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full report, of the same to the said Superintendent. The salary of the "Inspector" shall be the sum of one thousand dollars per annum; the salary of each Assistant shall be nine hundred dollars per annum.

Complaint & § 42. There shall be a clerk in this bureau, who shall be called the "Complaint and Pay-roll Clerk to the Superintendent of Sanitary Inspection," and perform such duties relative to the complaints and pay-rolls of the street cleaning branch of the said bureau, as said Superintendent may direct, who shall receive an annual salary of six hundred dollars.

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§ 43. There shall also be an officer in this bureau, to be engers, carts, called the "Superintendent of Night Scavengers' carts and dumping piers," whose duty it shall be to inspect all night scavengers' carts, and superintend the removal of night soil at the several piers set apart for that purpose, who shall receive the sum of three dollars per day.

Health Wardens.

Superintendent of Markets.

§ 44. The Health Wardens of the city shall perform such services in the investigation, abatement and removal of nuisances as the City Inspector or the Superintendent of Sanitary Inspection shall or may direct, and they shall be appointed as by law provided, and shall each receive the sum of three dollars per day.

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ARTICLE IV.

OF THE BUREAU OF MARKETS.

§ 45. This bureau, the chief officer of which shall be called the Superintendent of Markets," is charged with the duty of superintending the public markets, the inspection, regulation and management thereof, and of the transferring stalls and stands, and all other stalls and stands therein, and shall receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars.

§ 46. The Superintendent of Markets shall, before en- His Bond. tering upon the duties of his office, execute a bond to the Corporation, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the Comptroller, in the penal sum of two thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office.

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§ 47. He shall, from time to time, visit the several mar- Duties of Sukets, and examine the condition thereof; shall advise and of Markets. direct the Clerks thereof concerning the regulation of the same; shall examine the provisions, vegetables, and other articles of food exposed for sale in the markets or other places, and when he has reason to suspect them to be unwholesome or unfit to be exposed for sale, shall order or cause them to be removed.

§ 48. He shall, with the consent of the City Inspector, Ild. from time to time, recommend for license as butchers, such persons as may be proper; and upon such recommendation, the Mayor may, from time to time, issue licenses, under his hand and seal, to the persons named therein, to exercise and carry on the trade and business of a butcher, in such places as may be designated in the license, but not elsewhere.

§ 49. He may, with the consent of the City Inspector, Ibid. grant permits, in writing, to such persons as may be proper, to sell meat by the quarter, in such part of the public markets, respectively, as may be designated for that purpose, and which persons shall be known as Permit Butchers; and he may, at any time, with the like consent, annul such permits; but no such permit shall be granted to a person who holds a license from the Mayor, to exercise the trade or business of a butcher.

§ 50. He may, with the consent of the City Inspector, ma. grant permits, in writing, to such persons as may be proper,

Duties of Superintendent of Markets.

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at a daily rate, to be mentioned therein, to occupy stands in the public markets, and may, at any time, with the like consent, annul such permits.

§ 51. He may, with the consent of the City Inspector, appoint proper persons to remove dirt and filth from the public markets, and to perform such other services about the public markets as are necessary to cleanse the same, at a specified compensation, and may, with the like consent, at any time remove them, or appoint others in their stead.

§ 52. For the purpose of defraying the expenses to be incurred in pursuance of the last section, the Superintendent of Markets may, by a requisition, to be countersigned by the City Inspector, draw upon the Comptroller for a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars.

§ 53. He may, in like manner, renew the draft as often as may be necessary, but no such renewal shall be made until the money paid upon the previous draft shall be accounted for to the Comptroller, by satisfactory vouchers for the expenditure of the money paid thereon.

§ 54. When a draft shall be made upon the Comptroller, in conformity with the last two sections, he shall draw his warrant in favor of the Superintendent of Markets for the amount thereof.

§ 55. The Superintendent of Markets is specially charged with the enforcement of all laws of this state, and all ordi nances and resolutions of the Common Council, regulating the Markets, and is required forthwith to report to the Corporation Attorney all violations of the same.

§ 56. He shall, from time to time, report to the City Inspector, the condition of the several markets, and shall, at all times, be under the direction and control of that officer.

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§ 57. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Mar- Duties of 81 kets to prepare a register or list of all permanent stalls of Markets. or stands of the several markets; the name of those occupying, and the fee or rent per week or month paid for the same; and the Superintendent, under the direction of the City Inspector, for that purpose, shall have the power to arrange and re-number the stands or stalls in the several markets, and equalize the rents or fees thereof; and the occupants of such stands or stalls shall immediately, at their own expense, cause numbers to be placed thereon. A copy of such register or list shall immediately after the same has been prepared, be filed by said Superintendent with the Comptroller, and all returns of market rents or fees shall be made in accordance with such register or list.

Stalls.

§ 58. No transfer or assignment of any stall or stand in Transfer of any of the public markets shall be made without written. permission of the City Inspector and the Superintendent of Markets, and such transfer duly entered upon such register or list, and notice thereof given to the Comptroller, who shall consent to such transfer before any removal can be made of such transfer. In case of any person annulled, the party or

being removed, or any permit being

parties in interest shall have the privilege of making an appeal to the Common Council on any decision made by the City Inspector concerning such removal.

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§ 59. There shall be a Clerk to the Superintendent of Clerk to Fu Markets, to keep the books of said bureau, under the direction of the City Inspector and Superintendent of Markets, at an annual salary of eight hundred dollars, who shall render such services as may be required by the head of the Department or the chief officer of the bureau.

A arkets.

§ 60. There shall be a Clerk to each of the public mar- Clerk of kets in the city of New York and a Deputy to the Clerks

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Clerks of
Markets.

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of Washington and Fulton markets, respectively, each of which Clerks and Deputy Clerks shall be an officer of the Bureau of Markets, and shall perform such duties as now are, or may hereafter by ordinance or resolution be conferred upon them.

§ 61 The Clerks of Markets shall, respectively, before entering upon the duties of their office, execute a bond to the Comptroller, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of their respective offices.

§ 62. The Clerks of Markets shall collect daily the market fees and rents which shall have become due in their respective markets, and shall, on Thursday in each week, render an account thereof, under oath, to the Comptroller, containing the amounts received, and when paid, and shall thereupon pay over the amount so received to the Chamberlain.

§ 63. They shall also thereupon, respectively, receive from the Chamberlain a voucher for the payment thereof, which they shall forthwith, on the same day, exhibit to the Comptroller, and shall at the same time leave with him a copy thereof.

$ 64. They shall cause all the dirt and filth which shall accumulate in the public markets, and the limits thereof, to be removed daily by the persons appointed for that pur pose, as prescribed by section 51.

§ 65. They may suspend any person having a stated stall or stand in a public market, to which they are respectively attached, or occupying a part thereof, or of the street adjoining the same, from occupying or using any

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