Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-07-22
LAWS OF OHIO.
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e,1 ACT
!, mend aec,.on SIX (e1, fifteen QSls twenty nye CD.
md twenty scyan f2i1 Of the ect easstea al :. - :,
tfer uroyiae for tho better regulation OF the receipt,
displacement an1 slfskeeping Of the pubic TeVeha7'
passe1 april IL, 1855
scc,,,a /, Bst Il enacted by tho General Assembly Of
set further to provide for the better regulation OF the re
.ns,o,s diSbursstaeat and safe keeping Of the public rev
enaa y nasstsi ApriI i2th, 1855, be 50 amended as to read
as foit5wS Sec G. The treasurer Of state snail, on pre-
s,ntatiol,. nav ali warrants drawn gu the treasury by the
auditor OF state, .ialy cest,ded aud oounterstgDed by the
comptroller, when there are funds IA tbe treasury D :
isncing TO the peculiar fund on winch the warrant -
drawn, in tho manner prescribed IN section thirteen 81
lhese aat to establish the urieranirn. treasury q the
State Of Ohio, - passed April l2ib, ls5s, and on payment
Of the sanae he shall take the receipt OF the person pre-
seating the SAID warrant and entitled 10 receive su.h
payment on ths face Of such warrant, and in fub for TIE
amolnt SPECIFIED therein and the treasurer shall WRIT
on ths face thereof the word 6. paid" which, WARRANT
when So paid and cancelled, shall be numb red In the or
sef in v6,ch il is paid. and he shall record the sam IA
aa aPpfopfiatc hoeA ks9i Tor That plrlpse' = ~ @S
raid out. and shall credit himself with the amount Vi
the warrant paid, in his account against the PaIti3aIaf
fund appropriated, and for which he has charged MN
s,If. as herein prov ided, so as to keep an exact debit and
credit account Of each particular innd in llis office:
Ia "a amended ! 70 read as follows Sec. Is. It is here
by made the duty Of the auditor aud treasurer o. each
and every county in this state, conJolptiy to make anu
cause to be published IN at least one newspaper oi gen
eral circulation in The county N and ivr when tney are slr
ditor and treasurer, a statement OF the exact amount Oh
money existing in the treasury OF such county at the CT &c
eftbe isst basiness day in each Of the months OF February
and August in every year, and oftener, if the conlhIs-
sianexs OF the county siiaH 80 direct particularly
specifying In such statement the amount belonging to
each particular fund, together with all other property,
bonds, securities, claims, assets ami elects, belonging 70
treasarsr. such statement shall be signed by said county
treasurer and seid county alditor, and tbs expense Of
such publication shall b. paid ont OF the county treasury
ON warrant or warrants drawn by the county auditor, par
ticularly specifying the same and II at any tim2 Il shaii
be found that such statement was untrue or falls IN re
gard TO the amount Of money ana otler properly on maud
ami iu the treasury, and the sad treasurer AMI the SAID
auditor m aklng the same, shall without regard 10 lapse
OF time. be hold guilty or a breach of trust and high
misdemsaaor. and on trial by Indictment, aud conyIe-
shall be sentenced by the court before whom such trial
aud convection shall be had, to the same punishment us
Is pfoylded In and by the act hereby amended, or by tia,
g act u establish tbs independent treasury of the State
OF ohio,' . passed April II, 1855, OF by the law for the
Sec. q. That section twenty five (25) of the aforesaid
act be so amended as to read as follows Sec. 70. All
cost and expenses Of the safe keeping and disbursement
according 20 tho requiem snts of the act thereby auiead-
ell, and Of the act 70 establish an ilI-penI lent treasury
several con ri os'3 Sf i ro " sIpao aDn bs pafi 7 BY the
treasurer Of the proper ooonty' under tue su,"rS ~ sat =
county, by the warrant OF the said auditor, drawn Oh
the treasury, and c4rt faed by said commissioners az to
tha object for which it was drawn. And any ia lure, or
neglect. or refusal on tho part OF any county treasurer
srsasury without unnecessary Inconvenience or trouble
or Individual loss or expense TO tho tax payers in the
manner prescribed in and by the fourteenth (l4) section
of the act entitled tt an act to establish tho indepen-
don't treasury Of the STATIC OF Ohio" psssei April ~,
1855, shall be Doomed and held In law 10 be a mEie
meanor, and on his trial and conviction thereof, by in
dictment bsfore any court OF cornpctent juris itttson, he
