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several appropriations according to the provisions of the charter and this ordinance. The First Clerk shall receive for his services fifteen hundred dollars annually; the Second Clerk shall receive for his services twelve hundred dollars annually; and the Chamberlain shall charge the same in his account with the Corporation.

Duties of Auditor.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Assistant Auditors & their duties.

ARTICLE IX.

OF THE AUDITING BUREAU.

$93. This bureau, the chief officer of which shall be called "Auditor of Accounts," is charged with the duty of revising, auditing and settling all accounts in which the city is concerned, as debtor or creditor; and the Auditor of Accounts shall keep an account of each claim for or against the Corporation, and the sums allowed upon each, and certify the same, with reasons therefor, to the Comptroller.

§ 94. He shall, once in ninety days, make out a list of the names, and his decision on each claim referred to in the preceding section, to accompany the report to the Common Council, which the Comptroller is required to make, with his final action thereon.

§ 95. He shall prepare warrants on the treasury, as provided by this ordinance; and, after obtaining the approval of the Comptroller to the audit of the claim, and his signature to the warrant, shall cause the same to be presented, with the vouchers, to the Mayor and Clerk, for their signatures, respectively.

§ 96. There shall be two Assistant Auditors, who shall perform the duties prescribed by the next section of these ordinances, in relation to the Finance Department, and

such other services as may be required of them, as assistants to the Auditor of Accounts.

ditors & their

$97. The Assistant Auditors shall have charge of, and Assistant Aumake all entries in the proper books, showing the receipts duties. and expenditures in relation to assessments for opening, regulating and paving streets, building and repairing wharves and piers, digging and building wells, constructing public roads, when done by assessment, and filling up. sunken lots, under ordinances of the Common Council. They shall also have charge of the books in reference to intestate estates, and shall file all returns, documents and vouchers appertaining to the Department of Finance, and shall perform such other duties as may be directed by the Comptroller.

CHAPTER IV.

OF THE STREET DEPARTMENT.

ARTICLE I.-OF THE STREET DEPARTMENT AND ITS BUREAUX

GENERALLY.

II. OF THE STREET COMMISSIONER.

III. OF THE DEPUTY STREET COMMISSIONER.

IV. OF THE CLERKS IN THE OFFICE OF THE STREET

COMMISSIONER.

V. OF THE BUREAU OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

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VI.-OF THE BUREAU OF WHARVES.

VII.-OF THE BUREAU OF ROADS.

VIII.-OF THE BUREAU OF LANDS AND PLACES.
IX.-OF THE BUREAU OF LAMPS AND GAS.

X.-OF THE BUREAU OF REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES.
XI. OF THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF REPAIRS
AND SUPPLIES.

XII.-OF THE BUREAU OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

XIII. OF THE BUREAU OF COLLECTION OF ASSESS

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General cognizances of

partment.

OF THE STREET DEPARTMENT AND ITS BUREAUX GENERALLY.

§ 1. The Street Department shall have cognizance of the Street De- opening, altering, regulating, grading, flagging, curbing, guttering and lighting streets, roads, places and avenues; of building, repairing and lighting wharves and piers, and filling up and cleaning out slips and basins; the construction and repairing of public roads; the care and improvement of public lands and places; the filling up of sunken

lots; the construction, repairing, lighting and care of the buildings, offices, rooms and public yards of the Corporation; the supplying the public buildings and offices and rooms of the Corporation, the court-rooms for which supplies are furnished by the Corporation, the police stationhouses, the engine and other houses of the Fire Department, and the public markets, with fuel, stationery, printing and all other things necessary therefor; the construction, altering and repairing of fire engines, hose, and all other machines and apparatus for the use of the Fire Department; the removing incumbrances from streets, roads, places, wharves, piers and slips; the doing and furnishing of all other necessary work, repairs and supplies not provided for in other departments; and the collecting of all assessments.

§ 2. There shall be eight bureaux in the Street Depart- Bureaux. ment, viz:

1. A bureau for opening, altering, regulating, grading,
flagging, curbing and guttering streets, roads,
places and avenues, and for filling up sunken lots,
to be called the "Bureau of Street Improvements."
2. A bureau for the construction, repairing and care
of the public wharves and piers, and the filling
up and clearing out of slips and basins, to be
called the "Bureau of Wharves."

3. A bureau for making and repairing the public
roads, to be called the "Bureau of Roads."

4. A bureau for the care and regulation of the public
grounds and parks, to be called the "Bureau of
Lands and Places."

5. A bureau for lighting the public streets, roads, pla-
ces, avenues, wharves, piers and markets, and for

doing all work, and procuring all supplies and fixtures necessary for that purpose, to be called the "Bureau of Lamps and Gas."

6. A bureau for constructing and repairing public buildings, and for procuring all necessary supplies for the Corporation, to be called the "Bureau of Repairs and Supplies."

7. A bureau for repairing fire engines and fire appa-ratus, under the charge of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, and for the construction of all new fire engines and fire apparatus, to be called the "Bureau of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department."

8. A bureau for the collection of assessments, to be called the "Bureau of the Collection of Assessments."

Street Commissioner.

Bond of the Street Commissioner.

Duties of the

Street Com

ARTICLE II.

OF THE STREET COMMISSIONER.

3. The chief officer of the Street Department shall be denominated the "Street Commissioner," who shall have general charge and direction of all matters entrusted to the Street Department. He shall, by virtue of his office, be one of the Surveyors of the city of New York.

§ 4. The Street Commissioner, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall execute a bond to the Corporation, with at least two sureties, to be approved by the Mayor, and filed in the office of the Comptroller, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office.

§ 5. All contracts for work, materials or supplies, re-missioner. lating to any of the matters under the cognizance of the

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