37-05 Property and Disbursing Officer - North Dakota Statutes

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CHAPTER 37-05PROPERTY AND DISBURSING OFFICER37-05-01. Property and disbursing officer - Qualifications - Appointment - Bond -Compensation. The governor shall appoint, designate, or detail, subject to the approval of the
secretary of defense, an officer of the national guard of this state, who is the accountable
property and disbursing officer of the United States and shall perform the duties of such office in
addition to any other duties which the officer may be required to perform. Before entering upon
the performance of the officer's duties as property and disbursing officer, the officer shall give a
good and sufficient bond to the United States, in such amount as the secretary of defense may
require, conditioned for the faithful performance of the officer's duties and the safekeeping and
proper disbursing of the federal property and funds entrusted to the officer's care. After having
qualified as property and disbursing officer, the officer shall receive pay for the officer's services
at a rate to be fixed by the secretary of defense.37-05-02. Secretary of defense to pay allotment to property and disbursing officer -Amount. Upon requisition by the governor, the secretary of defense may pay to the property
and disbursing officer so much of this state's allotment out of the annual appropriation for the
support of the national guard of this state as in the judgment of the secretary of defense may be
necessary.37-05-03. Accounts, returns, and reports made by property and disbursing officer.The property and disbursing officer shall render through the defense department such accounts
of federal funds entrusted to that officer for disbursement as may be required by the treasury
department of the United States.The property and disbursing officer shall receipt and beaccountable for all funds and property belonging to the United States in possession of this state
and shall make such returns and reports concerning the same as may be required by the
secretary of defense.37-05-04. Property and disbursing officer may entrust money to other officers -Liability - Penalty for misconduct. Under such regulations as may be prescribed by the
secretary of defense, the property and disbursing officer accountable for public moneys may
entrust money to any other officer of the national guard for the purpose of having that officer
make disbursements thereof as the property and disbursing officer's agent, and each officer to
whom money is so entrusted, as well as the officer entrusting the same to that officer, must be
held pecuniarily responsible therefor to the United States.For the agent officer's officialmisconduct, the agent officer is subject to all the liabilities and penalties prescribed by law in like
cases for the officer for whom the agent officer acts as agent.Page No. 1Document Outlinechapter 37-05 property and disbursing officer