Section 6
SEC. 6. In all matters pertaining to accountability the bonded employees provided for in section four shall be deemed subordinates of said secretary-treasurer, and no bonded employee shall be retained if that officer shall certify that he is incompetent or unsuited for the position which he holds. Said secretary-treasurer shall have access to the books of account and records of the system at all times and any bonded employee may be suspended by him for any of the causes hereinafter specified, namely: (a) Failure to render a report within the time and manner prescribed. (b) Persistent failure to keep accounts and records prescribed. (c) Failure to produce forthwith any funds or property of the system for inventory or inspection. In case of suspension the secretary-treasurer may, in person or by deputy, take into his custody all funds or property of the system in the hands of such employee, and in like manner may perform or administer the duties appertaining to, the position or employee, until such disability is removed, or a successor for said suspended employee is duly chosen and qualified: Provided, That this authority shall not be construed to modify or abrogate any existing administrative authority.