Section 359.50 – Budget amendment.
359.50 Budget amendment. 1. A township budget as finally adopted for the following fiscal year becomes effective July 1. A township budget for the current fiscal year may be amended for any of the following purposes: a. To permit the expenditure of unexpended, unencumbered cash balances on hand at the end of the preceding fiscal […]
Section 359.51 – Separate accounts.
359.51 Separate accounts. A township shall keep separate accounts corresponding to the items in the township’s adopted or amended budget. A township shall keep accounts which provide an accurate and detailed statement of all public funds collected, received, or expended for any township purpose, by any township officer, employee, or other person, and which show […]
Section 359.52 – Disposal of property.
359.52 Disposal of property. 1. A township shall not dispose of an interest in personal property, or an interest in real property, by sale, lease, or gift, except in accordance with the following procedure: a. The board of trustees shall set forth its proposal in a resolution and shall publish notice of the resolution and […]
Section 359.36 – Joint boards.
359.36 Joint boards. A city council and the trustees of a township may join in the common purpose of improving, maintaining, and supporting a township cemetery. In such case the two official bodies shall constitute a joint cemetery board and shall have equal voting power. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5565; C46, 50, 54, 58, […]
Section 359.37 – Regulations.
359.37 Regulations. 1. The trustees, board of directors, or other officers having the custody and control of any cemetery in this state, shall have power, subject to the bylaws and regulations of such cemetery, to do all of the following: a. To enclose, improve, and adorn the ground of such cemetery. b. To construct avenues […]
Section 359.21 – Receipt and custody of funds.
359.21 Receipt and custody of funds. 1. Each township clerk shall receive, collect, and disburse, under the orders of the township trustees, all funds belonging to the township, including the cemetery fund. A claim shall not be paid until it has been audited by the trustees. 2. Before the fifteenth day of each month, the […]
Section 359.23 – Receipts and expenditures — annual statement.
359.23 Receipts and expenditures — annual statement. 1. Each township clerk shall prepare, on or before September 30 of each year, a statement in writing, showing all receipts of money and disbursements in the clerk’s office for each separate tax levy authorized by law for the preceding fiscal year, showing the current public debt of […]
Section 359.24 – Clerk and trustees abolished.
359.24 Clerk and trustees abolished. Where a city constitutes one or more civil townships the boundary lines of which coincide throughout with the boundary lines of the city, the offices of township clerk and trustee are abolished. [C97, §560; S13, §560; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5553; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, […]
Section 359.25 – Clerk and council to act.
359.25 Clerk and council to act. The duties required by law of the township clerk in such cities shall be performed by the city clerk, and those required of the board of trustees shall be performed by the city council. [C97, §561; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5554; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, […]
Section 359.26 – Transfer of funds.
359.26 Transfer of funds. The moneys and assets belonging to such civil township shall become the moneys and assets of the city in which said civil township is situated, and the township clerks shall turn such moneys and assets over to the city treasurer or clerk, to be disbursed by the city in the same […]