Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-14

An Act to Provide for q System at Accounts for
the State Auditor and State Treasurer.
Be it Enacted By the Legislative assembly of tn
State of North Dakota:
SECTION l. The state auditor shall keep
an account with each organized county of
the state, in which account each county
shall be charged with the amount Of delin-
sums hereafter levied in each county for
| state purposes; and credited with all sums
paid into the state treasury On account OF
| such taxes.
SEC. 2. He shall require county auditors
or county clerks to furnish him with an alb
stract of the tax lists of their respective
counties when the same are completed on
such blanks as he shall prescribe.
SEC. 8. He shall require the several
county treasurerS to furnish him with a
statement, attested by the county auditor,
on the LIST days of March, June, September
and December of each year, showing the
amount of state taxes collected during the
preceding three months. and the December
statement shall be an abstract of the total
receipts by the county treasurer for the
preceding year.
SEC. 4. The state auditor shall, after re-
ceiving the quarterly statement provided
for in section 3 of this act, draw and deliv-
| er to the state treasurer an order on each
county treasurer, for the amount so certi-
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the state treasurer with the same, giving
the county credit for the amount, and send
ing to the county auditor of each county a
duplicate of such order or draft.
SEC. 5. The state treasurer shall notify
each county treasurer of the amount of
such draft or order, and designate the man
ner in which the money shall be forwarded
forward such draft or order to the county
treasurer with his Endorsement, and such
draft or order shall be the county treasur-
er's receipt for the amount stated.
SEC. s. All railroad and telegraph com
panies or other corporations required by
law to pay taxes or assessments to the state
treasurer, shall report to the state auditor
the sums or amounts upon which such tax
or assessment is required by law to be lev
led, and the state auditor shall make such
levy or assessment and draw on such COM
panies or corporations for the sum due.
making the draft payable to and deliver
ing the same to the state treasurer and
charging him with the amount of such
draft.
SEC. 7. Every state officer required by
law to pay monies into the state treasury
shall take duplicate receipts for such paw
ments, one of which shall be filed with the
state auditor upon the receipt of the same,
and the auditor shall charge the treasurer
with the amount thereof.
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les paid into the state treasury, any part of
which is required by law to be paid to the
several counties, or to municipal corpora
tons, shall be made by the auditor and
treasurer, and each shall! keep an account
with such counties or corporations, credit
ing them with all such appointments
and charging them with all sums paid to
them. The auditor shall draw an order on
the state treasurer for the amount so cred
tied, and forward the same to the treasurer
of such county or corporation, and at the
same time send a written notice to the aud
itor or CLERK of such county or corporation,
stating the amount so apportioned.
SEC 9. Monies shall be paid from the
state treasury only upon the warrant or
order of the auditor. and each warrant
shall specify upon what fund, or from
| what appropriation such warrant is to be
paid; provided, however, That the treas
urer may redeem outstanding bonds, or
pay interest on bonds when due, without
the auditors warrant, retaining such bond
or interest coupon as his voucher for such
payment until the next succeeding settle
ment.
SEC. 10. The auditor shall keep an ac-
curate account current with the treasurer,
charging him with all monies received,
and crediting him with all sums paid out,
upon the surrender of the vouchers for
such payments.
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on the first day of each month have a full
settlement of the business of the preceding
month, at which settlement the treasurer
shall turn over to the auditor all vouchers
for payments made by him, taking the
auditors receipt for the same.
SEC. IL. The auditor and treasurer shall
each keep a separate account with the sew
eral appropriations made by the legislative
assembly, and also with each fund created
by the sale Of bonds, and each permanent
or current fund created by law.
SEC IL. The uditOr and treasurer are
hereby authorized and empowered to pro-
cure the necessary books and blanks to
enable them to comply with the provisions
OF this act.
SEC. IA. In order to comply with the
provisions Of section l of this act, the audi
tor is hereby required to copy or transfer
the balances Of the several accounts in the
treasurer's assessment ledger" in open
ing the accounts provided for in said Sec
ton.
SEC. Is. WHEREAS, an emergency ex-
lists. in that It is necessary and desirable
that the books and accounts of the treas
urer and auditor should be properly
opened and arranged, and a system Of
checks between the offices be established
from the commencement Of such accounts;
therefore, this act shall take effect and be IN
force Immediately upon its passage by the
legislative assembly and its approval by
the governor.
SEC. Is. All acts or laws or parts of acts
or laws of the late territory of Dakota,
and now in force in the state of North
Dakota, in any manner conflicting with
this act are hereby repealed.
Approved February 4, 1890.
NO. 10.
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