52:27-59. Powers and duties of auditor; office
Whenever the commission shall certify to the board of education that it intends to exercise the powers conferred by this section, thereafter no claims shall be passed for payment by the board of education or other officers of the school district until the auditor of the commission shall have certified that the same have been examined by him and found to be within the amount voted to be raised by tax therefor, and that there is or will be available in an appropriate account sufficient ready funds for its payment. Furthermore, thereafter all warrants, checks or other instruments for the withdrawal or transfer of funds of the school district shall be submitted to such auditor for his counter-signature and no banking institution in which funds of the school district have theretofore been or shall thereafter be deposited shall honor warrants or checks drawn thereon unless the counter-signature of such auditor shall appear on the face of such instruments. The board of education shall provide an adequate office for such auditor, who shall have access to all books of account, records, papers and memoranda of such school district.