Private Acts of 1923 Chapter 616

SECTION 1.  That it shall be unlawful for any county official to issue warrants on the County Treasury in excess of the amount of money appropriated, or to be received from some other source, for any specific purpose for, or during the year for which said money was appropriated or received.

SECTION 2.  That each official authorized to issue warrants on the County Treasury for any purpose shall keep a stub of all warrants issued showing the number and date of the detached warrant, the amount, to whom and for what purpose issued;  and shall post annually, at the courthouse in counties coming within the provisions of this Act, a sworn statement showing the total amount of all warrants issued by him, or her, for the last twelve months next preceding the date of said notice.  Said notice to be posted on the first Monday in January.

SECTION 3.  That any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punishable by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00, or confinement in the county jail or workhouse for not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or both, at the discretion of the court.

SECTION 4.  That this Act shall only apply to counties having a population of not less than 10,240 nor more than 10,250, according to the Federal Census of 1920, or any subsequent Federal Census.  That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and they are hereby repealed, and that this Act hake effect form and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed:  March 30, 1923.