The city or town treasurer of any city or town in the division in which the district court is situated shall have access at all times to all books and papers in the office of the division, and may examine them for the purpose of verifying the returns of the clerk.

History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 187; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 40; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 40; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 40; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-15; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 28.