The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-06-24
LAWS OF OHIO.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
mo. ell AN ACT '..r'

10 fuftnef prOVlue lot tne DetteI IeRuIsuou
of the receipt, disbursement and safe
keeping of the public revenue. 80
SEcrtoN 1. Be Il enacted By The General
Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the
auditor Of state shall be the chief account.
ing officer of the treasury department; he
shall keep his Office in the state house, at
the seat OF government, in which be shall
keen all accounts pertaining to his oiice in
relation 10 the receipt md disbursement OF
the public moneys Of the state. together
with all vouchers end records thereof, and
all property under his care and in his custo'
dy, and manage and direct all negotiations
and correspondence in his official capacity
concerning the same, for the best interests
of the state, and no meney shall be paid
out OF the state treasury except on his war
rant: and the books and accounts in his Of.
fee shall, at 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; end the auditor Of
state, treasurer of state, and comptroller ot
the treasury, shall each respectively keep
an account, in books prepared for that pur-
pose, 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 payment
into the state treasury shall inform the
comptroller of the treasury thereof, and
furnish him with a pertinent description of
the liability or Indebtedness on account Of
which such payment is 10 be made; and
shall exhibit to him all accounts, vouchers
or documents, necessary to enable him to
ascertain the true amount to be paid, (un-
less thu com ptroller shall have in his Office
the means of determining the same;) and
the comptroller, after q 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
certificate shall be delivered to the treasur.
er, by the person asking payment thereon,
at or before the time OF making such pay
ment, and together with the accompanying
draft in favor of the treasurer, shall be num-
bered, filed, and carefully preserved, in the
treasurer's office; and, on receiving paymen,
thereon, the treasurer shall give to the per-
son making such payment, triplicote receipts
for the money so paid, specifying therein the
liability on account of which such payment
shall have been made according to the de.
scription contained in such certificate. The
auditor and comptroller of the treasury
shall examine all claims and accounts pre-.
: sented for payment.
SEC. 8. The auditor and comptroller
shall, severally, carefully examine al
claims and demands, OF every kind, present
ed for payment out of the state treasury
and shall, first, be satisfied that the claim il
Just and legal, and ought to be paid, before
he shall allow and audit, or certify, counter
sign, or register, the same; and, secondly
he shall ascertain whether any money hal
been appropriated for the payment of III,
y same; and, being satisfied Of the foregoing
a requirements, the auditor shall issue hi
= warrant on the treasurer for the payment O
the same, out OF the appropriate fund 70
o which the claim or demand is required to b
h paid, and he shall credit himself with tn
4 amount of the warrant SO issued as againl
, the fund out of which the same is to b
: paid, so as to keep an exact debt and cred
account Win eoSh PoIhCuIaE IuHu III tu
o treasury. ir,lI
e Sec. 4. The auditor and comptrolls
o shall, severally, keep fair record of a
. claims or demands presented, for paymer
" which shall have been allowed and auditet
1t and certified, and warrant issued for n
e payment of the same os aforesaid, and care
IN fully file the same in his office, with re
ceipt or q duplicate thereof of the perso
ie receiving such warrant for the payment
D. the claim or demand, which receipt shall t
* taken, on the face of such claim. in full f,
is the snme. And the original Of all sue
70 claims and receipts shall be kept by the a
. :, ditor, and the duplicates by the comptrolle
Us Sec. 5. The auditor of state shall n
ls at any time draw any warrant upon the sta
lis treasury, unless there is money therein b
be longing to the fund upon which the same
= drawn to pay the same; nor shall the com
80 troller of the treasury certify, countersig
nd or register, any warrant drawn by the aut
is tor of state on the treasurer Of state, unle
n the same be drawn by authority Of law al
ho in confol nifty to appropriations mace by Ia
"' and on money at the time actually In 4
nj fee, subject to the payment of the SAME.
TO- SEC. 6. The treasurer Of state shall,
of presentation, pay all warrants drawn ont
treasury by the auditor of state, duly Ger
on fed and countersigned by the comptrol
w, when in funds of the particular fund
", which. the warrant is drawn, In such mon
nd and funds in the state treasrfy as shall hu
~ been received for taxes, and other fevent
4A OF the state; and on payment ofisthe sar
1e' he shall take the receipt Of the person p
der senting said warrant and entitled torl
md samet on the face Of such warrant, and
- full for the amount epe eoified therein, and
" treasurer shall write on the face thereof
or word "Paid;" which warrant wheHso :
low and cancelled, shall be numbered in the
he der in which il is paid, and he shall rec
I'M the same, in the appropriate book kept
that purpose, and file the same iii his Of
nat as his voucher for SO much money paid
tied and shall credit himself with the amodn
lere the warrant paid, on his account against
rial particular fund appropriated, and for wi
he has charged himself as herein proyit
"ss so as to keep an exact debt and credit
he count, Of each pAfticular fund in his Office
Illet, SEE. q. The comptroller OF the tre,
sofa ry shall have charge Of the bank dep
49,. ment Id the auditor of states Office,
nted ~ bsSsa ftsr M devolved hv Law nnon The n
in regard to banks; and shall annually m
his report to the auditor Of state, to b
4 he him included in his annual report.
SEQ. 8. The certificates Of the ful
~ " debt Of the state of Ohio, or of any Q
ance state, or OF the United States deposited
Do and transferred to the treasurer of stat