Montana Attorney General Opinion 15-43

Opinion No. 43 Schools-Registel'ed Wa1'l'ants- Wan·ants. HELD: Outs~amling warrants must he taken care of in the order of their registra tion a s fast as moneys come into the school fund of that district before any warrants for any other purposes may be cashed. January 25, 1933. You request an opinion from this of- fice as to what effect the failure of a proposal to have an additional levy of 5 mills le\'ied for school purposes, which failed to carry, will have upon the method of distlibuting your school fund for that district. We are not quite clear as to just what points you desire us to give you an opinion on, but believe that when the question as to the right of people holding outstanding registered warrants is cOIU;trued so as to have them paid in preference to more recent issues of \Wl.rl'ants that your problem will be soh·cd. Under the provisions of Sec. 4753 ami Sec. 4756. R. C. M., 1921. and backed up hy years of practice in Montana, whcre ther have always followed the method of paying warrants in the order of reg- istra tion, it is the opinion of this of- fice that your outstanding warrants must be taken care of in the order of their registration as fast as moilc~'S come into the school fund of that dis- trict hefore any warrants for any other purposes may be cashed.