The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1859-06-17
No. 1901 AN ACT

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Prescribing the duties o. County Auditors
Section l. Be it enacted By the Gen.
eral Assembly Of the State of Ohio, That
there shall be elected hereafter by the qualified
electors of each organized county in this State,
on the second Tuesday in October, biennially,
one county auditor for each county, who shall
hold Ills office for two years. from the first Mon
until his successor is elected and qualified, and
shall keep his office at the seat of justice Of his
county. e--,1-,r ,..... ..ss.. a
Sec. 2 Each county auditor; previous to en-
tering upon the duties Of his office, shall give
bond, with two or more sureties, to the accept
ance Of the commissioners of the county, in
such penal sum, not less than two thousand dol
lars, nor more than twenty thousand dollars, as
the said commissioners' may require; payable to
the State of Ohio, and conditioned for the faith.
full discharge of the duties of his Office and shall
also take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, to-
be endorsed upon the said bond that he will
faithfully and impartislly discharge the duties
of his Office to the best Of his skill and ablity;
the county treasurer, and by him caFcfaily pre-
served. ~e3yt,.4 .a,s-E .e.s.s5l, p;
Sec. 8. If any county auditor shall fail to
make settlement or fail topay over all the mon-
eys with which he may stand charged, at the
time and in the manner prescribed by law, or
shall misapply any money which may come into
his possession in the discharge of his official du-
ties it shall be the duty of the coun ty commiss-
ioners to cause suit to be instituted against stch
auditor, and his sureties, in the court Of common
pleas of the said county, or other court having
Jurisdiction of such cases.. That whenever suit
shall have been commenced against any delin-
quent county auditor in manner as aforesaid,
the commissioners of such county may, at their
discretion, remove such auditor from office and
appoint some person to fill the vacancy thereby
created, as heretofore by law provided. 9,
Sec. 4. Suit may be instituted On such bond,
against the county auditor and his securities in.
the name Of the State Of Ohio, and for the
use of state, county, or any party or persons in
jurod by the misconduct in ofhoe of the anditur,
or BY the omission Of any duty required Of him
by law. Na ~ :.
Sec. 8. II any person elected To the Office. Of
county auditor shall not give bond, and take the
oath or affirmation as required in thesecond sec
tion Of this act on or before the first Monday Of
March, next after his election the office shall be
considered vacant. - 4
Sec. 8. Whom a vacancy shall happen in the.
Office Of county auditor, either from death, re-
movsr out Of the county, resignation failure to
give bond, or from any other cause, the county
commissioners Of the proper county shall appoint
some suitable person to fill such vacancy; and
the person 50 appointed shall give bond, and
take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, as
required in the seond section Of this oct, and
shall hold his Office until the next annual election
to be held in such county, and untilhis successor
shall be elected and qualified ~ f1A
Sec.7. When any county auditor, having NO.
deputy, shall be unable, by reason Of sickness,
| to perform the duties Of his office, within the
time specified by law for their performance, or
when both the auditor and his deputy shall be
so disabled by sickness or otherwise, the county
commissioners Of the proper county shall appoint
some suitable person to do and perform the, du-
ties Of the appointment, as they shall deem expo
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Sec. g. No,judge Of the supreme court or Of
the courtof common pleas, Or clerk nf either Of
said court county commissioner, county recor-
der, county surveyor or county treasurer, shall
bc.eligihle 70 the Office Of county auditor. 5eu /