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or avenues, or parts thereof, not ceded or opened, on receiving a sufficient conveyance thereof to the Corporation, with a map of the ceded premises annexed thereto, and a certificate of the Counsel to the Corporation, approving the same. But, in all cases, the expense of the cession must be paid by the party by whom it is made.

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§ 29. When several lots or parcels of land belonging to Comptrollers different persons, are assessed for taxes in one parcel, the Comptroller may make the proper apportionment of the tax among the different owners, or may, in cases of difficulty, report the facts to the Common Council, to the end that the apportionment may be made by them.

§ 30. The Comptroller shall preserve, in a book to be Ibid. kept in his office for that purpose, to be called the Record of Quit-rents, maps of all grants of land, now or hereafter made by the Corporation, on which quit-rents are payable, showing the original grants, and the subdivisions of the same, as near as they can be ascertained.

§ 31. He shall enter, in the record of quit-rents, imme- Ibid. diately following each map, the names of the owners of the different lots described thereon, with the portion of the quit-rent to which each is subject; and he may receive the sums proportionably due from each owner in payment of his portion of the moneys payable under the original grant, as the same shall, from time to time, become payable.

§ 32. He shall, on receiving written notice from the mid. grantee of the Corporation, or his assignee, of the sale of any portion of land subject to quit-rent, enter in the record of quit-rents the name of the purchaser, with the date of the sale, and the portion of the land sold; and he may thereafter receive the sum proportionably due from such purchaser, in payment of his portion of the moneys paya

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ble under the original grant, as the same shall, from time to time, become payable.

Comptroller s § 33. He shall cause to be inserted, in all grants of land subject to a quit-rent, a covenant requiring the grantee or his legal representatives, when he or they shall sell the whole or a portion of the land granted, to give to the Comptroller a written notice of the sale, within thirty days after it is made, specifying therein the name of the purchaser, the quantity and location of the land sold, the amount of quit-rent to be paid thereon, and the day of the sale.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Ibid.

$34. Upon receiving the notice mentioned in the last section, the Comptroller shall enter the same in the record of quit-rents, and from that time he may receive from the owner of the lot or parcel mentioned in the notice, or his legal representatives, the sum proportionably due from him in payment of his proportion of the moneys payable under the original grant.

§ 35. When land, heretofore granted by the Corporation, subject to a quit-rent, portions of which have been assigned by the grantee, shall be re-entered by the Corporation for non-payment of the quit-rent, the Comptroller may grant releases in severalty to such of the assignees of portions of the land granted, as shall, within six months from the re-entry, pay their respective apportionments of commutation money, and the expenses of re-entry and conveyance, with such portions of the rent as may be justly due from the respective assignees for the land held by them, and which shall be apportioned by the Comptroller.

§ 36. The releases and apportionments mentioned in the last section, shall not, however, be granted or made, unless the assignee, requiring the same, or his legal repre

sentatives, shall comply with the terms and conditions prescribed in that section, within thirty days after notice from the Comptroller requiring such compliance.

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§ 37. The Comptroller may, from time to time, with the Loans to the sanction of the Common Council, borrow on the credit of the Corporation, in anticipation of its revenues, such sum or sums, not exceeding in the whole the amount of such revenues, as may be necessary to meet expenditures under appropriations for the current year.

§ 38. Every loan to be effected, as authorized by the City Loans last section, shall be secured by the bonds of the Corporation, payable in not exceeding one year, in such sums as the Comptroller may deem proper, which shall be signed by the Comptroller, countersigned by the Mayor, and sealed with the common seal.

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$39. If the Comptroller shall become disqualified from Vacancy in performing the duties of his office, or shall be absent from troller. or resign the same, the Mayor shall appoint a suitable person to perform the duties during such disqualification or vacancy, subject to confirmation by the Board of Aldermen.

ARTICLE III.

OF THE DEPUTY COMPTROLLER.

Comptroller

§ 40. There shall be an officer in the Department of Deputy Finance, who shall be called the Deputy Comptroller of and salary. the city of New York, who shall be paid monthly for his services at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

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§ 41. The Deputy Comptroller shall, before entering Bond of Deupon the duties of his office, execute a bond to the Cor- troller. poration, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the

Duties of the
Deputy

Comptroller, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office.

§ 42. He shall assist the Comptroller in the performance Comptroller of the duties appertaining to his office, and shall be competent, under the direction and by the authority of the Comptroller, to perform any of the duties assigned to the Comptroller, except to sign warrants on the Chamberlain. And in case of the absence of the Comptroller, by reason of sickness or other cause, from the office for more than one day at any one time, the Deputy Comptroller shall act as Comptroller, in all matters not inconsistent with the charter, during such absence; and in case of vacancy in the office of Comptroller, the Deputy shall act as Comptroller until the vacancy shall be supplied, as provided by section twenty of the act entitled "An act to amend the charter of the city of New York," passed April 14, 1857.

partment of Finance.

ARTICLE IV.

OF THE CLERKS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER.

Clerks in De- § 43. There shall be sixteen clerks in the Department of Finance, to be denominated respectively the Book-keeper, two Assistant Book-keepers, the Stock Clerk, the First Auditor, the Second Auditor, the Redemption Clerk, the Assistant Auditor, the Clerk to the Comptroller, and seven general clerks. There shall likewise be two Messengers. in said office.

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Book-keeper.

§ 44. The Book-keeper shall, under the direction of the Deputy Comptroller, keep a regular set of books by double entry, in which shall be opened and kept as many accounts, under appropriate titles, as may be necessary to show distinctly and separately all the receipts and expenditures of the Corporation; all debts due to and by the

Corporation, and all appropriations made by the Common Council, and the sums expended under the same respectively, and shall perform such other duties as may be directed by the Comptroller.

salaries of

book keepers

The Assistant Book-keepers under the direction of the Duties and Comptroller shall perform such services as may be required Assistant in the Department of Finance, or in any bureaux connected with said department. They shall each receive for their services twelve hundred dollars per annum.

Stock Clerk..

§ 45. The Stock Clerk shall, under the direction of the Duties of Comptroller, have charge of the various stocks and loans of the Corporation; prepare certificates for all new stocks. or loans, and all transfers of stocks; make out the quarterly and semi-annual dividends on all stocks and loans; receive all temporary loans, and prepare bonds for the payment thereof; prepare warrants for the payment of all stocks and loans falling due, and enter in books, to be provided for that purpose, the certificates, transfers, payments and bonds mentioned in this section, and shall perform such other duties as may be directed by the Comptroller.

Auditor.

46. The First Auditor shall audit and prepare war- Duties ofFirst rants for the payment of all bills presented for payment on city account, including the salaries of officers of the Corporation, and enter the same in books provided for that purpose, and shall perform such other duties as may be directed by the Comptroller.

ond Auditor.

47. The Second Auditor shall audit and prepare war- Duties of Secrants for the payment of all claims on trust account, and enter the same in books provided for that purpose, distributing the various accounts under appropriate heads, and shall also have charge of and keep the books of ac

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