TITLE V. OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES. ARTICLE I.-OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES AND ITS BUREAUX, GENERALLY. II. OF THE COMMISSIONER OF REPAIRS III.-OF THE BUREAUX IN THE DEPART- ARTICLE I. OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES AND ITS BUREAUX, GENERALLY. § 237. The Department of Repairs and Supplies is charged with the duty of making and repairing the public roads, constructing and repairing the public buildings, wells and pumps, supplying the public rooms and offices of the Corporation, the court rooms, the police station houses and the public markets, with fuel, and all other things necessary therefor, except stationery, regulating, digging, filling, paving and repairing the streets, and constructing and repairing fire engines, hose carts, hooks and ladders, hose and other machines and apparatus for the use of the fire department. § 238. There shall be four bureaux in the Department of Repairs and Supplies : 1. A bureau for the making and repairing of the public roads, to be called the Bureau of Roads ; 2. A bureau for constructing and repairing the public buildings, wells and pumps, supplying the public rooms and offices of the Corporation, the court rooms, the police station houses, and the public markets, with fuel, and all other things necessary therefor, except stationery, to be called the Bureau of Public Buildings; 3. A bureau for regulating, digging, filling, paving and repairing the streets, to be called the Bureau of Street Paving; 4. A bureau for constructing and repairing fire engines, hose carts, hooks and ladders, hose and other machines and apparatus for the use of the fire depart ment, to be called the Bureau of Supplies for the Fire Department. ARTICLE II. OF THE COMMISSIONER OF REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES AND HIS CLERKS. CHAPTER I.THE COMMISSIONER OF REPAIRS AND II. THE CLERK IN THE OFFICE OF THE SUPPLIES. CHAPTER I. THE COMMISSIONER OF REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES. $239. The chief officer of the Department of Repairs and Supplies shall be denominated the Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies. 240. The Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies, 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. § 241. All moneys payable by the Corporation for the performance of the contracts mentioned in the last section, or for work done under any bureau in the Department of Repairs and Supplies, shall be paid by the warrant of the Comptroller, drawn upon the requisition of the Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies, against the appropriation applicable thereto; and all such contracts, and the accounts, vouchers and certificates relating thereto, shall be kept and filed in the office of the Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies. § 242. The Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies shall ascertain and report to the Common Council, from time to time, upon the necessity or propriety of making or repairing public roads, constructing or repairing public buildings, wells and pumps, supplying the public rooms and offices of the Corporation, the court rooms, the police station houses, and the public markets, with fuel, and all other things necessary therefor, except stationery, regulating, digging, filling, paving or repairing the streets, and constructing or repairing fire engines, hose carts, hooks and ladders, hose or other machines or apparatus for the use of the fire department. 243. He shall advertise for estimates, and make contracts for making and repairing the public roads, constructing and repairing the public buildings, wells and pumps, supplying the public rooms and offices of the Corporation, the court rooms, the police station houses, and the public markets, with fuel, and all other things necessary therefor, except stationery, regulating, digging, filling, paving and repairing the streets, except when done by assessment; constructing and repairing fire engines, hose carts, hooks and ladders, hose and other machines and apparatus for the use of the fire department; and for all other work and supplies which may be directed by the Common Council to be done or finished under the supervision of the Department of Repairs and Supplies; except that where slight repairs are necessary, the same not exceeding fifty dollars in any one case, may be made by the chief officer of the appropriate bureau, with the consent of the Commissioner. § 244. He shall countersign all bills which in his judgment are correct, for work coming within the purview of his department, and which may be certified by the head of the appropriate bureau. |