The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-05-13
mo. GIL
AN ACT
March so, 1856.

Supplementary to the act presc riding the duties
of the Auditar aud Treasurer of State, relative
to the receipt, safe keeping, and disbursement
OF public moneys and accounting therefor, pass
ed April s, 1885.
SEC. |. BE 1t enacted by the General
assembly Of tie State of Ohio, That the
Treasurer shall immediately collect all
moneys belonging to the State, deposited,
placed, or in any manner being in the
hands of any depositee, depositcea, OF 9th
err person or company, not SO deposited,
placed or kept in strict conformity to the
requirements of the twelfth section of the
act to which this act is supplementary !;
and he shall, without delay, collect in
money all drafts bills of exchange, notes.
and other evidences of debt now in or be
longing to the treasury, (which are payable
at sight, or which shall have become due,
and also all such drafts, bills of exchange,
notes and other evidences of debt which
shall hereafter come into the treasury, as
SOON as they shall become due or payable,
on presentment or otherwise, and shall
place al! moneys so collected, in the treas
ury at Columbus, or deposit the same in
safe and approved depositaries, in strict
conformity to the requirements of the
twelfth section of the act to which this is
supplementary.
SEC. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the
Governor, as often as once in three
moths, to appoint some competent and
proper person, who shall in conjunction
with the Auditor, or some competent
clerk in lis office, to be designated by
him, Immediately after such appointment,
proceed personally and carefully to examine
the books, accounts and vouchers of the
Treasurer, and to compare the same with
the books, accounts aud vouchers in the
Auditors office, or with proper abstracts
thereof, touching the receipt, disbursc-
deposit and safe keeping of the pub
tic moneys, and carefully count all mon
eys of every kind in the treasury, and to
examine and take copies, or fuIl descrip-
lions, of all drafts, bills of exchange, GER
~tificates Of deposit, and other evidence of
debts due to, or moneys belonging to the
treasury j.; and they shall, as SOON thereaf-
ter as practicable, make to the Governor il
full and clear report of their duings uuder
such appointm ent, of the actual condition
of the treasury, and of the moneys and
funds In or belonging thereto.
SEC. B. If it shall appear from any
examination made in obedience to the re-
quirements of the preceding sect ID, or of
The thirteenth section Of the act to which
this ls.supplenentary, that the moneys ac =
ually found IN the treasury, added to the
of deposit for moneys actually
deposited IN strict conformity to there
quirements OF the twelfth section Of The
act,amount to asum less than the
with which the treasurer stauas
charged on the books of the auditor, an
ding thereto the amount of the unpaid
drawn by the auditor on the
treasurer, the treasurer shall be assumed
to be a defaulter to the amount of the de.
ticlency, and the governor shall immcdi-
ately luform the attorney general thereof,
who shall thereupon IN and pros
ecute a suit against the treasurer and his
sureties, ia the name and on behalf Of the
State, for the recovery of such deficiency
SEC 4. If upon trial of any suit insti
in conformity to the provisions OF
the preceding section, it shall be found
that at the time Of the examination Ey
the alleged deficiency was disclosed,
such deficiency to any amount did
exist aud the trelsur, shall
fail to prove that the same did not oc-
cur in consequence ofauy default or VIC
lation of law on his part, the Attor-
ney General shall cause criminal pre-
to be Instituted against
s1ch Treasurer, charging him with
the embezz!emtnt of the public mon
oys, and if, upon trial, the jury shall
find that such deficiency did actually ex-
quencc Of the violation of law, the misuse
Of pubic moneys, or other dereliction of
official d ,ty BY such Treasurer, he shall
be adjudged guilty of the embez=Icmert
Of public money to the amount of the de-
SO found, and shall lie punished
IS prescribed in the first section OF an act
to punish the cmbezzlement of public
moneys and fer other purposes, passed
March ,, 1916.
SEC. 5. The Treasurer shall, during
the first ten days Of each month, make
1ut and publish in at least two daily and
newspapers of general circulation,
in the city of Columbus, an alb
;tract exhibiting the true condition of the
as it shall have existed on the
irst day of the month, which abstract
hail set forth the "~lount of money actu-
lily in the treasu y at Columbus, the
mount of drafts, oils Of exchange and
'ther evidences of debt held by the treas
lrer, specifying the amount of each, the
late thereof. and when payable, with the
of the makers, iudorsers, acceptors
II drawers thereof; the amount of de-
,osits in the several depositarics of money
belonging to the treasury which abstract
hall be attested by the oath of the Treas.
Irer, or his principal accounting clerk.
SEC. 6. If tho Treasurer shall refuse
r knowingly neglect to comply with each
nd every of the duties enjoined on him
y the first and fifth sections of this act,
T by the eleventh, twelfth and nineteenth
of the act to which this act is
supplementary, or shall knowingly violate
be same, he shall forfeit and pay for the
Sc of the State, for every such refusal or
eglecs of duty, the sum of one thousand
which it shall be the duty of the
-ttorney General to sue for and collect
If the use of the State, and such refusal, {
or violation, shall be deemed
ood cause of impeachment.
Sec. z. This act to take effect and be
force from its passage. :
n. II. VAN WORRIES, :
Speaker CT the House of Rep's.
THOMAS II. FORD,
President of the Senate.
March 80, 1857.
AUDrroR'sIOFFrcE, Ashland, O..