The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23
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S':rs %:.rs. rHaALL. ofy..p,,ia.
1, Dosss Of Pubic bDar&,, .i4
~ John. L. MARTIN, Of Butler.
''f Democrats snb-Treassry Law.
7" The late Legislature in The psssal
Of the indePsnden. Treasury bill, ha'
, got the Democratic party into quite
bsdl fix. The provisions Of this Law o
q notonIy alike oPkressiye to the Tre
sursrsnd tssply &; & ba,>are i1compa
bls with each other. In itws. .lisv-
following section. :, @ .,h dsy o
"see. IL On aeilsrs NM under. an,
July 1883, s'asy Of Joiy, 1889, eli pay
W tea,I ten dollars aud under, and sfte
&c an day Of July, 1850. all payments o
Gehty oolism and under; sfier the the All
gay OF July 1861, all payments Of thirty dol
isis @ and under; after the 9TH day Of July
1907 Az peymenb Of bfty dollars and un
oeti sltsf the 9TH day Of July. 1853, all pay
menus o' one hundred and under; after th,
.n asy oI July, 1858, all payments OF tw,
nuhIted oons" and .underj and after IN,
9Th day OF July, 1865. all M yments what
LY." '' Hoih oN
Now. IL is very evident thai, ius, a,
much specie ss the Treasurer i, 70
CURED to pay out. jus, 90 much mus, b,
collect of the Taxpayers. fos the very
simple reason that all osher rssource q,
Gre Gu, off BY the provisions OF this law
IN reference to the duties OF this O ffico,.
hsis prohibited from depo,i,ing the
money in banks. or loaning il 10 ,ndi.
viduals. or disposing OF il ia any other
way than in that oi lsgsl disbursements
All moneys not thus disposed of, mus,
be 'ound at all times in the safe OF
vaults oi The treasury. Section twelve
oi this Law makes it the duty Of the
frooate Judge. as often 90 he deems i,
necessary. in the language Of the law.
10 appoint in writing under the seal Of
snu Conft, aconpet. mt and trus,y Accoun,.
eht, VINO snail forthwith, without ptev,ou.
nouce Or iniimaJon to the County Treasu !.
Isi' o' such intended inspection and exsm;
a.tIon,ent.r the eCountyTTeasury and procrrd
Anmeuiateiy 10 count the money th.re,n
sne Ihspect and examine the books. records
snu ,ouchers thereof, and if on counting
suu inspecting the same, there sb.Ii he
-. .vuuo the iui' sum in money reouircd Inv
the accounts OF the Auditor. and tbe .c' '
counts snd books, and legal vouchers of
.ne iieasufer, together with all other nron.
cry, oonds, securities, claims. as..ts ana
enscs' which should lie in The cu,tody y
shu possession Of the Treasurer, I'M, said
inspector shall certify the same in wri,,ny
IN G'piioale, one copy of which oirti6csl.
spni us recorded in the hooks of IN. tr.ssu. :.
y, ana hied by the Treasurer in his ofic..
snu one copy shall be recorded ana filed nv
nhuatot OF the county, and une other COW
sne,eoi snail DO duly repvried TO the said
rIooaie Court, and be entered on record
therein. y" 'eeo'o
And section fifteen provides that il
the moneys are not found in the vaults
OF the treasury. it shall be regarded as
an act oi embezzlement, and the Of.
lender shall be liable, upon conviction,
10 confinement in the peni.sn,isry for
from one to twenty years. The arru.
ment therefor, by the Democ racv ,bs,
the Treasurer need take nothing in nav
men' ol taxes but the paper Of specie. .
paying banks, with which be can draw
specie sufficient to serve his wants. has
no force; for the money collected for
taxes cannot be drawn from the trsa.
sury one hour or one minute. without
+. "ie'a'ion OF the law and a risk of in.
curing the penalty. While tho Trs,.
sufor or his agent is absent TO convsr,
MS paper fundsin.o specie. the Probate
Judge may direct an accountant to OK.
amins'n'o the condition OF the reasury
and the absence Of such funds would bs
. o0a0 hds case Of embszzlemsn,, un.
aer inc law, and tho Treasurer would
90 liable to suffer the penalty. Til.
is. no officer would run
such risk; and for the Democratic
parry to ask him to do il, would bo to
ask him to violate a lew Of their own
and hence all specie to bs
paid out OF the treasury will have 10 be
iolIscted of the taxpayers. To obtain
'ufhe'en' specie to pay the taxes, e,ps.
c'aiiy when all the taxes have to be
pnih 10 hA'd m0"ey Ihs laI. payers will.
nave TO suffer a she-v VI 'Tum one to-
hss psr cont. tn ohrAin tn gold aud sil.
vcr 10 serve their wants in this resosc,
W''h all the noise made by the De.
moesaey abou, the mischief banks have
done and are doing, their late Legi,Ia.
sors did nothing 10 remedy tho evil or
protect the people from losses BY such
a currency. but they did provide ,ba,
'her salariss should be paid in hard
money by proyidiug THAI nothing
'hosli be paid out Of the treasury but
gold and silver at a certain period.-
Lot ~ people note this fact
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