The state treasurer shall keep in a book or books, under distinct heads, true, faithful, and just accounts of all the money received from time to time by virtue of such office, and also of all such sums of money as the state treasurer shall pay out of the treasury on warrants received.
Code 1858, § 237 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 27, § 5); Shan., § 289; Code 1932, § 245; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-506.