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in whole or in part except by ordinance adopted by the affirmative vote of 5/7ths of all members of the Council; provided, however, that transfers of sums from one appropriated item to any other appropriated item may be accomplished by resolution. SECTION 4. Expenditures. The City Manager and the City Treasurer are hereby authorized to expend all sums set forth in the above mentioned final budget for the purposes and objects specified therein. Expenditures made, liabilities incurred, or warrants issued in excess of any of the budget appropriations as originally approved, or as thereafter increased or decreased shall not constitute an obligation or liability of the City. The official making or incurring such expenditures in an amount known to him to be in excess of the available balance of the appropriation against which it is drawn, shall be liable therefor upon his official bond. The City Manager and the City Council shall approve no claims and the City Auditor shall issue no warrant or check for any expenditure in excess of existing appropriations except on an order of a Court of competent jurisdiction or for an emergency as herein provided. SECTION 5. Emergency Expenditures. Upon the happening of any emergency caused by fire, flood, explosion, storm, earthquake, epidemic, riot or insurrection, or for the immediate preservation of public order, peace, health and safety, or for the restoration to a condition of usefulness of any public property the usefulness of which has been destroyed by accident or act of God, or for the relief of an area stricken by calamity, or to meet monetary expenditures required by law, the City Council may, upon the adoption by 2/3rds vote of the members present at any regular, adjourned or special meeting, of a resolution stating the facts constituting the emergency, make the expenditure necessary to meet such emergency. All emergency -3-