shall be sentenced for each such orense 70 pay a fine of
not less than twenty dollars nor more than dFe hundred
dollars. And each county treasurer shall make a set
Element with the county commissioners and county audi,
Tor Of his county semi annually, as provided by law, and
he shall BIO allowed for his services, two ami one hall
per centum on all moneys By him rocaived, ana Que
hsf per centum On all moneys by him paid out during
the preceding half year, where each sum SO received
and 30 paid out shall not exceed fifty dollars and on ali
sums go received and so paid out, exceeding fifty dollars
and mot exceeding one hundred dollars each, one and
one half per centuin, and on all sums, so received or
paid out, exceeding one hundred dollars and not cxeeei-
ing two hundred ioitars each, one per centrum and on
lsums SO received or paid out, exceeding two hundred
Collars and not exceeding Eve hundred dollars each one
out, exceeding i've hundred dollars each, one quarter a
one per oeutum for receiving into, and one quarter OF
one, one per ss, ssnts sEn for pay anssoO Oa, o. ,s sss aSieh NAV BE- ei
Iected on the tax duplicate, and that collected for take.
or otherwise, and excepting also ibat on which some
other rats Of compensation Is nxed by law
And said treasurer shall be credited with the
sum paid by him for printing such advertisements as he
rs required 20 publish in some newspaper, and with the
riy used ia his Office Provided, that no per centage
shall be allowed TO the treasurer ON any money by hin
received from his predecessor in Office, or from the iegal
representative of such predecessor. -
Sec 4. That section twenty seven cd Of the afore
said act be so amended as to READ as follows Sec. u
The county commissioners Of each county in this state
arc hereby required TO provide as soon as practicable at
construct such fire and burglar pruof vault, or provide
such fire and burglar proof safe, and other means Of Sc
curty, in the Office Of the county treasurer IN tho pubt1e
b1ildings of each county, as may be needed by the
county treasurer for the perfect protection and safe keep
lux Vi tUe money tH1is Hi- AIM II hhy WHY AAAEHNf
error county commissioners OF any county IN TINS state
shall fail, or negleet, or refuse TO provide and furnish
the county treasurer of their county, such hre proof ana
burglar proof safe or vault, for the safe keeping OF the
public money therein, as the said treasurer snau require
Or demand mwfiting, any such commissioner or conmis-
sioners, so falling, negiecting, or refusing TO provide the
same, shall be held in law as guilty of n high misde-
meanor, and on trial and conviction thereof, before any
court having competent Jurisdiction, shall be severaily
fined, for the use of the county, by the court before whict
such trial ard conviction is had, in any sum not exceed
Ceeding one thousand dollars, nor less than one hundred
dollars, with costs OF prosecution, at the discretion OF
the said court, for each such ofense, and the said county
commissioner or commi ssioners, so failing, negiecting, OF
refusing to furnish the same, shall moreover be he1d la
bic on his or their official bond, and also in his or their
private capacity, to pay for the use Of the county, tui
amounts Of money or property that may be stolen, ROD
bed, or unlawfuly taken from such county treasury dur
lug the time between the period when such requisitiUh OF
demand shalfhave been made by any such treasurer,
and the time when such vault, safe, and other means OF
security, may be furnished to such treasurer by such
commissioner or comm issioners.
Sec. g. That the original sectfons six (6), fifteen (l5),
twenty live (25}, and twenty seven (zT). of the ACT
hereby. amen1ed, an1 section thirty-one (3I), of the act
entitled an act prescribing the duties of county treasur-
ers, passed March IL, 1881 and took effect june |, 1854
be and the same are hereby repealed provided that the
repeal OF the said sections o: said acts shall not aIlset
any rights acquired under them or either ot them, or al
tect any liability, civil or criminal, growing out OF, OF
arising under said sections of said acts, or either of them
or the prosecution of them to final judgment, agrceabiy
to the law heretofore ex listing.
Sec. 4! This act shall take effect and be in force frou
end after its passage.
-rEI WILLIAM b. WOODS,
Speaker of the House of representatives.
MARTIN WEIkER,
lent OF the Senate.