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Bepert %t ike Tretitrj I»Te*«l*atfag C«n-silctte—0tfilcWl*n*if I!reel la* u4GlbHi-SxtrMrlfiMlry Pfrel«pac»uuThb fitatc Commissioner* appointed by the legislature of Ohio, to investigate Ihe fraud* alleged to hare been committed by Ex-State Treasurers Bum, Buslih, and Oasof) bite mad* their report—a tor-mId able document, occupjiof fifty column* of the Ohio Stats Journal Extra. It wti presented to the Legislature March 8, accompanied by a Special Message from Governor Casa*. The Governor enters hi* objections to the manner in which the Board of Commissioners was constituted ; claiming that the Commissioners were not constitutionally appointed by the Legislature, and that that body transcended the limits of Sts legitimate powers , but nevertheless trtannitf the report for legislative action.The Commissioners appointed by the General Assembly were Messrs. A. P ErxiaaTo*, CfljjaajltxiMxmr and W. P. Mosul*. They open their- report with an apology for its enormous length, but state that their specific Instructions left them no option. Mr. Riiuiuh, doubling tlie constitutionality ofihe creation of the Commission, scrupled-to serve until the opinion of .the Courts had been obtained. The decision having proved favorable. Ihe Conunnslon proceeded with Its duties, and took up, In turn, the cases of Alsset A. Buss, Job* G. Uaiaus and w«. li. Gmsox. The*e parlies were successively State Treasurers of Ohio. The Com mission examined the accountsof each, and report in detail. The main fact developed appears to be that the Incumbent of the office of 8tate Treasurer has enjoyed control of the Slate moneys, and that, rrofm Use went of proper checks upon peculation, the State hi* fceem i a sufferer to the amount of aoout WOO,000. It I* qsrite impossible to give a coinjSeu* digest of the Commissioners' Report, *but the principle points may be I briefly stated ■1 i. In the case of Albxxt A. Uliss, who was State | Treasurer frorn lM7 to IhW, serving for t*o term*, it 1 appears tbat that individual was poor whim ha I took the office , and tliai hia sureties were I parties with wnom he had no Dersonal ae-| quaintance, but who barked him in order to profit by bis personal obligation to them, In order to make use of the public money. Tneac gentlemen, eight In number, were, with one exception, residesti I of the city of Columbus. Their Lames are glren in I the report. “ Influenced (nays the reporl) by con-I siderations of a pecuniary character only these gentlemen became the sureties o/ Btr. Bliss ” * * *I “The Treasury of the State of Ohio had, for a Ion* I period, bun Iht source tf profit to various Banks I and bankers. One of these burettes, Mr, W* I 8. cu.ivanT, President of ihe Ciint m Hank of I Columbus, swears (hat he became the security of Mr.I Blue, with tht expectation of a benefit to accrue there -I from to the Hank by deposits to be made therein by hem.I as 7V#ajurer—«that D. W. Dseouia, the Cashier, agreed to share with him any liability th»t might arise I Inconsequence of his becoming such security, andI eave hun an instrument in icuting to that effect—testmere were otbtr banks whose repieaenUUvrs were also sureties for the aame reason
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