Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1859-05-03

              r L. -.a ' - r -1 - ----- ' -" -: - - f.rTi . . - - ' , V - -': - 1 ' : - ' - , - J r ' ..- i j y . ; i ; i- -. .. . --., .. - - - VOLUME 23. MOUNT NUMBER. 2. J i ' ; I. DAUPEn. 'CZea la; "Woodward's Slock, TMrd Story . TEBMS Tw Dollan pr nnnm, payable ia 1-vsno; $9,50 within aix nontba; 93.00 after the ex-felraUoa of tKryear. , CIab of twenty, $1,60 eoh. 1ATII v a d r h r i i h a : o , B-- A M a 4 - 4 B o o B o 0 B o B B o 9. S e f $ $ e. 1 vtiare, - 3 IJNf f 1 251 ?5 25 S 00 5 50,4 50, 10 ' -I ! 1 PI T5 25:s 25-4 25;5 25,0 00 75,3 00 1 !- p SOS 50 4 505 05 6 00,T 00 8 00 10 4 ifMrw, - !3 0 4 00 OO'.f HOlT 00 8 00 10 IS 15 fnwt UjrM yirWy... . . .... 18 sviir ii7oJ' f tiirry.. .. 35 1 Mlmatw, Witei girrt. 40 CTwelre lioee f Uinlen, (thia type) are eoan d m equar. . . JP Edltori,T Ueet f Alrert!9eettts, or eattfng ttteatton m ay nterprla intended to benefit in dl-Tldnalt or orportinnir will be charged for at the rat of 10 oeoU per line. Speoial no tie l, 8far (narrlajrec, or taking proe4fto of renUr advertiietaeaU, doable nwtal X& lVotieoa for meetlae, charitable soeletlei.fire oinpanlee, Jka balf-prioa. fSF Varriacre notioet laaerted for 50 ct ; Death 23 ent, atdera aAeompaaied by obltnariet, which will ft eharged for at r)ratarIrertiaLax rates. .Adrertieementa diaplayed in largo typo to be eharfred one-half more than regular rates. All traaiont adrartieeraenU to be paid for in wdvane. - From th Newark Adroeate. . LOSS OF THE PUBLIC MOXEY. BRE3LIN AND THE ABETTORS OF HIS KUIN. - How Chase and Bowen Promoted It. HreslitC$ CoUeagyies Ptiliicly Protef nfyaiiul all , Improper Ue of the Public 3fney. The Republican papers of Ohio, in their frantic rae over the report of the Treasury Inte-tnt&ting CofntnL?sif". persist in courts of folly which none bat those doomed to destruction, would pnraue. An ntter iiweosibilitT to all the Teqnirnint of honor, ii not a -sufficient excase f. r their f.l-h:rdiiieM. The-dictalet of a cold. 1caTatiNr political aairitcity ehuM leach them to abstain from the hopeless tank of attempting to make the demiCTHtic party censurablfc fori lireslin'tf mist-ldd, and to do nothing that shall cause to be brought afresh to the public mind. aT remembrance of the TIMELY EFFORTS made by the Democratic State Auditor and Fund Commissioners, Xo place the Treasury under such checks and and snperrision as its safety demand-ad. Neither honesty or sagacity, however, has kept the Republican papers from the folly we bare indicated. Oa the contrary, they madly charge on the Democratic party the guilt of Bres-1 iu's misconduct, and allege with unblushing ef-frontery,ht the Democratic State officers made no effort lo expos or break optbe practices which brought ultimate disaster ou the Treasury. These are grave allegations, and are entitled to the thoughtful attention of all who are not al ready fully informed oo the subject. The char- are either true, or they are BASELY FA LSE. They not only call for examination, bat they in. wite a crmtrast between the advice and counsel iven to Breslin by Got. Chase, Judge Bowen and Treasurer Gibson, and the bold outspoken line of public policy urged, at an early day, on Breslia and on the public, by the Democratic State Auditor and Fund Commissioners. The material for the comparison have been long in existence the contrast has now been invited public justice demands that it shall be made. Nothing in this matter is left for surmise, nothing for doubt. The views, wishes and exposures of Breslia by the Democratic State officers, are . la the Legislative documents of the State. Got. Chase's positiooy also, is now on record and over -hie own sign manual, in . letter surrendered by Breslia to the Treasary Investigating CommU- aion, the public bare at length the unmistakable '- proof of the part played by that high functionary in leading Breslia into that downward path which v ventoated ia STUPENDOUS BANKRUPT- CYof the Treasurj. Tha letter is short and to . the pcint: - : -" : Priyatev:: CiciirTT, Dee. SO, 185L M2fy Dear enclose Mr. lieatuu' letter. . which spetks for itself. I uu U lor granted, that so far as the Treasury makes deposits in Cin - cinnati, they will not be eontioued with the Trust Company.' The City Bank is I have no doubt, a IiutUution and is managed by excellent Mid iiSeral me. I speak the more impartially as I j xeteT.botrowed a dollar from them. ' - I pretama that yoar arrangements as to de-posSlicj here, are already made. If aot, though am boa ad ia justice to say what I have for to ak roar favorable notice of the Mechanic's and v" VTraderV Bank, with whom do alt my owe bu-;: ' ines, bat ia which I have no interest as stock to'-ls ct oiberwiae, Yours, truly : - ; . . : - S. P. CHASE. rp; jhv I supposa it rather late (o congratn- late you on roar -election, which nevertheless, I r: t do most cordially, as I did also hat lay in. my ; poteer to ecure iL -IXsy your . important duties - i-t so faithfully and ably discharged as to jastify .tie eouience of tour friends, and add to theirs tiat of the whole people, -, vt :. 0."CTlis is Gor. Cbsis's taUer-this U U inddU- Ijolittcal. C3 4 Q.B ..ry-ttU record thia was his counsel to Breslin-this Vr-3t3tc:lccm3eaU4l 3vicsto eveonflding V"..; t l ' -:r;:ritacei joanj maa before hebi en- y'Z KUrtl ta t!s Cities as Treasurer or bad yet en. ZZ at? r-1 cr cIjssJ a sicla ' iolla of the pub Jl4 tici: j. :: Hi girti r.:l a tcord it a4ric --v 'ir'-'t c - tl 3 z.Za "tztztj la Co keep. rr tf nA-AHD0U3 s -'r'-e-s?. ti5 r-i::::7 zl . , trary, he recommends to BreshVs favor and confidence, as "a safe institutioTt," a bank which was even then BOTTOM TO THE CORE, and adds his personal assurance to Breslin that the hypocritical Republican scoundrel bj whom he was afterwards DELIBERATELYSWINDLED to the amount of $78,000 of the public money deposited with them, were "cxatlent and liberal men"U Such was Got. Chase's counsel to a young man who was, as yet, utterly untaught in the wiles, treachery, baseness and deception of bank robbers. Nor was Chase the- only man of high authority in the Republican party, implicated in Breslia'a BETRAYAL and DESTRUCTION. The part which Treasurers Bliss and Gibson played in that diabolical scheme of plunder and deception, are too fresh in the memory- of the public, to require recital. Nor is the memorable fact to Oe forgotten," that among the earliest of theecil spirits which beset the impressible Trea surer, was Ozias Bowen, into whose pure and impartial hands the Scales of