '- 1 military aid 418,364 



6 la . W ' al [ Troy und (Jn-erilicld Kailroad and Hoosac Tunnel. .V.'v.'M 



$200, or imprisonment for ninety days, for each Prison and hospital loan sinking fund 100,(liiO 



Subsequent similar offense. Consolidation of the general statutes 42,450 



T\ i\ 'IT T T^ . Improvement of tlie basement of State-House.... 61.702 



During the session Henry L. Dawes was re- p u bii c buildings 67,708 



elected United States Senator. He was born 



in Cummington, Massachusetts, October 30, Total $4,456,262 



1816; graduated at Yale College; he became The sources of revenue and their estimated 



a teacher and editor of the "Greenfield Ga- yield in 1882 are as follows: 



zette" and the "Adams Transcript"; then he Corporation taxes, net proceeds $420,000 



studied and practiced law; and was chosen a Bank-stock tax, net proceeds um.ooo 



member of the Legislature in 1848, '49, '50, JSSSSSJ&'itt^::::::":":: '.'.Y. ftooo 



and '62; member of the Constitutional Con- State Prison and other institutions, Income IOL'.OOU 



ventioninl868: District Attorney for the .West- ^^^^^^^^^^^^1. So 



em District of Massachusetts from 1853 to Other fees, and miscellaneous revenues 136,695 



1857. He was elected to the Thirty-fifth Con- TotaJ ]u fii ^ 



gress and to each subsequent Congress until Add revenue ^'ta the Treasury !!!!'. !!!!!! 1^6l|689 

 the Forty-fourth, when he declined to be a 



candidate. He was chosen Senator in 1875, Total $8,965,334 



and took his seat March 4th of the same To meet the estimated deficiency under ex- 

 year, isting laws, including the requisite appropria- 



The balance in the Treasury at the beginning tion of over $250,000 for the Hoosac Tunnel 



of the year 1881 was $3,182,803 ; the receipts being half the estimated expense of complet- 



during the year were $8,576,752 on account of ing the tunnel and railroad with other prob- 



revenue, and $6,851,359 on account of funds, able appropriations, a direct tax of $1,500,- 



amounting to $15,428,111, and making, with 000 will have to be levied for the following 



the cash on hand, $18,610,914. The payments year. 



were $8,113.860 from revenue, and $6,025,102 The reduction of the tax on savings-bank 



from funds, amounting to $14,138,962, leaving deposits will occasion a large diminution of the 



a cash balance, on December 31st, of $4,471,- revenue. The law, lowering the tax from f to 



952. of one per cent, goes into effect partly in 1882 



The amount belonging to the sinking funds and fully in 1883. The tax yielded $1,613,606 



is pledged for the payment, and is left tempo- in 1881, and would have produced only $933,- 



rarily in the Treasury on account of the diffi- 722 under the new law. The increase in the 



culty of securing suitable investments. The State tax which will be necessary to restore 



amount actually available for the current ex- the large amount of revenue thus cut off, which 



penses of the Commonwealth was only $1,351,- will be felt the more on account of the gro\v- 



639, and the accounts show an actual deficit ing expenditures of the Commonwealth, may 



instead of a surplus. The ordinary expenses lead to the re-imposition of the tax on savings- 



of 1881 were $1,601,501, as compared with bank deposits as the most convenient subject 



$1,594,174 in 1880; the exceptional expenses of taxation, since the system of indirect taxa- 



$5,240,875, as compared with $4,532,258 ; to- tion is firmly rooted in Massachusetts. The 



tal, $6,842,377, as compared with $6,126,433. amount of deposits in the savings-banks on 



But from this must be deducted $2,243,437 for October 31st aggregated $230,444,479, an in- 



1881 and $2,038,895 from the total of 1880, crease in twelve months of $12,396,556; the 



being the corporation and national-bank taxes number of depositors was 738,951, an increase 



returned to cities and towns. This leaves the of 32,556. There were 165 savings-banks and 



actual expenses $4,598,939, as compared with eighteen co-operative saving-fund and loan as- 



$4,087,537 in 1880. sociations. 



The estimated payments for all purposes in The corporation taxes assessed in 1881 



1881 are $4,337,91 2: the estimated receipts, in- amounted to $1,976,763, of which $1,477,408 



eluding cash on hand, $4,120,357, showing a was the share to be paid over, under the law, 



deficit of $217,554. The estimates for 1882 to cities and towns. The aggregate capital 



are, payments, $4,670,905; receipts, $3,965,- stock of corporations reported was $301,724,- 



334; expected deficit, $705,570. 794, being an increase over 1880 of $50,159,- 



Of the expenses in 1881 the following are 417; the aggregate value of corporate real es- 



the principal items: tate and machinery, $166,062,580, being an in- 



