The San Francisco call., 1898-04-16
CHAPTER III.
The Treasurer.

The Treasurer.
 SECTION 1. There shall be a 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 twenty-four 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
 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 fzed 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 off, 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.
 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. g. For the better security of the
 moneys in the treasury, there shall be provided a joint custody safe in which shall be kept the moneys of the City and County. Said safe shall have two mbination 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- ton 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 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 cus- 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 account paid. The Treasurer shall en- ter upon the stubs of such receipts a
 memorandum of the contents thereof, and deliver the receipt marked Orig inal' to the person or officer paying 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 its de-
 livery to him, and charge 1the Treas urer with the amount specified there
 in. and file the receipt in his office.
 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 the Auditor, or of the Supervisors. or of any department. board or officer of any demand which is not authorized bv law or this Charter, and which upon it's face appears not to have been ex- presslv made payable out of the funds to be charged herewith, shall afford no warrant to the Treasurer for paying the same.
 |. Sec. s. 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 navment cancelled with
 a punch cutting the word "Canceled" therein, and the proper entry thereof
 made. If, however. there be not suffi-
 cient money so applicable. then it shah 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, and also hY the Auditor to each de