The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-04-02

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she%D on ssid books, that said
balance was made, showing the
amount due the School Fund
to be S2,9S3 Al Z, and that the
-said foreman gaEe-his receipt
Tor the said sum 10 the said
Auditor, and that there were
orders drawn on said Foreman
for School Funds to the sum OF
S3,364 9S Z, being the sum OF
1881 81 more than the amount
received by him at the time he
took his Office, and before any
additional School Fund was re-
ceived by him, which clearly
shows that the balance as paid
Foreman at the September set
Element of 1855, acas an error,
or that the then Auditor drew
orders on him to the amount Of
1881 81 more than there was
funds OF that kind in his hands,
and in order that this discrep.
ancy may be balanced, we find
an entry made on the Audit.
or's books, charging the said
Foreman. in the School Fund
account, with the said sum OF
1881 81, but it does not state
from what source it was re-
ceived by him, but does state
that it was an omission IN the
September settlement Of 1865
If it was an omission in the
settlement OF 1865, made with
said Reynolds, who was then
retiring from Office, the omis,
sion can not be chargable to
David Foreman, but should be
corrected and charged as an
addition to the balance report
ed on said settlement OF 1865
We are, therefore, clearly Of
the opinion that David Fore
man has been improperly
charged with the said sum Of
1881 81, and that he overpaid
said amount, and is entitled to
an order refunding the same.---
The question then arises, where
is, or what has become of this
1881 81? 1t is our opinion
that the error has been made
by the Auditor in not charging
to The Treasurer, in the school
account the full amount of the
interest paid by the purchasers
of section 16. as it will show
tSat the sum"of S40S 90 had
been pSidinto the Treasury be-
tween the date Of March, 1868,
and September, 1865, and that
there had been but $1S 81
charged to the Treasurer, leav'
ing the balance of $3.50 81, less
Treasurer's lees, 81 0S, making
$685. IA unaccounted for. We
find, however, out of said in
terest that the sum of 81 81 has
been charged to Reynolds, and
by him paid into the State as
principal, which deducted from
1886 IA, will leave the amount
that the Sch ool Fun d
should nave a credit for and
the same charged in the settle
ment of September, 1865, and
instead Of the amount of 81
9S3 At, being the balance, it
should have been S3,364 04,
which would equal the sum OF
the orders drawn in favor ol
said fund at that time. We
would further report that from
as close an investigation as can
be made from the nature of the
entries as kept by the Treasur
er of the amount Of principal
of section 16, paid by the pur-
chasers between March, 1863,
and September, 1865, we be-
lieve that it will show that
through an error, the said dis
crepancy was caused by charg'
ing Henry Reynolds, inlthe alb
stract, for the payment of the
said principal of section 16;
that he has been charged with
said interest as principal, and
that the said Reynolds has paid
the said amount into the State
Treasury. ! r. u 3iJ .rai
The State has, therefore, been
improperly paid the said sum