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the use of the State; and a duplicate of each warrant drawn
for the receipt of money into the treasury shall be kept and
preserved by the treasurer as his voucher for the receipt thereof.

1888, art. 19, sec. 18. 1860, art. 22, sec. 18. 1852, ch. 56, sec. 6. 1862, ch. 140.

18. The comptroller shall not sign any warrant for the dis-
bursement of money in blank, and he shall permit no warrant,
either for the disbursement or receipt of money, to be issued
from his office, unless the entry of the amount stated in such
warrant, and the purpose and account for which it is issued,
be first entered on the books of his office.

Ibid. sec. 19. 1862, ch, 180.

19. All persons having claims against the State for errors in
the payment of their State taxes, or for sums erroneously paid
into the treasury, shall present the same, with the proofs and
vouchers thereof, to the comptroller, who shall examine the
same and report to the general assembly at the next session
thereof the names of such persons as, in his opinion, are
entitled to allowance for said erroneous payments, and the
amount that ought to be paid to each.

Ibid. sec. 20. 1862, ch. 180.

20. Upon demand being made upon the comptroller by any
person or corporate body having a claim against the State due
to him or it in his or its own right, if such person or corpora-
tion is indebted to the State, as shown by the books of the
treasurer, or in any manner ascertained, to an amount less than
the sum so due and claimed, the comptroller shall deduct the
sum so due to the State from the amount demanded, and give
a warrant on the treasurer for the difference only; and if the
amount due to the State shall be equal to, or exceed the sum so
demanded, the said comptroller shall refuse to issue any warrant
to the claimant.

Ibid. sec. 21. 1860, art. 22, sec 19. 1852, ch. 56, sec. 7.

21. If any clerk, register, notary public, auctioneer, con-
tractor, inspector or receiver of the public monies other than
collectors of the direct tax, shall fail to account for and pay
over to the treasurer, all public monies in his hands, for thirty
days after the time required by law, it shall be the duty of the
comptroller to direct the State's attorney in the county or city
where such defaulter may be to institute a suit upon the bond