Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-03-26
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council, township board, school die.
trict board, or board of education.
except on audited account duly item,
lied in writing and verified by affida-
Wit, setting forth that the same is iusf.
and correct and remains due and un-
paid; and for the purpose Of such affi-
davit, the directors of the school dis
trict, and the president of the board
of education, and the respective cierIs
thereof shall have power to admins
ter oaths.
SEC. 3. School district warrants
shall be signed by the director and
attested by the clerk; board of educa-
ton warrants shall be signed by the
president and attested by the clerk
Sec. 4. The clerk of every school
district, shall keep a record of all
warrants drawn on the treasurer of
such school district, showing the
number, date, and amount thereof.
on what fund drawn, and the name
of the person or persons to whom the
same are made payable.
SEC. 5. Before delivering any war
rant to the person or persons for
whose benefit the same is drawn, the
clerk shall present the same to the
| treasurer, who shau enter in a book
by him kept for that purpose, the
number, date, and amount of such
warrant, on what fund drawn, and
the name of the payee, and thereup-
on countersign the warrant on the
face thereof.
Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the
treasurer of any school district, to
pay on presentation any warrant
properly drawn on any fund in his
custody by virtue of his Office, and
when paid write across the face of
such warrant the word Paid" in red
ink, and sign the same: Provided,
That there is sufficient money IN his
possession belonging to the fund up
on which such warrant is drawn to
pay the same.
SEC. z. In case there is not suffi-
cient money in the hands of such
treasurer to pay any warrant when
presented, he shall endorse thereon &
proper registered number, in the reg
ular order of its presentation, and the
words, presented and not paid for
want of funds" with date, and sign
SAID endorsement; and he shall record
in his warrant register the number,
amount and date of all such warrants,
to whom payable, and the date when
presented for payment, and their reg
istered number endorsed thereon, and
such warrant shall be paid IN the or
der of their presentation as shown by
Ouch register; and no warrants shall
be received for taxes by any county
treasurer, unless he shall have in cash
a sufficient sum to redeem all war
rants having such priority over the
warrants so offered for taxes.
SEC. s. 1t shall be the duty of any
treasurer, whenever any money comes
into his hands by virtue of his Office,
to set apart a sufficient sum to pay
any or all warrants that have been
registered in compliance with the
provisions of this act, and to keep
the same until called for; and it shall
be the duty of every school district
treasurer to publish Ia the official
county paper, between the first and
fifteenth days of February and Au-
gust in each year. a call for the re-
] demption of such warrants as he can
pay, describing the warrants by Riv-
! ing their issue number, registered
number and amount. and interest
shall cease on each of said warrants
on and after such publication.
Sec. 8. Every treasurer of school
district or board of education, shall.
upon the expiration of his term of
Office, deliver to his successor the
warrant register containing the list
of warrants originally recorded and
countersigned, and presented and
registered, who shall in all things act
as though the entries of such war
rants were made by himself.
SEC. 10. Any officer of any school
district who shall sign or attest any
warrant not duly authorized by the
proper board, and any treasurer who
shall counterslgn any warrant no.
therefore signed and attested by the
proper officers as required In this act,
shall be liable to the school district
in the sum of such warrant; and any
such officers who shall violate any Of
the provisions of this act shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined in a sum of not less than $50
nor more than $500.
SEC. IL. Sections 1885, 1887, 7098,
and 1899 of the General Statutes of
1889 are hereby repealed, and all acts
and all parts of acts, in so far as they
are inconsistent with this act are re-
pealed.
Sec. II. This act is to take effect
and be in force from and after its
publication in the official state paper.