The San Francisco call., 1898-04-01
CHAPTER III.
The Treasurer.

The Treasurer.
 SECTION l. 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 a chief deputy who shall receive an annual salary of twentyfour hun 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
 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 l 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 off, cial newspaper a statement of the con-
 dition of the treasury, showing the 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 1 liable to removal therefrom, and be pro- l ceeded against accordingly.
 1 He shall keep the accounts belonging
 to each fund separate and distinct, and
 shall in no case pay demands chargea- i 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 1 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 funds in the joint custody safe; but 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 a tag showing the nature and amount of coin contained herein. Each bag shall be sealed with the seal of each custodian.
 There shall be kept in the safe a 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 l 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 lkept in another safe; and the money therein shall be balanced daily at the 1 close of business hours.
 l, 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 l 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- r ceived. and into what fund or on what account paid. The Treasurer shall en- b1. the- nf |,
 memorandum of the contents thereof,
 and deliver the receipt marked Orig l inar'' to the person or officer paying
 such money into the treasury, and 1 forthwith deliver the receipt marked | 'Duplicate' to the Auditor, who shall
 write upon its face the date of It's de- 1 livery to him, and charge the Treas
 urer with the amount specified there l in. and file the receipt in his office l Sec. ,. No demand shall be paid by | the Treasurer unless it specify each
 several item, date and amount compps- | 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 l any demand which is not authorized l by law or this Charter. and which upon 1 its face appears not to have been ex- | pTeSSlN Ildue9 pdyaDle out OI the 1uNQS
 to be charged herewith, shall afford no
 warrant to the Treasurer for paying | the same.
 Sec. G. Every lawful demand upon l the treasury, audited and allowed as in I this Charter required. shall in all cases
 be paid unon presentation. if there be
 sufficient money in the treasury ap- l plicable to the payment of such de- I mand, and on s-n--ment canceled with a punch, cutting the word "CancelAd' l therein, and the proper entry thereof
 made. If, however, there be not suffi- 1 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, 1 and also by the Auditor to each de-