If any person having been an officer of the city, shall not, within ten days after
he shall have vacated or been removed from office, deliver over to his successor in
office all the property, books and papers belonging to the city or appertaining to
such office, in his possession or under his control, he shall forfeit and pay to the
city the sum of $500, to be sued for and recovered with costs. All books, records,
and documents used in any such office, by virtue of any provision of this charter
or of any ordinance or order of the council or any superior officer of the city, shall
be deemed the property of the city and appertain to said office, and the chief officer
thereof shall be responsible therefor.
(1958, c. 141)
