233.187. Board to appoint treasurer, county treasurer may serve, bond, duties--check warrants, how paid, interest.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

233.187. Board to appoint treasurer, county treasurer may serve, bond, duties--check warrants, how paid, interest.

Board to appoint treasurer, county treasurer may serve, bond,duties--check warrants, how paid, interest.

233.187. 1. The county treasurer may be the treasurer of the specialroad district board unless another person is appointed by the board ofcommissioners. The board shall fix the amount of the treasurer's bond andprescribe the treasurer's duties. The bond shall be filed in the office ofthe clerk of the county commission. If the county treasurer is acting asthe treasurer of the road district, the county treasurer's bond pursuant tosection 54.070, RSMo, shall cover the treasurer's duties as road districttreasurer and no additional bond shall be required.

2. The board may issue check warrants on the treasurer of the boardin payment of the expenses and obligations which the board is authorized toincur on behalf of such special road district and such check warrants maybe issued in anticipation of the income and revenue provided for the yearfor which the debt or obligation for which the check warrant is issued wasincurred; but such districts or such board on behalf of the district shallnot become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount exceedingin any one year the income and revenue provided for such years; provided,however, that this shall not prevent the incurring of indebtedness underbond issue as is or may be provided by law.

3. No treasurer of a district shall pay any check warrant drawn onsuch treasurer unless such check warrant is presented for payment by theperson in whose favor it is drawn or by the person's assignee, endorsee,executor or administrator and when presented for payment if there is nomoney in the treasury for that purpose, the treasurer shall so certify onthe back of the check warrant and shall date and subscribe the same andsuch check warrant shall bear interest at the rate of six percent per annumfrom such date until such check warrant is paid or until the money to paysuch check warrant is in the hands of the treasurer. The treasurer shallkeep a record of the check warrants presented and shall pay the same or setaside money for the payment of the same in the order in which they areissued.