§ 283. Custody of highway moneys. All moneys levied and collected as provided in this article, all moneys collected as penalties under this chapter, or received from any other source and available for highway, bridge and miscellaneous purposes and all moneys paid to the town by the state, as provided in sections two hundred seventy-nine, two hundred and eighty and two hundred eighty-two and as provided in chapter eight hundred twenty-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty, as amended from time to time, shall be paid to the supervisor, who as such shall be the custodian thereof, and accountable therefor.