The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-07-07
LAW S OF O. HIO
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY,
AN ACT


STATE of Ohio That section of the act entitled IAN
act further provide Tor the better regulation of the
receipt disbursement and safe keeping OF the public
revenue - passed April 18th 1858, be so amended ~
So read rs follows: Sec, g. The treasurer OF state,
shall on presentation, pay all warrants drawn on the
treasury by tho auditor of state, duly certified aud
countersgned by the comptroller when there nre
funds In tho treasury belonging to the particular fnd
on which The said warrant Is drawn, IN the manner
prscrlbed in section thirteen Of the act 20 establish
the inspcrdcnt cnsury of the stntc OF ONO" pnss
ed Aprill2 1888: aud on payment OF the same. he
sba take the receipt Of the person presenting the
said warrant and entitled to receive such payment on
tho face of such warrant aud IN full for tho amount
specfncd theren and the treasurer shall write on tho
face thereof the word "pad,' which warrant, when
40 paid and Cancelled, shall bo numbered.
in the order In which it IL paid aud he shall rec
ord The same In an appropriate book Kept Tor that
unruose and file the same IN his office, us bis voucher
for 80 much money paid out AMI shall crcdt himself
with tho amnount of the warrant paid IN his account
against the particular fund appropriated and FOR which
he has charged himself herein provided, so as to
keep exact debit aud credit account Oi each par
tcniar fund In hS Office
Sec . That section fifteen N5) Of the aforesaid
net he 40 amended MS to end rs tollows Sec, TO- IL
is hereby made the duty of the auditor and treasurer
OF each aud every county in this state oonj0intly to
make out aud cause to he published IN ut enSt ono
newspaper OF general circulation In the county In and
for which they such nuditornnd treasurer state
,nent of the exact amount Of money existing in the
treasury such county ut the close OF the last business
day in each of the months Of February aud August in
every year, and oiener II the commissioners OF the
statement the amount belonging to each particular
fund torether with all other property bonds secnr
ties claims assets aud effects, be longing the coun
~ in the custody under the control of such treas
urer. Such statement shall he signed by said county
treasurer and said county AUDITOR and the expense OF
such publication shall be paid ont OF the county treas
ury on warrant warrants drawn Icy the county au-
dor particularly specifying the snmei aud IL at any
time shall be found that such statement was untrue
or false in regard to the amount of money and other
property then baud and in the treasury the said
treasurer aud the said auditor making the same shall
without regard 10 lapse OF time, be held to be guilty
of breach of trust aud high misdcmennor and on trial
by indctm mt, and conviction thereof before any
court of competent uisdciOn shall bC sentenced 10y
the court bt fore hch such trial and conviction shall
be had TO the same punishment as Is provided IN ana
hy the act hereby amended, or by the to esnb.
lIsh the independent treasury of the state of Ohio,
passed Aprill2, lS5s,orby law for the punishment of
.mbezzlemcn.
Sec s. That section TWENTY-FIVE (25l oC,hc aforc-
snid act be amended to read IA follows: Sec 25
All costs and expenses of the safe keeping aud dis
hursment according TO the requirements of the net
hereby amc ndcd, aud of the act to establish the in
dcpendcnt treasury ofthc state OF Ohio, Of tho pub
lie money belonging TO the several counties or town
ships shall be paddy the treasurer of the proper
county, under the supervision OF the county commits
sioncis and county auditor of such county, by the
warrant Of the said auditor drawn on the treasury.
