Except as otherwise provided no contract shall be made by the governing body of any municipality and no expense shall be incurred by any department or any officer thereof, whether ordered by the governing body or not, unless an appropriation shall have been previously made concerning such expense, or the governing body authorized to issue bonds for a specific purpose.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 9-21-10

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.

Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art XV, § 4; RPolC 1903, § 1298; RC 1919, § 6336; SL 1921, ch 295, § 3; SL 1925, ch 233; SDC 1939, § 45.1405; SL 1941, ch 199; SL 1953, ch 258; SL 1959, ch 269.