No claim or account shall be preapproved by the commissioner of administration, nor shall any warrant be paid by the state treasurer, unless the money has been previously appropriated by law; nor shall the whole amount drawn for or paid, under any one head, ever exceed the amount appropriated by law for that purpose.

(RSMo 1939 § 13043, A.L. 1945 p. 1428 § 44, A.L. 1945 p. 1977 § 11, A. 1949 S.B. 1015)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 11421; 1919 § 13327; 1909 § 11828

CROSS REFERENCES:

Appropriations, limitations on, 21.260, 26.030

Withdrawals from state treasury, limitations on, duty of commissioner of administration, Const. Art. III § 36, Art. IV § 28