The City Treasurer shall receive all moneys belonging to the city, shall pay all warrants signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the City Clerk and not otherwise and shall keep a separate account of each fund or appropriation, and the debits and credits belonging thereto. He or she shall give to every person paying money into the City Treasury a receipt therefor, specifying the date of payment and upon what account paid, and he or she shall file copies of such receipts with the City Clerk with his or her monthly reports.
(1960 Code, § 3.13)