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REVISED ORDINANCES.

The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New
York, in Common Council convened, do ordain as follows:

CHAPTER I.

OF THE MAYOR AND THE OFFICERS APPERTAINING TO THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE.

ARTICLE I.—OF THE MAYOR.

II.—OF THE CLERKS IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
III. OF THE MARSHALS IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

ARTICLE I.

OF THE MAYOR.

duties of the

§ 1. The Mayor shall continue to possess the powers and Powers and execute the duties conferred and imposed upon him by the Mayor. charter of the city and the various acts amending the same, by the laws of the state, and by the ordinances and resolutions of the Common Council not inconsistent therewith.

wards.

§ 2. The Mayor may, whenever he shall deem it neces- May offer resary, issue his proclamation for the apprehension of any person who may have committed a crime within the city of New York, and may, in such proclamation, offer a reward not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be paid out of the city treasury upon the certificate of the Mayor that the service required has been performed.

§3. The Mayor shall receive an annual salary of five salary. thousand dollars.

Chief Clerk.

Bond.

Duties of Mayor's Clerk.

ARTICLE II.

OF THE CLERKS IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

§ 4. There shall be an officer, to be denominated the Chief Clerk, in the Mayor's office, who shall be appointed by, and hold his office during the pleasure of, the Mayor.

§ 5. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the said Chief Clerk shall execute a bond to the Corporation, with one or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Comptroller, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the the faithful performance of the duties of his office.

§ 6. It shall be the duty of the Mayor's Clerk

1. To prepare and file in the Mayor's office all oaths of office required to be taken before the Mayor.

2. To take the bonds of such officers as are required to give security before the Mayor, and to transmit them to the Comptroller to be approved and filed.

3. To prepare all such proofs or acknowledgments of deeds or other instruments as require the official attestation of the Mayor.

4. To preserve and keep in the Mayor's office all books and papers which are usually filed, or which are required by law to be filed therein.

5. To collect and receive all fees which are incident to, or payable for, the services performed by the Mayor and mentioned in this section.

6. To deliver to the respective Boards all messages from the Mayor in writing.

7. To attend in the Mayor's office during the usual
office hours, and to perform such other services
as may be required by the Mayor.

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§ 7. He shall enter in a book to be provided for that Duties of the purpose, and kept in the Mayor's office, open at all convenient times to public inspection, the names of all persons from whom he may receive money as authorized by the last section, the amounts received, and on what account and when paid, and 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.

§ 8. The Chief Clerk in the Mayor's office shall receive Salary. an annual salary of one thousand five hundred dollars.

89. There shall be three Assistant Clerks in the Mayor's office, who shall be severally denominated the First Assistant Clerk, the Second Assistant Clerk, and the Third Assistant Clerk, who shall be appointed by the Mayor, and whose several duties it shall be to attend daily at the Mayor's office, and to perform such duties as may be required by the Mayor.

Assistant

clerks.

tant clerk.

§ 10. The First Assistant Clerk in the Mayor's office First Assis shall receive an annual salary of one thousand five hundred dollars.

tant clerk.

§ 11. The Second Assistant Clerk in the Mayor's office Second Assisshall receive an annual salary of one thousand two hundred dollars.

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Third Assis tant clerk.

First Marshal

Bond.

Duties of

First Marshal

Ibid.

12. The Third Assistant Clerk in the Mayor's office shall receive an annual salary of one thousand dollars.

ARTICLE III.

OF THE MARSHALS IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

§ 13. There shall be an officer to be called the First Marshal, who shall be appointed by, and hold his office during the pleasure of, the Mayor.

§ 14. Before entering on the duties of his office, the First Marshal shall execute a bond to the Corporation, with one or more sureties to be approved by the Comptroller, in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office.

§ 15. It shall be the duty of the First Marshal-

1. To issue, and cause to be delivered or published,

all notices or requisitions to the different departments or officers of the Corporation, or others, as the Mayor may direct.

2. To superintend, under the direction of the Mayor, the granting of all licenses requiring the Mayor's signature, and to receive the fees therefor, and to collect all fines which the Mayor may be authorized to impose.

§ 16. He shall enter in a book to be provided for that purpose, and kept in the Mayor's office, open at all convenient times to public inspection, the names of all persons from whom he may receive money as authorized by the last section; the amounts received, and on what account and when paid; and shall daily render an account thereof, under oath, item by item, to the Comptroller, and shall thereupon daily pay over the amount so received to the

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