The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2 Page: 277
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Laws of the Repuiblic of Texas.
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ly to the Secretary of the Treasury, all warrants drawn in each appropriation
and to notify the Treasurer when any appropriation
is exhausted,-which monthly reports shall be certified to by the
proper Auditors and Treasurer, as corresponding with the warrants
registered and paid by them; and no warrants drawn in manner
aforesaid, shall be redeemed otherwise than by payment at the
Treasury.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That all further disbursements
for military and naval purposes shall be made through the legally
appointed disbursing officers of those departments; and the Comptroller,
before executing a warrant for monies to be thus expended,
or for advances for civil expenditures, shall receive from the Head
of the Department for which the warrant is to be drawn, a requisition,
to be filed in his office, setting forth the particular item of
expenditures, arid the appropriation to which it is to be charged;
and all warrants so drawn shall be placed to the debit of the individual
authorized to receive the money, in the books of the proper
Auditor.
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That upon the adjustment of
any account where a balance shall be due by the Republic, for the
payment of which no money is appropriated, it shall be the duty of
the Comptroller to issue a certificate therefor, acknowledging the
indebtedness of the Republic,-which certificate shall be countersigned
and registered by the Auditor, and shall be redeemable in
the same manner as audited drafts heretofore drawn on the Treasurer,
which he is not authorized by law to pay.
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted. That the Comptroller shall examine
and approve the accounts adjusted by the Commissioner of
Revenue, before the same shall be entered on the books of that
,office.
Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
Treasurer to receive and keep the monies of the Republic of Texas,
and disburse the same on warrants drawn by the Comptroller, and
registered by the proper Auditor; all of which warrants shall specify,
distinctly, the appropriation to which they shall be charged:
he shall take receipts for all monies pai' by him, and the
receipts for all money received by him shall be endorsed upon
warrants signed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and recorded
in his office -without receipts so signed, no acknowledgment
for money received in the Treasury shall be valid;
le shall render his accounts quarterly to the Secretary of the
Treasury for settlement, or oftener if required, and annually on
the first day of November, present fair and accurate copies of all
accounts so rendered and settled, to be laid before the Senate and(277)
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6726/m1/281/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .