Section 25-16-505 - Duties generallyIt shall be the duty of the Auditor of State:
(1) To audit, adjust, and settle all claims against the state payable out of the State Treasury, except those claims which may be expressly required by law to be audited and settled by some other officer or person;(2) To draw all warrants upon the State Treasury for money, except in cases otherwise expressly provided by law;(3) To audit, settle, and adjust the accounts of all collectors of revenue and other holders of public money who are required by law to pay the money into the State Treasury;(4) To keep an account between the state and the Treasurer of State;(5) To keep an account of all moneys paid into the State Treasury for the use of every county;(6) To keep an account between the state and the United States, and between the state and every officer or person with whom the state may have dealings, and to keep an account of any separate fund in the State Treasury authorized by law;(7) To direct prosecutions in the name of the state for all official delinquencies in relation to the assessment, collection, and payment of the revenue against all persons who by any means become possessed of public money or property and fail to pay over and deliver it and to direct prosecutions against all debtors of the state;(8) To annually procure from the proper officer an abstract and description of all taxable lands within the state;(9) To annually furnish the proper officer in each county in the month of January a descriptive list of all taxable lands in the county not previously furnished;(10) To give information in writing to either house of the General Assembly, whenever required, upon any subject relating to the fiscal affairs of the state or touching any duty of his or her office; and(11) To perform all such other duties as may be required by law.Rev. Stat., ch. 18, § 9; C. & M. Dig., § 4456; Pope's Dig., § 5491; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-508; Acts 2001, No. 1453, § 4.