The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1858-05-20
LAWS Of OHIO.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
mo. Oil AN ACT.

Section |. Be it enacted by the General As.
semh'v Of the State Of Ohio, That the Auditor
:ANfqte shall be the chief accounting officer of
orr ,,,- ,-GTTirfY department; he shall keep his Of.
SRLhN 1,T, WI House, at the seat of Govern.
NIlEill lean ne shall keep all accounts per.
A." ng to his 0fficein relation to the receipt and
disbursemPnt Of the public moneys ofthe State
together with all vouchers and records thereof,
and oil property under his care and in his custo,
dy, and manage and direct ell negotiations and
correspondence in his official capacity concern :
ing 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 al all times,
show the exact amount Of every payment made
into and out of the state treasury; and he shall
keep in separate sets Of books, the exact amount
Of each particular fund; and the auditor of state,
treasurer Of state, and comptroller Of the trea-
sury, shall each respectively keep an account, in
books prepared for that purpose, Of each and
every appropriation made by law, and shall en-
ter 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 payment into
the state treasury shall inform the comptroller
of the treasury thereof and furnish him with
q pertinent description of the liability or in.
debtedness on account Of which such pavment is
to be made; and shall exhibit to him all ac.
count vouchers or documents, nee essary 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 same1 and the
comptroller, after careful examination Of such
vouchers aud other documents, or Of the accounts,
records aud vouchers in his office, as the case
may require, shall certify to the treasurer the
amount to be paid into the treasury, and the
fnnd to which the same shall brlong, 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 accompanying
draft in favor of the treasurer, shall be number.
ed, filed and carefully preserved, in the treasur
er's ofiicei and, on receiving payment thereon,
NE treasurer shall give to the person making
such payment, triplicate receipts for the money
so paid, specifying therein the liability on ac.
count OF which such payment shall have been
made according to the description contained in
such certificate, The auditor and comptroller Of
the treasury shall examine all claims and &C
counts presented for payment.
Sec 3. The auditor and comptroller shall,
sCverally, carefully examine all claims and de.
mnnds, OF every kind, presented for payment
out of the state treasury and shall. first, be sat
ished that the claim is Just and legal, and ought
to be paid, before 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 payment of the
same, and being satisfied of the foregoing re
quirements, the auditor shall issue his war.
rant on the treasurer for the payment Of the
the same, out Of the appropriate fund for which
the claim or demand is required to be paid, and
he shall credit himself with the amount of the
warrant so ISSUED, as against the fund out oil
which the same is to be paid, so as to keep an
exact debt and credit account with each partic.
ular fund in the treasury.
Sec. A. The auditor and comptroller shall
severally, keep fair record of all claims or de.
mandS presented for payment which shall have
been allowed and au1iled, and certified, and O
warrant issued for the payment of the sans as
aforesaid, and carefully file the sans in his
office, with receipt or duplicate thereof Of the
person receiving such warrant for the payment
Of the claim or demand, which receipt shall be
taken, on the face Of such claim in full for the
same. And the original of all such claims and
receipts shall be kept Oy the auditor, and the du
plicates by the comptroller.
Sec. 5. The auditor of state shall not al any
time draw any warrant upon the state treasury
unless there is money therein belonging to the
fund upon which the same Is drawn to nav the
same; nor shall the comptroller of the treasury
certify, counters gn, or register, any warrant
drawn by the auditor Of state on the treasurer
Of state unless the same be drawn by authori
ty Of law ana In conformity to appropriation
made by law, aud on money ut the time actually
in the treasury according TO the accounts Of his
office, subject to the payment OF the same.
Sec ID. The treasurer OF state shall, on pre
senlatlon, pay all warrants drawn on the treas
ury by the auditor OF state, duly certified and
Coun tersigned by the comptroller when in fund.
Of the particular fund on which the warrant
Is drawn, IN such money and funds in the
state treasury as shall have been received fol
taxes, aud other revenues of the state; and Oh
payment Of the same, he shall take the
receipt of the person presenting said warrant
aud entitled TO the same, on the face
OF such warrant, anu In full for the amount
specified therein, aud the treasurer shall writ.
on the lace thereof the word "Paid;" which
warrant when SO paid and Cancelled, shall bt
numbered in the older In which it Is paid. auC
! he shall record the same, in the appropriate
look kept Tor that purpose. and file iho SAINT
IN his office, as his voucher for so much mo
ney pald out, and d,shall credit himself witt
the amount Of the warrant paid, on his &C
count against the particular fund appropriated
ana for winch he has charged himself as here
in provided, so as to keep an exact debit anC
credit accOun; Of each particular fund in hi
office.
see. T. The comptroller OF the treasury
shall have charge Of the bank department II
the auditor Of states o!lce aud shall do aud per
form all and every duty now or hereafter dsvo
we'd BY law upon the office in regard 10 banks
and shall annually make his report to the audi
tor oi state, 10 be by him included in his annu
al report.
Sec. 8, The certificates of the funded deb
Of the state OF Ohio, or Of any other st ate, or 0
the United States deposited with and transfer
red 10 the treasurer Of state 10 secure the circu
lalon OF bank notes, under the provisions Of lh
act entitled, IAN act to incorporate the stat
bank Of Ohio, and other banking companies,
passed February -, l8i5, ald the like certifi
Gates transferred to and deposited with the audi
tor of state, as security for circulation under III
provisions oil an act entitled "An act to author
ize free banking passed March 81, 1851, shaI
hereafter be held and kept in the treasury of til
state Of Ohio, as part Oi the secarities belong
ing TO the state; and whenever, 10 order TO re
= deem any Of the circulation VI any Of said bank
ID shall be necessary to sell any part of such Sc
curitie,, the commissioners Of the sinking fun
shall convert the same into money aud pay til
proceeds thereof, upon the draft OF the comptro
ier Of the treasury, drawn upon aid board. .coun
tenigned by the auditor off TO the stal
treasury. W.
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