Section 16-8-33

Custodian of county school funds.

The county board of education shall appoint a custodian of the public school funds of the county, which custodian may be the county treasurer, the secretary to the county superintendent of education or some other qualified person. The custodian of school funds shall give bond with a surety company authorized to do business in Alabama, shall receive and take charge of all moneys to which the county board of education may be entitled by law or which may come into its possession for public school purposes, shall pay out such moneys only on written order of the county superintendent of education, approved by the chairman of the county board of education, shall keep an accurate record of all receipts and expenditures and shall make such reports as may be required by law, by the county board of education or by rules and regulations of the State Board of Education. The amount of the bond of the custodian shall be fixed by the county board of education and approved by the State Board of Education through its executive officer, the State Superintendent of Education, with whom a certified copy shall be filed.

(School Code 1927, §94; Acts 1935, No. 507, p. 1090, §1; Code 1940, T. 41, §76; Code 1940, T. 52, §70.)