Second Annual Report of the Governor of Porto Rico, Covrung the Period from May 1, 1991. to July 1, 1902 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ...the expenses of demarcation of mines, deposits as guaranties for franchises, judicial deposits, and others of like character. All of these individual deposits are credited separately under the proper heads on the trust-fund ledgers, and payments therefrom made from time to time by settlement warrants based upon settlements of the auditor duly certified. TREASURER'S ACCOUNT OF INTERNAL-REVENUE STAMPS. The treasurer is charged upon the books of his office, as also upon the books of the auditor's office, with the total amount of internalrevenue stamps received by him, as shown by the invoices thereof and his acknowledgment of the same, according to their denominations and the number and value of each denomination. He is credited with the value of the stamps issued from time to time to the collectors of internal revenue and internal-revenue stamp agents upon their receipts therefor, which are transmitted by the treasurer to the auditor and filed in the auditor's office. The account of the first, or old, issue of internal-revenue stamps under the late treasurer, Hon. J. H. Hollander, was balanced and closed upon the certificate of a committee appointed by the governor to witness the destruction of the balance of the stamps of the old issue, upon which the late treasurer was credited with the value of the stamps destroyed, amounting to $175,744.96, as shown b the report of the committee. The second issue, first series, of internal-revenue stamps has been retired, and a second series, printed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing of the Treasury Department, substituted therefor. The treasurer's account of internal-revenue stamps, first series, has in like manner been balanced and closed by crediting him with the value of the balance of the...