The said Clerk shall receive all taxes, assessments, fines, costs or other money due the City authorities, or by any ordinance of the said City to be paid to the City, and shall receipt for the same; he shall keep an accurate account of all money paid to him for the use of said City, showing, under separates accounts, amounts received for account of taxes, sewer purposes, street improvements or payments, licenses, fines and costs, and for all other matters and things pertaining to his office, which book or books shall be at all times open to the inspection of the Mayor and Council or to any committee appointed by the Council for such purposes; he shall pay over promptly all money which he may receive, with five days after receipt thereof, into the hands of the Treasurer of the said City, showing an itemized statement of the several funds included in said payment, taking the Treasurer’s receipt thereof, he shall keep his office in the City Hall, unless otherwise ordered by the Council, and shall maintain office hours or be at his office for the transaction of business at such times as the Council may prescribe; he shall, on or before the first day of January and July of each year, and oftener if directed by the Council, present to the said Council a full and complete statement of all money with which he is chargeable or that has been received by him for all sources up to that time, together with the statement of all money paid to the Treasurer and proper receipts therefor, and he shall at such time return a list of all taxes, levies, assessments, and other claims in his hands for collection which he shall not have been able to collect by reason of insolvency, removal, or other cause, to which list he shall append an affidavit that he has used due diligence to collect the several items therein mentioned but has been unable to do so, and, if the Council should be satisfied as to the correctness of said list, they may allow credit for said claims, but thereafter may direct the said City Clerk, or someone else, or may themselves take such lawful measures to collect the same as shall be by the Council prescribed. The said Clerk shall receive all taxes and licenses and receipt to the party paying the same by endorsement upon the permit granted by order of the Council, and shall charge himself with the amount received from the same and report to the Council at the next regular meeting thereafter the amount so received and pay the same over to the Treasurer, taking his receipt for the same; he shall, upon the expiration of his term of office or upon the order of the Council, turn over to his successor all money, books of accounts and other property of said City in his possession, and he and his bondsman shall not be released until such full and complete transfer to his successor has been made. The said Clerk shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by this Charter, by general law, or by City ordinance or order of the Mayor, not inconsistent with this Charter or with general law, and shall receive such salary as may be fixed by the Council.