The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-03-10

| lor All puOlc or municipal moneys which may
be paid to thcm.' In accordance with this sec
ton the Legislature passed an act, approved
April 2ilh, 1874, which fixes the time of meet
ing of auditors of townships and boroughs on
the first Monday of June. The following is the
act in full
| AN ACT
To authorize dad w9uirc the auditors 10 publish an
annual statement Of the receipts and expenditures
| Of rodd commissioners, supervisors operseers Of
The poor and school directors Of the .tcyal torn
stip' and 50rouyhs wtiia his Commonwealth.
ana 10 designate ddy 10 dUdu, settle and adjust
'--fsbg,stjpdgt borough accounts
! SECTION !. BE Il enacted, &C., That the audi
tors Of the several townships and boroughs with
in this commonwealth shall meet annually on
the first Monday of June, and oltener, if neces-
| sary, and shall audit, settle and adjust the ac-
counts of the supervisors, road commissioners,
school, borough and township treasurersa as may
| by law be referred to them.
SECTION .. That the auditors of the several
townships and boroughs within this common
wealth are hereby authorized and required to
publish, by posting handbills, either printed or
written, in at least five public places within
| their respective townships OF boroughs, an item
| lied annual statement Of the receipts and cxpen-
ditureS of the borough councils, road commits
''T"'i' SUP N'SoiS' oNer'ceT" oi 'ne poor ana
nual settlement for their respective districts
said handbills to he posted within ten davs af-
ter such settlement; and further, it shall be the
Nth H. ",'Ii,G'i ,J ~ ny " 'oly VI 'ie S!le
and also with the clerk of the conrt of nnar,or
sessions, which shall be at all times subject to
Inspection ir by any cu]tn thereof: irorifcd,
That where any two Of said offices shall he cxer-
Shall he rroI1frrI. ,IIso ,r,,jJ,j That mci';',,
in this act shall be construed to interfere with
the present law which requires annual state
hnrn,,,,I, cnn,, rn,l = " a,l'
sors, ovcrsccrs Of the poor and school directors
to be advertised in the daily and weekly news
papers published IN their respective localities.
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ditors so ncglcc,inr or refusing shall poy a mem.
atty of twenty dollars to be recovered in the
same manner rs gents OF similar amount are 10y
Of c .cboni di,,r;c, ,o ,''I,' m H., ,,' ~ .r
tax-pavine citizen Of the same. and the proceed.
thereof to be paid into the school treasury of
sald district.
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ls14. j. T. HARTRANFr
Section 90 of thc oct or II Anril 1s3l ro.d.
as follows: "# :; = And it shall be the duty
Of ,ho s,id su,oryi.ors +, koon c,ir onl o,oor
accounts in = bool, IN he nroviIcd ia, tIo NM.
,oso of all ,,o,,,,., r,ooi,,,l L.. d.,
P"',' VI "'' ''.o"'lH 'V''N'u ny '''t'H OF o'her
Oh 'hehi, ana ny Them or either OF them eXpend-
ed on behalf of the township; and such accounts
verified hv oath or affirmation sLoU becrLH1cJ
J., A.
~, '''''''' '' 90. ''''"" 'e"''"'" "
me "cc'"WS Jor S"ch supervisors" Section SO of
Of the same act provides that at skall he the
duty of every townshin treasurer, tn rooo;., all
-,
y, '"' VI ''''''S /" ''e '""''Ill' ana 10
Keep "'''hcl accounts OF all sums received from
taxes or other sources which accounts shall ot
all times be open to the inspection of the super.
visors Of the township and of each of them
he shall pay all moneys received by him from
taxes or otherwise, ON orders drawn by the SUI
peryisors of the township; and he shall a,nualy
state his accounts and lay the same togclcr ,rih the
roucLers, before the owashp auditors for settlement
accomtHg to tar,"
Section Il Of the act of April 90, 1862, pro-
vides that school directors shall publish an an
nual statement, but no time is fixed. All of
the officers above named would come under the
following section of an act approved April II,
1875.
SECTION G. The corporate authorities of every
suGh municipality shail' at the end OF their lis-
,a,, * id III az iI''s' wv
ty in which the same is situate if so mony he
printed therein, a statement showing in detail
'he aG'uai Indebtedness, lhe amount OF the fund,
the ynation nf taxnhin o'S UJ"' ,ro le'tI
assets of the corporation, with the character and
value thereof, and the date of maturity of the
respective lorm' OF funded debt thereof; and a
mor h., Gno t pG
and dollars.
There is no time fixed for the meeting of
township officers for the settlement Of their nc
counts except rs provided for in the first section
of the act of April 24, 1874, viz. the first Mon
day in June. when the accounts shall he nre.
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