Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1859-06-10
OF OHIO.
Published by Authority.
AN ACT

mo. 1906. AN ACT
To amend sections six (6), fifteen (l5),
twenty-five (25) and (27), of tho act en-
titled an act to further provide for the
better regulation Of the receipt, disburso-
ment aud safe keeping Of the public rev.
cnue," passed April IL, 1858.
Sec 1. Be ii enacted by tile General
assembly Of The State Of Ohio, That sec
tion 6 of the act entitled"an act further TO pro-
vide for the better regulation Of the receipt,
disbursement and safe keeping Of the pub
lie revenue,' passed April 18th, 1858, bo
so amended as to read as follows: Sec Q. |
Tue treasurer Of state, shall, on presentation,
pay all warrants drawn on the treasury by
the auditor of state, duly certified and eoun-
tersigned by tho comptroller, when there
are funds in the treasury belonging to the
particular fund on which the said warrant is
drawn, in the manner prescribed in section
thirteen of the "act to establish the independ
euttreasury the state of Ohio, passed April
| IL, 1858 and on payment Of the same, be
shall take the receipt Of the person present
| ing the said warrant and entitled to receive
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 tho word "paid," which warrant,
whom so paid aud cancelled, shall he num-
bcred in the order in which it is paid, and
he shall record the same in M appropriate
book kept for that purpose, and flo the
same ia his Office, as his voucher for so
much money paid out, and shall credit him
self with the amount Of the warrant paid,
in his account against the particular fund
appropriated, and for which he has charged
himself as herein provided, so as to keep
an exact debit aud credit account Of each
particular fund in his Office.
Sec. q That section fifteen (15) Of the
aforesaid act bo so amended as to read as
follows: Sec. l5. 1t is hereby made the
duty Of the auditor and treasurer of each
. and every county in this state, conformity to
make out and cause to be published in at
least one newspaper Of general circulation
in the county in and for which they are
such auditor and treasurer, a statement of
the exact amount of money existing in the
treasury of such county at the close Of the
= last business day in each of the months of
!. February and August in every year, and Of
tenor, if the commissioners Of the county
shall SO direct; particularly specifying in
such statement the amount belonging 70
each particular fund, together with all 9th
or property, bonds, securities, claims, assets
and effects, belonging to tho county, in the
custody or under the control of such treas
urer. Such statement shall be signed by
, said county treasurer and said county audi
: tor; and the expense of such publication
" shall bo paid out of the county treasury on
warrant or warrants drawn by the county
4 auditor, particularly specifying the same
and if at any time it shall be found that
such statement was untrue or false in regard
to the amount of money and other proper.
ty then on hand and in the treasury, the
$ said treasurer and the said auditor making
s tho same, shall, without regard to lapse of
= time, be held to be guilty of a breach Of
trust and high misdemeanor, and on trial by
indictment, and CONVICTION thereof, before
any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be
l. sentenced by the court before which such
trial and conviction shall be had, to the
same punishment as is provided in and by
the act hereby amended, or by the "act tc
establish the independent treasury Of the
state of Ohio" passed April IL, 1858, o.
by law for the punishment of embezzlement
Sec. 8. That section twenty five (25) o
10 the aforesaid act be so amended as to reaC
d. as follows: Sec. 25. All costs and expcn
ry scs of the safe keeping and disbursement
according to the requirements of the ac
hereby amended, and of the act to estab
to lish the independent treasury of tho STATE
i. of Ohio, of the public money belonging to th'
sd several counties or townships, shall be paiC
by the treasurer Of the proper county, unde
d, the supervision of tho county commission
y. ers and county auditor Of such county, b,
the warrant of the said auditor, drawn ol
= the treasury, and certified by said commits
- sioners as to the object for which it wa
drawn. And any failure or neglect, or re
= fusal on the part of any county treasure
to provide specie for the payment of speci
IN out of his treasury without unnecessary in
convenience or trouble or individual loss o
expense to the tax payers in the manue
ed prescribed in and by the fourteenth IA
ar section of the act entitled ian act to estab
lish the independent treasury of the Stat
De of Ohio" passed April II, 1858, shall b
deemed and held in law to be misdemean
or, and on his trial and conviction Thereof
by indictment before any court having com
5. petent jurisdiction, he shall be sentences
for each such ofense TO pay fine Of no
less than twenty dollars nor more than fiv
hundred dollars. And each county treasu
rer shall make settlement with the couu
ty commissioners and county auditor of hi
county semiannually as provided by law
and no shall be allowed for his services tw,
and cue half per centum on all moneys b.
him received, and two and one half pc
centum on all moneys by him paid out du
ring the preceding half year. whero eacl
sum so received or so paid out shall not eX
ceed fifty dollars; and ON all sums, 50 re
ceiyod or so paid out, exceeding fifty dollar
: and not exceeding ono hundred dollars each
one and one half per centum; and on a.
sums so received or paid out exceeding
'S one hundred dollars and not exceeding tw
hundred dollars each, one per centum; an,
on all sums, so received or paid out, exceed
. :. ing two hundred dollars and not exceeding
y five hundred dollars each, one half Of on