No contract shall be executed or order involving the expenditure of money shall be made unless there is attached thereto a certificate of the Director of Finance that the amount required to meet the same has been lawfully appropriated for such purpose and is in the treasury or in the process of collection to the credit of appropriate funds free from any previous incumbrance as prescribed by the Revised Code of Ohio; and all expenditures of money shall be subject to the provisions thereof.
The term contract as used herein shall be construed as exclusive of current payrolls of regular employees and officers.
(Amended by electors 11-4-80)