a. Appointment, Term, Powers and Duties. There shall be in the City a Department, known as the Treasury Department, which shall be under the charge of an Officer, known as the Collector-Treasurer, appointed by the Mayor for a term expiring on the first Monday on the January following the next biennial municipal election at which a Mayor is elected, who shall have the powers and perform the duties from time to time conferred or imposed on him by law, shall also have the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed by law on the City Collector and the City Treasurer immediately prior to the taking effect of Chapter 2 of the Ordinances of 1954 (including the powers and duties conferred or imposed by Section 7 of Chapter 434 of the Acts of 1943), and shall further have the powers and perform the duties from time to time conferred or imposed on Collectors of Taxes and Treasurers of Cities in Massachusetts by General Laws applicable to Boston.
b. Survey of Properties. The Collector-Treasurer shall annually conduct a complete survey of all properties located in the City of Boston which carry a tax delinquent designation and determine the reasons or circumstances for such delinquency and further determine and cause to be executed those remedies the City of Boston may provide.
(St. 1821 c. 110 § 18; St. 1854 c. 448 § 42; St. 1875 c. 176 § 1; St. 1909 c. 490 Part II; St. 1912 c. 272; Ord. 1954 c. 2 § 64; Ord. 1954 c. 6 § 2; Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 25 § 1; CBC 1975 Ord. T6 § 150; Ord. 1983 c. 10)
Cross-reference:
St. 1943 c. 434 § 7
St. 1943 c. 434 § 7