Every warrant authorized to be drawn upon the State Treasury by the state Comptroller shall be deemed to have been duly executed if it is signed by the Comptroller himself or if it bears a facsimile of the Comptroller's signature placed thereon by the Comptroller or a duly authorized employee of the division of control and accounts in the Department of Finance, with the intent to execute such warrant.
Ala. Code § 41-4-59 (1975)