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ORDINANCE N0. 211}
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS,
ARKANSAS;
SECTION 1. OFFICE OF TREASURER CREATED: Th®re is here-
by created the office of treasurer.
SECTION 2. DUTIES OF THE TREASURER: The treasurer shall
be the custodian of, and shall receive, all moneys and funds be••
longing to the city from whatever source received, including
license money and fines, and shall be responsible for the sale
keeping and disbursement thereof, and he shall keep an accurate
and detailed account thereof in such books and in such manner,
as the City Council may direct. The treasurer shall file in the
office of the city clerk, on the day of the first stated meeting
of the City Council in each month, a detailed statement, showing
the moneys received and paid out by him on behalf of said city
during the preceding month, and the balance on hand, if any, or
the overdraf t, as the case may be. .And the treasurer shall
repor t to the City Council annually, on or before the first
regular meeting of the Couneil, in the month of February in each
gear, a full detailed statement of receipts and the sources from
which received, and a detailed statement of the city orders paid
during the calendar year ending with the 31st day of December in
each gear, together with the condition of the treasurg at such
date, which statement shall be filed with the city clerk, and a
v copy thereof published in some newspaper of the city. The
treasurers books shall be
demand of the City Council
tion. The treasurer shall
drawn upon him, signed by
clerk, and upon receipt of
from the city clerk, shall
subject at any and all times to the
or any of its committees for inspec~
pay out moneys only on orders duly
the mayor and attested by the city
..moneys from any source except directly
execute a receipt therefor, in duplicate,
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filing such duplicate receipt with the city clerk within twenty-
four hours thereafter.
The City Council may, however, designate by resolution
any state or national bank or banks doing business in the State
of Arkansas as a depository of the funds of said City. then th®
Treasurer shall deposit moneys in said designated depository,
in accordance with the terms of said resolution, he shall be
reliev®d from further responsibility for their safe-keeping
because of the insolvency or closing of said depository.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 27TII DAY OF P.;AY
1952.
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