The entire cost of administration of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, including salaries and other necessary expenditures, shall be paid by the director out of the administration account. The general treasurer shall be custodian of the account and shall pay all vouchers duly drawn by the director upon the account, in any amounts and in any manner that the director may prescribe. Vouchers so drawn upon the account shall be referred to the controller within the department of administration. Upon receipt of those vouchers, the controller shall immediately record and sign them and shall promptly transfer those signed vouchers to the general treasurer; provided, that those expenditures shall be used solely for the purposes specified in chapters 42 — 44 of this title and its balances shall not lapse at any time but shall remain continuously available for expenditures consistent with these provisions.
History of Section.
P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 16; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 16; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 13; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-26.