[CC 1974 §§2-46 — 2-47; Ord.
No. 6 §1-607, 2-8-1958]
A.
Bond. The City Collector shall, before entering on the discharge
of his/her official duties, execute a bond to the City in such amount
as shall be determined by the Board of Aldermen by resolution, with
two (2) or more sufficient sureties to be approved by the Board of
Aldermen. The condition of such bond shall be that he/she will promptly,
honestly and faithfully discharge the duties of his/her office, account
for and pay over to the City Treasurer all money which shall come
into his/her hands for the City and shall at least once a month turn
over to the City Treasurer all money belonging to the City received
by him/her for all sources.
B.
Duties. The City Collector shall report to the City Treasurer
monthly all money received and collected by him/her from all sources
which may be levied by law or ordinances, all licenses of every description
authorized by this Code and other City ordinances to be collected
and all money belonging to the City which may come into his/her hands.
He/she shall designate to the City Treasurer the funds to which such
money belongs and shall take from the City Treasurer two (2) receipts
for such money, specifying the funds to which the money belongs, one
(1) of such receipts he/she shall file with the City Clerk and the
other shall be kept by him/her. The City Collector shall report to
the Board of Aldermen at the regular meeting in each month all the
taxes collected on the real and personal delinquent lists and he/she
shall pay the same into the City Treasury and shall receive credit
therefor. He/she shall turn over to his/her successor in office all
uncollected delinquent lists receiving credit therefor and his/her
successor shall be charged therewith; provided, that the Board of
Aldermen may declare worthless any and all personal delinquent taxes
which they may deem uncollectible. The City Collector shall report
to the Board of Aldermen, in writing, at any time when called upon
to do so the amount of money that has come into his/her hands as City
Collector, the time when and the sources from which he/she received
such money, the amounts paid over by him/her to the City Treasurer
with the dates of such payments and the amount, if any, still remaining
in his/her hands.
