Section 41-4-53
Comptroller – Restrictions on drawing warrants in favor of defaulters.
The Comptroller must not give any public defaulter any warrant for moneys due him from the state, except the balance which is due after the application of the amount due from the state to the extinguishment of the debt, interest and damages, if any are given by law, due from such defaulter.
(Code 1852, §367; Code 1867, §419; Code 1876, §96; Code 1886, §107; Code 1896, §2006; Code 1907, §610; Code 1923, §817; Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §83.)