9-23-3. Warrant required for disbursements from treasury--Bonds and coupons.
Unless otherwise ordered by the governing body or specially provided, no money shall be paid out of the treasury except upon the warrant of the mayor or president of the board of trustees, countersigned by the auditor or clerk, except bonds and interest coupons, which when due may be paid upon presentation, or in case the same are payable at some place other than the municipality, then the money for their redemption shall be sent to the place where they are payable in time to meet such payment when due.
Source: PolC 1877, ch 24, §26; CL 1887, §1047; SL 1890, ch 37, art VIII, §3; RPolC 1903, §§1249, 1445; SL 1913, ch 119, §70; RC 1919, §6290; SDC 1939, §45.1122.