Public Justice were subsequently placed by the special appointment of Salmon P. Chase, the "mode Governor" of Ohio. At the very outset of Breslin's term of office, this Republican Judge of the Supreme Court of the State, succeeded in luring the Trea surer into his meshes, and within twelve weeks after Breslin took office, had obtained from bim upwards of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLRS of the public money which he carried off and placed ia the bank of Marion to be used for their mutual benefit and advantage. But not to go further into detail at present, it is sufficient to say, that within six months after Brerflin became Treasurer, be was completely IN THE KEEPING OF REPUBLICAN BANKERS. Pleased with their flattery thinking it no great harm, to do as his predecessors had done and happy in the delusion that his intimate alliance with bankers was both safe and honorable, the f. ltd Treasurer turned his back on the other Democratic State officers, withheld from them his con fid en oe, refused to pay the July interest (1852.) on the Auditor's warrant, and utterly ig nored the right of the Fond Commissioners to exercise the slightest control or supervision over the public money. The Treasurer's entanglements during the period to which we have reference, left him under the permanent secret control of Republican Bankers and Speculators who point el to bim the road to fortune and robbed him by the way. By the united vote of Breslin's friends and the ENTIRE REPUBLICAN PARTY in the Legislatures of 1852, 1853 and 1834 the adoption of timely and adequate measures for the complete protection of the Treasury was defeated. What these measures were what line of policy was recommended, by the Democratic State officers WHAT THEY SAID OF BRESLIN'S IMPROPER USE OF THE PUBLIC MON BY, &c, Ac, will be seen on persuing the following extracts from their Report as published in the Legislative documents of 1852. When thesehave been once read, honest men will ever afterwards know how widely and bow VITALLY the policy which the Democratic State officers urged on Breslin, differed from the advice he received from Chose, Bowen,- Gibson and Bliss,' and which involved the victim of their suggestions in irretrievable ruin and bro't bankruptcy on the Treasury. y Extracts from the first Semi-annual Report of i the bulking una Urmmuuiontrt, July 12, 18a 2. The Commissioners of the Sinking Fond deeply regret that the State Treasurer should have thus unnecessarily and unjustifiably thrust himself between them and the discharge of the plain duties of their office. A conflict between the Commissioners and that officer was neither sought or desired, but since it has been thus wantonly forced jjpon them, there can be no hope of its attaining a satisfactory conclusion until the General Assembly shall either confine the Treasurer to the sphere of his duties, as here tofore prescribed by the Constitution and the laws, or shall procure some amendment of the Constitution to relieve the commissioners from responsibility for the Sinking Fu,nd, and its rightful disbursement. .Instead of being permitted Mto apply" the Sinking Fund to specific purposes, aa the Constitution requires, we have been stripped tf all power to restrain its improper use to enforce its rightful custody, to provide for its transmission, or to determine the method in which it shall be disbursed The Treasurer of State under the old Constitution, was one of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund; but under" the New Constitution, he was designedly excluded (as we have showa) from further connection with the moneys raised and to be raised for payment of the interest and principal of the State debt except, only, that be. should keep them, in the Treasurv, subject to the order of the Commissioners charged with their management and application.- The Com mis eioners wish, and mean to be.distiecUy under stood, f We do not complain that the Sinking Fund is put into the Treasury of the State by express provision of law, and that it can be dis bursed only upon-formal and recorded requisi tions, f ar from u. Hut we wish the Fund to be kept in the Treasury at all times subject to requisition subject to constant Examination an I report subject to that supervision care, and entrol. which the Constitution has riven as over iu We do not wish to have the money in oar hands NOT ONE DOLLAR OF IT except epoa suca requisitions as the law specifies. But the facts which we have mentioned already, show tht the whole system of loaning public money to Banking, Railroading and Insurance) Companies, Savings Institutes and individuals, (whether done ' under pretence . of deposits, or otherwise,) is a fraud opoo the people a fraud from which the Stats of Ohio has suffered, in times ?ast beyond endurance. TOE; PRESENT REASURER OF STATE. WE REGRET TO SAY, CONTINUES (as we have been informed and belieys)TO PRACTICE UPON THAT SYSTEM, and has kept deposits m different banks, to a rery large amount, as partially p. pears by the document UiJ before tbe Legislature at its last session. How bj6 soever he may choose, or be permitted, thns to use the gen eral rerenue ci the Iiate nit lis own control us Treasurer, t-o CotaniIsr.:'-crs are resolved that, as to lie C'.cUr Tel i ! tc'a t! s Constita. - 7f --,.;---cs.- XTcrds ITS 13-tn, if t-9 r i bt p it, to f-r r- !i c--rr?-:s woo nas pu unr tie;r cor.r;!, s i 13 respect cf Mkb tie Treasurer is t! z'.t ccrs r-?ct and coin, so that we shall not be forever at the mercy of the banks. ... r.;.' ;- We object also that nearly naif mUltoa dollars should be taken out of the State Treasury five months before the interest is payable, and kept ont of the Treasury ou pretence of buying exchange, or of transmitting it to the hands of a New York: agent who is wholly irresponsible to our laws and unknown to the Constitution and to the people of our State. - Under this ' pretence, immense sums have been annually drawn from or kept ont of the Treasury, and 'deposited' with Banks and brokers, for the whole interval,' on interest payable directly or indirectly to the officer who is supposed (and charged by law) to keep the money in his own hands, uninvested for the public use. The reward is sometimes in the shape of drafts on New -York and other Eastern cities, given to the officer by the banks or brokers receiving the "depositee" or loans, by the use of which, in paying public money due at those places, the officer drives an "exchange business" to bis own profit. Against the further tolerance of this