403.550 - Claim for work on county roads and bridges: Procedure; duties of county auditor and county treasurer. - Nevada Statutes

403.550  Claim for work on county roads and bridges: Procedure; duties of county auditor and county treasurer.

      1.  All claims against the county in relation to the county roads and bridges shall be presented to the clerk of the board of county highway commissioners on a prepared form at least 1 day before the regular meeting of the board. There shall be printed on the form an oath that the amount claimed is just and correct, which must be subscribed to by the claimant. The claim shall also be certified by the county road supervisor.

      2.  Upon the approval of any claim by the board of county highway commissioners, the county auditor is authorized and required to draw a warrant for the amount named in the claim to the person or persons named therein as claimants, in the usual manner provided by law. Nothing in this subsection shall interfere with or prevent the county auditor from exercising his or her veto power provided by law.

      3.  The county treasurer shall keep the county road and bridge fund, provided for in this chapter, in a separate and distinct fund. The county treasurer shall pay out of this fund all warrants drawn on him or her by the county auditor for road purposes, but under no condition shall the county treasurer pay out of this fund for other purposes.

      [1:Art. 7:257:1913; 1919 RL p. 2906; NCL § 5389] + [2:Art. 7:257:1913; 1919 RL p. 2906; NCL § 5390] + [3:Art. 7:257:1913; 1919 RL p. 2906; NCL § 5391]