All accounts of a public nature, before they are allowed by the circuit court, shall be presented to the district attorney; and his opinion concerning the validity of the same, and whether the same should be allowed or disallowed, shall be obtained in writing and presented to the court.Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 22, art 3 (4); 1857, ch. 6, art 70; 1880, § 256; 1892, § 1557; 1906, § 1664; Hemingway's 1917, § 1401; 1930, § 4365; 1942, § 3922.
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