§ 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 […]
§ 31-20-407. Neglect in Keeping Register or Paying – Penalty
[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] Any city or town treasurer, or his deputy, who fails or neglects to keep such registry or who fails or neglects to register any warrant or certificate of indebtedness of such city or town as is entitled to registry or […]