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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-13 (2025)

Orders on town treasurer

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No selectman shall draw any order on the treasurer of any town except in duplicate or upon a blank order which is attached to a blank form of stub. The duplicate of each such order or the stub from which such order was detached shall contain a comprehensive statement of the amount and purpose for which such order was drawn. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.

(1949 Rev., S. 535.)

See Sec. 7-83 re requirement that orders for payment of town's expenses be signed by majority of selectmen.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1906–2015 · leading case: Chrysler Credit Corp. v. Fairfield Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 429 A.2d 478 (Conn. 1980).
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Chrysler Credit Corp. v. Fairfield Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 429 A.2d 478 (Conn. 1980). · cites it 2× “The procedures that govern adjudication of disputes concerning jurisdiction over the person, or territorial jurisdiction as it is now denominated in the Restatement (Second), Judgments §§ 7-13 (Tent. Draft No. 5, 1978), [2] are spelled out in our rules of practice.”
Bead Chain Mfg. Co. v. Saxton Prods., Inc., 439 A.2d 314 (Conn. 1981). “As the court used the term “selling and administrative expenses,” this term referred to items such as salaries that were part of the seller’s fixed expenses.”
Birchwood Country Club, Inc. v. Bd. of Tax Review, 422 A.2d 304 (Conn. 1979). · cites it 2× “In its brief before this court, the plaintiff makes reference to the fact that, under General Statutes § 7-13 lb, it was entitled to an even lower assessment than that of open space land generally because of the easement agreement with the town.”
Kepple v. Dohrmann, 60 A.3d 1031 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 2× “, General Statutes § 7-13 Id (establishing Charter Oak open space grant program creating permanent conservation easements over acquired property); General Statutes § 23-8a (requiring any person, organization or political subdivision to whom state proposes to convey state park…”
Converse v. Aetna Nat'l Bank, 64 A. 341 (Conn. 1906). “Act of 1899, §§ 7-13. The duty, or the contract if it may be so called, imposed .”
State v. Menditto, 110 A.3d 410 (Conn. 2015). · cites it 2× “f minor civil violations that the legislature has classified together with possession of less than one-half ounce of marijuana include: failure of a selectman to draw a treasury order in duplicate; General Statutes § 7-13; violation of record keeping regulations by a registrar…”
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