Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-12

1861 defining the funds from when he are 10 o
paid and providing committee to audit claims upon sald aP
propaon providing othe thereo approved WAY
81 1861.
Section l. Be it enacted by Assembly of the State
Indiana That the 100000 be and the same hereby
appropriated deay the growing ont oil the
tonay condition a portion United States and IN ENLIST
ing maintaining and subsisng and providing munitions
including also the expense of this session oil the General
Assembly ~, 49,. -
SEC s. That there shall be appointed committee consisting
of the Senate to be de-
nominated Auditing Committee whose duty shall be to- meet
indianapolis monthly and examine and audit the accounts OF
the Conmssary General and all other
accounts either for pay of materials Kind purchased
designed paid the appropriation made in the
first section and the Auditor of State expressly
hbed from paying claim OF any description whatever except
legislative expenses the appropriation made in the first
of this until said claim has been audited and certed
by said committee a majority of them.
This plain and officer unless he intends
disregard the paines provisions of law mistake or misaP
pehend it, nothing caprice of officer
of the State government. 1t mandatory 1t would be very
employ language to wish more
clearly And yet this right of the General Assembly called IN
question: peoples representatives defed and placed at bay
bv the officials which then had charge of the departments here
question of the of the Legislature to
Auditing Committee composed of members OF both
branches. The Courts have decided This feeling OF resent
against legislative of the State has been naugu-
rated for worthy purpose and Tor the people 10 Apply
Men occupying executive and other departments and
positions at the have but too often
ste the gtu legislation and to tell the
and Senators who sent up TO make and enae.
necessary and wholesome laws what shall be done and what shall
bend the
and all attempts put check upon extravaganza and arbitrary
rule by repealed by official insoence This Au-
dng Committee all power discharge of
duties and wS not till the Courts had sustained the law that
these Representatives allowed upon the discharge
their The spirit which prompted this inter-
of the last General Assembly
equally sitting off those here with fresh ndorse-
mens of the people
The provisions embezzemen intended for wise
purpose and obligatory all men who assume the ousles oil
public position that they enforced Those
provisions simple and to the point, as follows
the Auditor of State shall draw warrant
the Treasurer State unless be money the Treasury be-
longing the particular fund upon which the same is dr. n to
pay same in conformity appropriations made by law
he shall guilty of msdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall hundred dollars
nor more thousand dollars and be imprisoned the
county Jail not less thano one no than six months.
Sec g. Treasurer of State shall the money of any
particular fund.- the appropriated by law for Paricu
lar purpose warrant drawn other APP
preparations guilty of misdemeanor and upon
shall be fined less than ons hum
ded dollars than five thousand dollars and be mp oned
county Jail less than month longer thn
months.
This disposition speak unkindy Of those
who forgot the State much stake in
these the money of the people scattered
would be unmndfu of its duty failed to
those departures from duty which glarngy mani
tested of late There the history of Legislation
much needed the from which exat two
sections designed protect the Treasury of the
State and the the people from the depreda ions of
officials placed charge of their moneyed affairs The emezze
law is a coed but how has it TO be observed!
Let the facts On the 4th day of May 1851 the
Assembly passed which place full at e be-
ginning which the of the $4,000 from
Bank of this city, the Governor &c. is legazed and nakes
appropriation pm May 100000 be known thu Con-
ngen Fund he Governor and provides that the said $4,000
paid that fund Has this beendone!
Has that law been complied WITH Not at ALL On the coaia
paid and charged another fund.- the Military
Fund" which had exsance the time the authority given,
thirty days thereafter There of
any authorizing the Military Fund" and yet when tks APP
million of dollars voted by the General fem
bly, Auditor of State of this fund pays the loan of $4,000
while $4,000 Governors Contingent Fund hand
and from which directed pay the borrowed money If
violating law, aud taking from apFopr
and applying another, then it useless TO put bman
laws plain language guide public The committee wish
perfectly respectful coordinate branch the Government
iufraction of all the forms
spirit and should receive the notice of this Snate
will the tables annexed that large orders for
money draw time the Military Fund during
of May and before appropriations maHe for
purpose The Auditor and Treasurer aders in these If
egu and ia this have short of their duty the State