All costs received by the clerk of any court, or other officer or person, which shall be paid by defendants or others in criminal prosecutions, shall be processed by the clerk, officer, or person through the supreme court director of finance in accordance with § 8-15-9; and all sums so received and paid by the officials or persons shall be accounted for with the supreme court director of finance.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 35-6-33