Experience the Test of Government in Eighteen Essays
Experience the Test of Government in Eighteen Essays
William Duane
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ESSAY VJII. ?'//£ SrS'TEM OF 7'IJE TREASURT NUCA'TORl', AND DESrRUCr'JVE 01 I'tS IN'TENl'ION. VARIOUS have been the modes hitherto adopted, to render the money of the state safe in the hands of the treasurer, and prevent him from embezzling it. They have all failed, and the evidence of sundry facts incontestibly proves, that from the earliest periods to the present day, the most effectual guard has been the virtue of the treasurer ; and when tliis has failed, the money of the state has been was...ted. Under the present treasury system, the surplus money must be deposited in bank ; the bank book therefore at settlement will exhi- bit the balance nearly of the money in the treasury. The official check upon the treasurer, is liis exhibiting to the register general a monthly report, containing the balance at the end of the preceding month, the receipts and payments during the pre- sent, and the balance remaining at the end. This, although a ve- ( 33 ), / ry imperfect check, may be of some use to deter timorous knaves but cannot prevent capital mischief, nor check even slight errors.
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