Council, by whom they were ordered to be printed in a documentary form, and were thus brought to the notice of the members of the city government and the officers of the departments. With some additional amendments to make them conform to the practical workings of the departments, they were finally submitted in a body to the Common Council, and having passed the Board of Aldermen on the 6th day of June, 1859, and the Board of Councilmen on the 13th day of June, 1859, they were approved by the Mayor on the 20th day of June, 1859. Such ordinances as passed between the last-mentioned date and the time of placing the work in the printer's hands, have been likewise incorporated in the work. The ordinances thus adopted are embraced between pages 37 and 478 (inclusive) of this volume.

DAVID T. VALENTINE,

Clerk of the Common Council.

CONTENTS

OF THE VARIOUS CHAPTERS OF CITY ORDINANCES.

CHAPTER I.

Of the Mayor, and the officers appertaining to the Mayor's office.

Of the Legislative Department.

ARTICLE I. Of the Common Council, and its powers and

duties

II. Of the Clerk of the Common Council and

his Deputy and Assistants

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37

38

40

42

45

III. Of the Clerk of the Board of Councilmen

and his Deputy and Assistants -

49

IV. Of the other officers of the Common Council

52

CHAPTER III.

Of the Department of Finance.

ARTICLE I-Of the Department of Finance, and its bu-

reaux generally

II. Of the Comptroller

54

56

ARTICLE I-Of the Street Department and its bureaux

IV. Of the Clerks in the office of the Street

IX. Of the Bureau of Lamps and Gas

X. Of the Bureau of Repairs and Supplies

XI.--Of the Deputy Superintendent of Repairs

95

97

99

102

and Supplies

104

XII.--Of the Bureau of the Chief Engineer of the

CHAPTER V.

Of the Law Department.

ARTICLE I. Of the Law Department and its bureaux gen-

II. Of the Counsel to the Corporation and his

122

Clerks

123

III. Of the Bureau of the Corporation Attorney

IV. Of the Bureau of Public Administrator

126

130

CHAPTER VI.

Of the Croton Aqueduct Board.

ARTICLE I. Of the Croton Aqueduct Board and its bu-

reaux generally

II.--Of the Croton Aqueduct Board

III. Of the Bureau of the Water Registrar and

the scale of Water Rents

IV. Of the Bureau of the Water Purveyor

V.-General Provisions

CHAPTER VII.

Of the City Inspector's Department.

ARTICLE I. Of the City Inspector's Department and its

II. Of the City Inspector and his Clerks and

134

136

141

148

150

157

CHAPTER VIII.

Of Miscellaneous Provisions respecting the Executive Departments

and their officers.

ARTICLE I. Of the officers of the Departments and their

accountability

II.-Of Contracts for supplies and work for the

174-

Corporation

CHAPTER IX.

Of the Sinking Fund.

ARTICLE I. Of the Sinking Fund for the redemption of

177

the City Debt

190

II. Of the Sinking Fund for the payment of in-

III. Of the Firemen and Fire Companies and

herein of fire apparatus, and the manage-