The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-08-18
County Correspondence.
Written for The Spirit of Democracy
From Franklin Township.

Written for The Spirit of Democracy
From Franklin Township.
Equivalents" .-" ... ~.
A Few Pertinent Queries.-Who
Will Answer 'rhem2 ..-.
STAFFORD, ONO, August 5, 1874. i
Mr.. Ep1gcR:7 In these days of par
ticular enquiry into the, affairs, of the
county and especially the county print
Ing DC, d., there has no. doubt been
very general oserhauling of the books
and papers Of the several offices in this
county ITO see if these things are so"i,
and in common with many others, much
interested in the prosperity Of the Old
Banner County, / too have been look
ing at the records and it would not,
perhaps, be out of place for me to ask
question or two in relation. to any
thing which l found recorded in those
penderous volumes which cost the peo-
pie of the county annually about $500
dollars, without the aid of Gov. Moves
Hamilton County system Of indexing,
My examination was but cursory one
done in haste, hurriedly and therefore
not perhaps entitled to the considera-
tion which should be awarded to more
carefully considered articles. ,ft,.,- -
But to, the records. found in one of
the offices report of an, examination
of the County Treasury, purporting to
have been made or, or. about April IA,
1874, BY order of the Probate Judge,
under the authority of an act of the Gen
/ leral Assembly "to amend an act entitled
an act to establish the Independent
Treasury Of the State Of Ohio, passed
March 26, 1860" This amendment is
found on page 1909 S,can & Critchfelds
Revised Statutes, Vol. End, and reads as
follows: ''f.''8 .' a"" '''''
gs.An inspection and thorough exam
ination of all the books, vouchers, &C
counts, money, bonds securities and
other property in the Treasury of each
and every county in this state shall be
made by the county Auditor and coun-
ty Commissioners thereof, as often as
once inevery six months in every year,
and it is hereby made part of the of.
fetal duties of the Judge of Probate of
each county as often as once in every
six months or 'oftener if the said Judge
shall deem it necessary without notice
to any other person, to appoint, in wri-
ting, under the seal of said court a COM
petent and trusty accountant who shall
forthwith, without previous notice or
intimation to the County Treasurer of
such intended inspection and examina.
ton, enter the county treasury and pro-
coed Immediately TO count the money
therein and inspect and examine the
books. records and vouchers thereof,
and shall certify the conditions of the
same in writing in triplicate, one copy
OF which certificate shall be- recorded
in the books of the treasury and flied
blythe Treasurer in his Office, and one
copy shall be recorded and fled by the
Auditor of the county, and one other
copy thereof shall be duly reported 10
the said Probate Court and be entered
OF, record therein; and the accountant
so appointed on performing the duties
herein required shall be paid at the rate
of two dollars per day for the time
necessary to the performance. of the
same out of the treasury on . warrant
drawn by the county Auditor and ap,
proved by the certificate of said court
particularly, specifying the duty. per
formed and every certificate as herein
provided shall also contain a essatemen'
of the exact amount of money so found
in and counted in the county treasury
and the exact amount belonging TO eesct
particular fund together with all prop
erty, bonds, securities, assets and eff
fects as Aforesaid, -
i The remainder isrdeyiotcd to- the duty
of the Auditor OF. State in relation II
4 tile same subject and with which WI
have nothing to do at present In th'
report of the examination made, it vii
be found that the first item is; "I fount
lin cash or equivalents $l1, 1,166 As" :ant
the questions which occur after read
ling the law are: What parlieula
fund does it belong to and ssswhat is
any how, and how are the people O
!, .'any other man" to know the exac
ame unit of money in the treasury ? -"
Is there one dollar in money ant
81, ,165 46 in Equivalents? or is ther
one dollar in Equivalents and the re
meinder in money? Another question
i which suggests itself here is this: A
i times are hard and money likely to b
scarce at tax paying time this fall, wha
is it that the people can pay with whicl
will count as Equivalents at the mex
examination Of the treasuryp .- p.
II would seem by the slight attentio
which l have been able to give to tn
law that there is no such fund as Eqniy
alents known TO the amendment Q
March 2e, 1860, and my last questio
at this time is: Can we have any 5ligh
from any source on this subject Q
Equiyalents2ypf n Jee AsMoDEUs. =
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