[CC 1996 §115.170; CC 1977 §21.130]
At the first (1st) regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen held after each general City election, a City Treasurer shall be appointed as provided in Section 110.080 of this Chapter, who shall hold his/her office for a term of two (2) years and until his/her successor is duly appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed from said office. The bond of the City Treasurer shall be in the sum of at least seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000.00) and for any breach of condition of any such bond, suit may be instituted thereon by the City, or by any person in the name of the City of Bowling Green, Missouri, to the use of such person. It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer, among other things, to receive and safely keep all monies, warrants, books, bonds or obligations entrusted to his/her care. He/she shall receive all monies payable into the City Treasury and disburse the same on warrant drawn by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk and Collector with the Seal of the City affixed thereto by the order of the Board of Aldermen and not otherwise, said warrants to be paid in the order in which they are presented for payment. He/she shall keep a just account of all money received and disbursed and regular abstracts of all warrants drawn on the Treasury and paid. He/she shall report at each regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen the amount of money received since the last meeting and from what source and what account and the amount of money on hand at the time of making the report. He/she shall file all warrants on the Treasurer, make a register of the number and date thereof and the name of the person in whose favor drawn and the amount of each. He/she shall make duplicate receipts in favor of the proper persons for all monies paid into the City Treasury, one (1) of which shall be delivered to the person paying the money and the other he/she shall file with the City Clerk. He/she shall keep the books, papers and money pertaining to his/her office at all times open for the inspection of the Mayor and members of the Board of Aldermen; and as often and in such manner as may be prescribed by the Board of Aldermen, he/she shall furnish an account of the receipts and expenditures of the City. He/she shall settle his/her accounts with the Board of Aldermen on the first (1st) regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen in March and October of each and every year and if he/she resigns or be removed from office, he/she, or his/her executor or administrator in case of his/her death, shall immediately make settlement and deliver to his/her successor in office all things pertaining thereto, together with all monies belonging to the City. At the close of every term for which such City Treasurer shall have been appointed, from whatever cause it shall occur, the Board of Aldermen shall immediately proceed to ascertain, by actual examination and count, the amount of balances and funds in the hands of such Treasurer and books and papers of other property in his/her custody to account for.
