Sentence:  At its 1933 session, the Kansas legislature provided for funding outstanding bills and floating debts of those cities which could not make payment by a fixed date. By this stroke of its imagination, the legislature <WSD>lawed</WSD> all Kansas cities onto a "cash" basis and admonished them to stay there. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To rule over (with a certain effect) by law; govern.