The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-04-29

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SEcrIoE IA. On and after tbs 4,b dsv -
July. 1858, all payments out OF, every conn.
y treasury Of five dollars, and under. and
after the 4th day Of July. 1859, all payments
Of ten dollars, and under; after the lth dav
OF July, 1850, all payments OF twenty dol.
lars and under; after the 4th day Of july,
lS6f' oil Paymsnts Of thirty dollars, and
under; after the 4th day of July, 1852, all
payutehts OF fiity dollars, aud under; after
the 4th day Of July, 1853, ali sums Of one
hundred dollars, and unders &ftsf the 4,b dav
Of July, 1864, all sums of two hundred dol.
lars, aud under, and after the 4th day OF Julv.
1865, all payments whatever, shall be made
in specie only. -......,
Section Is. That il any officer or other
person charged with the collection, teceipt,
safe keeping, transfer or disbursement OF
the public money, or any part thereof, be.
longing to the Statesor any county, or town.
ship 6F, organized city ot village in this
State, shall convert to his own use, or to the
use OF any other person or persons, body
corporate, association or party whatever; or
shall use BY Way Of investment in any kiad
Of security, stock, loan, property, land or
merchandise; Or id any other manner or form
whatever; or shall loan, with, or without
interest, to any company, corporation, asso.
citation or individual; or shall deposte with
any company, corporation or individual my
portion OF the public money, or any other
funds, property, bonds, securities, assets OF
effects of any kind received, controlled, or
held by him for safe keeping, transfer o. dis:
bursement; or any other way or m amer, or
for any other purpose; or If any other per,
SON shall advise, aid, or in any manner, par:
tcipate in such act, every such act shall be-
; deemed and held in law, to be an embezzle.
ment Of so much OF the said moneys, or
other property as aforesaid as shall be thus
converted, used, invested, loaned, deposited
or paid out as aforesaid; which is hereby
: declared to be high crime and misdemean.
. or, and upon prosecution, trial by indictment
and conviction thereof before any court Of
! this State, having competent jurisdiction,
such officer or person or persons shall bs
sentenced to imprisonment in the psnitenti.
TRY; and kept at harI labor, for term OF
not less that one year, nor moro than twsa.
ty-one years, dcG6Tding to the magnitude of
, the emBezzlement. Aud, also, to q iin5
equal to double the amount of money or pro:
perty embezzled as aforesaid; which ti1o
shall operate as judgment at law on all tho
!, estate Of the party 80 convicted and sentenc:
J, ed, and shall be enforced to collection By
: execution or other process, for the use only
i OF the parties WhOse money or other fundss
r property, bonds or securities, assets or of:
: fects or any kind as aforesaid, has been 4,
Il embezzled. And in all cases; such fms IS
r operating as a iudgm eat, shall only b. re.
). leased or entered as sltis64d, by the party
y In interest aforesaid. Any falltre Or refdsll
@ to pay over, or to produce, the public M.
u ney or any p,rt thereof, by any officer or
r other person, under this uct, charged with
:r the collection, receipt, transfer, disburs3:
. ment or safe. Keeping Of tie public HToirey Or
,. any part thereof; whether belonging td ills
u State, or to any county, or t)*n,hio, or sah:
J. lied city, or incorporated villige in this
9 State or any other public money whatever;
'e or any failure to account to-; OF ID make set.
s. tlement with any proper and legal authority,
J. Of the official accounts OF such officer of
70 person; shall be held od,f tdken, as prima
q facie evidence 6f sdSl eHbezslement. AH,l
e upon the trial Of any such officer, or person,
= Tor embezzling public money under tile pro-.
: vision OF this act, it shall ID sufficient efvVf-
e dence for the purpose Of slidwlnt balans5
y against such oficef; or person, to produce 1
- Transcript from the books Ut the a,tlh5r of
~ State, or COMPTROLLER Of the treasury, or the
auditor OF the county, or the records Of the
~ commissioners OF the county; and the reftsrl
: of any such officer, or person, whether in or
8. out Of Office, to paS dny daft; order, Or war.
- = rant which Bs draH7 Upon Hill, by Tie bro.
y pet officer; for any public m,ney in h;5
- 70 hands 40 m itter in VIII It capacity, tn, sa M
}" may have been rec sived or may be h,ld bv
him-or any refusal, by any person or pu5.
~ lie officer, named in this act, to pay over {,
=: ~ his successor, the public moneys, or seaur;,
Is ties promptly, on the legal fsl lirsn .nt Of
/ any authorized officer of the State or
lr county, shall be taken, Oh trial OF any in
" dictment, against such officer OR person. for
e. embezzlement, as prima faeie evidence Of
i such embczzlement.
i SEcrroS I6. If the treasurer Of State, OF
Ct any county treasurer, shall pay out any pub.
IN lie money in any other manner, than is pro.
! yided in sections ;3 and II Of this act
q every such treasurer, upon conviction befoTa
no any court, having cognizance OF the sane
shall forfeit and pay for every sush offence
r fine Of not less than twenty, nor more than
!. FIVE hundred dollars, at the discretion of the
no court trying the same. .-.......
no Section II. This act shall t,ks effect
~ on and after the first day of JuIv, 1858.
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