§ 62-478. Registration or payment of excess warrants - Misdemeanor.

Any treasurer, excluding a school district treasurer, who shall register or pay a warrant, or certificate of indebtedness, issued in excess of the estimate made and approved by the excise board for the current fiscal year, or in excess of a bond issue for such purpose, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 80, p. 183, § 8.  Amended by Laws 1991, c. 236, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 2004, c. 361, § 9, eff. July 1, 2004.