(a) First meeting.--The auditors of the borough shall meet on the first Tuesday of January of each year and shall organize by the election of a chair and a secretary. If the first Tuesday is a legal holiday, the meeting and organization shall take place the following day. Two auditors shall constitute a quorum.
(b) Audits.--The auditors:
(1) Shall audit, adjust and settle the accounts of the tax collectors, the magisterial district judge and all officers of the borough.
(2) May audit, adjust and settle the accounts of any person, corporation, association, organization, committee or commission receiving or expending borough funds.
(3) Audit and report to the council, upon the accounts of every officer of the borough, upon the death, resignation, removal or expiration of the term of the officer.
Unless otherwise agreed to by the auditors and the person being audited, the audit shall be conducted at the place the records of the person are normally kept.
(b.1) Cancellation.--All orders, vouchers and certificates of indebtedness which have been paid shall, on their presentation to the auditors, be canceled by writing or stamping the word "audited" on the face of the documents.
(c) (Reserved).
(d) (Reserved).
(e) (Reserved).
(f) (Reserved).
(g) (Reserved).
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS
Chapter 10 - Powers and Duties of Elected Officials
Section 1002 - Oath of members of council
Section 1004 - Failure of council to organize
Section 1005 - Powers of council
Section 1006 - Duties of council
Section 1014 - Hearings before council; witnesses
Section 1015 - Witness fees and mileage
Section 1016 - Examination of witnesses; penalty
Section 1041 - Auditors to meet yearly and audit accounts
Section 1053 - Compensation of auditors
Section 1055 - Subpoenas, oath and perjury
Section 1058 - Pay of witnesses
Section 1059 - Auditors to settle accounts where witnesses do not appear
Section 1059.1 - Completion, filing and publication of auditor's report and financial statement
Section 1059.2 - Attorney to auditors
Section 1059.3 - Surcharge by auditors
Section 1059.4 - Appeals from audit
Section 1059.5 - Taxpayers appealing to enter bond
Section 1059.6 - Procedure on appeals
Section 1059.7 - Findings of fact and law, judgment and appeals
Section 1059.8 - Attorney fees
Section 1059.9 - Balances due to be entered as judgments
Section 1059.10 - Penalty for failure to comply with law
Section 1059.11 - General powers and duties of independent auditor
Section 1061 - Oath and bond of controller
Section 1062 - Salary of controller
Section 1063 - General powers and duties of controller
Section 1065 - Countersigned warrants
Section 1066 - Prevention of appropriation overdrafts
Section 1067 - Amount of contracts to be charged against appropriations
Section 1068 - Controller's recommendations on borough finances
Section 1069 - Books to be kept by controller
Section 1070 - Appeals from controller's report