1822 - Edocs

fo take an oath
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Treasurer to re-
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noney.
Treasurer to keep
books.
Legislative committee
for inspec-
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Misapplication of
public money.
government, to continue in office during good behavior
He shall not be capable of acting until he shall have taken
the oath of fidelity to the United States, and also an oath
impartially and honestly to execute the duties of his office.—He
shall moreover give bond with such security as
shall be approved ot by the Governor, in the sum of ten
thousand dollars, payable to the Governor and his successors,
in trust for the use of the Territory, and conditioned
for the faithful accounting for, and paying all such
sums of money as shall be received by him from time to
time, by virtue of any law, and for the faithful, impartial
and honest discharge of all the duties of his said office,
to be recovered upo c
n the breach thereof, by action of
debt, instituted by the solicitor of the Territory, or attorney
of the United States, in any court of record, for
public use.
24. Be it further enacted, That, the said treasurer is
hereby authorized, empowered and required to receive of
the several collectors of the public revenue, all taxes arising
on lands or other property, or from any other source,
and all other public money payable into the treasury by
virtue of any law of the Territory.
25. Be it further enacted, That, the said Treasure?
shall keep in a book or books to be provided for that purpose,
true, faithful, and just accounts of all the money received
by him from time to time, on the respective taxes,
and impositions by virtue of any act or acts of the Territory,
and also of all such sum and sums of money as he
shall pay out of the treasury, pursuant to such act or acts
—which accounts shall be so kept that the nett produce
of the several and respective taxes and impositions, and
he money paid out of the treasury for any particular service,
may appear separate and distinct from each other,
and that he lay a statement thereof before the Governor
and Council, on the sixth day of their annual session.
26. Be it further enacted, That, there be a committee
appointed by the Territorial Legislature, annually, to examine
into the state of the treasury, and the said treasurer
is hereby required to lay before the said committee,
all the accounts and vouchers of the treasury for money
received or paid out for whatever purpose, and to produce
the money in his hands—and the said committee
shall make a fair statement of all monies received and
paid out of the treasury, and for what purposes, and of
the money that shall be in hand, and report the same to
the Legislature, who shall cause the same to be publish-
ed.
27. Be it further enacted, That, if the said treasure;
divert or misapply any of the money paid into the trea-