(A) All warrants upon the City Finance Officer or that have been issued and have remained unpaid or that may be hereafter issued shall be paid in order of their presentation.
(B) The City Finance Officer shall keep a warrant register, in which register shall be show, in columns arranged for that purpose, the number, date and amount of each warrant presented, the name of the person to whom the warrant was issued, the name of the person presenting the same, the date payment is made, and the amount of interest and the total amount paid thereon.
(C) It shall be the duty of the City Finance Officer, upon the presentation of any city warrant for payment, if there be no funds in the City Treasury to pay the same, to enter said 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 it shall thereafter draw interest at the rate of 7% per annum.
(D) It shall be the duty of the City Finance Officer, as soon as funds are received sufficient for the payment of first in order of the warrants on the warrant register, to notify the owner or holder thereof, by notice published in the official paper of the city for two successive weeks, or by mailing, that funds are on hand to pay such warrant or warrants, and that the same will be paid on presentation thereof, and that interest thereon shall cease from and after the date of completion of such publication, or ten days after notice is given to the holder or owner by mail.
(E) If the City Finance Officer shall fail to enter on the warrant register in the order of its presentation, when presented thereof, any warrant as provided in this chapter he or she shall be liable for his or her official bond to each and every person, the person for hire or promotion or a limitation of physical capabilities unrelated to one’s ability to acquire, rent and maintain property. PHYSICAL LIMITATION includes, but is not limited to, blindness or partial sightedness, deafness or hearing impairment, muteness, partial or total absence of physical member, speech impairment and motor impairment.
(Ord. 28, passed 11-10-1914)