7-6-4251. Procedure to make expenditures and incur liabilities in case of serious emergencies. Upon the happening of any emergency caused by fire, flood, explosion, storm, earthquake, epidemic, riot, or insurrection; for the immediate preservation of order or of public health; for the restoration of a condition of usefulness of any public property the usefulness of which has been destroyed by accident; for the relief of a stricken community overtaken by calamity; in settlement of approved claims for personal injuries or property damages, exclusive of claims arising from the operation of any public utility owned by the municipality; or to meet mandatory expenditures required by law, the council may, upon adoption by unanimous vote of all members present at any meeting (the time and place of which all members shall have had reasonable notice) of a resolution stating the facts constituting the emergency, an estimate of the amount required to be expended, and the fund against which emergency warrants are to be issued and upon entering the same upon their minutes, make the expenditures or incur the liabilities necessary to meet such emergency without further notice or hearing.

     History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 121, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 5083.8, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 53, L. 1943; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1409(4).