Whenever any account shall be presented to the department of administration for audit, it may require the person presenting the account, and any other person, to be sworn before the state controller touching the account, and, when so sworn, to answer orally or in writing as to any facts relating to the truth and justness of the account.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 34, § 29; G.L. 1909, ch. 44, § 30; G.L. 1923, ch. 45, § 30; G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 32; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 65; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 35-6-35.