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THJE TSftAfiVBY FE4UD8 IN OHIO*Bepert #f iki fretrtif I»teill*«fig €•■-iilftfe—Bre*lla» u4 GlbMi-ExtrMr4l4K1ry D«re!opa»*ti.Tbfc State Coramiaaioner* appointed bj the legislature of Ohio, to taveitlgate Ihe fraud* alleged to hive been committed by Ex-State Treasurers But*, Biss Lily and Gnsoi) hire midi their report—a tar-m Id able document, occupying fifty coluniM of the Ohlotfute Journal Extra. It wi* pretented to the Legislature March 8f accompanied tyy * Special Message from Governor Cnaaa. The Governor enters hie objections to the manner in which the Board of Com* mlsiloners was constituted ; claiming that the Commissioners were not constitutionally appointed by the Legislature, and that that body transcended the ttmtts of Sts legitimate powers , but nevertheless trsannltf the report for legislative action.The Commissioners appointed by the General Assembly were Messrs. A. P EDoaa-roif, CsjjaaaliuMniy and W. D. Motes*. They open their- re* port with an apology for Its enormous length, hot state that their specific Instructions left them no option. Mr. Rxxmilir, doubling the constitutionality of Ihe creation of the Commission, acrupled^to serve until the opinion of .the Courts had been obtained. The decision having proved favorable. Ihe Commicsioxi proceeded with Its duties, and took up, In turn, the cases of AuixaT A. Buss, Joua G. Baisu* and Ws. II. Ginsox. The*e parlies were successively State Treasurers of Ohio. The Commission examined the accounts of each, and report in detail. The main fact developed appears to be that the Incumbent of the office of State Treasurer has enjoyed unlimited control of the Slate moneys, and that, from the want of proper checks upon peculation, the State ha* beam i a sufferer to the amonnt of soout WOO,000. It !■ qsrite Impossible to give a cuin|iete digest of the Commissioners’ Report, *but the principle points may be ! briefly stated -1 L In the case of Albxxt A. Buss, who was State 1 Treasurer from lM7 lo IKS2, serving for t*o terms, it 1 appears tbat (hat individual was poor when he I took the office t and tliai hit sureties were I parties with wuom he had no nersonal ae-| quaintance, but who barked him in order to profit by his nersonai obligation ilt; them, in order to make use of the public money. Tneac genilemea, eight In number, were, with one exception, residests I ofthe city of Columbus. Their names are given In I the report. “ Influenced (says the reporl) ky con-I iterations of a pccumcry character only throe gentlemen became the sureties of Btr. Bliss ” * * * 1 “The Treasury of tbe State of Ohio had, for a long I period, him Ur source of profit to vannui Banka I and bankers. One of these sureties, Mr. W, I 8. Scllivuit, President of the Cilnt m Dank of Columbus, swears that he became the security of Mr,I Btiss, with tkt expectation of a benefit to see rut Vurt-I from to the Bank by depot its to be made therein by hem. I as I'reasurer—tthkt 23. W. Dssolxe, the Cashier, agreed to share with hlra any liability that might arise* I Inconsequence of his becoming such security, andI gave him an instrument in in it in g to that effect—tftatmere were other banks whose repteaenlaUves were also sureties for the aame reason
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