system, as a system of using public money for private advantage, we have solemnly and irrevocably taken our stand. Such legis I at ton as Section ninth, Article eighth, of the Constitution, specifies provision, strict and plain for the raising and disbursement of the Sinking Fund, as prescribed in that article,-is imperatively demanded. The act of April 19th, 1852. is defective la these respects. Irs language is vague and sometimes unintelligible- its details are inappropriate, and the abuses which may be practiced onder it. need instant correction. INVESTMENTS OF THE 8INKINO FUN R, AND SAFE KEEPING OF MONET ON HAND. The purchase and cancellation of the certificates of our own State Debt is, by far, the best investment that can be made; and when the act of Marcl) 10th, 1843," was passed, such investments were probably practicable. Bat since the enactment of lews requiring banks to deposit State bonds, aa the security for the redemption of their paper, it is quite improbable, or impossible, that our stock will be at par until within a few months of its maturity and payment. To invest the Sinking Fund in our own bonds, therefore, it will be necessary; to pay a premium; and the agression ot the State, to the number of purchasers, will doubtless yet more appreciate the stock. Still if the State has money unemployed, she mirht as well pay the interest of 1853, 1854 and 1855. note by purchasing the bonds at a premium, as to pay it by taxation during those, years. -: ' We object to all loans upon personal security, and to all deposits wjth banking, insurance and railroad companies, or other corporations, fur reasons sufficiently indicated heretofore. We object, also, to loans upon mortgage, principally becaase the inve-itment oarht to be con vert able into roouey'at all times, unless it be one (like purchasing our own. bonds) which wi't cancel and reduce the public debt. Besides the difficulty of examining titles, (for which duty, consistent with bis present official arrangements, neither of us has time,) it should he remembered that if the mortgagor makes default in bis obligation, a suit may ensue, and with it delay, expense and perhaps loss. Meanwhile, in all probability, the State would have to borrow money, or issue new bonds, to meet its own obligations. We ' recommend" that, except such ; portions of the Sinking Fund as may be invested in one of the modes herein submitted, (via: either in the purchase of onr own bonds, or in those of some other interest paying State,) all public money shall be kept in the treasury of the State at all times. We do not- mean that it shall be in tie treasury figuratively or nominally, but that it shall be really there. It is" a re mar k-abla omission, and one which should be forth with remedied, that the new state-house, although a fire proof building, contains no vault erected for, or suitable to, the purposes of a treasury department Provisions should likewise be made, by law for punishinff the offence of DEALING WITH PUBLIC MONEY (no matter by what shift or device) for the advantage of the officer charged with its custody as, alo, for loaning it to any individual, or corporation, without the express warrant of law. The punishment should be such, and no more, as will insure efficiency tor the law. And the transactions of all officers, holding public money should be often and thoroughly investigated, and the money itself sub jected to actual count. FUNDS TO BR DISBURSED XT TBI TREASURY. The money disbursed at the treasury office, in Columbus, ought to be gold and silver coin-nothing else. The bank paper paid to the treasurer should, from tim to time, oe presented for redemption; the reality, and not the shadow, should be paid out to the people, and, especially, to the laborers on our poblio works. And, as has been already sufficiently shown, by making the Sinking Fund equal to specie here, the cost of trasmitting it to New York by bills of exchange, or otherwise, would be greatly reduced. Without this reform, and others of a kindred character, the people of Ohio will find, to their sorrow, that they have failed to secure that change of measures which they fondly hoped would follow a change of officers. It is alao ac knowledged, with rerret, that foreign bank paper is disbursed at the State Treasury and then ce along the line of our public works (contrary to the known wishes of the Commissioners in charge of those works) of a character and denomination the payment of which; at his counter, would subject a banker or broker to prosecution and fine. If these wrongs of former administrations are to pass uncorrected, and are to be perpetuated by the present, administration, it will only serve to admonish the people that they must speak in language of increased emphasis before they are comprehended and obeyed by their servants. "y ' " ' - ' - - - "''" - a . . . -' ". If the New Constilntioa has merely brongbt ' wewsben into office without bringing in, also, a newpolicy, it will prove an expansive and idle pageant. The State fiuaoces are matters of vital concern to the people, and should be administered with fi ielitv, system and rigorous adherence to the law. For more. than: a quarter of a een tary past, Prt of that a time of adversity and even distress, the people of Ohio have borne the burden of fearful taxation two-thirds of which, and more, ave been expended. in preserving the publie faith, . Does not tha confidence of such a people, so. patient and so true to their word, deserve from public officers and functionaries the return of a prudent, economical and" strictly honest management of their money, and in all eases of abuse or irregularity, the prompt and fearless interposition of the amending . bead? ; Wirt such a reform, begun now, the present Constitution wiD long retain tha affections of the people, - - . x Respectfully submitted. " WIL r. MO RO AN, Andltcr Sute, . f T7M.TREVITT, Secreury Suta, -- : G. E. PUGH, Attorney General, S ; Commissioners ex7cio ot the Sinking Fand, "Ti tara receirel " aaol!.er certlScsta out cf Craad RapiJs, Uichiran, dts2 1U Jane, Peter Dane, a Holland sr, tSssires us to pnb-Hsb ia tls I"'-zl;t that tb IIo'.:.nd Eltters tsrrl tin rfla'-:;:: n, Tever and I ' ... :-,r! a vl'.Si .x t - .re! t '1 tla Errirr. pcDtisncD dy ALTKpiirnr. No. 194.1 AN ACT. , ..