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...Sections
28.12 and
125.17, Florida Statutes (1975). The board is required by statute to keep an accurate and complete "set of books showing the amount on hand, amount received, amount expended and the balances thereof at the end of each month," for each fund carried by the board. Section
136.05, Florida Statutes (1975)....
...except by "county charter or special law approved by vote of the electors". The board contends that the language of certain statutes clearly contemplates that the county commission shall have care and control over funds on deposit in various banks. Section 136.05, Florida Statutes (1975), reads: "County board to keep set of books; overdrawing prohibited....
...25.17, Florida Statutes (1975), authorize the clerk to be clerk and accountant of the board of county commissioners and to keep their minutes and accounts. *39 From the above statutory provisions it appears that the trial court correctly interpreted Section 136.05, Florida Statutes (1975), to be satisfied by the board keeping the books and accounts through its clerk, the clerk of the circuit court....
