N.Y. County Law § 657-a: Fund for expenses of sheriff in transporting prisoners

§ 657-a. Fund for expenses of sheriff in transporting prisoners. The

board of supervisors shall have power to, and may, provide a fund for

the payment in advance of audit of properly itemized and verified bills

for the expenses of the sheriff lawfully and necessarily incurred in the

transportation of prisoners, and, by resolution, authorize the county

treasurer to apply said fund in payment of such bills on the approval of

the sheriff endorsed thereon; said bills so paid to be transmitted to

the clerk of the board of supervisors and audited by it at its next

regular session held subsequent to their payment. The sheriff and any

claimant receiving payment as aforesaid shall be jointly and severally

liable for any item or items contained in a bill so paid in advance of

audit which shall be disallowed and rejected by the board of supervisors

upon final audit, to be recovered in an action brought by the board of

supervisors in the name of the county.