-. - To provide more effectually for the Safe Keepisg i tne securities aeposuea oy iuuts,aud tor the Redemptlos of their Betee. ""-' c - - -" Bso. 1 , Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the certificates of the funded debt e( this state and ef the United States, required to be deposited wlh and transferred t the treasurer ef state as security for the redemption of the circulating notes of independent banking companies, passed February 24, 1845; and the certificate ef the funded debt of this state, of the United States, and of other states, required to be trans ferred to the auditor of state as security for the redemption of the circulating notes of bankiugeom-pa Die, agreeably to the provisiona of the act to ao-thorixe free banking, passed March 21, 1851, and ef the act supplementary to the last mentioned act paused April 11, 1856, shall hereafter be deposited with the treasurer of state, and bo carefully pro aerved by him ia the state treaaary; and all of anen eertifieates as shall -have heretofore been transferred to the auditor ef stale nhall be by him eepoiiited with the treasurer ef state, sad oe carefully preserved by him In the stale traasnry. - Alt such certificates, so deposited, as ahalt be transferable at any agency or office of this state, of the United States, or ef any ether state, shall be transferred and made payable to "the treasurer of the state of Ohio, and the eomptroler of the treasury ef the state of Ohio, for the use efr( naming the particular banking company owning or depositing the same;) and such certificates so deposited, and that have heretofore been deposited, shall be oob- ject to sale and transfer upon the written authori ty or the traaurer of state, too eomptroler of the treasury, and ef the president er cashier of the particular banking company owning er dopositiog the same, and not otherwise, except aa hereinafter provided; and all of such eertifieates so deposited, as ahalt he payable to say person or persona, corporation or banking company or orner, or assigns, or bearer, or as shall be transferable by delivery, shall, by special indorsement thereon, be asigsed to ine treasurer and comptroller tor the use of the banking company owning er depositing the same in manner aforesaid; aad such eertifioalea aa shall be s o assigned and deposited, and such as have here tofore been deposited, shall bo traasferrable by ta-dorsement of the treasurer and comptroller, by special indorsement, to the banklageompany own ing or aepoefttng tne same, or to seen person or persons, company or cerperatioa, as the president or cashier of the proper banking company ahalt authorise in writing, and not other wl-e, except as hereinafter provided; but no such. tran-fr or as signment shall be made, unless tha banking com- pauy owning or depositing such eertihnates, sliall be eutitled th-reto, agreeably to the proTisioos of the act under which the banking company shall have been organized? ; -. .- ' .; Sso. x. It shall be the duty ef the treasurer of state, and of the comptro!r of the treasury, forth with to make, and thereafter to keep in their res pective departments, accurate "account of all cer tificates of debt ao deposited as aforesaid, and of all certificates hereafter .deposited as security for the redemption of circulating notes ef banking companies; and the treaaarersbali forthwith inform the register of tha bank department of the certifi cates that have heretofore been, and that may hereafter be deposited; and 1t shall be the duty of the register to keen accurate accounts thereof, and such accounts, as also all other accounts pertain ing to bankicg companies, shelly at all reasonable times, be epea to lbetnpocttaa and exaraLuation of any officer or agent of any" said banking com panies; of the governor, auditor, ef state, treasurer, comptroller, aad attorney general, or either of them, or any commissioner appointed by the gov- , ernor for that purpose, and ef any committee of the general assembly, or either branch thereof, thereunto authorised by resolution. Sec. 3. W henever any banking company shill dosire to have any plate or plates for circulating notes engraved, or any blank circulating notes printed, and shall notify the comptroller thereof to rrtiDg, the comptroller shall issue an order to the tresiurer of state to-cause the same to be engrav ed or printed, specifying particularly ia the order the denomination or denominations ot the plate or plates to be engraved; or the several denominations of the blank notes to be printed, with the amount of each denomination; and the treasurer of state ' shall strictly observe such order In causing such engraving and printing to be -done; and upon . the delivery to the treasurer of any blank printed circulating notes, the treasurer shall notify the comptroller and register thereof, and ; they, to the presence ofthe treasurer, shall carefully examine the same, and make an account thereof in their respective departments. . Sec. 4. When a banking company shall be entitled to receive any registered notes, the comptroller ef the treasury snail, on the written application of the proper officers of the bank, issue an order on the treasurer ef state' therefor, and deliver the same to the register,' specifying la sneh ardor the amoeat of each , denomination - of unregistered notes, to be delivered te the register; and en the presentation of snch order, aad ascertaining from the accounts in his office that the banking compel ny is entitled to the same, the treasurer .of state shall deliver the notes specified, in such order to the register, who shall forthwith regisUr aad deliver the same to the agent ef the bankiog company, and make an account thereof; bat snch notes shall not be registered or delivered unless it shall appear from the accounts In the register's office that the.bank Is entitled thereto. -.