and certified by said commissioners as TO tho object
for which II was drawn, And any failure Orncglect
or refusal on the part of any county treasurer to pro-
vide specie for the payment Of specie out of his treas
ury without unnecessary Inconvenience or trouble or
manner prescribed in and by the fourteenth Q4) sec
tion of the net entitled IAN act to establish the inde-
pendent treasury of the state of Ohio, passed April
70 1858, shall be deemed nnd held III law 10 be Il
misdemeanor, and on his trial and conviction thereof
Ivy Indictment before any court having compctcntju-
addiction, he sha be sentenced for each such offence
10 nay fine of not less than twenty dollars nor more
than hye hundred dollars. Aud each county trcasur
er shul make settlement with the county commits
soners aud county auditor of his county sem'annu-
ally provided by law, and he shall be allowed for
services two and nChul fUpr COutlm on hll mon
oys by him received and two aud one half per cent'
uln all moneys 10y him paid out during the proce-
ding half ycnr, where each sum 40 received or paid
out shall not exceed fifty dollars; and on all sums 40
received paid out exceeding fifty dollars and not
exceeding one hundred dollars each, Que aud oncholt
per and on all sums 30 received or paid or
exceeding one hundred dollars and not eAccedh <
two hundred dollars each, one per centum and on
nl SUNS 80 received or paid out exceeding two nun
drod dollars and not exceeding i've hundred dollhis
each, half OF one per centum; and ON all sums so
received or paid out exceeding tive hundred dollars
each one quarter OF ono per centum for receiving m
TO- and onC.quHrter OF one per C2num Tor paying IN
of the treasury aforesaid hereby expressly except
ing that which may be collected the tax duplicate
aud that collected for taxes on delinquent or forfeited
lands by sale of such lands otherwise; and except
ing also that on which some other rate otcompcnsa
ton Is fixed by law Aud said treasurer shall bs cred
tied with the sum by him paid ior printing such ad-
vcrtisements as he is re oluhcd to publish in some
newspaper, aud with the sum by him paid FOR blank
books and stationery necessarily used in his office;
provided that per crnage shall he allowed to the
treasurer on any Wul Wy ny nun
decessor in occ or from the legal representatives of
such predecessor
See A. That section twenty seven (21 ofthe nfore-
said act be amended to read follows; See. u.
The county commissioners of each county in this
state hereby required to provide ~ soon as prac
ticubc after the passage OF this act all such rooms
offices and Construct such fire aud burglar proof
vault, or provide such fire aud burglar proof
safe and other means Of security in the office of the
younty trea in the public hudingsof each coun.
~ ms may ho needed by the county treasurer for the
inn mn gul a ~
therein. And IL amy county commissioner or county
commissioners otany county in this state shall fail or
neglect or refuse to provide and tarnish the county
treasurer ftheir county such fire proof aud burglar
proof safe vault, for the safe keeping ot the public
money therein. as the said treasurer shall require
demand in writing, any such commissioner or com
missioners SO failing ncgectug or refusing to pro.
vide the same, shall be held in law us guv of - high
lnsdemennor. and on trial and conviction thereof be-
fore any court having competent jurisdiction shall he
hevery fined lor the OF the county, by the
before which such trial and conviction is had In any
sum not .eeding thousand dollars nor less than
one hundred dollars with costs ut prosecution, at the
discretion of said court for each such offence; and the
said county commissioner commissioners SO failing
Urneglecting or refusing to furnish the same, shall
moreover be held liable ON his or their official bond
aud also in his their private capacity 10 pay for the
use Of the county for all amounts of money or prop
yrty~that may he stolen robbed unlNwiully taken
from such county treasury during the time between
the periud when such requstOn ur demand shall have
been made by any such treasurer, aud the time when
such vault safe and other means ot security may bC
furnished to such treasurer by such commissioner OF
commissioners
See S. That the original seconss six (Gl fifteen as,
twenty five (25l and twenty (2 oi the act here
ly amended and section thirty.o (3l( OF the en-
titled an act prescribing the duties county trea>ur
ers passen March H. lSal aud took etoct June l. 81
be and the same hereby repealed d;proydedthdt tn
repeal of the said sees OF said acts shall not affect
rights acquired under them either of them,or atfec
any liability, civil or criminal growing out OF or ar
sing under said sections of said ncsor either of them
or the prosecution of them to final Judgment, agreea
bly, to tho law heretofore existing,
See. q. This act shall take effect aud be in fore
ON aud after its passage
WILLIAM h, WOODS,
Speaker oftAe House of Represcn'atiNc e,
MARTIN WElkER
President OF the Senat,
April 5, 1850
No. 2li.l AN ACT
To amend sections seven eight tnina anil ten of