Whenever said board shall contract with the seller of any such bonds or securities, the board shall requisition and the commissioner of administration shall approve, and the state auditor shall forthwith issue, a warrant upon the state treasurer for the purchase price agreed upon, payable out of the seminary fund, in favor of such seller. All bonds or securities so purchased shall be made payable to, or be registered in the name of, the state treasurer as trustee of the seminary fund and shall be deposited as part of the seminary fund with the state treasurer who shall give his receipt therefor to said board of curators.
§ 172.640, RSMo