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No warrant shall be signed by the comptroller or countersigned by the commissioner of finance, except upon vouchers for the expenditures of the amount named therein, duly prepared and audited according to the methods prescribed by the comptroller, and filed with the comptroller, except in the case of judgments, in which case a transcript thereof shall be filed.
Notwithstanding any provision of the charter, any city treasury or sinking fund moneys which have been duly withdrawn from any bank or trust company upon proper warrant and check to the order of the head or heads of any agency or agencies may be redeposited by such head or heads of such agency or agencies in a properly designated deposit bank and thereafter such redeposited moneys may be withdrawn upon check signed by him or her or them without additional warrant.
Notwithstanding any provision of the charter, the comptroller or commissioner of finance may designate and authorize any deputies, assistant deputies, or employees to sign, each in his or her own name and in place of and for the comptroller or commissioner of finance, respectively, any or all checks or warrants, including those issued against sinking fund and trust fund bank accounts. A warrant or check so signed shall be of the same force and effect as if signed by the comptroller or commissioner of finance, respectively. The designation or designations of deputies shall be made in writing in the manner set forth in section ninety-four of the charter. The designation or designations of assistant deputies or employees shall be in writing, signed in duplicate by the comptroller or the commissioner of finance, respectively, and shall be duly filed and remain of record in the office of the comptroller and the department of finance. The period for which each such designation of deputies, assistant deputies and employees shall continue in force shall be specified therein and may be terminated by the comptroller or commissioner of finance, respectively, at any time by filing in the same office or offices in which the designation has been filed a written notice of such termination signed by the comptroller or commissioner of finance, respectively.
Notwithstanding any provision of the charter, checks drawn upon any bank or trust company for payment of payrolls or disbursements for relief, required to be signed by the head of an agency or his or her authorized designee, may be signed by the facsimile signature or signatures of the person or persons authorized to sign such checks, if the head of such agency so authorizes by an instrument in writing signed by the head of such agency and filed with the comptroller; and, in such event, any bank or trust company shall, acting in good faith and without notice of any defect or invalidity, be authorized to pay and be protected in paying any checks bearing or purporting to bear the facsimile signature or signatures of the person or persons duly authorized to sign such checks, regardless of the person by whom or the means by which the actual or purported facsimile signature or signatures thereon may have been affixed thereto, if such facsimile signature or signatures closely resemble the facsimile specimens from time to time filed with such banks or trust companies by the head of the agency in question; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall release such bank or trust company from any liability arising from any cause or fact other than the fact that such facsimile signature is not a genuine facsimile signature affixed with appropriate authority.
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