Section 242.738 - Payments to persons not certified by commission prohibited(1) No officer or employee of the political subdivision shall authorize, draw, sign, countersign, issue or honor any warrant or order for the payment of, or pay, any salary or compensation to any person in a position subject to civil service who is not certified by the commission as provided in ORS 242.736. Any person entitled to be certified may maintain a proceeding by mandamus to compel the issuance of such certificate.(2) Any sums willfully paid contrary to the provisions of this section may be recovered in an action in the name of the political subdivision from any officer authorizing, drawing, signing, countersigning, issuing or honoring any warrant or order for the payment thereof, and from the sureties on the official bond of the officer. The expenses of the action may be paid from the amounts recovered therein.