§ 7-606 Penalty for neglect to account.
AC § 7-606
The register or any subordinate who shall receive to their own use or neglect to account for any fees, declared to belong to and be for the benefit of the city, or who shall neglect to render to such comptroller an account of the fees accruing to the register's office, or to pay over the same as required herein, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and punishable with a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor exceeding five thousand dollars, or imprisonment for a period of not less than three months nor exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the court before whom such officer may be convicted, and in addition shall forfeit any sum that may be due to him or her on account of his or her salary and shall be liable to the city in a civil action for all moneys so received and not accounted for and paid over into the treasury of the city pursuant to the requirements of this chapter.
