52:27-9.  Warrants and checks to be countersigned by auditor
All warrants, checks or other instruments for the withdrawal or transfer of  funds of the municipality shall be submitted to such auditor for his countersignature, and no banking institution in which funds of the municipality  have heretofore been or shall hereafter be deposited shall honor warrants or  checks drawn thereon unless the countersignature of such auditor shall appear  on the face of such instruments.
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