No contract shall be made by the board of county commissioners of any county, and no liability against the county shall be created by any officer of the county, whether the object of the expenditure has been ordered by the board of county commissioners or not, unless an appropriation shall have been previously made concerning such expense. Each member of the board of county commissioners and other officers of the county who undertake to create any liability against the county, except such as they are by statute required to do, shall be personally liable and, together with the sureties upon their official bonds, shall be held for such indebtedness.
Source: L. 1891: p. 112, § 3. R.S. 08: § 1217. C.L. § 8694. CSA: C. 45, § 41. CRS 53: § 36-2-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-2-3.