Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-13
AN ACT,


To provide for keeping accounts in the several
departments of the State Government and the
Public Institutions.
Section J. Be it enacted by the General As-
senably of tie State of Ohio, That it shall be
the duty of the Auditor of State, the Treasury
of State, the Secretary of State the Attorney
General, the Commissioners of the Sinking
Fund, the State Librarian. the Directors of the
Ohio Penitentiary, the Trustees of the several
Benevolent Institutions, and the Board of Pub
lie Works, to keep, or cause to be kept in their
respective departments, and report an abstract
thereof to the governor at the close of each fis-
cal year.
Sec 2. 1t shall be the duty of the Auditor of
State, and ohe Treasurer OF State, with the aid
of such competent accountant or accountants as
they may call to their assistance, forthwith to
devise and establish a complete and correspond
ing system of accounts in their Offices with pro-
per checks upon each; and to adopt the same in
practice by the first day of July next.
Sec. 3. Itshall be the duty ofthe Auditor and
Treasurer of State respectively, to make or cause
to be made weekly statement of the balances
of the several accounts In their respective offices,
as the same existed at this close of business on
Monday of each week, and forthwith to COM
pare or cause the same to be compared, and all
errors appearing in either of such accounts to be
corrected,
Sec. A. 1t shall be the duty of the Treasurer
Of State, on the first Monday of each month, to
make or cause to be made in writing, and recor-
ded In a book to be provided for that purpose, a
statement showing the kind and character of
the funds in the Treasury, the names of the sew
eral depositaries of the public funds, selected
by him, with the amount of such funds in each
depositary; and also the average amount in
each depositary during the last preceding
month. And ii shall also be the duty of the
Treasury to include such statements in his annu-
al report.
Nh. VAN VORHES,
Speaker of the House of Representative,
THOS. H. FORD,
Presidentof the Senate
Columbus April Is, 1857.
AN ACT,
Supplementary to ean act making certain in
struments of writing negotiable, passed Feb
ruary 25, 1920.
Section 1. Be it enacted By Me General As-
sem5ly of tic SSate of Ohio, That all bonds,
notes notes and m bills. PAYABLE at day certain after
date or after sight, made negotiabls by the
act to which this is supplementary, shall be
entitled to three days grace in the time of pay
ment.
Sec l. That the demands of payment from
the maker of any bond or note. or of the drawee
of any bill of exchange the third day of
grace given aforesaid, and notice of non-pay-
ment thereof to the indorser of any such bond,
note or bill, and the drawer of any such bill,
within reasonable Tins thereafter shall be ad-
judged, due diligence under the second section
of the act to which this is supplementary, un-
less the Endorsement shall express in writing
other conditions: Provided, that when the
third day of grace shall be the first day of the
week, the first day of January, the fourth day
of July, the twenty-fifth day of December or
a public thanksgiving day such demand
shall be made on the next preceding bisiness
day.
Sec. 3. The act passed March l3, 1899, en-
titled can act supplementary to an act making
certain instruments of writing negotiable" pass
ed February 25, 1920 be and the same is here
by repealed: Provided, nothing in this act
shall affect suits pending or rights acquired be-
fore this act takes effect:
H. VAN WORRIES.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
THOMAS II. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE,
CoLUNBUs, April 2, 1857.
hereby certify thai the foregoing acts are cor
rectly copied from the original rolls on file in
this office.
JAMES ii. BAKER,
Secretary of State.
AUDrroR's OFFICE, HOLMES Co., o.,
MILLERsBURG, Aug. 13, 1857.
l, FRANCIS McCoMB, Auditor of Holmes Coun-
ty, Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Laws are correctly copied from the official paper.
FRS. McCOMB. Auditor
Toe AGAHlAls29a :.
DEALER IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DIR Y GO @ d S :,
GROCERIES, ETC., ETC.
MiIlersburg, Ohio.
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