The state herald., 1913-10-03

fiscal year, in which said board shall
appropriate such sums of money as
may be deemed necessary to defray al
necessary expenses and liabilities of the
county for the next fiscal year and ir
such resolution shall specify the object.
and purposes for which such resolution
shall he made, and the amount appro
priated for each object or purpose, M
further appropriation shall be made a
anyother time within such fiscal year,
nor shall the total amount appropriated
exceed the probable amount of revenue
that will be collected within the fisca
| year.
1916 Neither the board of county
commissioners nor any officer of the
county shall add to the county expend.
itures in any one year anything over
and above the amounts provided for in
the annual appropriation resolution for
that year, except as herein otherwise
specially provided, and no expenditure
for improvements to be paid for out of
any fund Of of the county shall exceed
in any one year the amount provided
for such improvements or purpose in
the annual appropriation resolution,
provided hnwaver that nothing herein
contained shall prevent the board of
county commissioners from ordering any
Improvement, the necessity Of which is
caused by any casualty or unforeseen
contingency happening after such annua
appropriation is made. il there shall be
money in the county treasury belonging
to the proper fund out of which pry.
ment Of such Improvement car Js-mnde
1917 Noaanract shall hereafter be
malt Gy the board of county commits
sioners Of any county, and no liability
shall be created by any officer of the
county, whether the object Of the ex.
penditure shall have been ordered by
the board Of county commissioners or |
not, unless an appropriation shall have
been previously made concerning such
expense, and eachand every member
Of the board Of county commissioners. |
and other offers Of the county who
shall undertake to create any liability
against the county except such as he Is
by statute requted to do, shall be per-
sonally liable am shall together with
the sureties on Is official bond be held
for such indebtedess.
1894 County trAsurers shall keen
separate the several, county funds.
II shall be the duts,f the treasurer
to apportion and keep a taxes collect
ed by him in the several unds for which
the taxes were levied nsboye provided
and itshsll not be lawful tuse moneys
belonging to any fund for L purpose
Of paying warrants drawn, or which
properly should have been drwn mon
some other fund: the treasure and tbe
sureues on his official bond sha be n.
able at the action Of any taxpscr of
the county for any violation Of l. Sec
ton.
Funds. /,
An Act l.
In relation to uncxpcndcd bali, cs
on appropriations and moneys rcccrdI
by state treasurer. other than that FL
aside by law for specified purpose.
272i Nothing In this act shall affect 4
duties Of any county treasurer or:oth$ 4
county or city officer. tAet ofMl9iDA<
From the above and foregoing cita.,
tions Il Is clear that the county conf
missioncrs cannot lawfully use the fundn
raised for specific purpose. whether
such funds were raised by levy Of taxes
or by costracting n loan, for any 9th, r
purpose Than that for which such funds
were raised. and that tho funds raitcd'
for ono purpose cannot lc diverted TO
any o,hsr purpose: that the county
treasurer Is required to apportion and
keep MI taxcs collected by him In the
. ,vcral funds for which the taxes were
levied, anil that Il is unlawful for him
10 use the money belonging TO any fund
for the purpose OF paying warrants
drawn. or which properly should have
been drawn on some other fund.
Philip Zimmerman