ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY

OF THE

STATE OF MARYLAND,

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1899,

WM. J. C. DULANY CO., STATE PRINTERS.

COMPTROLLERS.

PHILIP FRANCIS THOMAS,

From 18th December, 1851, to 20th April, 1853.

HENRY E. BATEMAN,

Appointed from 20th April, 1853, to 11th January, 1854 WILLIAM PINKNEY WHYTE,

From 11th January, 1854, to 9th January, 1856.

WILLIAM HENRY PURNELL,
From 9th January, 1856, to 8th May, 1861.
DENNIS CLAUDE,

Appointed 8th May, 1861, to 17th July, 1861.
ABRAM LINGAN JARRETT,

From 17th July, 1861, to 8th January, 1862.

SAMUEL SNOWDEN MAFFITT,
From 8th January, 1862, to 13th January, 1864.

HENRY HOLLIDAY GOLDSBOROUGH, From 13th January, 1864, to 26th November, 1864.

ROBERT J. JUMP.

From 26th November, 1864, to January 9th, 1867.

WILLIAM J. LEONARD,

From January 9th, 1867, to January 17th, 1870.

LEVIN WOOLFORD,

From January 17th, 1870, to January 22nd, 1878.

THOMAS J. KEATING,

From January 22nd, 1878, to 22nd January, 1884.

J. FRANK TURNER,

From January 22nd, 1884, to 16th January, 1888.
L. VICTOR BAUGHMAN.

From 16th January, 1888, to 19th January, 1892.

MARION DEKALB SMITH,

From 19th January, 1892, to January 21st, 1896.

ROBERT P. GRAHAM,

From January 21st, 1896, to January 18th, 1898.

PHILLIPS L. GOLDSBOROUGH,
From January 18th, 1898.

TREASURERS.

JAMES S. OWENS,

From 24th February, 1852, to 24th February, 1854.

DENNIS CLAUDE,

From 24th February, 1854, to 14th February, 1860.

SPRIGG HARWOOD,

From 14th February, 1860, to 4th February, 1862.

ROBERT FOWLER.

From 4th February, 1862, to 10th February, 1870.

JOHN MERRYMAN,

From 10th February, 1870, to 10th February, 1872.

JOHN W. DAVIS,

From 10th February, 1872, to 10th February, 1874.

BARNES COMPTON,

From 10th February, 1874, to 3rd March, 1885.

JOHN S. GITTINGS,

From 3rd March, 1885, to 10th February, 1886.

STEVENSON ARCHER,

From 10th February, 1886, to 15th April, 1890.

EDWIN H. BROWN,

From 17th April, 1890, to 16th February, 1892.

SPENCER C. JONES,

From 16th February, 1892, to March 11th, 1896. THOMAS J. SHRYOCK,

From March 11th, 1896.

REPORT

OF THE

Comptroller of the Treasury

OF THE

STATE OF MARYLAND.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,

ANNAPOLIS, January 4, 1900.

To the General Assembly of Maryland:

In pursuance of Section 9 of Article 19 of the Code of Public General Laws, I herewith respectfully submit in detail to your honorable body the financial operations of the Treasury Department for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1899:

RECEIPTS.

Statement "A" shows the total receipts during this period to be $3,791,298.77, to which sum must be added the balance in the Treasury proper, September 30, 1898, of $566,351.30, and cash in the Funds' Account of $402,305.48, inaking the total receipts for the year, including balances, $4,759,955.55. Deducting, however, such balances and the amount to the credit of the Sinking Funds and the Common Free School Fund, the ordinary receipts were $3,791,298.77, or a gain of $695,984.55 over the year previous. But there must be deducted from the year 1898 the sum of $125,000, being the amount received from the account of the Military Emergency Fund, which would make the ordinary receipts for 1899 $820,984.55 in excess of that for 1898. By reference to said Statement "A," however, you will observe there were received $600,000 00 from the Consolidated Loan of 1899, and $78,153.65 from the General Government of the United States, as a repayment to the Military Emergency