Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-05-06

/ March Z, 1S42; also the act to amen
the first mentioned act, passed Febru
S airy 23. 1916; be and same are hereby re
pealed: Provided, however, that the re
) peal of said acts shall not affect an
acts done. or rights acquired, or an,
suit. action, matter or proceeding, com
ffnenced aud pending dlftler the 6sl1aeso
either of them, or in pursuance thereof
SEC. 81. This act shall take effect OF
the first day of July next.
mo OIL AN ACT
To further provide for the better regu
lation of the receipt, disbursement
and safe keeping of the public reve
nue..
| SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Ohio
That the auditor of the State shall be
the chief accounting officer of the treas
ury department; he shall keep his Office
in the state house, at the seat of govern
ment, in which he shall keep all ac-
counts pertaining to his Office in rela-
ton to the receipt and disbursement 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 direct all
negotiations and correspondence in his
| official capacity concerning the same, for
the best in nterests of the state. and no
money shall be paid out the state treas
ury except on his warrant; and the
books and accounts in his Office shall
at all times. show the exact amount of
every payment made into and out of the
state treasury; and he shall keep in sep
crate 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 appro-
priation 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 a pertinent de-
scription 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 neces-
sary to enable him to ascertain the true
amount to be paid, (unless the comp
troller shall have in his office the means
of determIng the same;) and the comp
troller, after careful examination of
such vouchers and other documents, or
of the accounts, records and vouchers
in his office, as the case may require.
shall certify to the treasurer the amount
to be paid into the treasury, and the
fund to which the same shall belong,
and shall likewise certify the same to
the auditor of state; and every such GER
tiicate shall be delivered to the treas
urer, by the person taking payment
thereon, at or before the time of making
such payment, and together with the ac-
companying draft in favor of the treas
nrcr, shall be numbered, filed. and care
fully preserved. in the treasurer's Office
and, on receiving payment thereon, the
treasurer shall give to the person max
ing such payment, triplicate receipts, for
the money so paid, specifying therein
the liability on account of which such
payment shall have been made accor-
ding to the description contained in
such certificate. The auditor and
comptroller, Of the treasury shall exam
inc all claims and accounts presented
for payment.
SEC 3. The auditor and comptroller
shall, severally, carefully examine all
claims and demands, of every kind
presented for payment out of the treas
ury. and shall, first, be satisfied that
the claim is Just and legal, and ought
to be paid, before he shall allow and
audit or certify. countersign, or regis
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certain whether any money has been
appropriated for the payment of the
same; and, being satisfied of the forego-
ing requirements, the auditor shall is
sue his warrant on the treasurer for the
payment ofthe same, out of the appro-
pirate fund for which the claim or de-
mand is required to be paid, and he shall
credit himself with the amount of the
warrant so issued, as against the fund
out Of which the same is to be paid, so
as to keep an exact debt and credit ac-
count with each particular fund in the
treasury.
Sec. 4. The auditor and comptrol-
lcr shall, severally, keep fair r. cord Of
all claims or demands presented for
payment which shall have been allowed
and audited, and certified, and war
rant issued for the payment of the same
as aforesaid, and carefully file the same
in his office, with a receipt or a dupli-
cate 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
laims and receipts shall be kept by the
auditor, and the duplicates by the comp
troler.
Sec. 5. The auditor of state shall
not at any time draw any warrant upon
the state treasury, unless there is money
therein belonging to tho fund upon
which the same is drawn to pay the