No claim, other than payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on bonds, shall be paid by the district treasurer until the claim has been allowed by the board, and only upon warrants signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary. If the treasurer does not have sufficient money on hand to pay a warrant when it is presented for payment, the treasurer shall endorse thereon "Not paid for want of funds" and the date when so presented, over the treasurer's signature. All claims against the district must be certified the same as claims filed against a county. The board may require any claim to be verified. The secretary of the district may administer an oath to the person verifying a claim.
61-08-30. Board may withdraw funds from district and deposit with county treasurer - Duty of treasurer. The board may draw from time to time from the construction fund and deposit in the county treasury of the county where the office of the board is situated any sum in excess of the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars. The county treasurer shall receive and receipt for the same and place the same to the credit of the district, and the county treasurer shall be responsible upon the county treasurer's official bond for the safekeeping and disbursement of the same as provided in this chapter. The county treasurer shall pay out the same, or any part thereof, to the treasurer of the district only upon the order of the board, signed by the president, and attested by the secretary.