Any city or town treasurer, or his deputy, who fails or neglects to keep such registry or who fails or neglects to register any warrant or certificate of indebtedness of such city or town as is entitled to registry or neglects or refuses to pay such warrants or certificates in order of payments, there being then money in the treasury applicable to the payment thereof or from which the same ought to be paid, commits a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1133, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-20-407 as it existed prior to 1975.