§ 32. Miscellaneous duties of treasurer.

In addition to the duties hereinafter prescribed for the treasurer in sections 116 to 120 of this article, it shall also be the duty of said treasurer to collect all taxes levied in pursuance of the provisions of this article, including water rent, with such assistance as may be required from the city solicitor, and in the collection of the same in the event of nonpayment he shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of the law of the state governing the collection of taxes, and shall have the right to employ such remedies to enforce such collections as are provided by the ordinances of the said mayor and city council and the laws of the state for the collection of the taxes levied for state and county purposes.

The said mayor and city council shall allow said treasurer for any insolvent or uncollectible taxes twice in each year at an interval of six months, but not thereafter, and at the sessions, when allowances are considered, the mayor and city council may act as and have the power of a board of equalization.

The said treasurer shall give bond in such amount as the mayor and city council may provide, in a sum of not less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), to be approved by said mayor and city council; and the mayor and city council shall have the right to require a new bond whenever in their opinion the existing bond is insufficient, and whenever such bond is required he shall perform no official act until said bond shall be given and approved in the manner aforesaid. He shall daily account for all moneys by him collected and shall report to said mayor and city council at the first meeting of that body in every month a full statement of all moneys so collected and paid over to him, and shall perform all such other duties in such manner and according to such rules and regulations as the said mayor and city council shall prescribe.

(Char. Amend. Res. No. 27, § 1)

Editor's note

The catchline for the above section has been editorially altered so as to reflect the contents of the above section. Section 28 also fixes the treasurer's bond at twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00).

Cross reference

City administrator to serve as treasurer, § 28.