The municipal year shall begin with the first day of January, and the terms of office of all officers shall be computed by the municipal year so that such terms shall end at the end of a municipal year, although the officer may not have been appointed until after the year shall have begun.
[Amended by L. 1943, c. 710]
No person, board or officer in the city shall have the right to incur any indebtedness against the city except as authorized by the Common Council or other municipal board or officer in conformity with the provisions of this Act or the Local Finance Law.
No witness shall be excused from testifying in any criminal proceeding or in any investigation or inquiry before the Mayor, the Common Council or any municipal board or officer having a right to conduct the investigation, touching his knowledge of any offense committed against the provisions of this Act or any ordinance of the city, but such testimony shall not be used against him in any criminal prosecution whatever.
[Amended 12-1-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
All officers or other persons who shall receive any money for or belonging to the city by or under the provisions of this Act, or otherwise, shall, within ten (10) days after its receipt, pay the same over to the Clerk/Chamberlain of the city and take his receipt therefor, except as otherwise provided in this Act.
[Amended 12-1-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
The Charter of the City of Fulton may be read in evidence from the volume of Session Laws of the State of New York containing said Charter, from the volume printed by the authority of the Common Council or from a certified copy made by the Clerk/Chamberlain or from the volume or ordinances and bylaws provided by authority of the Common Council, and all records and accounts of the city which the city officers are required by law to keep shall be presumptive evidence of the truth of their contents in any court.
[Amended by L. 1943, c. 710; 12-1-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
When an emergency shall arise requiring the raising of any fund, the department requiring such fund shall make an estimate of the sum necessary therefor, which estimate shall state the cause of such emergency and the reason for such expenditure, and shall file such estimate with the Clerk/Chamberlain. The Clerk/Chamberlain shall forthwith call a meeting of the Common Council to consider such request.
When such moneys are raised, they shall be placed to the credit of the fund from which such expenditure is to be made.
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Editor's Note: Original § C281, Limitation of indebtedness, was repealed by L. 1945, c. 339, Schedule A. Original § C282, Franchises to be sold, as amended, was repealed 10-30-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991. Original § C283, Bonds and other obligations of the city, was repealed in 1945.
[Amended by L. 1943, c. 710; 12-1-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
The Common Council, at the time it shall confirm any assessment for local improvements, may provide that the owners of any real estate or any railway company against which a tax is thereby assessed may have the privilege of paying the same in such equal annual installments, not exceeding ten (10), as it may prescribe, upon filing with the Clerk/Chamberlain within ten (10) days thereafter, their election and agreement to pay the same in that manner, with interest thereon payable annually. Every assessment as to which such agreement shall be filed shall be collected by such installments with annual interest thereon in the same manner as other taxes and assessments, and every installment, with accrued interest, shall be a lien upon the real estate and upon all the property and franchises of any such railway company against which the same was assessed, as in the case of other assessments. The funds derived from the collection of said installments as they become due shall be applied to the payment of the cost of the improvement for which such assessments was levied and to the payment of the portion of such obligations, if any, which shall have been issued for the financing of that part of the cost of such improvement which was locally assessed.
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Editor's Note: Original §§ C285 through C288 were renumbered as §§ C18.1 through C18.4, respectively. Original §§ C289, Jury for City Court, and C290, Excise money; to whom paid; how credited, were repealed 10-30-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991.
The books and records of all city officers and boards shall, on any business day between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., be open to the inspection of the taxpayers of the city.