If at any time the petition is presented as provided for in § 9-3A-1 there is not in the treasury of the municipality moneys sufficient to pay for the land settled upon and occupied, the municipal authorities or the judge, as the case may be, may raise by subscription or otherwise sufficient funds to pay for said land and costs of entering the same, and any and all sums so advanced for such purpose shall be repaid in the manner provided for in § 9-3A-7.

Source: SL 1881, ch 135, § 2; CL 1887, § 1169; RPolC 1903, § 1571; repealed by omission RC 1919; re–enacted SL 1971, ch 69, § 2.