The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-07-21
LAWS OF OHIO.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
No. 1907 AN ACT
Prescribing the duties OF County Auditors.

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Prescribing the duties of County Auditors.
Section l. Be ii enacted by the General
Assembly of the State Of Ohio, That there
shall be elected hereafter by the qualified
electors of each organized county in this
Stnte, on the second Tuesday in October,
biennially, one county auditor for each
county, who shall hold his office for two
years, from the first Monday of March next
succeeding his election, and until his sue.
cessor is elected and qualified, and shall
keep his office at the seat of justice of his
county.
Sec. 2. Each county auditor, previous to
entering upon the duties of his office, shall
give bond, with two or more sureties, to the
acceptance Of the commissioners of the coun.
ty, in such penal sum, not less than two
thousand dollars, nor more than twenty thou.
sand dollars, as the said commissioners nav
require, payable to the State of Ohio, and
conditioned for the faithful Discharge of the
duties Of his Office and shall also take and
subscribe an oath or affirmation, to be en-.
dorsed upon the said bond, that he will faith.
fully and impartially discharge the duties of
his Office to the best of his skill and ability !;
which bond, so endorsed, shall be deposited
with the county treasurer, and be by him
carefully preserved.
Sec. 3. If any county auditor shall fail
to make settlement, or fail to pay over all
moneys 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 dis.
charge of his official duties, it shall be the
duty of the county commissioners 10 cause
suit to be instituted against such auditor, and
his sureties, in the court Of common pleas oil
) the said county, or other court having jurs.
q diction of such cases. That whenever suit
shall have been commenced against any de.
linquent county auditor in manner as afore'
said, the commissioners of such county may
OF their discretion, remove such auditor from
. Office, and appoint some person to fill the va
\ cancy thereby created, as heretofore by law
provided.
Sec. 4. Suit may be Instituted on sucl
bond against the county auditor and his Sc
8 curities, in the name of the State of Ohio
: and for the use of the State, county, or any
y party or persons injured by the misconduc
in the Office of the auditor, or by the omission
Z of any duty required of him by law.
: Sec. 5. Ifany person elected to the ofic'
/. of county auditor shall not give bond, an,
b. take the oath or affirmation as required in th
:, second section of this act, on or before th
, first Monday of March next after his elec
9 tion, the cffice shall be considered vacant.
Sec. 6. When vacancy shall happen j
IS the office of county auditor, either from deatf
removal out Of the county, resignation, fail
ure to give bond, or from any other cause
, the county commissioners of the prope
h county shall appoint some suitable person
If fill such vacancy and the person so appoin
!. ed shall give bond, and take and subscribe q
!, oath or affirmation, as required in the secon
=" section of this act, end shall hold his ofic
10 until the next annual election, to be held
70 such county, and until his successor shall |
le elected and qualified.
m Sec. 7. When any county auditor, he
;" ing no deputy, shall be unable, by reason
~ sickness to perform the duties of his ofic
4, within the time specified by law for the
e performance, or when both the auditor an
q his deputy shall be so disabled by sicknes
or otherwise, the county commissioners
y the proper county shall appoint sumo suitabl
& person to do and perform the duties of coul
n ty auditor, during such disability, and mu
ic require of the person 80 appointed, such Dor
and security, for the faithful discharge Of II
- duties of the appointment, as they shall dee
a' expedient.
be Sec. s. No Judge OF the Supreme Coul
e- or of the court of common pleas, or clerk
i. either of said courts, county commissions
- county recorder, county surveyor, or coun
g treasurer, shall be eligible to the Office
is county auditor.
f. Sec. 9. The county auditors and tht
as deputies are hereby authorized to administ
10 any oath or affirmation rendered necessa
~ to the performance of any OF the duties
as their respective Offices.
a. Sec. 10. The county auditor shall by v
Id tue of his Office, be clerk to the board
N county commissioners of his eounty, aud sh'
keep an accurate record of their corpora
proceedings, and shall carefully preserve
the documents, books, records, maps, a
a other papers, required to be deposited or Ike
in his Office.
Sec. IL. Each county auditor, on go
IN out of office, shall deliver up to his succe
ne sor in off ce all the moneys, books, recort
- maps, documents, papers, vouchers, and ot
~, er property, in his hands belonging to t
county land in case of the death of any cou
"s ty auditor, his personal representative sha
- moneys, records, maps, documents and ott
i've property.
- Sec. II. The county auditor shall Ike
"o an accurate account current with the tre,
ng urer of his county and when any pers
- shall deposit with the auditor any rece
ial given by the treasurer for any money p
., into the treasury, the auditor shall file su
" receipt in his office, and shall charge
treasurer the amount thereof.
cir Sec. l3. No claim against the coul
log shall be paid otherwise than upon the allo
his ance of the county commissioners upon
-. warrant of the county auditor, except
ny those cases in which the amount due is fil
IND by law, or is authorized to be fixed by SO
ais other person or tribunal, in which cases
of same shall be paid upon the warrant of
- county auditor. upon the proper certi6c
:" of the person or tribunal allowing the sau
ing provided, that no public money shall be {
the bursed by the county commissioners, or Q
ard of them, but the same shall be disbursed
M the county treasurer upon the warrant Of
80 county auditor specifying the name, of
ley party entitled on what account, and uE
ing whose allowance, if not fixed by law and
ing such orders shall be progressively number
md and the number, date and amount of ca
=. and the name of the person to whom pa
u Bile, and the purpose for which drawn, sh
g. at the time of issuing the same be ente
ere in book to be kept by the auditor for I
zen purpose.
;ro Sec. IL. The county auditor shall an
'"e ally, on or before the fifteenth day of Ap
Lus | ~, a nuf and do livnr IN tho arenaaOp ach