Upon allowance of a claim by the Council, the order for the payment thereof shall specify the particular fund or appropriation out of which it is payable as specified in the Annual Appropriation Bill and no order or warrant shall be drawn in excess of 85% of the current levy for the purpose of which it is drawn unless there shall be sufficient money in the Treasury to the credit of the proper fund for its payment, and no claim shall be audited or allowed except an order or warrant for the payment thereof may legally be drawn. All warrants drawn upon the Treasury must be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Clerk and shall state the particular fund or appropriation to which the same is chargeable, the person to whom payable and for what particular object. No money shall be otherwise paid that has not been drawn upon such warrant. Such warrants may be delivered immediately when so drawn.
(2005 Code, § 1-923)