Section 10-106. Reporting and depositing lost money or property  


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  • a. Any
      person who finds any lost money or property of or exceeding the value of
      ten dollars shall report such finding  to  and  deposit  such  money  or
      property  in  a  police  station house within ten days after the finding
      thereof.  Such money or property shall thereupon be transmitted  to  the
      property  clerk  who  shall  make  entry  of  such deposit in his or her
      records. Such money or property as shall remain in the  custody  of  the
      property  clerk  for  a period of three months without a lawful claimant
      entitled thereto shall be turned  over  to  the  person  who  found  and
      deposited  the same. If the person who so found and deposited such money
      or property shall not appear and claim the same within thirty days after
      notice by registered mail  of  the  expiration  of  said  three  months'
      period, such money or property shall, in the case of money, be paid into
      the general fund of the city established pursuant to section one hundred
      nine  of  the  charter,  and  in  the case of property be sold at public
      auction after having been advertised in "the City Record" for  a  period
      of ten days and the proceeds of such sale shall be paid into such fund.
        b.  Any person who shall violate, or refuse, or neglect to comply with
      any provision  of  this  section,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be
      punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment
      not exceeding one year, or both.