75-404. Custodian of enrolled bills and resolutions; appropriation laws.
The secretary of state shall be the custodian and charged with the safekeeping of all enrolled bills and resolutions, and he or she shall not permit the same to be taken out of his or her office unless by order of the governor, or by resolution of one or both houses of the legislature, or as may be rendered necessary by the next section; and if the secretary of state does permit the same to be taken out of his or her office except as hereinbefore provided, the secretary of state shall be deemed guilty of an impeachable offense. The secretary of state shall deposit in the office of the treasurer an authenticated copy of every law authorizing the payment of money out of the state treasury, immediately after the passage of the same.
History: L. 1879, ch. 166, § 23; March 20; R.S. 1923, 75-404.