- Sec S. Whenever a bsaklnr eomnanv shall re- tarn any of its circulating notesto be burnt, the same shall be burned lo -aanes by the treasurer ei state, in the presence et the comptroller ef the treasury aad the agent of the bank, and four certificate thereof be made and aigaed by the treasurer, comptroller and agent of t!ie Sauk, specifying the amount ef each denomination of aots so burned to ashes; one copy of rhick certificate shall be delivered to the agent ef the bank, and one aach to the treasurer, comptrbller.and register. . Sec. 6. The auditor of stale shall appoint some suitable person as a clerk in his office, who shall be styled the fegtater,' and be nnder thesuperviaioa and control of the auditor. Th register shall, without delay, make and kep lo his offio accurst" accounts of all certificates of debt now deposited, and that may hereafter be drpeailed wHh the treasury as srearily for the redempiUu of circulating no'ee of bank lag companies; he shall alp make and keep an account of the amount of Owch denorotaation of the notes of each banking company, delirered to .sneh banx. and of theamouul refurned and burned, so as to show the balance of notes chargeable to such bank and he shall aieo keep accurate accounts of ail notes hereafter registered and delivered to each bank, and notes returned to be burnt, so as at alt times to exhibit the true amount of each denomination ef registered notes delivered to each hanking company, and the amount thereof returned. . ... - Sec. 7. Whenever It shall be necessary to sell sny of the certificates ef funded debt so deposited as aforesaid, for the redemption of the notes of a falling bank, the audltortreasurer and comptroller shall make an order on the treasurer to sell each certificate and certificates and at such time aad times, place and places, as rosy be necessary ts redeem the outstanding circulating notes of snch; bank, aa the : same may be presented for redemption, and produce the largest sura that rosy be obtained for such certificates; and when it shall hare been determined t make sncb sale, the comptroller shall ioe an order to the treasurer specifying what eertl rates thu'.l be solJ, end the tixseaad times,t!4C9 j places of sel in tr.s ss.rnej and la inaklngsuch sal the trsasnrsr la gOTert5ed by the proTiilons ef the set nner vfhlch soch tank shall bare teen erj.ss!r --1 t proviJi by ihisset. V !i any - ' t ilifcerna-''. t-a treasurr thesconttt." i.c: trc!.'r sr. j i- s-thcre: I ta I j i. . j i-rt-iw. :y t i rr - rr t t rurs S" i ar..;.irt j the c 3 r a sr.:i ti-'? ea etcaui.t '.or, f, ;i t' - C i - ' s at the treasury, shall be burned te ashes by the treasurer in me presence ot tne comptroller and register, and certificates ef such burning, signed by the "treasurer, comptroller and register, shall be cnaoeaaeo account taereof kept, ss in ether ease bso. O. If any banking ccmpany shall fall to transfer, and keep deposited with the treasurer of state the amount of securities for the redemption of circulating notes, required to. be deposited by the act under which each baokjag company shall her been organized; or shall fall to make the quarterly te turns of the condition ef the bank, or to keep en hand the araeaot of cola and its equivalent, required by the act aforesaid ; or if any other violatioaof any of the provisiona of the act under which such banking company may be organized shall tome to his knowledge, the auditor af stale shall forthwith notify tha attorney general thereof; and the attorney general s.iall thereupon, and also for any Such violations' that may other Ise Come to' his knowledge, proceed by que-war rant in the proper court, against such banking company, as for n forfeiture of the corporate franchise thereof. . Sec. 9- If the auditor of state, tressarer of state, or comptroller, of the treasary, er any clerk -ia either of their offices, shall knowingly and purpoa-ly, and with intent thereby to cheat or defraud any person or persons, or body corporate, use or otherwise dispose ef any of the securities deposited by any banking company as aforesaid, er say of rhe circulating notes of any banking company, wheth er me same oe. registered or nnregistered, sou which may hare come Into his possession or under his control for any of the purposes named la this act, or la the several acta mentioned ia the first aection ef this act, ha shall be deemed and held guiltf of embezzlement, and prosecuted by Indictment fa any court baring jurisdiction of the offence, and span conviction thereof shall suffer the same punishment or penalty as Is or may bo pro vided by law for punishment of persons guilty of the embezzlement ot tha proper securities and moneys of the state; and la ail prosecaliflaa for embezzlement under the provisions of this act, the sureties and the notes aforesaid, whether regUtared or unregistered, shall be deemed and held lo be of the value denominated en the face thereof. Sxo 10. Sections seveB, eight and nine of the act-entitled "an act to further provide for the better regulation, and receipt, disbursement end safekeeping of the' public revenue, passed April 13, 185d, are hereby repealed; provided, that the repeat thereof shall not effect the existing rights or liabilities, civil or criminal, of any person or persons, arising nnder the sections ao repealed. Sec. 11. This act shall take effect on its passage. -y :---.WItLIAM B. WOODS, - Speaker of the House of Representatives. .- MARTIN WELKER, President of the Senate. AprllS.IESS. " No. 114 " AN ACT To authorize County Agricultural Societies to sell - i'air Grounds in certain cases. Section 1. Be ft enacted by the General Assembly of the Stale of Ohio, That when any county agricultural society in this State shall desire te sell its site Cor holding county fairs, for tne purpose or purchasing another site, the seiety may sell the same in such manner and on such terms as it rosy deem proper, and the money arising fr&m the sale when paid, shall be. paid by the purchaser to the county treasurer, who shall not pay It out only upon the certificate of the president aad secretary of the society that t he same is to be used ia the purchase and improvement of a tother site, which site said certificate shall shew to hare been pur chased and in counties where the county has paid any portion of the purchase money for the site propoeed to be sold, the written consent of the county commissioners shall first be- given le the sale of the earns, nor shall tha money be paid oat of the treasury without thair consent Sec. 2- Conveyances of ground sold nnder this act, which are owned exclasirely, by any society, may be executed by the president of the society as such president; and grounds owned partly by the society snd partly by the county, may be conveyed by deed executed by the president of the society, as such president, and by the county commissioners.Sec 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. WILLIAM B. WOODS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MARTIN WELKER, . President of the Senate. March 23, 1859. ; . No. 115.) AN ACT To amend ah act entitled "an act to regulate the sale of school lands and the surrender of per-, ; maaeut leases thereto," passed April 16, 1852. . SECTton 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section second of said act be so amended as to read as follows: Sec. 2. The trustees of any Original surveyed township to which said lands may belong shall, at least thirty days prior to taking of sny such vote, cause not less than eight notices to be posted up In ss many ef the mostpublic pieces of such township, notifying the legal voters resident therein to meet at some convenient place and time therein specified, and then and there cast their ballots for or against the sale of any such lands belonging to such township, and if such vote result in a refusal te sell said lands, the trustees may in the same manner authorize the taking of n subsequent vote er rotes as often as they may deem proper: provided, that no each subsequent vote shall be taken until one year shall hava elapsed since the last preceding vote. - 6 sc. 3. That the second section of an act entitled an act to regulate the sale of school lands and the serrender of permanent leases thereto," passed April 16. 