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§ 31-20-306. Collector to Report – Annual Statement – Publication

The collector shall make a written report to the governing body, or any officer designated by it, of all moneys collected by him, the account whereon collected, or of any other matter connected with his office when required by the governing body or by any ordinance of the town or city. He shall also annually, […]

§ 31-20-307. Keeping Moneys – Inspection of Books – Paying Over

The collector is expressly prohibited from keeping the moneys of the city or town in his hands or in the hands of any person for his use beyond the time prescribed for the payment of the same to the treasurer. Any violation of this provision will subject him to immediate removal from office. All the […]

§ 31-20-401. Warrants Signed – Countersigned – Fund

All warrants drawn upon the treasurer shall be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the clerk and shall state the particular fund or appropriation to which the same is chargeable and the person to whom payable. No money shall be drawn except as provided in this part 4; except that the governing body of […]

§ 31-20-402. Funds – How Used

All moneys received on any special assessment shall be held by the treasurer as a special fund to be applied to the payment of the improvement for which the assessment was made. Said money shall be used for no purpose whatever other than to reimburse the city or town for money expended for such improvement. […]

§ 31-20-403. Warrant Endorsed When No Funds – New Warrant

When a city or town warrant is received by the treasurer or collector and there is no money in the treasury to pay the same, he is directed to endorse on it the amount for which it was received and the date thereof, and from that date the warrant is to be regarded as canceled […]

§ 31-20-404. Registry of Orders – Contents – Inspection

Every treasurer of any city or town shall keep in his office a book, to be called the registry of city or town orders, in which shall be entered, at the date of the presentation thereof and without any interval or blank line between any such entry and the one preceding it, every city or […]

§ 31-20-405. Order Warrants Paid

Every fund in the hands of any treasurer of any such city or town of this state for disbursement shall be paid out in the order in which the orders drawn thereon, payable out of the same, are presented for payment. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1133, § 1, effective July 1. Editor’s […]

§ 31-20-406. Redemption of Warrants

When the treasurer of any city or town has any city or town funds on hand in cash to the amount of five hundred dollars or over, it is his duty to immediately apply all such funds to the redemption of an equal amount of such outstanding city or town warrants, certificates, or orders, with […]

§ 31-20-107. Municipality to Pay Share of County Expenses

The governing body of said municipality shall make in each year such allowance to be paid out of the general fund to the county as shall be a reasonable and just compensation for the extra labor imposed by this part 1 and shall also make an allowance, to be paid out of the general fund […]