M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-06-16

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Speaker OF the House of Rapre sentaiives.
MARTIN WELKER,
President OF the Senate.
April ., 1859.
limo. 1851 AN ACT
To amend Sections Six (6), Fifteen (l5),
Twenty-Five (25) and Twenty-Seven (27),
of the act entitled an act to further pro.
vide for the Better Regulation of .he Re-
cept, Disbursement anj safe Keeping of
the Public Revenue passed April y,
1858.
Section !. Be il enacted by the General
Assembly Of the STATE Of Ohio, That section 6
of the act, entitled can act further to provide
for the better regulation Of the receipt, dis.
bursement and safe keeping Of the public
revenue" passed April l3h, 1858, be SO
amended as 10 read as fellows: Sec. 6. The
treasurer Of state shall, on presentation, pay
all warrants drawn ON the treasury by the
auditor of state, duly certified and counter
signed by tho comptroller, when there are
funds in the treasury belonging 10 the par
ticular fund on which the said warrant is
drawn, in the manner prescribed in section
thirteen of lhe"a to establish the indepen-
dent treasury of the State Of Ohio" passed
April l2, 1858; and on payment Of the same,
he shall take the receipt Of the person pre-
senting the said warrant and entit ed u re-
ceiye such payment, OH the face Olsuch var
rant, and IN full for the amount specified
therein; and the treasurer shall write on the
face thereof the word paid which warrant,
when SO paid and cancelled, shall be num-
bered in the order in which it is paid. and he
shall record the same in an appropriate book
kept for that purpose, and file the same in
| his office, us his voucher for so much money
paid out and shall credit himself with the
amount OF the warrant paid, in his account
against the particular fund appropriated, and
for which be has charged himself, as herein
provided, so as to keep an exact debit and
credit account ofeach particular fund in his
cfice.
Ser. 2. That section fifteen (l5) of the
aforesaid act be so amended as to read rs
follows; Sec. l5. 1t is hereby made the du.
" of the auditor and treasurer Of each and
every county in this state cOniontly TO make
out and cause to be published in at least
one newspaper Of general circulation in The
county in and for which they are such auditor
and treasurer statement of the exact amount
of money existing in the treasury of such
county at the close of the last business day
in each of the months of February and Aug
ust in every year, and oltener, if the commits
soners of the county shall SO direct; psrlicu
larly specifying in such statement the amount
belonging to each particular fund, together
with all other property, bonds, securities,
claims, assets and effects, belonging to the
county, in the custody or under the control
of such treasurer, Such statement shall be
signed by sniH county treasurer and said
county auditor; and the expense ofsuch pub
licaIion shall be paid out Of the county treas
Try on warrant or warrants drawn by the
county andilor, particularly specifying the
same; and if at any time It shall be icGnul
that such statement was untrue or false in
regard to the amount Of money and other
property then on hand and in the treasury
the said treasurer and the said auditor maxi
ing the same, shall, without regard TO lapse
of time, be held TO be guilty Of breach of
trust and high misdemeanor, and on triad by
indictment. and conviction thereof, before
any court Of competent jurisdiction, shall be
sentenced by the court before which such
trial and conviction shall be had, 10 the same
punishment as is provided in and by the act
hereby amended, or by the "aCt 10 establish
The independent treasury of the State of
Ohio" passed April IL, 1858, OF by law for
the punishment of Ufembezzlement.
Sec. 8. That section twenty-five (25) Of
the aforesaid act be so amended as to read as
follows: Sec. 25. All costs and expenses of
the safe keeping and disbursement according
TO the requirements Of the act hereby amend
ed, and of the act to estabis the independ-
ent treasury Of the stale of Ohio, of the pub
lie money belonging to the several counties
or townships, shall be paid by the treasurer
ofthe proper county. urder the supervision
Of the county commissioners and county su-
ditor of such county, BY the warrant Of the
said auditor drawn on the treasury, and GER
tiled by said commissioners as to the object
for which ii was drawn. And any failure,
or neglect, or refusal on the part olany coun-
ty treasurer to provide specie for the pay.
lnenIs of specie out Of his treasury without
unnecessary Inconvenience or trouble or indi.
vidual loss or expense 10 the tax payers in the
manner prescribed in and by the fourteenth
(l4) section Of the act entitled ian act to es.
tablish the independent treasury Of the State
Of Ohio" passed April IL, 1858, and shall be
deemed and held in law to be misdemeanor.
aud on his trial and conviction thereof, by
indictment before any court having compe-
tent jurisdiction, he shall be sentenced for
each such offense to pay fine of not less
than twenty dollars nor more than five hun
dred dollars. And each county treasurer
shall make a settlement with the county
commissioners and county auditor of his
county semi.annualy, as provided by law.
and he shall be allowed for his services, two
aud one-half per centum on all moneys by
him received, and two and one-half per cent
um oil all moneys by him paid out during the
preceding half year, whore each sum SO re.
ceived or SO paid out shall not exceed fifty
dollars; and en- all sums, so received OF so
paid out, exceeding fifty dollars and not ex
ceeding one hundred dollars, one and one
half per centum; and on all sums 80 receiv-
ed or paid out. exceeding one hundred dol
lars and not exceeding two hundred dollars
each, one per centum; and on all sums, so
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