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Act No. 1963 Section 21

Act No. 1963 Section 21

The city treasurer.

Section 21

SEC. 21. The city treasurer.—There shall be a city treasurer who shall have the following general powers and duties: (a) He shall collect all taxes due the city, all licenses authorized by law or ordinance, all rents for lands, markets, and other property owned by the city, all further charges of whatever nature fixed by law or ordinance, and shall receive and receipt for all fines, forfeitures, fees, and costs imposed by the justice of the peace court. (b) He shall receive and safely keep all moneys arising from the revenues of the city of Baguio, and shall expend and disburse the same upon lawful warrants. (c) He shall perform in the city of Baguio the duties prescribed by the Internal Revenue Law, the Weights and Measures Law, and Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and four for provincial treasurers and their deputies; such further duties prescribed by law for provincial treasurers as nor inconsistent with the provisions of this charter; and the duties prescribed by the Land Registration Act for registers of deeds. (d) He shall, when so directed or designated by the Governor-General, perform the duties of the city assessor. (e) He shall discharge his duties in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and ninety-two. (f) He shall render his. accounts in such manner as the Insular Auditor may prescribe: the Insular Auditor shall receive and audit all accounts of the city of Baguio in accordance with the provisions of said Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and ninety-two.

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