Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-05-06
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made as often as once in every six con-
secutive months, or oftner if the auditor
of state and comptroller of the treasury
shall judge necessary, of all the receipts
and business, books and vouchers; of
each collector of tolls, and each receiver
and each register of the state land of
fees, and every other state officer or
agent having an Office in which the bus
mess of the state is attened to, done
or performed, or required to be attended
to, done or performed. And for this
purpose the auditor of state, with he
Concurrence in writing ofthe comptroll-
er of the treasury, is hereby authorized
and required, as often as once in every
six consecutive months in each year, to
appoint some well qualified and trust
worthy accountant or accountants, who
shall, under instructions to be furnished
him or them in writing by the auditor
of state, proceed, without having given
any previous knowledge, notice or in
timation of such intended inspection
and examination, to the Office of such
collector, or receiver, or register, or of
feer or agent, and enter said office and
make a thorough and complete inspec-
-'tien and examination of the books, pa
pers, records and vouchers of said Office,
and ascertain whether the business and
duties threef have been performed in
good faith and with full ability and ca
pacity, by such collector; and if such is
found to be the case, such inspector or
inspectors shall certify the same to the
auditor of state in writing.
r' Sec. II. That any hinderance to, or
attempt to hinder, or any obstruction
to, or attempt to obstruct any inspec-
ton and examination of the state treas
ury or county treasury, or any Office, as
provided by this act OF by law, and any
-hindrance to, or attempt to hinder any
one Of the inspectors provided by law,
or any committee appointed by joint res
i~olution of the general assembly, or any
committee appointed by a resolution OF
either branch of the general assembly,
from entering into any one of the said
treasures or offices which they are APP
pointed and required to inspect, as afore-
said, shall be deemed and held in law
to be a high misdemeanor. And any
state treasurer, Oh county treasurer, OF
officer, or agent, or person so offending.
shall be arrested, removed from Office
by the act of such arrest, held to bail,
confined, tried, sentenced and fined, in
the same manner, and for the same term
of time, and in the same amount as he
would be subject to by the act to estab-
lish the independent treasury of the
state of Ohio, or by any other law or by
this act for embezzlement or breach Of
trust, as herein provided and described
z g Sec. Is. That all inspectors, other
than officers whose official oath embraces
this duty, as provided for by this act OF
by law, shall, before entering upon the
discharge of their duties, take an oath
or affirmation before some officer quail
fled to administer such oath or afirma,
ton, that he will faithfully and impair
TALLY, without fear, favor or prejudice,
make a true, thorough and critical in
spection of the Office or offices, mention
ing them to the inspection of which he
has been appointed. And a wilful fail
ureso7to- inspect any such-offfce, shah
subject such inspector to all the pains
and penalties of perjury.
~ Sec. 10. That each inspector herein
provided or provided by law shall have
power, when in the execution of his du,
ties as such inspector, to take the testi
mony of any state treasurer, or county
treasurer, or officer, or any other person
or persons he may think proper, in re.
gard to any thing or matter connected
with any such treasury or Office, as he
is required to inspect. And for thai
purpose, any such inspector is hereby
vested with full power to administer an
oath, or oaths, or affirmation, to any
such treasurer, officer or person, at the
time of any such inspection. And al
such treasurers, officers or persons, shall
answer in writing, and over their prop.
er signatures, all questions ~propounded
by such inspector; and such oath or at.
-frmation so taken shall have all the va,
lidity, and subject the party taking the
sane to all the pains and penalties at
'tached to an oath or affirmation duly
administered to a witness, in any cause
in any court of Justice in this state.
: Sec. 20. That it is hereby made the
special duty of the attorney general, tt
prosecute to conviction either on or by
indictment, and without delay, all vic
elations of this act; or the act to estab
lish the independent treasury of the STATE
of.Ohio, committed, done, or suffer, o.
performed, by any state officer, or by
any person acting by or under the au
thOrity of the state, or by or under the
authority of any officer or agent there
of. And it is hereby made the special
duty ofeach and every prosecuting at
-torney, in each and every county in thi.
state to prosecute to conviction either
on information OF by indictment, as the
case may admit, and without delay, al
violations of this act, or the act to es.
tablish the independent treasury in the
z state o fOhio, committed, done, suffered
p or performed by the treasurer of the
county, or the treasurer of any township
in, the county, or any other individual
: .or person within the county of, in, OF
for which he is such prosecuting attor.
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$50. 81. The treasurer of state shall
= previous to entering upon the duties
9 of his Office, give bond, with twelve oil
more securities, to the acceptance of the
c governor, in the sum of three hundred
2 thousand dollars, payable to the state
of o and conditioned for the faith
: full performance of the duties ofhis office,
as prescribed by law and as shall be pro-
: vided by law thereafter; and the said