Whenever any warrant shall be presented to the treasurer for payment and there shall be no funds in the treasury appropriated for that purpose, he shall enter such warrant in his warrant register for payment in the order of presentation.

Source: SL 1874-5, ch 74, § 3; PolC 1877, ch 50, § 3; CL 1887, § 1673; SL 1893, ch 57, § 1; RPolC 1903, § 2253; RC 1919, § 6975; SDC 1939, § 45.1421.