Except as may otherwise be required by law, all monies to which
the County Clerk may be entitled under and by virtue of the laws of
the State of New York, or which the County Clerk may receive for services
rendered by him/her or his/her office, shall apply to or be for the
benefit of the County and shall be collected and accounted for by
him/her and paid over to the Commissioner of Finance without deduction
at such times and on such conditions as the latter may prescribe.
Within five days after the expiration of each month, the County Clerk
shall make, certify and deliver to the Commissioner of Finance a full
and true statement for each calendar month of all such monies received
each day by him/her, or his/her employees, in their official capacity
and shall transmit and deliver such certified statement to the Commissioner
of Finance within five days after the expiration of each month in
the form he/she shall prescribe. At the time of rendering any such
statement, such County Clerk shall pay to the Commissioner of Finance
for the benefit of the County the whole amount or the balance of all
such moneys received by him/her since making his/her last preceding
monthly report. Other funds or fees collected by the County Clerk
shall be collected, paid over, deposited and reported in accordance
with the law applicable thereto.
The County Clerk, and such of his/her deputies, officers and
employees as the County Legislature shall require, shall give a surety
bond to the County in a sum fixed by the County Legislature conditioned
for the faithful performance of his/her duties. Such bond shall be
approved as to form by the County Attorney and filed in the office
of the County Clerk. It shall be a charge on the County.
It shall be the responsibility of the County Clerk to advise
and assist the County Executive in all matters concerning the preservation,
storage, reduction, reproduction, administration and disposal of County
records.
The Seal of the County of Dutchess shall also be the Seal of
the County Clerk, and the County Clerk shall affix or imprint such
Seal upon any and all instruments requiring the same.
