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 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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