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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

SOME NEWSPAPER OR NEWSPAPERS HAVING GENERAL CIRCULATION
WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY. THE COUNCIL MAY INSERT NEW
ITEMS OR MAY INCREASE OR DECREASE THE ITEMS OF THE
BUDGET. IF THE COUNCIL INCREASES THE TOTAL PROPOSED
EXPENDITURES IT SHALL ALSO INCREASE THE TOTAL ANTICIPATED
REVENUES IN AN AMOUNT AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE TOTAL
PROPOSED EXPENDITURES. THE BUDGET SHALL BE PREPARED AND
ADOPTED IN THE FORM OF AN ORDINANCE. A FAVORABLE VOTE OF
AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF THE TOTAL ELECTED MEMBERSHIP OF
THE COUNCIL IS NECESSARY FOR ADOPTION.

49.  APPROPRIATIONS.

NO PUBLIC MONEY MAY BE EXPENDED WITHOUT HAVING BEEN
APPROPRIATED BY THE COUNCIL. FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THE BUDGET, THE SEVERAL AMOUNTS STATED THEREIN AS
PROPOSED EXPENDITURES SHALL BE AND BECOME APPROPRIATED TO
THE SEVERAL OBJECTS AND PURPOSES NAMED THEREIN.

50.   TRANSFER OF FUNDS.

ANY TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN MAJOR APPROPRIATIONS
FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES BY THE MAYOR MUST BE APPROVED BY
THE COUNCIL BEFORE BECOMING EFFECTIVE.

51.  OVEREXPENDITURES FORBIDDEN.

NO OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE DURING ANY BUDGET YEAR MAY
EXPEND OR CONTRACT TO EXPEND ANY MONEY OR INCUR ANY
LIABILITY OR ENTER INTO ANY CONTRACT WHICH BY ITS TERMS
INVOLVES THE EXPENDITURE OF MONEY FOR ANY PURPOSE, IN
EXCESS OF THE AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FOP. OR TRANSFERRED TO
THAT GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURE PURSUANT TO
THIS CHARTER. ANY CONTRACT, VERBAL OR WRITTEN, MADE IN
VIOLATION OF THIS CHARTER IS NULL AND VOID. NOTHING IN
THIS SECTION CONTAINED, HOWEVER, PREVENTS THE MAKING OF
CONTRACTS OR THE SPENDING OF MONEY FOR CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS TO BE FINANCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE
ISSUANCE OF BONDS, NOR THE MAKING OF CONTRACTS OF LEASE
OR FOR SERVICES FOP A PERIOD EXCEEDING THE BUDGET YEAR IN
WHICH THE CONTRACT IS MADE, WHEN THE CONTRACT IS
PERMITTED BY LAW.

52.  APPROPRIATIONS LAPSE AFTER ONE YEAR.

ALL APPROPRIATIONS LAPSE AT THE END OF THE BUDGET
YEAR TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY ARE NOT EXPENDED OR LAWFULLY
ENCUMBERED. ANY UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED FUNDS SHALL
BE CONSIDERED A SURPLUS AT THE END OF THE BUDGET YEAR AND
SHALL BE INCLUDED AMONG THE ANTICIPATED REVENUES FOR THE
NEXT SUCCEEDING BUDGET YEAR.

53.   CHECKS.