(A) All warrants upon the City Treasurer that may have been issued and remain unpaid, or that may hereafter be issued, shall be paid in the order of their presentation.
(B) The City Treasurer shall provide himself or herself with and keep a warrant register, which register shall show, in columns arranged for the purpose, the numbers, date, amount of each warrant presented, the name of the person presenting the same, the date notice for payment is made, and the amount of interest and the total amount paid thereon.
(C) It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer, upon the presentation of any city warrant for payment, if there be no funds in the treasury to pay the same, to enter such warrant in his or her warrant register, and he or she shall endorse thereon, registered for payment, with the date of such registration, and shall sign such endorsement, and thereafter it shall draw interest at the legal rate until paid.
(D) It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer as soon as funds are received, sufficient for the payment for the first in order on the warrant register, to notify by mail such the holder of such warrant, or in case the holder is not known, then the person that registered the same, that said warrant will be paid upon presentation and interest shall thereupon cease.
(Ord. 14, passed 8-11-1892; Ord. 55, passed 5-22-1901) Penalty, see § 10.99