The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-01
RAVENNA, THURSDAY, OCT. 1, 1857.

D enberry, Lsfin, Lee, Morris, Pendleton, Rib
let, Schiff. Shedeir, of Athens, Stokes, TOy
lor, and Williams, of Columbiana-I9 Al
! Democrats.
n NAYs.-Messrs. Allen, Bafreere, Foote
Sherman, Smith OF Madison, Townsend, Up
son and Wright-e.
i Alessrs. Sherman and Townsend ther
known as Freescilers, and the balance W.
J ing in the negative, Us Wings. [Senatt
Journal, session 1884, page 374.]
The bill went to the House and never re-
turned TO the Senate. have not the House
I Journal before me, but my recollection is
7 that it was referred to the Committee on Fl
! nance, and, for considerable period o.
time, remained in its pos, ession. II was
c however, fnuly reported back, and also
new bill from portion of the Committee
] but whether from the majority or from min.
G orIty, do not now remember. Neither oi
the bills, think, ever came to direct
test vote in the House. At all events, nci.
81 Their Of them passed, and Of course, tie Sen.
ate bill failed.
Considering further efforts with reference
to any general system OF reorganization oi
the treasury utterly hopeless at that session
| felt there was still one last resort. The
appropriation bills had not yet passed. The
bill making appropriations for general reven.
ue purposes for 1854 and 1855 originated in
the house. When it came to the Senate il
was referred to the Committee on Finance
and on the goth Of April, two days before
the time fixed for an adjournment, by direc
ton Of the committee | reported it back tc
the Senate, with sundry omonments, among
which was a seCticn as follows:
, "It shall not be lawful for the treasurer
Of State, or any other otlic, or person oharg.
ed with the eafekeeping or disbursement oI
any OF the public money belonging to the
State, and appropriated by this or any other
act, to convert to his own use, in any way
| Whatever, or 70 loan, with or without infer.
est to any company, corporations, or ind;vidu.
al, or to deposit with any bank, or with any
company, corporation, or individual, any OF
the public moneys 50 appropriated; and ev.
cry violation of the provisions OF this section
shall be deemed and a1judgcd an mbezzle.
ment OF SO much of said moneys as shall be
so converted loaned, or deposited which is
) hereby declared to be nisdtmeano"; and
upon CONVICTION thereof before any court
having competent jurisdiction, such officer q:
person shall be declared to have forfeited
his Office, and shall be fined in sum not less
than the amount of money 50 embtzzled.-
J And every bank or banking company, cor.
poration, or individual to whom any OF the
said moneys belonging to the State shalt be
so loaned, as aforesaid, or receiving them on
deposit, as aforesaid, knowing them to be
] such, shall be liable to the State IN an action
, tor the recovery Of all the benefit or adyun.
! tage which would, by the terms of the con-
tr, ct or agreement under which said moneys
were SO loaned or deposited, have accrued tc
the officer cr person loGnnT as aforesaidi
9 ana payment 10 any such officer or persol
80 Iounng or depustiny as aforesaid shat
protect such bank or banking company, cor
poration, ur individual against the actor
brought by the State"
The Senate agreed to this amendment, an
the bill was sent to the House.
The House disagreed to several of tn
amendments, and the result was . Commit
Tee Of Conference. The Committee wa
unable to agree with respect to the partcu
! ! lar amendment, the Senate committee inss,
ing on its disagreement, q second Comntte
, of Conference was appointed, consisting c
Mess1s. McCauslir and Taylor on the pa,
of the Senate, and Messrs. Metcalf, Pain
> and Lester Tay lor on the part o' the House
!. That committee reported that the Senat
, should recede from the amendment in COZ
o troyersy, mo A5.) and that lie House shouI
, rccede from two of its amendments, IN,
81 and 57,) Mr.. Taylor, one OF the Sena,
Committee, dissenting.
The report Of the majority was agreed t
and the Senate receded from it's amendmrn
i, twelve Democrats, two Free soilers al
six Wings voting in the affirmative, and Sc
EN- Democrats in the negative. Sena
Journal, page 635. This was the last vo
> taken in the Senate. Even before il W
completed the hour of adjournment arrive
- Thus passed away the last hope of prever
n ing All improper use of the public funds;
- that when the last Democratic Legislatu
n adj urned, the laws prescribing the duties
y the Treasurer of State, and regulating t
4 safekeeping and disbursement of the pub
n. money, were left exactly a the Whig par
20 Gin its days of poweD had provided them.
ve In each Of those Legislatures large m
-. iority of the Democratic members were c
w ceedingIy anxious to adopt some measure
the protection Of the Treasury; but tn
oil were defeated time and again by the cut
bv vote of the opposition (Whigs and Fl
ed soilers) with a few Democrats. The i
he effort, that of engratting a paragraph on
rv appropriation bill, was desperate cne, o
in of course, could only be justified in case
its some extreme necessity. 1t was aband
ill ed, however, because if the Senate had P
or. sisted against the House the result wo
10 have been failure of the regular approp
re. tion bill. .....
nd. have already extended this letter m
m beyond what intended. Were it not
- this + might be tempted to refer someN