215. No by-law or resolution of the Council or the executive committee or report of the executive committee authorizing or recommending an expenditure shall have effect before the filing of a certificate of the treasurer attesting that appropriations are available or will be available at the proper time for the purposes for which such expenditure is proposed.
If the executive committee authorizes the payment of a subsidy upon the recommendation of the arts council, the certificate shall be filed by the treasurer of the arts council.
1969, c. 84, s. 252; 1974, c. 82, s. 25; 1982, c. 18, s. 88; 1999, c. 90, s. 14.