Municipal or Municipal District Treasurer.
Section 70
SEC. 70. Municipal or Municipal District Treasurer.—In each municipality or municipal district, there shall be a separate and distinct office to be headed by a municipal or municipal district treasurer, who shall be appointed by the Provincial Treasurer in accordance with the Civil Service Law subject to the approval of the Secretary of Finance. The municipal or municipal district treasurer shall be the financial officer of the municipality or municipal district and, with respect to the collection of revenue, shall be the deputy of the provincial treasurer. The principal duties of the municipal or municipal district treasurer shall be: Collect and receive all moneys due or accruing to the municipality or municipal district and, except as otherwise specifically provided, all other government revenue collectible therein. Requisition, upon application by the head of a department or office of the municipality or municipal district, all necessary supplies, materials and equipment for which the proper appropriation has been authorized by the local legislative body or other competent authority. Inspect, under the authority of the local legislative body, the operation of public utilities belonging to, leased or operated by, the municipality or municipal district such as telegraph and telephone, land and water transportation, waterworks, electric light plants irrigation systems, bonded warehouses, ferries, slaughterhouses, and other commercial and industrial enterprises belonging to the municipality or municipal district, and all private commercial and industrial establishments within the municipality or municipal district in relation with local tax ordinances. Exercise direct and immediate supervision, administration and control over public markets and the personnel thereof, including those whose duties concern the maintenance and upkeep of the market and market premises in accordance with local ordinances and other pertinent rules and regulations. Keep a detailed account of all moneys received and pay or dispose of the same pursuant to lawful authority. Keep a complete record of all property pertaining to every fund, local or otherwise, and render accounts for the same. Perform, as deputy of the provincial treasurer in the municipality or municipal district, such other duties not inconsistent with law as the provincial treasurer may assign to him.