323. In the absence of authorization from the school board or from its chairman, the secretary-treasurer may pay, out of the funds of the school board, any draft or order drawn upon him, or any sum demanded by any one empowered so to do by the provisions of the school laws or regulations.
No draft or order shall, however, be legally paid unless it specifies the use of the sum therein mentioned.
R. S. 1964, c. 235, s. 343; 1989, c. 36, s. 279; 1990, c. 35, s. 16.