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AN ORDINANCE

ORGANIZING THE

DEPARTMENTS OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT

OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,

AND

PRESCRIBING THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES.

The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New-York, in Common Council convened, do ordain as follows:

§ 1. THE powers and duties of the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the city of New York, are divided into

1. LEGISLATIVE; and

2. EXECUTIVE.

§ 2. The legislative power of the Corporation is vested in the Board of Aldermen and the Board of Assistant Aldermen, who, together, form the Common Council of the city.

§ 3. The executive power of the Corporation is vested in the Mayor and in the heads of the several departments, mentioned in section 50, and in such other executive officers as may be created by law.

PART I.

OF THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

TITLE I-OF THE COMMON COUNCIL, AND ITS

POWERS AND DUTIES.

II. OF THE OFFICERS OF THE COMMON
COUNCIL.

TITLE I.

OF THE COMMON COUNCIL, AND ITS POWERS AND DUTIES.

§ 4. The Board of Aldermen and the Board of Assistant Aldermen, composing the Common Council, shall sit in separate chambers, and shall transact the legislative business of the Corporation, as prescribed by the charter of the city of New York, and the various acts amending the

same.

§ 5. Neither the Common Council, nor any member thereof, can perform any executive busi

ness whatever, except such as is or shall be specially imposed on them by the laws of this state; and except that the Board of Aldermen may approve or reject the nominations made to them by the Mayor, or by the heads of departments or bureaux, as provided by sections 9 and 20, of the act of April 2, 1849, to amend the charter of the city of New York; and except also, that the Common Council may approve or reject the nomination of the Chief of Police, when made to them by the Mayor.

6. All ordinances and resolutions heretofore adopted, and now in force, authorizing the appointment of committees of the Common Council with executive powers, or conferring such powers on any committee, or authorizing a committee to do any act other than to report the facts in relation to the subject referred, with their opinion for the consideration of the Board, are repealed.

§ 7. No joint committee shall hereafter be created or appointed by the Common Council, except a Joint Committee on Accounts, consisting of three members of each Board, who shall, once

in three months examine the accounts of the several executive departments, and report any delinquencies or errors therein, to the Common Council; and except the Joint Croton Aqueduct Committee of the Common Council, to be appointed according to, and exercise the powers conferred by the act of April 11, 1849, to create the Croton Aqueduct Department in the city of New York.

§ 8. No committee shall hereafter be created or appointed by either Board of the Common Council, who shall have power to do any act other than to report the facts in relation to the subject referred, with their opinion thereon, for the consideration of the Board, except as provided in the last section.

§ 9. A committee of either Board, in reporting upon a subject referred to them, must attach to their report all resolutions, petitions, remonstrances, and other papers in their possession, relative to the matters referred.

§ 10. No report of a committee of either Board shall be printed, unless by the express direction

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