Section 103. State papers and securities

All papers relating to the duties
  of the comptroller, and all deeds to the state, abstracts of title,  and
  state contracts, unless otherwise specially directed, shall be deposited
  in the office of the comptroller.  Upon request of the attorney-general,
  the comptroller shall transfer to his custody all abstracts of title and
  title  searches  relating to the ownership of real property. All leases,
  bonds, mortgages, certificates of stock and other  securities  belonging
  to  the  state also shall be deposited in the office of the comptroller,
  but  the  commissioner  of  taxation  and  finance,  jointly  with   the
  comptroller, shall have custody thereof.