The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
CHAPTER TIL
The Treasurer.

CHAPTER TIL
 The Treasurer.
 SECTION l. 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 have 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 acquires 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 l 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 oy the | Auditor At the close of business each | day he shall take an account of and en- 1 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 off1- l cial newspaper a statement Of the con- dition of the treasury, showing the amount of receipts into and pay ments from the treasury, and l on what account, and out or what fund. If he violate any of the provisions of this section, he shall be l oP in | liabl to removal therefrom, and be pro- | ceeded against accordingly.
 He Shall keep the accounts belonging 1 to each fund separate and distinct, and shall in no case pay demands chargea- l ble against one fund out of moneys be- longing to another He shall be in per sonal attendance at his office each day l 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 l the treasury.
 Sec. 8. 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 combination locks, neither one of
 which alone will open the safe. The l Treasurer shall have the knowledge | of one combination and the Auditor of l 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- l ton with the Treasurer, when request | ed to do so in his official capacity, and shall not be held responsible on his of 1 cial bond for any shortage which may | occur in the treasury.
 1 The gold shall be kept in bags con 1 taining twenty thousand dollars each, and the silver in bags containing one
 thousand dollars each. To each bag l shall be attached a tag showing the | nature and amount of coin contained herein. Each bag shall be sealed with l the seal of each custodian.
 | There shall be kept In the safe a joint l custody book, showing the amount and
 description of all funds in the safe,
 and whenever any amounts are with 1 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 l 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. Trea Surer, on receiving
 any money into the treasury, shall 1 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- AI,~ r%- af all frN% C
 memorandum of the contents thereof,
 and deliver the receipt marked Orig l 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 its 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. Sec D. No demand shall be paid by
 the Treasurer unless it specify each
 several item, date and amount compos-
 ing 1t, 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
 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 upon presentation. if there be
 sufficient money in the treasury ap-
 plicable to the payment of such de-
 mand, and on ,avment 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 1t 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, anA al.o t,.u A,,ditar fo each da-