No account when presented, audited and ordered to be paid shall be withdrawn from the custody of the governing body or its clerk for any purpose whatever, except to be used in evidence upon a judicial trial or proceeding, in which case it shall, after being so used, be forthwith returned to such custody.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-407; 1952 Code Section 14-407; 1942 Code Section 3872; 1932 Code Section 3872; Civ. C. '22 Section 1113; Civ. C. '12 Section 992; Civ. C. '02 Section 807; G. S. 624; R. S. 692; 1875 (25) 993; 1882 (17) 891.