Section 11-44-129 Compensation of commissioners; disbursement of funds from municipal treasury. - Alabama Statutes

Section 11-44-129

Compensation of commissioners; disbursement of funds from municipal treasury.

The president of the board and each associate commissioner shall be paid a salary, compensation, or allowance at the same rate as before the election to come under this article; thereafter all commissioners shall be paid a salary, in an amount fixed by the commissioners at least six months prior to the election of any commissioner of the board. Such salaries shall be paid out of the general fund of the municipality.

The payment of all funds out of the treasury of the municipality shall be by warrant signed by the city clerk and countersigned by the president of the board or some other official or employee appointed by the president with the approval of the board, and, except as provided in this section, no funds may be paid out for any purpose except by resolution or ordinance duly passed authorizing such expenditure.

(Acts 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 214, p. 288, §14; Acts 1980, No. 80-365, p. 484.)