1852, be and the earns Is hereby repealed.-'-"'-.- '- - -- " .- . - Sec 3. This act shall take effect and be In fores from and after Its passage. " WILLIAM B. WOODS, -- Speaker ef the House of Representatives, ... MARTIN WELKER, President of the Senate. ( March 28, 1859. No. 116 AN ACT - . To Protect Gas Compssles. Sxenon 1 . Bo It enacted by the General Assembly of the Stale of Ohio, That any person, who, with Intent to injure er defraud any gas company, body Corporate r Individual, shall roaks or cause to be made, sny pipe, tube, or other Instrument or contrivance, or connect the same or cause to be eoooected, with any main service pipe, or other pipe for conducting or supplying illuminating gas. In such manner as to connect with and be calcu lated te an pply Illuminating gas to any burner or erthca by or at which iuumiuaimg gs is cons omen around er without passing through the metre providing for measuring er registering the quantity of gas there consumed shall b deemed guilty of n misdemeanor, and upon conviction sliall be punished by impirsonmeat aot exceeding thirty dsyo In the county jail, or by a fine not exceeding twa bnadrad and fifty dollars; or both at the dis- cretionof IbeeoarU - , . ... f Sia 3, And.be it further unacted, Tuat If any persea or persons shall construct, or shall procure the same to be done, er shall nee- or cause to be ased, any falsa metre provided lor measuring and registering the quantity of gas consumed by any person or persons under a contract with any gss company in this stats, with Intent to defrsnd such person or persons, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and a poa conviction thereof shall be paokhsd by imprisonment la the jail of tha proper county any time sot exooedlnr thirty days, or by ne not exceeding' five hundred dollars, or botivei tha discretion at the court. v - .rmJ ': WILLIAM' B. WOODS, . . ZptslTr cf lis Hooss of Eerretentatiyes.' - ''- f ,ARTi:i V7CLHER,'-i- - .: : . PrcciJeetcf efrtt:a.- ACT'.' " ' ' a ti ftl ti t"er 1 1 e f 'i f- t' - r--- "- for the crganlzatlaa of cities and Incorporated vil- wges, -pas-ed Zdasca II, I;J, he so amended ss t read as fallowst Seetisn'-6, The city coaacll of ay city is wcca water waras are or may be sit uated, er in progress ef 'eoaetmction, ahail ostab- inn a board r three trustees, to be known as the bears ef trustees of water works, who shall be elected by the quailfidd electors of the city, and bold their Sices for the term af threa years, except at the Crst election under this act, at which one person shall be chosen for one year, one person for twa years, aad oae -for three years and thereafter one ef the trustees shall be elected annually. - The trustees of water works shall manage, conduct and control the city water works, furnish sUpfles ef water, collect water rents, and appoint eJI necessary officers and agents; and the amouat of the salaries of said officers or agents, so appointed, and the term of offiee, shall be determined by the trustees. The" trustees of water works shall be authorized te make such by-laws ana regniauoas as iney may oeem necessary fur the safe, economical and efficient management snd protection of the works, snd thssald by-taws shall be or the same validity as the city ordinances; provided, they era not sonde repugnant to the ordinance a of the city, constitution er taws of the State of Ohio. The trustees of water works shall cause a report to be made monthly to tha city council, of tha receipts and disbursements of money belonging to tha works, aad ann sally roaks a report of the condition of the works, and Cause the asms to be printed for the benefit of the public and causa all money received and collected tot waterworks purposes to bo deposited with the city treasurer, and cause receivers er collectors of water workt funds to make such deposits weekly sud return a receipt for the amount deposited to the trustees or thetr suthsrhted agent; and all money so deposited with tha city traasarer on account of tha water works, shall be kept a asperate and distinct fand for the payment of such ludebt-adaess of. the water works as is hereinbefore mentioned, snd, together with the amount of the interest allowed to the city treasurer upon the water works funds which shall be deposited by him In such place as the city council shall order, shall be subject te the order of the trustees of water works of the city in which such water works are or may bo situated; and all orders, road by the trustees of water works en the city treasurer for money, shall be signed by one of the trustees; snd countersigned by the secretary or clerk of the water works. The trustees ef water works shall also be authorized to make con true to for the building of machinery, water works buildings, reservoirs, and for all ether-neeassary purposes to the fell and efficient management and construction of snch water works. And they shall else be authorized to make eejtracts. in the name of the city, for the purchase or lease of real estate upon which to build such water works or reservoirs; provided, however, that all such contracts for the purchase or lease ef real estate shall be approved by the city council. The city council shall hereby be eathorized for such purposes upon petition of the trustees ef water works, te borrow, or issue the lpnda af tha city for any sum of money, not ex ceeding two bund red end nlty inousaao. dollars, al a rate of inteiest net to exceed six per cent, per annum; and to provide by taxation for the payment of the rents contracted for on the leasee above mentioned, or the payment of the interest on the bonds aforesaid- Said bonds to be sold st par. Said sum ts be made use of lor water works purposes and none other; provided that before the city council shaft be authorized to Issue the said bonds, they shall submit te tha qualified voters of the said city, at any regular or special election, a preposition for or against -the issae thereof, which Shall receive tha affirmative vote of a majority ef ii tao-votes eaatapou the proposition. - Sac 2. That section 6 of the act to which thii Is amendatory, be aad. the same is hereby repealed. This act to take effucl from snd after its passage. - WILLIAM B. WOODS, Speaker ef the House of Representatives. MARTIN WELKER, . -;' President of the Saoste. March 23 1859. (No 151.)" AN ACT - . To proviJe for the ssmi-anuual collection of taxes. ' ' . - --'.