§ 917. Transcripts of accounts in offices of county clerks;\nviolations.
1.A transcript of the account shall be made in such form as\nshall be prescribed by the comptroller of the city of New York. Such\ntranscript shall contain a statement of all moneys either received by\nsuch clerks and their subordinates or which they are entitled to demand\nand receive for services performed by them in their official capacity\nsince making the last preceding transcript and return, specifying the\ntotal amount received from or charged to each person and corporation,\nand the character of the services rendered. It shall be transmitted to\nsuch comptroller within ten days from the expiration of each calendar\nmonth, verified by the oath of such clerks or their deputies.\n The verification shall be po
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§ 917. Transcripts of accounts in offices of county clerks;\nviolations. 1. A transcript of the account shall be made in such form as\nshall be prescribed by the comptroller of the city of New York. Such\ntranscript shall contain a statement of all moneys either received by\nsuch clerks and their subordinates or which they are entitled to demand\nand receive for services performed by them in their official capacity\nsince making the last preceding transcript and return, specifying the\ntotal amount received from or charged to each person and corporation,\nand the character of the services rendered. It shall be transmitted to\nsuch comptroller within ten days from the expiration of each calendar\nmonth, verified by the oath of such clerks or their deputies.\n The verification shall be positive and not upon information and\nbelief.\n The comptroller may examine the county clerks or any of their\nsubordinates under oath, touching the amount of moneys paid to and\nreceived by such clerks and their subordinates in their official\ncapacity, and touching any statements contained in or required by this\narticle to be contained in such certified transcript and return. An\norder for such examination must be granted by a justice of the supreme\ncourt whenever an application shall be made therefor by such\ncomptroller, and such examination shall take place before such justice.\n 2. It shall be unlawful for the clerks of the counties comprising the\ncity of New York or any of their subordinates to receive for their own\nuse any moneys belonging to the city of New York, or to neglect to\nrender to the comptroller of the city of New York an account of the\nmoneys which they have received or are entitled to receive in their\nofficial capacity or pay over the same as in this article required, or\nto make a false statement in the certified transcript and return or to\nswear falsely upon the examination by the comptroller.\n 3. Any violation hereof by such clerks or any such subordinates shall\nbe a misdemeanor. In addition thereto, such clerks or such subordinates\nshall also forfeit any sum that may be due them on account of salary,\nand shall be liable to the city of New York, in a civil action at the\nsuit of the city, for all moneys received and not accounted for and paid\nover into the treasury of such city pursuant to the requirements of this\narticle.\n