Action in case of separation from service of city officers.
Section 29
SEC. 29. Action in case of separation from service of city officers.—Every city officer shall, at the expiration of his term, or upon resignation, deliver to his successor in office, who shall receipt for the same in duplicate, all property, books, and effects of every description in his succession, belonging to the city or pertaining to his office. One copy of the receipt shall be delivered to the retiring officer and the other copy filed with the Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago. All funds, whether collections or moneys appropriated for disbursement, shall be deposited in the Insular Treasury. Funds for disbursement shall be deposited as repayments to the respective appropriations to which they pertain and be available for withdrawal by warrant in favor of the successor. In case of the death or removal of any city officer, the Board shall at once take charge of the office, books, papers, property, and funds of the late incumbent, and forthwith notify the sureties on his official bond. Such sureties shall cause to be rendered to the Auditor the accounts current of the deceased or removed officer, and deposit or cause to be deposited, as aforesaid, the moneys with which such officer was chargeable.