Neither the Council, nor any department or officer of the city, shall add to the corporate expenditures in any 1 year anything over and above the amount provided for in the annual appropriation ordinance of that year except as herein otherwise specially provided; and no expenditure for an improvement to be paid for out of the general fund of the city shall exceed, in any 1 year, the amount provided for such improvement in the annual appropriation bill; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the Council from ordering, by a 2/3 vote, any improvement, the necessity of which is cause by any casualty or accident happening after such annual appropriation is made. The Council may, by a like vote, order the Mayor and the Finance Committee to borrow a sufficient amount to provide for the expense necessary to be incurred in making any improvements, the necessity for which has arisen, as is herein mentioned, for a space of time not exceeding the close of the next fiscal year; which sum, and the interest, shall be added to the amount authorized to be raised in the next general tax levy, and embraced therein. Should any judgment be obtained against the city, the Mayor and Finance Committee, under the sanction of the Council, may borrow a sufficient amount to pay the same, for a space of time not exceeding the close of the next fiscal year, which sum and interest shall, in like manner, be added to the amount authorized to be raised in the general tax levy of the next year and embraced therein.
(1963 Code, § 1-16-4) (Ord. 291, passed 7-27-1931)