The state treasurer shall safely keep and preserve all moneys, securities, books, records, papers, and other things belonging to his office without waste, embezzlement, or misapplication thereof; and at the expiration of his term, he shall deliver the same to his successor.Codes, 1857, ch. 6, art. 61; 1871, § 161; 1880, § 248; 1892, § 4214; 1906, § 4762; Hemingway's 1917, § 7889; 1930, § 7169; 1942, § 4298.
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