§40-40  Receipts and payments.  For allmoneys paid into the treasury there shall be prepared a treasury depositreceipt in the form and in the number of copies determined by the comptrolleras provided in section 40-6.  The receipt shall specify the informationrequired by the comptroller and the director of finance for the properaccounting of the amount paid into the treasury.  The receipt shall becountersigned by the director of finance, or the director's designee, afterwriting upon its face the day of its delivery to the director.  The director,or the director's designee, shall deliver a copy of the receipt to the personor official paying the money into the treasury, and shall deliver a copy to thecomptroller.  The director shall retain the original receipt, charging thedirector with the amount specified therein, and crediting the fund or accountnamed thereon.  No receipt shall be considered valid or binding as against theState, unless so countersigned as in this chapter provided. [L 1898, c 39, §11;RL 1925, §1448; am L 1927, c 219, §7; RL 1935, §575; RL 1945, §1579; RL 1955,§34-28; am L 1957, c 152, §1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §14; am L 1961, c 63, §1;am L 1963, c 114, §1; HRS §40-40; am L 1975, c 72, §1; gen ch 1993]