The mayor shall have power, when he deems it proper, to require any officer of the municipality to exhibit his accounts or other papers, and to make report to the governing body, in writing, touching any subject or matter he may require pertaining to his office.Codes, 1892, § 2983; 1906, § 3381; Hemingway's 1917, § 5909; 1930, § 2517; 1942, § 3374-91; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 91, eff. 7/1/1950.
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