Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-23

so deposited, PLACID or kept in strict
conformity to the requirements of the
twelfth section of the act to which this
act is supplementary, and he shall, with
out delay, collect l money all dr1fts,
bills of exchange, mites and other eYi-
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SO IA such drafts, oils of exchange,
notes and other evidences of debt which
shall hereafter come into the treasury,
as soon as they shall become due or pay
able, on presentment or otherwise, and
shall place all monies so collected, in
the treasury at Columbus, or deposit the
same in safe and approved repositories,
in strict conformity to the requirements
of the twelfth section Of the act to which
this is supplementary.
SEC. e. It shall be the duty of the
Governor, as often as once in every
three months, to appoint some compe-
tent and proper person, who shall in
conjunction with the Auditor, or some
competent clerk in his Office, to be de-
signated by him, Immediately after such
appointment proceed personally and
carefully to examine the books, ac-
counts and vouchers of the Treasurer,
and to compare the same with the books,
accounts and vouchers in the Auditor S
office, or with proper abstracts thereof,
touching the receipt, disbursement, de-
posit and safe keeping of the public mo-
neys, and carefully count all monies of
every kind in the treasury, and to ex-
anime and take copies, or. full descrip-
tions, of all drafts, bills of exchange,
certificates of deposit, and other evil
dence of debts due to, or moneys be-
longing to the treasury; and they shall,
as soon thereafter as practicable, rake
to the Governor a full and clear report
of their doings under such appointment,
of the actual condition of the treasury,
and of the moneys and funds in or be-
longing thereto.
Sec 3. IF it shall appear from any
examination made in obedience to the
requirements of the preceding section,
or of the thirteenth section OF the act to
which this act is supplementary, that
the moneys actually feuHAfa the treas
ury, added to the certificates OF depos-
it for moneys actually deposited i'll strict
conformity to tho requirements of~the
twelfth section of the aforesaid act,
amount to a sum less than the sum with
which the Treasurer stands charged on
the books of the Auditor, adding there
to the amount of the unpaid warrants
drawn by the Auditor on the Treasurer,
the Treasurer shall be assumed to be a de-
faulter to the amount of the deficiency,
and the Governor shall Immediately in
form the Attorney General thereof, who
shall thereupon commence and prose-
cute suit against the Treasurer and his
suretics, in the name and on behalf of
the State, for the recovery of such def
cheney.
Sec. 4. If upon trial of any suit in
stituted in conformity to the provisions
of the preceding section, it shall be
found that at the time of the examina-
ton by which the alleged deficiency was
disclosed, such deficiency to any amount
did actually exist, and the Treasurer
shall fail to prove that the same did not
occur in consequence of any default or
violation of law on his part, the Attor-
ney General shall cause criminal pro-
ceedings to be instituted against such
Treasurer, charging him with the embez-
Element of the public moneys, and if,
upon trial, the jury shall find that such
deficiency did actually exist, and that
the same occurred in consequence of the
violation of law, the misuse of public
moneys, or other direliction of official
duty by such Treasurer, he shall be ad-
judged guilty of the embezzlement of
public money to the amount of the de-
ficiency so found, and shall be punish
ed as prescribed in the first section of
an act to punish the embezzlement Of
public moneys and for other purposes,
passed March 2, 1916.
SEC. 5. The Treasurer shall, during
the first ten days of each month, make
out and publish in at least two daily
and weekly newspapers of general circu-
lation, printed in the city Of Columbus,
an abstract exhibiting the true condi-
ton of the treasury, as it shall have ex-
listed on the first day of the month,
which abstract shall set forth the amount
of money actually in the treasury at Co
lumbus, the amount of drafts, bills of
exchange and other evidences of debt
held by the Treasurer, specifying the
amount of each, the date thereof, and
when payable, with the name of the ma
kers, indorscrs, acceptors or drawers
thereof; the amount of deposits in the
several depositaries of money belonging
to the treasury which abstract shall be
attested by the oath of the Treasurer,
or his principal accounting clerk.
Sec. 6. If the Treasurer shall refuse
or knowingly neglect to comply with
each and every of the duties enjoined
on him by the first and fifth sections of
this act, or by the eleventh, twelfth and
nineteenth sections of the act to which
this act is supplementary, or shall
knowingly violate the same, he shall for
felt and pay for the use of the State, for
every such refusal or neglect of duty,
the sum of one thousand dollars, which
it shall be the duty of the Attorney Gen
eral to sue for and collect for the use of
the State, and such refusal, neglect, or
violation, shall be deemed good cause
for impeachment.
Sec. Z. This act to take effect and be
in force from its passage.
N. II. VAN WORRIES,