-..:-.--... Section 1. Be it enscted by tha General Assembly .ef the State of Ohio, That each person charged with taxes on a tax duplicate In the bands of a county treasurer may, at hli option, pay the full amount of such taxes ou or before the twentieth day of December, or one-half thereof en or before the twentieth day of December, and the remaining half thereof ou or before the twentieth day of June next ansuing; provided, however, that all road taxes so charged shall be paid prior to the twentieth day of December, in the manner prescribed by law. fixe. .2 When taxes charged against the property of any person shall be paid by instalments, as aforesaid, each of such payments, exclusive of road taxes, shall be apportioned among tha several funds for which taxes shall hare been assessed ia their proper proportions Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the county auditor to set down the amosut of taxes charged against each entry in two separate columns, one-half thereof, exclusive of raid taxes, in each column sud adding all road taxes to said first half with a sufficient blank space at the right of each column to write the word "paid," and when payment of. either half of such taxes shall be made, the treasurer shall write in the blank space opposite the same the word paid;" and the auditor of state is hereby authorized to prescribe such other forms for county duplicates as msy seem proper to him, and produce uniformity throughout the stats; and it shall be the duty of .county auditors to conform thereto. Sxo. 4. When one-half the taxes, ss aforesaid, charged against any entry, en a tax duplicate in the hands af a eonuty treasurer, shall net bo paid on or before the twentieth day of December next after the same ahalt have been so charged, er when the remainder of such taxes shall not be paid on or before the twentieth day of June next thereafter, the county treasurer shall proceed to collect the sums by distress or otherwise, ss msy at the time be prescribed by law, together with a penalty of five per eestum on the amount ef the taxes so delinquent, (which penalty shall be far the as of the treasurer as a norapensatioa for such collection;) and in ail cases where such half uf any taxes, other than en real estate, shall not have been paid en the twentieth day ef December, the whole amount ef taxes, other than real estate, for the current year, so charged, shall be doe and delinquent, altd shall be collected In ;Ke manner and with the penalty provided in this sac lion. Sec. 5- When one-half of the taxes charged against sny entry ef real estate shall not be paid in or before the twentieth day Of December In each year, or collected by distress or otherwise pri-r to the next February settlement, as authorized by this act, a nsnelty ef thirty per cent- thereon shall be added to Such half of aald taxes en the duplicate; and If the said taxes snd penalty, including the remaining half of such taxes, shall aot be paid on er before the twentieth ef June next thereafter, or cot lac tad by distress or otherwise prior to the next August settlement, the same penalty shall bo charged on said last half ef said tax-ee, snd tha amooat of the whole together shall eeesUtute the delinquent taxes on snch real estate te be collected in the manner that U er my bo prescribed by law. And if the amount ef such delinquent taxes and penalty, together wilh the ona half of the taxes charged sinst such real estate . far the current year, shalf net be paid sa er befura the twentieth- day cf lecember, of tha same year, the said delinquent taxes and 'penalty, and the whole of tha taxes of tha currant year, shall be doe and collected by the sals of such real estate la the manaer that is er may be sathorixod by law and In case tha Crst ha'f of the taxs char,5i np-sn aoy resf ta!s ha!l be paid on or beiors tl.e wemi-ith dij cf reec.T.ber, et provided la t!iia tft.fcsttle t-'Ji-;- half thereof svV.i t:'. l p-'J c er hfjre t' t ir--.ll'i f-j ef Jac r.-'zi I . rci . - r, c t e 1 C.U?T ! rt-i t -e tr -1 .' t f t " '.: - -! t : - t t - ' r. - : 7 la a beck, to be provided for that purpose, a l!l cf all laods and town lota relumed by lis Ucssarec delinquent at the preceedlng aettlemat, escribing such lands aad tow a Uu, in sai4iUt,asDi same shall be described. ea Ue Ux daplicile, and charging therein the unpaid taxes for the yeas next preceedic;, together with the penalty thereon, as provided in this act, and alia the taxes af the current year and shall certify the correctness) thereof, and the cats at which the ssns was rscar-ded, aad aia the same oScially. " ' , Sxo. . .The eoaaty axdltor sa!l. a on sally, ou or before the first day of October, felivei ts the county treasurer the duplicate of txxss required by law lo be made outa aad the tredsrn oSce shall be kept open, for the recef-tef taxes : from the time of the delivery of the d'aplicata lathe treasurer (except when ha may be required ts be la the several towashipa to reeeiva taxes) until tha tweuty-fiih day cf January, sad from the first day of April sutd the twentieth, day of July. Sco.8. Each county treasurer aha! L ea or be fore the fteenth dsy ef February la eseb year settls with the suditor of his cauuty foratl taxes ' that he may have collected at the time ef making such settlement; snd he shall slae, on erbefarw the Ucthdsy of August In each year, aefJe wlU the auditor ef bis eeaety tat all taxes that be msy have collected, at the lime f makis said sttUe meat; and, net Included la the precedln; Febrnarr setttlement; snd at each of soch settlements the auditor shall allow te tha treasnrer on the money collected aa . the dnplieata aad accoustod for by him, his fees, agresably to the rats or percentage allowed by law at a fall, settlement af the county treasurer. The fall seUiemeai of the oeaaiy treasarbr with the county commf-wionere, new required by law to be made on the first Monday in Jane, shall