§40-12  Examination before destruction. 
Before the warrants, bonds, and interest coupons are destroyed, the comptroller
or the fiscal agent appointed pursuant to section 40-11 shall conduct such
examination and investigation as is necessary to determine that the warrants to
be destroyed bear any date ten years prior to the date of destruction and that
the bonds and interest coupons bear any date two years prior to the date of
destruction. [L 1947, c 147, §2; RL 1955, §34-55; am L 1957, c 152, §1; am L 1961,
c 38, §2; HRS §40-12; am L 1972, c 5, §2]