The San Francisco call., 1898-04-02
CHAPTER III.
The Treasurer.

The treasurer.
 SECTION 1. There shall be Treas urer of the City and County, who shall
 be an elector of the City and County at the time of his election and who must lave been such for at least five years
 next preceding such time. He shall
 be elected by the people, and hold his office for two years. He shall: receive an annual salary of four thousand dol lars, which shall be in full compenSa- ticn for all his services. He may ap- point chief deputy who shall receive an annual salary of twenty-four hum
 dred dollars, two assistant deputies who shall each receive an annual sal ary of eighteen hundred dollars and one clerk who shall receive, an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars.
 Sec. 2. The Treasurer shall receive and safely keep all moneys which: shall be paid into the treasury. He shall not
 lend, exchange, use, nor deposit the same, or any part thereof, to or with any bank, banker or person; nor pay out any part of such moneys, nor allow
 the same to pass out of his personal custody, except upon demands author
 ized by law or this Charter, and after they shall have been approved by the Auditor. At the close of business each
 day he shall take an account of and en- ter in the proper book the exact amount
 of money on hand At the end: of every
 month he shall make and file with the Mayor and publish quarterly in the offi- cial newspaper a statement of the con dition of the treasury, showing the amount of receipts into and pay ments from the treasury, and on what account, and out of what fund. If he violate any of the
 provisions of this section, he shall be guilty of misconduct in office, and be liable to removal therefrom, and be pro- ceeded against accordingly.
 l He shall keep the accounts belonging | to each fund separate and distinct, and shall in no case pay demands. chargea-
 ble against one fund out of moneys be- longing to another He shall be in per
 sonal attendance at his office each day during office hours. No fees of any
 kind shall be retained by him, but the same, from whatsoever source received
 or derived, shall be paid by him into the treasury. Sec. 8. For the better security of the
 moneys in the treasury, there shall be
 provided joint custody safe in which shall be kept the moneys of the City
 and County. Said safe shall have two
 combination locks, neither one of
 which alone will open the safe. The
 Treasurer shall have the knowledge of one combination and, the Auditor of
 the other. The Auditor shall be joint custodian with the Treasurer of all
 
 shall have no control over them except
 to open and close the safe in conjunc-
 tion with the Treasurer, when request
 ed to do so in his official capacity and
 shall not be held responsible on his of
 cial bond for any shortage which may
 occur in the treasury.
 The gold shall be kept in bags con
 taining twenty thousand dollars each, and the silver in bags containing one thousand dollars each. To each bag
 shall be attached' tag showing the
 nature anG amount of coin contained
 herein. Each bag shall be sealed with
 the seal of each custodian.
 There shall be kept in the safe joint
 custody book, showing the amount and description of all funds in the safe and whenever any amounts are with drawn, the Auditor and Treasurer shall make the proper entry in the joint GUS tody book and initial the same If on account of sickness or urgent necessity the Auditor '~ unavoidably absent the Deputy Auditor shall perform his du- ties. The estimated amount of money
 required daily for the payment of de-
 mands against the treasury shall be
 taken from the joint custody safe and
 kept in another safe:. and the money
 therein shall be balanced daily at the
 close of business hours.
 Sec 4. The Treasurer, on receiving
 any money into the treasury, shall
 make out and sign two receipts for the money. Such receipts shall be alike except upon the face. of one of them
 shall appear the word Original" and
 upon the face of the other shall appear the word 'Duplicate.'' Such receipts
 shall be numbered and dated. and shall specify the amount. on what account and from what person or officer re-
 ceived and into what fund or on what count paid. The Treasurer shall en- e nf. aiyaf,
 memorandum of the contents thereof,
 and deliver the receipt marked Orig l inaP'a to the person or officer paving such money into the treasury. and forthwith deliver the receipt marked Duplicate" to the Auditor. who shall
 write upon it's face the date of it's de- livery to him, and charge the Treas .urer with the amount specified there in,. and file the receipt in his office. l Sec. 5. No demand shall be paid by the Treasurer unless it specify each several item, date and amount compos- ing it, and refer by title, date and section to the law, or ordinance or pro- vision of this Charter authorizing the
 same; but. the allowance or approval of 1 the Auditor, or of the Supervisors or
 of any department. board or officer, of any demand which is. not authorized by law or this Charter, and which upon it's face appears not to have been ex- pressly made payable out of the funds to be charged herewith, shall afford no warrant to the Treasurer for paying the same.
 Sec 6. Every lawful demand upon the treasury audited and allowed as in this Charter required, shall in all cases be paid unon presentation, if there be sufficient money in the treasury ap- | plicable to the payment of such de- mand, and on -avment canceled with punch, cutting the word "Canceled" therein, and the proper entry thereof
 cient money so applicable. then it shall
 be registered in a book kept for that
 purpose by the Treasurer. Such regis
 ter shall show the special number given by the Supervisors or other authority,