The San Francisco call., 1898-04-03
CHAPTER III.
The Custody of Public Moneys.

taxes, licenses, fees, fines, penalties and forfeitures, and all moneys which may be collected or received by any officer of the City and County or any department thereof, in his official capacity, for the performance of any official duty, and all moneys accruing to the City and County from any source, and all moneys directed by law or this Char ter to be paid or deposited in the treasury, shall be paid into the treas ury. All officers or persons collecting or receiving such moneys must pay the same into the treasury. No officer or person other than the Treasurer shall pay out or disburse such moneys, or any part thereof, upon any allowance, claim or demand.
 Sec. 2. Salaried officers shall not re- ce1ve nor accept any fee, payment, or compensation directly or indirectly, for any services performed by them in their official capacity, nor any fee, pay ment, or compensation, for any official service performed by any of their dep utles, clerks, or employees, whether performed during or after official busi- ness hours. No deputy, clerk, or em- ployee of such officers shall receive or accept any fee, compensation or pay ment, other than his salary as now or hereafter fixed by law, for any work or service performed by him of any off, cial nature, or under color of office, whether performed during or after off, cial business hours.
 Sec. 3. Every fee, commission, per centage, allowance, or other compensa- ton authorized by law to be charged, received, or collected by any officer for any official service, must be paid by the officer receiving the same to the Treas urer in the manner herein provided
 Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of every officer authorized by law to charge, re- ceive or collect any fee, commission, percentage, allowance, or compensation for the performance of any official serv- ice or duty of any kind or nature, or rendered in any official capacity, or by reason of any official duty or employ ment, to deliver the. same to the Treas urer at the expiration of each business day. The Treasurer shall thereupon deliver to such officer a receipt for the money so paid, which shall show the amount of money received, the day and hour when paid, the name of the officer paying the same, the nature of the service performed, and the name and official designation of the person by whom the service was performed; and like entries shall be made upon the stub of such receipt, which shall be kept by the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall place all such moneys in fund to be designated the "Unapportioned Fee Fund" which is hereby created, and shall keep such fund as other funds in the treasury are kept, and shall be lia- ble on his official bond for all money so received.
 Sec. 5. The Auditor or other proper officer must prepare and deliver from time to time to the Treasurer, and to every officer authorized by law to charge any fee, commission, percent age, allowance, or compensation, for the performance of any official service or duty, as many official receipts as may be required, charging herewith the Treasurer or other officer receiving them. Such official receipts must be bound into books containing not less than one hundred such receipts, and numbered consecutively, beginning with number one in each class required for each officer for each fiscal year, and provided with a stub corresponding in number with receipt. When the books containing receipts are exhausted by the officer receiving them, he shall re- turn the stubs thereof to the Auditor or other proper officer, in whose custody they shall remain thereafter
 Sec. 6. When a receipt as herein provided Is issued by the Treasurer he must state therein the date of pay- ment, the name of the person making the payment, the amount of such pay ment. the nature of the service for which the charge is made, and the name and official designation of the of f1cer performing the service, and shall make corresponding entries on the stub of each receipt.
 Sec. '. When any receipt Is issued by any officer other than the Treasurer as herein provided, he shall state therein the day and hour of the delivery to him of the Treasurer's receipt, the nature of the service therein described, and the Q rf al a nd hn of the person by whom such receipt is delivered to him, and shall make core spending entries on the stub to which such receipt is attached.
 Sec. 8. On the first day of each month the Treasurer must make to the Auditor a report under oath of all mon- eys received by him during the preced- ing month, showing the date and num- Der of the receipt on which the money was received, the amount of each pay ment, by whom paid, the nature of the service, and the name and official des- ignation of the officer performing the service. At the same time, or oftener, if required by the Auditor the Treas urer shall exhibit to the Auditor all of ficial receipts received by him during the previous month, and all official re- ceipts remaining in his hands, unused or not issued, at the close of business on the last day of the preceding month Sec. g. On the first day of each month every officer authorized by law to charge any fee, commission, per- centage, allowance or compensation, must make to the Auditor a report under oath of all official receipts issued by him during the preceding month, showing the date and number of each receipt, to whom issued. the nature of the service for which the charge was made, and the amount of such charge; and must at the same time, or oftener, if required, exhibit to the Auditor, or other proper officer, all the Treasurer's receipts deposited with him during the preceding month, and all receipts re- maining in his hands, unused or not issued, at the close of business on the last day of each preceding month. Sec. TO- Upon receiving the reports prescribed by sections eight and nine of this Chapter. the Auditor shall exam inc and settle the accounts of each off, cer, and apportion such moneys to the fund or funds to which they are appro- priated by law. and certify such appor- tionment to the Treasurer, who shall thereupon transfer from the s'Unappor- toned Fee Fund" the amounts so certi- fled, and credit each fund entitled thereto with the proper amount SO ap- portioned.
 Sec. H. Every officer who Is by law allowed to charge and collect mileage for the service of process, or other like