Municipal warrants
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A municipal warrant or order is an instrument, generally in the form of a bill of exchange, drawn by an officer of a municipality upon its treasurer, directing him to pay an amount of money specified therein to the person named or his order, or to bearer.
15 Amer. & Eng. Enc. Law, 1206.