7-6-4108. Duties of town clerk related to finance -- exception. (1) It is the duty of the town clerk:
     (a) to receive all money that comes to the town, either from taxation or otherwise, and to pay the same out on the warrant of the mayor, countersigned by the clerk, drawn in accordance with law;
     (b) to give every person paying money to the town clerk a receipt, specifying the date of payment, the amount, and for what paid;
     (c) to pay out, in the order registered, all warrants presented for payment when there are funds in the treasury to pay the warrants.
     (2) The statutory functions and duties of a town treasurer provided in this title are transferred to the town clerk. Any reference to a town treasurer means the town clerk.
     (3) This section does not apply to a town that has adopted the alternative accounting method provided for in Title 7, chapter 6, part 6.

     History: (1)En. 11-805.1 by Sec. 4, Ch. 146, L. 1974; Sec. 11-805.1, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. 11-805.2 by Sec. 5, Ch. 146, L. 1974; Sec. 11-805.2, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-805.1(part), 11-805.2; amd. Sec. 37, Ch. 430, L. 1995.