THE CHARTER

OF THE

CITY OF BUFFALO

Being Chapter No. 217 of the Laws of 1914 of the State
of New York, accepted by the Electors of Buffalo
on referendum vote November 2, 1914.
Operative January 1, 1916

COMMISSION GOVERNMENT

Edited and Indexed by
DANIEL J. SWEENEY
City Clerk

Containing List of all Officials of the City
since its incorporation

PUBLISHED BY THE CITY
1915

Feb 9, 1921

US 15528.14.5

JAMES D. WARREN'S SONS COMPANY
Publishers and Printers,

BUFFALO, N. Y.

OFFICERS

OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE

CITY OF BUFFALO

FROM ITS INCORPORATION IN 1832 TO 1915

AN ACT "TO INCORPORATE THE CITY OF BUFFALO," CHAPTER 179, LAWS OF 1832, created the corporation of the "City of Buffalo, dividing the city into five wards, and providing for the election by the people annually, of two Aldermen and one Assessor in each ward, the Aldermen and the Mayor to be known as the "Common Council," with power to annually appoint a Mayor, Clerk, Treasurer, Attorney, Street Commissioner, Collector, Clerk of the Markets, Police Constables, Pound Masters, Porters, Carriers, Cartmen, Packers, Beadles, Bellmen, Sextons, Criers, Scavengers, Measurers, Surveyors, Weighers, Sealers of Weights and Measures, and Gaugers. Following is a list of the Aldermen elected under this Charter, and the names of the principal officers appointed by the Council:

1st Ward-Isaac S. Smith, Joseph W. Brown.

John G. Camp, Henry Root.

David M. Day, Ira A. Blossom.

2d

3d

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* From the year1832 to 1841, the Mayor was elected by the Common Council.

1st Ward-Stephen Clark, Joseph W. Brown. John G. Camp, James Durick.

2d

1st Ward-Isaac S. Smith, Stephen Clark.