§ 25-1-43. Officer not to make contract without authority.
An officer shall not enter into any contract on behalf of the state, or of any county, city, town, or village thereof, without being specially authorized thereto by law or by an order of the board of supervisors or municipal authorities.
Sources: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 33, art 23; 1857, ch. 6, art 195; 1871, § 318; 1880, § 416; 1892, § 3066; 1906, § 3474; Hemingway's 1917, § 2812; 1930, § 2902; 1942, § 4048.