Treasurer.

   Section 43.   The director of finance and public record shall be ex-officio the city treasurer and as such treasurer shall receive no additional compensation therefor. He shall keep and preserve all moneys of the city in the place or places determined by the council as provided herein. Such place or places of keeping shall be known as the city depository. All moneys of the city shall be disbursed by the treasurer by warrant issued to the city depository and countersigned by the mayor. He shall also receive and disburse all other public money coming into his hands as city treasurer, in pursuance of such regulations as may be prescribed by the authorities having lawful control over such funds.

   Section 44.   The bank or banks in which the moneys of the city are deposited shall, on the first day of each month, render to the council and file with the mayor, a statement showing the daily balances to the credit of the city during the preceding month, together with such other information as the council may require.

   The director of finance and public record shall also, on the first day of the month, render to and file with the council and the mayor a monthly statement of all receipts and expenditures of all departments for the preceding month in the form prescribed by the council.

   Such report may be required by the council at any time, without notice, and shall be examined and compared by, or under the direction of council, and shall remain on file for at least one year.

   Section 45.   The director of finance and public record shall have charge of the preparation and certification of all special assessments for public improvements; the serving of notices of such assessments to property owners, and all other duties connected therewith; the collection of such assessments as are payable directly to the city and the preparation and certification of all unpaid assessments to the county auditor for collection.