7-6-4122. Manner of making payment for judgments against municipalities. (1) On the certificate of a justice of the peace or the clerk of the court in which any judgment is rendered, showing the amount of the judgment and the date of its entry, the council must by ordinance direct that the amount of such judgment be paid out of the general fund and that a warrant issue therefor on the general fund if there is sufficient money therein, exclusive of the appropriations for the current fiscal year, to pay the same.
     (2) (a) The council must at the proper times levy and cause to be collected a tax on all the property of the city or town for the payment of such judgment within a period of 3 years from its presentation if there is not sufficient money as aforesaid in the general fund to pay the same.
     (b) If any judgment rendered against any town or city exceeds the sum of $10,000, the council may fund the same as other indebtedness against the city or town is funded.

     History: Ap. p. Sec. 5037, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3486, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5084, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4455; re-en. Sec. 5084, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-1501, R.C.M. 1947; Ap. p. Sec. 5038, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3487, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5085, R.C.M. 1921, re-en. Sec. 5085, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-1502, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1501, 11-1502.