West Virginia Code § 12-3-15

Expenditures for institutions in excess of appropriations; unauthorized
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debts; use in part payment of appropriation for whole payment.
It shall be unlawful for any such officer, board, body or person to expend for the erection,
improvement or repair of any building or structure, or for the purchase of any real estate or
other property, or upon any contract or undertaking whatsoever to be performed in whole or
in part by the state, any sum exceeding that which shall have been approprieated or
authorized therefor by the Legislature, nor shall they incur any debt or obligation on any
such account not expressly authorized by the Legislature, nor use in parrt payment only upon
the purchase or construction of any land or structure any sum which shall have been
appropriated or authorized by the Legislature in full payment for such object.

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