No district attorney general, either before or after suit is brought or judgment rendered, shall receive any money due the state. The clerk of the circuit court alone shall, for the clerk's county, receive moneys due the state from delinquent revenue collectors.
Code 1858, §§ 739, 740 (deriv. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 103, §§ 8, 9); Shan., §§ 1051a1, 1051a2; Code 1932, §§ 1781, 1782; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 67-1611.