The Treasurer shall receive the moneys of the State, and, until
otherwise prescribed by law, deposit them, as soon as received, to the
credit of the State, in such bank or banks as he may, from time to
time, with the approval of the Governor, select (the said bank or banks
giving security, satisfactory to the Governor, for the safekeeping and
forthcoming, when required of said deposits), and he or such of his
deputies as may be authorized to do so by the Legislature shall
disburse the same for the purposes of the State according to law, upon
warrants drawn by the Comptroller, or his duly authorized deputy, and
on checks countersigned by the Comptroller, or his duly authorized
deputy. The Legislature may prescribe, by law, for the Treasurer to
disburse the moneys of the State by a system other than by the use of
checks. The Treasurer or such of his deputies as may be authorized to
do so by the Legislature shall take receipts for all moneys paid from
the Treasury Department; and receipt for moneys received by him shall
be endorsed upon warrants signed, by the Comptroller, or such deputy as
may be authorized to do so by law, without which warrants, so signed,
no acknowledgment of money received into the Treasury shall be valid;
and upon warrants issued by the Comptroller, or his duly authorized
deputy, the Treasurer shall make arrangements for the payment of the
interest of the public debt, and for the purchase thereof, on account
of the sinking fund. Every bond, certificate, or other evidence of the
debt of the State shall be signed by the Treasurer, Chief Deputy
Treasurer, or a Deputy Treasurer, and countersigned by the Comptroller,
Chief Deputy Comptroller, or a Deputy Comptroller; and no new
certificate or other evidence intended to replace another shall be
issued until the old one shall be delivered to the Treasurer, and
authority executed in due form for the transfer of the same filed in
his office, and the transfer accordingly made on the books thereof, and
the certificate or other evidence cancelled; but the Legislature may
make provisions for the loss of certificates, or other evidences of the
debt; and may prescribe, by law, the manner in which the Treasurer
shall receive and keep the moneys of the State.
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