Section 11-119. City collector; absence; suspension of  


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  • a.  In case of
      inability of the city collector to perform the  duties  of  his  or  her
      office  by reason of sickness or absence from the city, the commissioner
      of finance shall designate some suitable person to perform the duties of
      the city collector's office during such inability or absence, and shall,
      if the comptroller so requires, take  from  such  person  a  bond,  with
      sufficient sureties, in the manner hereinafter prescribed.
        b. If the city collector or any deputy collector shall on any day omit
      or  neglect  to  furnish  to  the  commissioner  of  finance  or  to the
      comptroller, respectively,  the  statements  and  vouchers  required  in
      section  11-121  of  this  chapter,  or  to  make  the  prescribed daily
      payments, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of finance  forthwith
      to  suspend  him  or  her  from  office. In case of such suspension, the
      commissioner of finance shall appoint a suitable person to  perform  the
      duties  of  the  officer so suspended, who shall continue to act as such
      officer until the person suspended shall be restored or  another  person
      shall  have  been  appointed.  On making such temporary appointment, the
      commissioner of finance shall be required to take  from  the  person  so
      appointed  a  bond,  with two sufficient sureties, to be approved by the
      comptroller and filed with the comptroller, in such  penal  sum  as  the
      comptroller  may  deem just, conditioned for the faithful performance of
      the duties of the office during the continuance of the person  appointed
      therein;  and  all  the  provisions of law prescribing the duties of the
      city collector and deputy  collectors  shall  apply  to  the  person  or
      persons so appointed.