7-21-47. Payment of claims against previous year's appropriation--Registration of warrants not paid.

Warrants issued for claims allowed against budget appropriations for the previous fiscal year which have been filed before the board's first meeting in January, shall be paid out of the fund on which drawn on the presentation to the treasurer of the county, and in case of insufficient funds on hand to pay such warrants, due to delinquent taxes or other failure of revenue, then such warrants, upon presentation to the treasurer, shall be registered and the amount necessary to pay such warrants, if not paid at the time of the adoption of the annual budget, shall be included in the next annual budget.

Source: SL 1927, ch 79, § 15; SDC 1939, § 12.2013; SL 1975, ch 76, § 9.