§40-57  Warrants on account of contracts. All warrants for bills on account of state contracts shall be made payable tothe order of the person to whom the State is directly indebted, except asprovided in section 40-58, and only after an original warrant voucher shallhave been presented to the comptroller accompanied by all original bills andany other supporting document as may be required by the comptroller.  Theoriginal warrant voucher shall have indorsed thereon the approval of theofficer in whose department the contracts have been made, and the appropriationto which it is chargeable; and further, each original bill shall be speciallycertified to by the subordinate officer of the State supervising the workperformed, or receiving the materials and supplies as specified in thecontracts, that the work has been faithfully performed and that the materialsand supplies were in a good and merchantable condition when received, unlessthe bill is for an advance payment or a deposit to be paid as specified in thedepartment's contract, in which case the certification of the original bill bythe subordinate officer is not required.  No warrant shall be issued unless acopy of the contract or bid shall have been filed with the comptroller,together with a statement by the head of the department or agency that made thecontract or accepted the bid, naming the appropriation to which the contract orbid is to be chargeable. [L 1898, c 39, §11F; RL 1925, §1453; RL 1935, §580; RL1945, §1584; RL 1955, §34-34; am L 1957, c 152, §1; HRS §40-57; am L 1975, c71, §4; am L 1986, c 3, §2 and c 94, §2]