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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 Excerpt: ...when the war began, but was almost free from both debt and taxation. She owned therailroad, one hundred and thirty-eight miles long, from Atlanta to Dalton, the earnings of which alniost paid the annual expenses of the State government; it is fed by the net-work of roads concentrating at its northern terminus, and also by a net-work of roads radiating from Atlanta southwardly. Her financial condition and resources in 1860 are set forth in the answer of Madison Bell, esq., comptroller general, to the committee, dated May 29, 1871, which reads as follows: Comptroller General's Office, Atlanta, Georgia, May 29,1871. Sir: In compliance with request in your circular letter of 24th inst., I have the honor to state that the value of taxable property in this State for 1860 was as follows, to wit: Land, $161,764,955; slaves, $302,694,855; city and town property, $35,139,415; monej and solvent debts, $107,336,258; merchandise, $15,577,193; shipping and tonnage, $943,940; stocks, manufactories, &c, $4,034,252; household and kitchen furniture $2,374,284; other property not mentioned, $42,427,295. The public debt of the State in 1860, as stated in the comptroller general's report, was $2,670,750. The balance of the information you desire will be found, as nearly as it is in my power to furnish it, in the following-named documents, which I send you by mail, to wit: first, a copy of my last published report; second, a copy of the statutes or public laws of the State passed in 1870; third, a pamphlet-containing a digest of tax laws and instructions now in force. I will send you a copy of my report, now in the hands of the printer, when published. Eespectfully, MADISON BELL, Comptroller General. Hon. John Sgott, Chairman, tfc., Washington City, D. C. P. S.--The rate of ...
