The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-08-17
LAWS OF OHIO.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
mo. 1851 AN ACT

vide for the better Regulation of the Re.
ceipt. Disbursement and Safe Keeping of
the Public Revenue" passed April II,
1868. b.. ..' go III =
Section /. Be IL enacted By the General
Assembly Of the State of Ohio, That section 6
of the act, entitled "an act further to provide
for the better regulation of the receipt, dis
bursement and safe keeping of the public
revenue" passed April 18th, 1868, be so
amended as to read as follows Sec. g.
The treasurer OF State shall, on presentation,
pay all warrOnts drawn on the treasury by
the auditor OF State, duly certified and coun-
tersigned by the comptroller, when there are
funds in the treasury belonging to the par.
tcular fund on which the said warrant il
drawn, in the manner prescribed in section
thirteen of the "act to establish the indepen.
dent treasury Of the State of Ohio," passed
April l2, 1858 and on payment of the sa me
he shall take the receipt of the person pre-.
senting the said warrant and entitled to re.
ceive such payment, on the face of such
warrant, 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 nun.
bered in the order in which it is paid, and he
shall record the same in an appropriate booh
kept for that purpose, and file the same il
his Office, as 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, ant
for which he has charged himself, as herein
provided, 80 as to keep an exact debit an
credit account OF each particular fund in hi
Office.
Sec. 2. That section fifteen (15) Of tht
aforesaid act be SO amended as to read q
follows: Sec. Is. 1t is hereby made tn,
duty Of the Auditor and Treasurer of eacl
and every county in this State, coniointly /,
make out and cause to be published in q
least one newspaper of general circulation
in the county in and for which they are sucl
Auditor and Treasurer, a statement of tn
exact amount ofmoney existing in the Treas
Ury Of such county at the close of the las
business day in each of the months of Feb
ruary and August in every year, and oftener
if the Commissioners Of the county shall 81
direct particularly specifying in such state
ment the amount belonging to each particu
IOr fund, together with all other property
bonds, securities, claims, assets and effects
belonging to the county, in the custody o
under the control OF such Treasurer. SucI
statement shall be signed by said Count
Treasurer and said County Auditor and tn
expense of said publication shall be paid ou
of the County Treasury on warrant or war
rants drawn by the County Auditor, particu
larly specifying the same and if at any tim
it shall be found that such statement wa
untrue or false in regard 10 the amount o
money and other property then on hand an
in the Treasury, the said Treasurer and tn
said Auditor making the same, shall, witho,
regard to lapse Of time, be held to be guilt
of bres ch OF trust and high misdemeano
and on trial by indictment, and conviclio
thereof, before any Court of competent juri.
diction, shall be sentenced by the Court be
fore which such trial and conviction shall b
had, to the same punishment as is provide
in and by the act hereby amended, or by tn
"act to establish the independent treasury
the State Of Ohio" passed April 12, 1856,
or by law for the punishment of embezzl(
ment.
Sec. 8. That section twenty. five (25)l {
the aforesaid act be so amended os to res
as follows: Sec. Is. All costs and expel
ses Of the safe keeping and disbursement az
cording to the requirements of the act her
by amended, and of the act to establish Il
independent treasury of the State of Ohio,
the public money belonging to the sever
counties or townships, shall be paid by Il
treasurer Of the proper county, under the 81
pervision of the county commissioners al
county auditor of such county, by the wa
rant of the said auditor, drawn on the trea
ury, and certified by said commissioners as
the object for which it wos drawn. Al
any failure, or neglect, or refusal on d
part Of any county treasurer to provide ep
Gle for the payment of specie out Of his trea
ury without unnecessary inconvenience
trouble or individual loss or expense TO Il
tax payers in the manner prescribed in al
by the fourteenth (l4) section of the act e
titled ian act to establish the independe
treasury Of the State of Ohio" passed Ap
IL, 1858, shall be deemed and held in law
be q misdemeanor, and on his trial and CO
viclion thereof, by indictment before al
court having competent Jurisdiction, he sh;
be sentenced for each such often ce to pay
fine of not less than twenty dollars nor mo
than five hundred dollars. And each cOun
treasurer shnll make settlement with Il
county commissioners and county auditor
his county semi-annually, as provided
law and he shall be allowed for his ser,
ces, two and one.half per centum on
moneys by him received, and two and on
half per centum on all moneys by him pa
out during the preceding half year, whe
each sum SO received or paid out shall n
exceed fifty dollars and on all sums, so
ceived or SO paid out, exceeding fifty dolla
and not exceeding one hundred dollars eaC
one and one half per centum and on
sums, so received or paid out, exceeding Of
} hundred dollars and not exceeding two hu
dred dollars each, one per centum /; and
all sums, so received or paid out. exceedil
two hundred dollars and not exceeding fl
hundred dollars each, one half of one p
centum and on all sums, 80 received
paid out, exceeding FIVE hundred dolla
each, one quarter OF one per centum for I
ceiving into, and one qurater of one per ce
tum for paying out of the treasury as afor
said, hereby expressly excepting that viii
, may be collected on the tax duplicate, a
| that collected for tsxes on delinquent or f
feited lands, by sales of such lands or 9th,
wise /; and excepting also that on viii
some other rate Of compensation is fixed
law. And said treasurer shall be credit
with the sum by him paid for printing su
advertisements as he is required to publ
in some newspaper, aud with the sum by hi
; paid for blank books and stationery necesa
; rily used in his office; provided, that no p
centage shall be allowed to the treasurer