All money received on any special assessment shall be held by the finance officer in its respective fund to be applied only to the payment of the improvements for which the assessment was made. All special assessment certificates received by the finance officer shall immediately be canceled and preserved as vouchers in his office.

Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art VIII, § 9; RPolC 1903, § 1255; SL 1913, ch 119, § 76; RC 1919, § 6296; SDC 1939, § 45.1128; SL 1988, ch 81, § 7.