The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-07-04

| 5 /. That before the members of said
Board shall enter upon their duties, they
shall take and subscribe an oath which
shall be fled with the Secretary Of State,
that they will discharge their duties as
members of said Board of Commissioners
honestly and faithfully and to the best of
their abilities.
). That in order to protect the in
tcrcSts oI tAe State, that no account shall
be al'o Ael unless the same shall be prov
ID before said Commissioners 10 the man
Ter and form that accounts are establish
cd in Courts of Justice in this State, aud
recognizing the same rules Of evidence
that there govern and control cases
s q. Tint said Commissioners shall re.
celvc no o,her or further pay than three
dollars per day, and the same mileage as
members of the General Assembly, dur
ing the time they are actually engaged
in auditing accounts, But they may have
the privilege of meeting at any place in
the State where troops have been quar-
tered, for the convenience of the people
in that vicinity, having accounts against
the State, giving notice Of their time Of
meeting.
s.. Whcuovcr the Commissioners shall
allow any claim under the provisions Of
this act, they shall endorse on the back
thereof that the same was examined and
allowed by them, aud sign their names
thereto, with the time and place of such
allowance; which claim, SO examined and
allowed, when presented to the Auditor
of the State of Iowa. will cutitle the
holder thereof to a warrant on the War
and Defense Fund, and no other, for thc
| amouns OF such claim, provided, howey-
er that the Auditor Of State may draw
warrants on the State Treasurer for such
such sum as pavmasters or ether di>burs
ing officers under the laws of this session
may estimate as necessary for the pay
ment Of soldiers and others during said
month, but such warrant shall not be
drawn until said paymaster or disbursing
officer shall make oath to the estimate,
file bond to the satisfaction of the Au-
dltor, and said estimate is approved by
the Governor Upon payment of money
to said soldiers and others, the said pay
master or disbur,ing officer shall file the
vouchers with the Auditor.
5 s. In case of any vacancy occurring
in said Board by death, resignation, or
o,hcrwisc, the Governor of this State
shall fill such vacancy
50. The Auditor of State shall keep
IA iie in his office of all the claims 50 al
lowed by the commissioners uuder the
provisions Of this Act.
5 10. That when the said Board shall
have heard all the claims be fore them,
they shall give notice in such newspapers
ot the State as they desire, that. on
certain day named, they will adjourn. af.
turned over 10 the Auditor of the State
of Iowa.
5 II That said Board shall keep an
accurate copy, in book kept for that
purpose, of all accounts presented to
them, memorandum Of the evidence in
said case, and the reasons for the admis.
sion or rejection Of the same, which said
books shall be turned over to said Audi
tor at the close of their term
5 l.. The Paymaster General and al
other paymastcrs, or other disbursing Of
fcers of this State under any Of the acts
passed at this session, shall make all pay.
ments provided for under any and all Of
the laws passed at this Session, in coin
Of the United States, and any person vi,
olating the provisions of this section,
shall be imsiediatey y removed from Office
by the Governor, and shall be disquaif-
cd from holding any Office in this State
for the term Of five years after said re
moval from office.
SEC 2 This act being deemed by the
General Assembly of immediate impor-
tance, shall take effect and be in force
from aud after its publication in the
Iowa State Journal, the Iowa State Reg.
lister, and the Commonwealth, or either
two Of said newspapers, any law of this
State to the contrary, Notwithstanding.
Approved May Is. 1851.
hereby certify that the fore going is true
copy from the orr gna roll on file in my Office.
ELIJAH SELLS.
Secretary OF state.