176. Every municipal officer must give an accurate report in writing to the corporation or to any authorized person, in such manner as the council may determine, upon all matters connected with his duties, and render an account of the moneys collected by him and of those which he has disbursed for the corporation and under its control, indicating the objects for which such moneys were so collected or disbursed.
However, the report concerning the police department cannot contain any information which, in the opinion of the police chief, might disclose the content of a record concerning a police inquiry.
During the month of January in each year, or oftener if required by the council, the secretary-treasurer must render a detailed account of his receipts and expenditures from all sources for the year ended on the 31 December preceding.
Every request of the council and every report or account contemplated in this article must be forwarded through the agency of the secretary-treasurer.
M.C. 1916, a. 144; 1979, c. 67, s. 38; 1983, c. 57, s. 4.