§ 62-553 — Notice of ability to pay registered warrants -

Publication. It shall be the duty of all such treasurers, whenever any money comes into their hands by virtue of their respective office, to set apart a sufficient fund to pay any or all warrants or orders they may have registered in compliance with the provisions of Section 551 et seq. of this title, and to keep the same until called for; and the State Treasurer shall make regular calls, at least every sixty (60) days, by publishing notice in some newspaper of general circulation published at the state capital, giving notice that he has money in his hands with which to pay warrants, and give the numbers and the several funds, and requesting that the same be presented at the Treasury for payment and cancellation, and every county treasurer, city or town treasurer and the treasurer of every board of education, shall make calls for warrants or orders by posting notices in the manner as provided by Section 475 of this title or by publication of a like notice as that required of the State Treasurer, in some paper of general circulation published in the county, and the interest on any and all warrants or orders called as above specified, shall cease on and after thirty (30) days from the date of the publication of such notice: Provided, that each county treasurer shall transmit to the State Treasurer all state funds or warrants in his hands on the first day of each month: Provided, further, that any treasurer who violates any of the provisions of this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished as provided in Section 552 of this title: And provided, further, that each school district treasurer shall publish such notice by posting printed or written notices of the same in two or more public places in his district.

Legislative History

R.L. 1910, § 6784; Laws 1993, c. 318, § 6, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993.