CONSTITUTION AND REVENUE.
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be members of the legal profession. It is the special duty of the committee to watch the proceedings of the Senate, and the general execution of the articles of the constitution including the laws voted by the House of Burgesses. In all matters of legislation, except taxation, the Senate has a veto; and, in case of a constitutional conflict, recourse is had to an assembly of arbitrators, chosen in equal parts from the Senate and the House of Burgesses.
The revenue of the Free City in each of the years 1865 and 1866 amounted to : —
Sources of Revenue
1865
1866
Income from State Property . Taxes and Duties ..... Emoluments and Fines .... Extraordinary Receipts ....
Total |
Marks Current 1,658,554 8,267,280 731,300
77,257
10,734,391 £659,717
Marks Current
1,688,059
8,811.500
696,100
70,374
11,265,833 692,379
The expenditure in the same 1
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jars was as follows : —
Branches of Expenditure 1865
1866
Marks Current
Marks Current
Senate and House of Burgesses
461,148
442,448
Foreign Affairs
101,750
118,575
Administration of Finances
4,457,350
4,455,140
Courts of Justice
337,459
340,019
Education
153,398
144,714
Army ....
927,150
927,030
Public Works
1,871,877
2,184,459
Trade and Navigation
302,938
316,290
Police ....
816.005
876,390
Charitable Institutions .
818,400
929,300
Suburbs and Rural Districts
179,749
186,549
Extraordinary Expenses .
307,167 10,734,391
344,919
Total J
11.265,833
£659,717
692.379
The budget estimates for the year 1867 were based upon a revenue of 11,999,450 marks current, or 749,996/., and an expendi- ture of 13,574,450 marks current, or 848,403/. The increase in expenditure, and consequent deficit, was due to the entrance of the Free City into the North German Confederation, to the cost of common government of which, and maintenance of army, Hamburg had to contribute, in the year, the sum of 2, .'134, 000 marks current, or 145,875/. For the privilege of remaining a
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