7-7-2272. Cancellation of bonds and coupons. (1) (a) All bonds and interest coupons paid by the county treasurer from time to time must be canceled by the treasurer, and after cancellation, the treasurer shall deliver the bonds and coupons to the county clerk, with a report showing the numbers of bonds and the amounts paid as principal and interest. The county treasurer shall enter on the record of the registration of the bonds the date of the payment of the bonds and the coupons attached to the bonds.
(b) The county clerk shall exhibit the bonds and coupons, with the report, to the board of county commissioners at its next regular meeting.
(2) (a) When any bonds have been or are purchased with any sinking and interest fund money under the provisions of 7-7-2270, the bonds, with attached interest coupons, if not in the possession of the county treasurer, must be immediately delivered to the treasurer. The county treasurer shall at once endorse across the face of each bond the word "Paid" and the date and shall sign the endorsement. The treasurer shall, without detaching the coupons, cancel each interest coupon attached to the bonds by endorsing across the face of the coupon the word "Canceled" and the date and shall sign the endorsement. After making the endorsements on the bonds and coupons, the county treasurer shall enter on the record of registration the date the bonds and coupons were endorsed as being paid and canceled, with the numbers and amounts of the bonds and coupons and the dates when the bonds and coupons would have become due and payable if they had not been purchased. The county treasurer shall then deliver the bonds, with the canceled coupons attached, to the county clerk, with a report showing the numbers of the bonds and amount paid on the purchase of the bonds.
(b) The county clerk shall exhibit the bonds, with attached coupons and report, to the board at its next regular session.
History: (1)En. Sec. 31, Ch. 188, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 4630.31, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 16-2045, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 30, Ch. 188, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 4630.30, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 46, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 12, L. 1963; Sec. 16-2044, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2044(part), 16-2045(part); amd. Sec. 504, Ch. 61, L. 2007.