The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-08-06
STATE OFFICIALS AGAIN.
The Treasury Law ShamefulIy
Disregafdcd.

Disregafdcd.
There is no end to the proofs that present
themselves to confirm and fasteh upon the
Chase Administration, the most shameless
and criminal neglect in their guardianship
and control over the publ: money. In Kel-
ley's new Treasury law, passed April s, 1856,
the following important, though i'll guar.
ded section has prominent place;
"SEcTIoN Is. II shall be the duty of the
Auditor quarter annually, on the 18th day of
MOrch, Iun3, September and December, (or
il airy such day should be Sunday, then on
! thg day previously to ascertain the amount OF
money in the Treasury belonging 10 the Sink.
ina Fund, and DRAW ON THE TREASURER
THEREFOR, in fduor Of The acting Commission
er of said Fund, specifying in every such
draft the source or sources from which the
money so drawn for was derived"
Now mark the duty imposed BY the above
section, and the consequences that would
have resulted from its prompt and faithful
performance:
FIRST. 1t was The duty of the State Au-
dtor to ascertain "quarter from
the books of his Office, the exact amount OF
money in the Treasury belonging to the
Sinking Fund, and TO drap the same theretrOn
on behalf of the acting Commissioner OF said
fund. Between the date of the passage oI
! this law, and the time at which Gibson de.
fau!ted, the duty imposed by the 18th section
(above quoted on the State authorities,
should have been performed at each OF four
distinct quarterly periods, to.wit:
l. On the fifteenth day OF June, 1856;
@. On the fifteenth day OF Sept, 1856;
8. On the fifteenth day of Dec, 1866
4. On the fifteenth day of March, 1857.
! Let the reader mark, that at each OF the
above dates, the law--Kelley's ReV law of
! April 8, lS56--made it the duty OF the
Stute authorities to ascertain the whole
amount of the Sinking Fund in the Treasury
and DRAW 1T THEREFROM. This duty
was not optional but Imperative. Had it
been faithfully performed, the whole amount
of Sinking Fund rightu!ly in the Treasury
at each OF those dates, would have been
withdrawn from the Treasury and applied 10
The public det Of Ohio.
Second. The sum OF $4,000 acknowl,
edged by Gibson 50 he missing OH the day
he resigned his otiice, soaS money belonging
10 tie Sinking Fund, ard is alleged to have
been lost or used by Breslin and never paid
over by him to Gibson. Now, presuming Tor
the sake of the argument, tn this ulega-
ton is true, why has this immense telIn-
quency, charged back gear and h7Lj on
| Breslin, been so long coyeredup by the con.
current knavery and neglect OF the Treascr-
er, Auditor and Fund Commissioners! 1t
will not do TO offer as IA sufficient apology
the ALLEGED fact the: Gibson "t0oleG" the
Auditor and Investigating Committees by
producing for their inspection, moneys nud
drsns which he had borrowed for the sole
purpose OF deceivng them. This humiii.t-
ing plea may suffice to show Why they re-
ported that the munry was all in the Trel-
sury; but il d,cs not erpLaiH why the 18th
section OF Kelcy's new law (abOvc cuyted,)
was not promptly aud fully carried l"to Ell.
feet. II does not erplqi8 why the State Au
ditor and the Commissioners OF the Sinking
FGnd, neglected 10 ascertain the safety ot
that Mrd by drawing on the Treasury
for the full amqnnt that ought to have been
Ihere on the 18Th day OF June, 1896, hve
months after Mr. Bresia retired rom office.
! II dos not erp!atn why they did not draw
1 in like mann.r, on Ijth day OF September,
1855, as the law required. II dos nat {"
plain uhv this duIy w"s again omitted ON
the 18th day Of December, 1896. A. 0osS
not crplain why it was STILL NEG LEO L.
ED on The 18th day OF March, 1881. At
each of thrse four distinct period, it was
within the lawful poWer-npy, al icaS mlde
The IMPERATIVE LEGAL DUIY OF the
State Auditor ard Sinking Fund Commits
siOnerj to have apple such A TEST to the
condition of the L easuIy as could not have
failed to bring to light The alleged dela'ct.
lion of Breslin, now CIaa.cd to have been
screened and covered Up bv his successor.
Did this defulcation OF 3547 900 actuslly
occur under Bresliu? The Blach RePublI-
can State fiiciaiS allcge that it did So &C.
cur. Taking them ut Ii cir word, then, tho
il be in the face of all their official repOr t.
how are they to escape The iNdignat rebuko
OF in outraged people for having so long and
SO shameluly emitted to discharge the duty
required by the 18th section OF the Kelley
law of Al priI 8, 1856, when faithful pertor
nance o. that duty would have gwen the
VNuiC true ana uWeiy Know ituSt VI Tue
B, cono from tho cnns,,n which ;s so i,stly
merited by their deliberate and repeated dis