244.240 - Resident taxpayer may file written objection to allowance of claim; action by board.
244.240 Resident taxpayer may file written objection to allowance of claim; action by board.
1. Any person being a resident and taxpayer of the county may appear before and file with the board of county commissioners of the county wherein the person resides written objections to the allowance of any claim or claims, demand or demands against the county.
2. Such objections in writing shall properly describe the claims or demands to which objections are made. The board of county commissioners shall file the same and embody such objections in the record of their proceedings, and lay such claims or demands on the table for a definite period of time, not less than 10 days, at the expiration of which time the board may proceed to consider the claims or demands objected to, together with the objections, unless proceedings have been instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction to determine the validity of such claims or demands.
[22:80:1865; A 1893, 120; C § 2124; RL § 1521; NCL § 1954]