Nevada § 269.105 - Expenses and salaries paid from general fund; form and payment of warrants; chair of county commissioners to examine books and make report; reports to town boards

§ 269.105. Expenses and salaries paid from general fund; form and payment of warrants; chair of county commissioners to examine books and make report; reports to town boards

1. All salaries of officers mentioned in this chapter and all expenses incurred in

carrying on any government herein provided for shall be paid out of the general fund

of the town or city, to the affairs of which the government relates. 2. All claims for such salaries and expenses shall be presented to the town board

or board of county commissioners, who shall consider and allow or reject the same,

in whole or in part, and a record of their action shall be entered upon their minutes. 3. If allowed in whole or in part by a majority vote of all the members composing

the town board or board of county commissioners, the clerk thereof shall certify the

claims to the county auditor, who shall thereupon issue a warrant to the holder, substantially

in the following form: No _________ _________(month) _______(day) ______(year) The county treasurer of ________________ County will pay to _________________ the sum of ________ dollars, for (stating in general terms the nature of the claim), and charge the same

to the general fund of the (town or city of) ________________. $_________ ____________________County Auditor The county auditor shall appropriately fill all blanks. 4. Upon presentation of any warrant, the county treasurer shall immediately pay the

same if there is money in his or her hands sufficient therefor belonging to the fund

upon which it is drawn; but, if there is not, the county treasurer shall endorse

on the warrant, “Not paid for want of funds,” adding thereto the date of the endorsement

and signing his or her name officially to the same; and thereafter the county treasurer

shall pay the warrant out of the first money applicable thereto coming into his or

her hands. 5. Before 12 m. on the 1st Monday in each month, the county treasurer shall post a

notice in a conspicuous place in his or her office, showing the number and amount

of each outstanding warrant, if any, which there is money in the treasury to pay. 6. On paying any warrant, the county treasurer shall write across the face thereof,

in red ink, “Paid,” with the date of payment, and sign his or her name officially

thereto, and the warrant, thus cancelled, shall be a sufficient voucher for the county

treasurer for the official settlement, which settlement shall be made in time and

manner as provided for settlement for county funds. 7. The chair of the board of county commissioners shall, in addition to such settlement,

once a month examine the books and vouchers of the county treasurer concerning the

state of the finances in the hands of the county treasurer, as mentioned in this chapter,

and report the result to the board, which report shall be spread upon the minutes

of the board. Such report shall be delivered to the town boards, if any, created pursuant to NRS 269.0165 and NRS 269.017 to 269.019 , inclusive. Such town boards shall have access, at all reasonable times, to the books and vouchers

of the county treasurer which relate to the respective towns.