Failure to Deliver Records to Successor.
Milwaukee City Charter § 3-24
in effect3-24. Failure to Deliver Records to Successor.
If any person, having been an officer in said city, shall not, within 10 days after notification and request, deliver to his successor in office, all property, books, papers and effect of every description, in his possession, belonging to said city or pertaining to the office he may have held, he shall forfeit and pay to the use of the city $100, besides all damages caused by his neglect or refusal so to deliver; and such successor may recover the possession of such books, papers and effects in the manner prescribed by the laws of this state. (S. 11, Subch. 3, Ch. 184, L. 1874.)
Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/City-Charter/Master-Charter.pdf#page=19Fetched: 10/26/2026
