Mississippi Code
General Provisions
§ 7-9-9. Duties generally

It shall be the duty of the state treasurer to receive and keep the moneys of the state in the manner provided by law, to disburse the same agreeably to law, and to take receipts or vouchers for moneys which he shall disburse. He shall keep regular, fair, and proper accounts of the receipts and expenditures of the public money; he shall keep accounts in his books in the name of the state, in which he shall enter the amount of all money, stock, securities, and all other property in the treasury or which may at any time be received by him, keeping the receipts and disbursements of each fiscal year in separate accounts, and closing the same with the close of the fiscal year; and he shall open and keep accounts in his books for all appropriations of money made by law, so that the appropriation of money and the application thereof in conformity thereto may clearly and distinctly appear on the books of the treasury.

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