PHILADELPHIA HOME RULE CHARTER
CHAPTER 1 FISCAL AND BUDGETARY MATTERS
§8-105. Custody of City Securities.
Securities owned or held by the City, including
uncancelled obligations of the City, may be kept either in City vaults or in
safes or safety deposit boxes in banking institutions, or may with the approval
of the Council be delivered to and held by banking institutions as custodians.
The City Treasurer or his designated deputy acting jointly with the City
Controller or his designated deputy shall have sole access to such safes or
safety deposit boxes but such access shall always be in the presence of an
appropriate official of the banking institution. The City Treasurer shall
furnish monthly to the Director of Finance a list of all City securities and
their place of safekeeping.
ANNOTATION
Sources: No specific source.
Purposes: The City owns many valuable securities and this
section makes provision for their safekeeping an for the accounting for
them.