§ 2. There shall be two bureaux in the Croton Aqueduct Department.

1. A bureau for the collection of the revenue derived from the sale of the Croton water; and the chief officer thereof shall be called the Water Regis.

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2. A bureau for the laying of water pipes and the construction and repairs of sewers, wells and hydrants, and the paving, repaving and repairing of streets: the chief officer of which shall be called the Water Purveyor.

ARTICLE II.

OF THE CROTON AQUEDUCT BOARD.

§3. The chief officers of the Croton Aqueduct Board shall be called the President, Engineer, and Assistant Commissioner; who, together, shall form the Croton Aqueduct Board, and shall hold their offices for five years.

§4. The salaries of the officers composing the Croton Aqueduct Board shall be as follows: For the PresidentCommissioner, three thousand dollars per annum; for the Commissioner-Engineer, five thousand dollars per annum; for the Assistant Commissioner, three thousand dollars per

annum.

§ 5. All contracts for materials or work for the Croton Aqueduct, or for the construction, repair or cleaning of sewers and underground drains, shall be made by the Croton Aqueduct Board; and bonds, for the faithful per. formance thereof, shall be approved and taken by them.

§ 6. All moneys payable by the Corporation for the performance of the contracts mentioned in the last section, or for work done by authority of the Croton Aqueduct Board, and all bills or accounts for the salaries of

the officers and men attached thereto, and for blank books, paper, and contingencies of the Department, shall be paid by the warrant of the Comptroller, upon the requisition of the Croton Aqueduct Board, against the appropriation applicable thereto, and all such contracts and accounts shall be kept and filed in the office of the Croton Aqueduct Board.

authorized.

§7. No new works connected with the Croton Aque- Work, how duct shall be constructed, nor shall any mains or pipes be purchased or laid down, or new sewers constructed, except with the authority of the Common Council; and except also, that in case of any unexpected casualty or damage to the pipes, reservoirs or other structures connected with the aqueduct, the Croton Aqueduct Board shall take immediate measures for the preservation and repair of the same; the expense of which shall be paid on their requisition by the warrant of the Comptroller.

Drains.

§ 8. All sewers and drains in any of the streets, avenues Sewers and or public places in the city, shall be under the charge of the Croton Aqueduct Board, who shall keep the same in good order and condition, and clean and free from obstructions, and shall cause such repairs, to be made to them and to the receiving basins, culverts and openings connected therewith, as may from time to time become necessary. Such sewer culverts shall be cleaned at night and not in the day time.

§9. The Croton Aqueduct Board shall prescribe the ria. mode of piercing or opening any of the sewers or drains and the form, size and material of which connections made therewith shall be composed.

§ 10. They may, with the consent of the Street Com- Private missioner, grant permission to persons to construct, at ers, &c.

Drains, Sew

Private

Drains, Sewers, &c.

Ibid.

Bid.

their own expense, sewers or drains, or to lay pipes to connect with any sewers or drains built in any of the streets or avenues in the city, on being furnished with the written consent of the owners of a majority of the property upon the street through which such sewer, drain or pipe is to pass; but such permission shall not be granted except upon the agreement, in writing, of the persons applying therefor, that they shall comply with the ordinances in relation to excavating the streets; that they will indemnify the Corporation for any damages or costs to which they may be put, by reason of injuries resulting from neglect or carelessness in performing the work so permitted, and that no claim will be made by them or their successors in interest against the Corporation, if the work so permitted be taken up by authority of the Common Council, or for exemption from an assessment lawfully imposed for constructing sewers or drains in the same vicinity; and upon the further condition that the Common Council may, at any time, revoke such permi-sion, and direct such sewers, drains or pipes to be taken up or removed.

$11. If any connection or opening be made into any sewer or drain without, the permission authorized in the last section, or in a mode different from that prescribed therefor, the person making such connection or opening, and the owner directing it, shall respectively be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars.

§ 12. All openings into sewers or drains for the purpose of making a connection therewith from any house, cellar, vault, yard or other premises, shall be made by persons licensed, or to be licensed, in writing, for that purpose, by the Croton Aqueduct Board.

§ 13. Every person who now is or who shall be licensed as provided in the last section, shall, before performing

any work authorized thereby, execute and deposit in the Croton Aqueduct Department a bond to the Corporation, in the sum of one thousand dollars, with one or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the President of the Board, conditioned that he will faithfully make the open. ing into such sewers or drains; that he will leave no obstructions, of any description whatever, therein; that he will properly close up the sewers or drains so opened; that he will make no opening into the arch of any sewer or drain; that he will comply with the ordinances in relation to excavating the streets, and that he will indemnify the Corporation of and from all accidents and damage consequent thereupon, for or by reason of any opening in any street, lane or avenue made by him, or by those in his employment, for the purpose of putting down any service pipe or pipes for the introduction of the Croton water, or for making any connection with any public or private sewer, or for any other purpose or object whatever; and that he will also replace and restore the street pavement over such opening, to as good state and condition as he found it, and keep and maintain the same in good order, to the satisfaction of the Water Purveyor, for the period of six months next thereafter.

ers, Drains,

§ 14. There shall be paid to the President of the Croton Private SewAqueduct Board, for the use of the Corporation, for every &c. permit to connect with a sewer or drain from any house, store or building, the sum of ten dollars; and for every hotel, boarding-house, or public building covering more than twenty-five by fifty feet, an additional sum in that proportion.

§ 15. There shall be paid to the President of the Croton Ibid. Aqueduct Board, for the use of the Corporation, for every permit to connect with a sewer or drain from a manufactory, brewery, distillery, or the like, for the purpose of

carrying off water or fluid which shall not deposit sediment or obstruction, such sum as shall be fixed by the Croton Aqueduct Board.

§16. Any person obtaining a permit as provided in the last section, who shall permit any substance which shall form a deposit or obstruction in a sewer, drain or receiving basin, to flow into the same, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars for each offense.

§17. The President of the Croton Aqueduct Board shall keep a record of all permits granted by that Board for connections with sewers or drains, in which he shall enter the names of all persons from whom he may receive money for such permits, with the amount received from each person, and the time when it was received. He shall render an account thereof, under oath, item by item, to the Comptroller, on Thursday of each week, and shall thereupon pay over the amount so received to the Chamberlain. He shall also thereupon receive from the Chamberlain a voucher for the payment thereof, which he shall forthwith, on the same day, exhibit to the Comptroller and shall at the same time leave with him a copy thereof. In case the President shall be temporarily absent, the Assistant Commissioner shall act in his stead.

§ 18. The Croton Aqueduct Board is requested to abate all trespasses on the Croton Aqueduct property, and prevent lands of the Croton Aqueduct being used for roads except at crossings; also to enclose the Croton Aqueduct lands through all the villages, and at such other places as, in their opinion, the proper preservation of the work and the city title to the lands may require.

19. The Croton Aqueduct Board shall ascertain, and report to the Common Council, from time to time, what