The county treasurer shall issue a combined certificate and receipt for all fees received for the registration of motor vehicles or trailers to the applicant for registration and forward an electronic copy of the combined application and receipt to the department in a form prescribed by the department. Each county treasurer shall make a report to the department of the number of original registrations of motor vehicles or trailers registered in the rural areas of the county and of the number of original registrations of motor vehicles or trailers registered in each incorporated city and village in the county during each month, on or before the twenty-fifth day of the succeeding month. The department shall prescribe the form of such report. When any county treasurer fails to file such report, the department shall notify the county board of such county and the Director of Administrative Services who shall immediately suspend any payments to such county for highway purposes until the required reports are submitted.