§ 7-204 Settlement of claims.
AC § 7-204
The commissioner of finance may require any person presenting for settlement a claim in relation to excise and non-property taxes against the city to be sworn before the commissioner of finance, any of the deputy commissioners of finance, or any officer or employee of the department of finance or of the law department designated in a written instrument by the commissioner of finance and filed in the office of the commissioner, touching such claim, and when so sworn, to answer orally as to any facts relative to the justness of such claim. Wilful false swearing before the commissioner of finance, any deputy commissioner or officer or employee designated to conduct such oral examination is perjury and punishable as such. In adjusting and settling such claims, the commissioner of finance, as far as practicable, shall be governed by the rules of law and principles of equity which prevail in courts of justice.
