§ 454 — Treasurers of hospitals; powers and duties

§ 454. Treasurers of hospitals; powers and duties. Subject to rules\nand regulations of the commissioner, the treasurer of each hospital in\nthe department shall:\n (a) receive and have the custody of all moneys and securities of the\nhospital from whatever sources derived, except as otherwise provided by\nlaw and keep an accurate record thereof and of all obligations of the\nhospital;\n (b) deposit in his name, as treasurer, in a bank approved by the state\ncomptroller, all such moneys and transmit each month to the comptroller,\nand to the commissioner, a statement showing the amount received and\ndeposited, from whom and for what received and when such deposits were\nmade. Such statement of deposits shall be certified by the proper\nofficer of the bank receiving such deposits. The treasurer shall make an\naffidavit to the effect that the sum so deposited is all the money\nreceived by him from any source of hospital income to the date of the\nlast deposit appearing on such statement;\n (c) pay out the money deposited for the proper uses of the hospital\nupon the voucher of the steward or business manager. Where the treasurer\nis a person other than the director, said voucher shall be countersigned\nby the director;\n (d) keep full and accurate account of all receipts and payments in the\nmanner and according to books and forms prescribed by the commissioner;\n (e) balance all accounts on his books annually, for the preceding\nfiscal year, and make a statement thereof and an abstract of the\nreceipts and payments for such year and transmit the same to the\ncommissioner on or before the following fifteenth day of August;\n (f) render an account of the state of the books and of the funds and\nproperty in his custody, whenever required by the commissioner; and,\n (g) perform such other duties as the commissioner may require.\n