hsreaftar be made on ths first Monday ia September annually. , See. 9, Ia mat log the settlements required by the preceding section,' lbs ceanty aadiior shall carefully examine the tax duplicate, and ascertain from tha entries ef taxes and penalty, paid lav whole sr part, and from soch other sou rces ef Information as may be within has reach, the traw amount collected by the treasnrer ew account et each of the several taxes charged on aach duplicate, and the amount remaining ta the hands of the treasurer belonging te aaah fund, a4 ah ail give to the treasurer separate ee-rti Scales la duplicate of the separate sums foasd to have been col. leeted by . him. . .The county aadiior shaJl alaw make out and deliver to the county treasurers, certificate la duplicate specify tag tha naount charged oa the tax da plicate ef the county for each of the several purposes for er nieh taxes shall nave been levied, and also a certificate er an ab street. In duplicator of the taxes which have become due and payable aad watchi remain unpaid. The country auditor shall alee ranks out and carefully file and preserve la his office a list of iSe taxes and penalty so das and unpaid, which shall be denominated the delinquent list- ' Sic 10. Each county treasurer shall, within ten days next after he shall have made each semiannual settlement with the county noartor, aa required by thla act. present to the auditor of state and Lte comptroller ef the treasary, each, one ef the several certificates and abstracts of the eonaty auditor, required to be made ont in the preceding; section. -4 . '."-.-. Sec 11. The ssdilor ef stats shall, en thw receipt of the certificate and aba tracts aioreeaid proceed ts settle with th-e county treasnrer for lhe-moneys la bia hands belonging to the state, and to ascertain the exact sans ersume payable by bin into the state treasary, and shall certify the sasnw to the comptroller of the treasury, specifying inv the certificate or certificates the amount belonging to each fund, and tba lata! aorennt te be psui into she slat trwmary." 'A m receipt ef enchi certificate or certificates, and finding the same lev ' be correct, the-comptroller ef the treasury shall Issue a certificate or Certificatee theresl, specifying as aforesaid; and the county treasnrer shait forthwith deliver the same to the treasurer ef State, and pay i ate the state treasury the VU amount of ait sums so found to be la bht beads snd belonging to the state; aad the treasurer as state shall thereupon give to such county treasurer n receipt or receipt for such paymeat, as saay be required bylaw. Sec. 12- Each county treasurer shaM, Immediately after each semi-annual settlement with the county auditor of his county, ea demand and pre ' aenlalioa of the warrant of Uie county auditor therefor, pay over ts the township treasurer, city treasurer, or other proper offioer, all jnoaevs in the county treasury belonging to any township City Incorporated village or school district; prevl-ded, that if any township treaaarer, er other proper officer aforesaid, shall request, of the trustees' of say township, tha council of any city er incorporated village, or the board of education ef any school district, respectively, shall ee direct, the moneys mentioned la this sec lieu shall remain in the county treasury, to be Iheooe drawn by the proper local treasurer, on the warrant of the county auditor, in sums ef sot less than ane hundred dollars. Sec. 13. If, at sny time, when the Interest on, or any portion of the principal of the funded debt of the state Is about to fait due, the money artier ths control of the Commissioners of the sinking fund, applicable to the payment thereof, shall be inanfficient for that purpose, said cotnmiaaienem shall give written notice to the comptroller ef the treasury of the amount of snch deficiency; and the comptroller, on the requisition ef the auditor of state, shall draw In favor of the treasurer ef state on the several eouuty treasurers, or oa such) ef them snd for such sum or same each so be may deem most convenient, not exceeding the amooat by them respectively collected for the sinking fund, at the time and times of re drawing; and such drafts, If paid, ah all be evidence of ths payment ef the sums therein specified Into the stata treasury, and shall, an delivery thereof to th comptroller, be credited and allowed to the county treasure i a respectively la making thesemi-annual settlements. Upon drawing such draltx. Uj comptroller shall eharge the same ta ths ireMirr of stats on seeount of meaejs betonjin j la S sinking fund, and shall notify. the auditor thereof ia wriUng. ' ' -' Bsc 14- Woe never the auditor ef elate shall ascertain that the wionee In the state treasury, belonging to the general revenue, will probe'. Jf be Inaudolent In amooat ta pay the a; ; rep rs-tions from that fund, he shall notify the comptroller eft he amount deemed necessary te mAe ns the deficiency until the next semi-annual settle-meats of county treasurers; and thereupon the comptroller sltait draw . therefor, la favor of th treaaarer of stale, ou the several coouty treeearern or on such ef them, sad for such sum r ucm each, as hs shall deem most ee-nvenret, not exceeding the smount by thera. respoe'Jvely.eollec-tsd for general revenue at the lime and times of so drawing, snd shall charge the saw ts the treee-nrer af state ea account of general revenue; sal-ia other respects the comptroller, treasnrer an-I auditor shall be governed by the provisions of the next pracadisg section. Sec 15. County treasurers shs'l ake r ws-lon ef their offices en the first Llondr scepters rsr next after their eleetioa, sod s.atl bold the same for two years thereafter, and until t'telr toe censors are ejected snd qus?:5ed; s-i if spy person elected te said efce shall fi!l te v ho&d n4 take the oath of eCIss, ss pricrlh-ti ty law, en or before ths first HonJay ef Eetei Lr r.?xt sfler his election, the cC-a sha'l te l. i ta La racist. and shall be Cilodaa pro ti I lyliw. Taio lb-, ihe act Ihe serni-snanaj co'.l 12.1S3,Istre!yr this repeal,' the t coc!!nue.l.i for rr.' tembern'Xt,a i r-ro notice'; th t ; . .. ; ; prr-i cr f - r.iu. c. n act t rovt3 fov 3 tf tiX", pnwd April t ut tiiwi :,tan;:;8 set shaU :y Is fef-tj sLall cf s;y ... a saaa Cct.Te- 1U ia . JU ' aa" . , . .. !, tiat t r' - hvs cr IU J cr crl''' if ti t 'It: V st t" t-3 s." r : J w . j c .. . , - r -:t 1 .V3'-- rt .-'.U tj tLafr:, :3 cf tl:s 1 tha TT' z'.sr-: f C ' e " f - i a r? " i . . -. i ,. 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