Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-05-06
No. OIL AN ACT

No, 91.] AN ACT
To further provide for the better regulation
of the receipt, disbursement and safe
keeping of the public revenue.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General
assemble of tile State of Ohio, That the
auditor of state shall be the chief accoun-
ting officer of the treasury department;
he shall keep his Office in the state house,
at the seat of government, in which he
shall keep all accounts pertaining to his
office in relation to the receipt and disburse
ment of the public moneys of the state,
together with all vouchers and records
thereof, and all property under his care
and in his custody, and manage and di-
rect all negotiations and correspondence
in his official capacity concerning the
same, for the best interests of the state,
and no money shall be paid out of the
state treasury except on his warrant; and
the books and accounts in his Office shall,
at all times, show the exact amount of ev-
cry payment made into and out of the
state treasury; and he shall keep in sep
arate sets of books, the exact amount of
each particular fund; and the auditor of
state, treasurer of state, and comptroller of
the treasury, shall each respectively keep
an account, in books prepared for that
purpose, of each and every appropriation
made by law and shall enter to the credit
of each account the amount thereof and
charge against it every payment made on
account of the same.
Sec. 2. Every person making pay
ment into the state treasury shall inform
the comptroller of the treasury thereof,
and furnish him with pertinent descrip-
ton of the liability or Indebtedness on
account of which such payment is to be
made; and shall exhibit to him all accounts
vouchers or documents, necessary to en-
able him to ascertain the true amount to
be paid, (unless the comptroller shall have
in his Office the means of determining the
same; land the comptroller, after a care
full examination of such vouchers and
other documents, or of the accounts, rec
ords and vouchers in his office, as the
case may require, shall certify to the treas
urer the amount to be paid into the treas
ury, and the fund to which the same shall
belong, and shall likewise certify the
same to the auditor of state: and every
such certificate shall be delivered to the
treasurer. by the person making payment
thereon, at or before, the time of making
such payment, and together with the ac-
companying draft in favor of the treasur-'
er, shall be numbers filld, and carefully
preserved, in the treasurer's office; and,
on receiving payment thereon, the trea-
surer shall give to the person making such
payment, triplicate receipt. for the money
SO paid, specifying therein the liability
on account of which payment shall have
been made according to the description
contained in such Certificate. The auditor
and comptroller of the treasury shall ex-
anime all claims and accounts presented
for payment.
Sec. 8. The auditor and comptroller
shall ,severaly, carefully examine all claims
and demands, of every kind, presented
for payment out of the state treasury and,
shall, first, be satisfied that the claim is
just and legal, and ought to be paid, be-
fore he shall allow and audit, or certify,
countersign, or register the same; and,
secondly, he shall ascertain whether any
money has been appropriated for the pay
ment of tho same, and, being satisfied of
the foregoing requirements, the auditor
shall issue his warrant on the treasurer
for the payment of the same, out of the
appropriate fund for which the claim or
demand is required to be paid, and he shall