§ 35-6-1 Controller – Duties in general
§ 35-6-2 Uniform system of accounting – Establishment
§ 35-6-3 Uniform system of accounting – Surveys
§ 35-6-4 Uniform system of accounting – Enforcing compliance by state departments
§ 35-6-5 System in division of accounts and control – Monthly statements to departments
§ 35-6-6 Returns accounting for funds
§ 35-6-7 Forfeiture on failure to account or pay money into treasury
§ 35-6-8 Orders for payment drawn by controller – Presentation of vouchers
§ 35-6-9 Auditing of vouchers and accounts – Orders on treasurer
§ 35-6-10 Appropriation accounts
§ 35-6-11 Examination and certification of accounts and claims
§ 35-6-12 Disallowance of claims or accounts
§ 35-6-13 Transmission of accounts allowed by courts
§ 35-6-14 Payments for compensation of jurors
§ 35-6-15 Payment of general assembly members
§ 35-6-16 Payments for work on projects specifically appropriated for
§ 35-6-17 Payments on private appropriations
§ 35-6-18 Records of unpaid checks
§ 35-6-19 Records of orders and vouchers – Destruction of obsolete vouchers
§ 35-6-20 Audit of accounts of officers receiving money for state
§ 35-6-23 Payment of costs of witnesses in criminal cases
§ 35-6-24 Certification of fees for summoning state witnesses
§ 35-6-25 Advance of estimated costs of witnesses before grand jury
§ 35-6-26 Settlement of costs of state witnesses
§ 35-6-28 Settlement of accounts of district court clerks
§ 35-6-29 Orders for payment of fees due in criminal cases
§ 35-6-30 Accounting for taxes on commissions
§ 35-6-31 Accounting for court fines and forfeitures
§ 35-6-32 Court clerk’s return of fines and penalties
§ 35-6-32.1 Collection of unpaid fines and assessments
§ 35-6-33 Payment of criminal costs to person entitled
§ 35-6-34 Payments on audit of accounts
§ 35-6-35 Oath of persons accounting – Inquiries as to facts
§ 35-6-36 Access of controller to records of state departments
§ 35-6-37 Financial statements required from state departments, agencies, and instrumentalities
§ 35-6-38 Accounts of expenditures and disbursements
§ 35-6-39 Accounts with general treasurer
§ 35-6-40 Payment of small claims against state in motor vehicle cases
§ 35-6-41 Refund of erroneous or excessive payments to state
§ 35-6-42 Disbursements pending receipt of federal funds
§ 35-6-43 Liberal construction
§ 35-6-44 Severability
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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 35-6 - Accounts and Control

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Petit jury: A group of citizens who hear the evidence presented by both sides at trial and determine the facts in dispute. Federal criminal juries consist of 12 persons. Federal civil juries consist of six persons.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8