No fiscal officer of the City shall draw, sign or issue, or authorize the drawing, signing or issuing of any warrant or check upon the City Treasurer or other disbursing officer of the City, for the payment of a salary or other compensation for personal services, nor shall the City Treasurer or other disbursing officer of the City pay any salary or other compensation for personal services unless a payroll or account for such salary or other compensation, containing the names of every person to be paid and the amounts to be paid them, has been certified by the City Manager or a person designated by him to the effect that the persons named on the payroll or account are either in the unclassified service or have been appointed or employed or otherwise established in their position according to the provisions of this chapter, and that the payment of the amounts shown on the payroll or account will not violate the provisions of the salary plan or the rules pertaining thereto. Any taxpayer of the City may may maintain an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover for the City any sum paid contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or to enjoin the City Manager from certifying any item on a payroll or account, or the disbursing officer from paying any such amount for services where the employment is in violation of this chapter or the rules made pursuant thereto.