Each state depositary shall give to the officer placing funds or moneys therein to the credit of the Treasurer a receipt therefor in duplicate, and such officers shall immediately mail to the Department of Finance a duplicate of the said receipt. The Department of Finance shall, upon receiving the same, pass the amount therein mentioned to the credit of said officer and transmit the duplicate receipt to the Treasurer, who shall mail to the said officer a receipt for the same.
Ala. Code § 41-14-7 (1975)