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be appointed to reside in the city, furnished with blanks by,
and be required to make his report to, the Comptroller. The
first plan could probably be adopted with more advantage to
the interests of the State.

The provision of the Act which directs the Comptroller to
publish the names of the agents who have been authorized to
act, is an excellent one, and an appropriation should be made
to pay the expense of the publication.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Weighmaster of Live Stock paid into the Treasury dur-
ing the fiscal year $8,537.02, which shows an increase of
$1,020.32 when compared with his returns of the preceding
year. The receipts are given in Table No. 12 of the Appen-
dix. It is represented by the Weighmaster, that certain re-
pairs and additions should be made to the Scales, the effect of
which, in his opinion, would add greatly to the public con-
venience and increase the revenue. The contemplated im-
provements are of such an extensive character, that the Comp-
troller does not feel himself authorized to allow the receipts
to be applied in making them. He respectfully suggests the
appointment of a committee, by the Legislature, to examine
the Scales, and other property of the State, in the city of
Baltimore.

Table No. 12 also exhibits the receipts from the Hay Scales,
in Baltimore city, during the year. They amounted to
$686.60. In the year preceding they were $737.12.

The receipts from the State Wharves in Baltimore, which
also appear in Table No. 12, amounted in the year to $4,083,'72,
exceeding the receipts from the same source in 1858 by
the sum of $692.92. A portion of the receipts were expended
in necessary repairs.

The appropriation of $50,000, made at the session of 1858,
or the building of a Record office and the improvement of the
State House, was exhausted before the projected works were
completed, but the committee concluded to proceed without
funds, rather than to permit the buildings to remain in an
unfinished condition, liable to injury, and to cause great incon-
venience to the public. The contractors agreed to trust their
bills to the Legislature, not doubting a speedy appropriation
to meet them.