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duties; as soon as practicable after said certified public accountant' has
completed his work as aforesaid, it shall be his duty to make a full and
complete report thereof to the Mayor and City Council, showing the state
of accounts between the said city and said officers; and if any of said
officers have not complied with the laws and ordinances of said city in the
discharge of their official duties the said certified public accountant shall
call special attention thereto in said report.

1922, ch. 96, sec. 92.

92. It shall be the duty of every officer of said city mentioned in the
preceding section to deliver to said certified public accountant whenever
he (said certified public accountant) shall demand the same to be examined
by him as aforesaid, all his books, papers and accounts with the said city.
Any such officer who fails or refuses to deliver to said certified public
accountant his books, papers and accounts, as aforesaid, after said certified
public accountant has demanded the same, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one
hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars; all such fines shall be
paid into the city treasury.

1922, ch. 96, sec. 93.

93. Any such report of said certified public accountant as is mentioned
in this section of the Article shall be taken as prima facie correct in any
suit or settlement between said city and any of the officers herein men-
tioned. The said certified public accountant shall be paid out of the city
treasury for his services herein prescribed a sum not to exceed the sum
of six hundred ($600) dollars. The Mayor shall have full power to regu-
late the duties of said certified public accountant; and before he shall be
entitled to payment for said services, said account of said certified public
accountant shall be presented to the City Council, and if found to be
correct shall be ordered paid out of the money in the city treasury.

DEBT.

1922, ch. 96, sec. 94.

94. It shall not be lawful for any officer or employee of the Mayor and
City Council, or the Mayor, or any member of the City Council in his
individual capacity, or as a member of any committee, or for any com-
mittee of the City Council to make any purchase, incur any obliga-
tions, or in any way pledge the faith and credit of the city for any sum
for any purpose whatever, without first having obtained the written order
of the Council, approved by the Mayor (or passed over his veto, as the
case may be) and any debt or obligation contracted in violation of the
provisions of this section shall be altogether and every way subject to the
approval and ratification of said Mayor and City Council.