Money deemed to be in treasury for purpose of Comptroller's certification; investigation of pay rolls and claims.
Memphis Charter, art. 38, § 336
in effectSec. 336. - Money deemed to be in treasury for purpose of Comptroller's certification; investigation of pay rolls and claims.
All moneys actually in the treasury to the credit of a fund from which they may be drawn, all moneys anticipated to be received from taxes or other sources to the amount stated in the annual budget estimate and appropriated in the annual appropriation ordinance or in any amendment thereto, all moneys anticipated to be received from assessments due and money's to be derived from bonds, notes and certificates of indebtedness, either then or previously authorized, and either sold or to be sold, shall, for the Comptroller's certification, be deemed in the treasury to the credit of the appropriate fund and subject to certification. The Comptroller may investigate any pay roll, bill or claim, and for that purpose may summon before him any officer, agent, or employee, other than members of the Board of Commissioners, of the City, any claimant or other person, and examine him upon oath or affirmation relative thereto, and if he finds a pay roll, bill, or claim to be fraudulent, erroneous, or otherwise invalid, he shall not issue a check therefor, and shall promptly notify the Mayor and the Commissioner in whose department said pay roll, bill or claim originated of the facts and circumstances surrounding such transaction.
(Priv. Acts 1937, ch. 123, § 9)
Source: City of Memphis, Code of Ordinances and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tn/memphis/codes/charter?nodeId=PTICHRELA_ART38CICO_S336MODEBETRPUCOCEINPAROCLFetched: 10/28/2026