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where the funds belonging to the estate are sufficient to pay the costs and fees incurred therein. But in no such case shall a charge for costs or fees be made against the Corporation by the Public Administrator, or by the attor ney or counsel employed by him.

Public Ad.

§ 41. He shall, on the 20th day of December in each year, Duties of report to the Common Council the titles of all actions pros- ministrator. ecuted by or against him, and then pending and undetermined, with such other information in respect thereto as he may deem necessary or proper.

§ 42. He shall report to the Comptroller, on the first Ibid. Thursday in each month, and oftener, if required, the amount of money received by him since his last return, on account of any estate upon which he shall have administered.

§ 43. He shall render to the Common Council, on the Ibid. first day of January in each year, or within fourteen days after that day, a statement, on oath, and in a tabular form, of the following particulars in each case in which he shall have taken charge of and collected any effects, or in which he shall have administered on any estate during the preceding year.

1. The name of the deceased;

2. His occupation;

3. The place of his residence at the time of his death;
4. The country or place from which he came, if he
were not a resident of this state at the time of
his death;

5. The moneys received for commissions and ex-
penses;

6. The total amount of his receipts and expenditures;
7. The total amount of debts ascertained and al-

lowed:

Duties of Public Administrator.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Moneys how drawn out.

Ibid.

8. The amount of costs;

9. The amount distributed;

10. The date of the letters of administration.

§ 44. He shall, at the same time, report to the Common Council a transcript of such of his accounts as have been closed or finally settled, and of those on which any money has been received by him as part of the proceeds of any estates on which he has administered; he shall deposit all moneys by him collected and received, as required by law, in such bank as the Counsel to the Corporation shall designate.

$45. The Public Administrator must deposit all moneys by him collected and received, within two days after the receipt thereof, in the bank designated in the last section, to the joint credit of himself and the Comptroller, except so much as may be necessary to pay the current expenses of any proceedings authorized by law, to be allowed by the Surrogate, and which shall not exceed twenty dollars in any one case.

§ 46. He shall, whenever required, exhibit to the Comptroller the bank book showing such deposits, and all other vouchers and documents relating to his office.

§ 47. The money so deposited can be drawn out only on the joint check of the Public Administrator and the Comptroller, in the cases where, by law, the Public Administrator is required to pay out moneys; and the Comptroller must preserve a register of all checks signed by him, as a part of the documents of his office.

§ 48. The Comptroller, before signing any check for money so deposited. shall examine the bank book showing the deposit, and the vouchers on which the check is required to be drawn, and shall satisfy himself fully as to the cor

rectness thereof; and in case of doubt or difficulty, he shall report the case to the Common Council for their direction.

distributed.

$49. The Comptroller may distribute and pay any un- Moneys, how administered balance of an intestate's estate, remaining in the city treasury, to the persons legally entitled thereto, whenever he and the Public Administrator shall be satisfied that the person claiming the same is legally entitled thereto; but if they be not satisfied thereof, they shall report the case to the Common Council for their direction.

Powerk and duties of the Board.

CHAPTER VI.

OF THE CROTON AQUEDUCT BOARD.

ARTICLE I.-OF THE CROTON AQUEDUCT BOARD AND ITS
BUREAUX GENERALLY.

II. OF THE CROTON AQUEDUCT BOARD.

III.

OF THE BUREAU OF THE WATER REGISTRAR

AND THE SCALE OF WATER RENTS.

IV. OF THE BUREAU OF THE WATER PURVEYOR.
V.-GENERAL PROVISIONS.

ARTICLE I.

OF THE CROTON AQUEDUCT BOARD AND ITS BUREAUX

GENERALLY.

81. The Executive Department called the Croton Aqueduct Board, is invested, by the laws of this State, with the following powers and duties:

1. With the direction and settlement of all suits,
claims and demands against the Corporation, or
against the Water Commissioners of the city of
New York, created by the act for the appoint-
ment of Water Commissioners by the Governor
and Senate for the city of New York, passed
May 2, 1834.

2. With the charge of the Croton Aqueduct, and all
structures and works and property connected
with the supply and distribution of water to the
city of New York, and the underground drainage
of the same; and of the public sewers of the
city;
and of permits for street vaults; and of
paving, repaving and repairing streets, and dig-
ging and constructing wells; and the collection
of the revenues arising from the sale of the Cro-

ton water; with such other powers and duties Powers and as shall or may be prescribed by law.

3. With the preservation of the Croton lake and waters; with the preservation of the banks of the Croton river from injuries or nuisances; with the execution of such measures as may be necessary to preserve and increase the quantity of water and keep it pure; with the management, preservation and repairs of the dam, gates, aqueduct, high bridge, reservoirs, mains, pipes, pipeyard, and property of every description, belonging to the Water Works; and they shall have the construction of such new works, and the purchase and laying down of such mains and pipes as the Common Council may authorize; and also the construction, repairs and cleansing of all the sewers and underground drains, but subject to the orders and directions of the Common Council, as to the times and places of building new sewers, and to the general plan which has been or may be adopted for the sewerage and drainage of the city. They shall be responsible for the supply of water, and the good order and security of all the works from the Croton lake to the city inclusive, for the exactness and durability of the structures which may be erected, and of the daily work to be performed, and for the sufficiency of the supply in the pipe-yard to meet every casualty, and for the fidelity, care and attention of all persons employed by the Department in watching the works, and in making constructions and repairs; and shall inspect thoroughly the interior of the aqueduct, and make the necessary repairs, at least twice in each year.

Duries of the
Board.

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