ARTICLE II.

OF THE COMPTROLLER, HIS DEPUTY AND CLERKS.

CHAPTER I.THE COMPTROLLER.

II. THE DEPUTY COMPTROLLER.

III. CLERKS IN THE OFFICE OF THE
COMPTROLLER.

CHAPTER I.

THE COMPTROLLER.

§ 83. The chief officer of the department of finance shall be called the Comptroller of the city of New York.

§ 84. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Comptroller shall execute to the Corporation, a bond, with at least two sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Mayor, and filed in the Mayor's office, in the penal sum of twenty thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office.

§ 85. The Comptroller shall superintend the fiscal concerns of the Corporation, and manage

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the same in the manner required by the charter of the city, and the various acts amending the same, by the laws of this state, and by the ordinances or resolutions of the Common Council, not inconsistent with this ordinance.

§ 86. He shall, from time to time, and as often as he may deem necessary, suggest to the Common Council plans for the improvement and management of the city revenue.

§ 87. He shall superintend all the real estate of the Corporation, and report to the Common Council all encroachments thereon.

§ 88. He shall keep and file in his office all title deeds, leases, mortgages, or other assurances of title, and all evidences of debt, contracts, bonds of indemnity, and official bonds, except such as are directed by this ordinance to be deposited elsewhere.

§ 89. He shall cause all grants, leases and counterparts of leases or deeds, executed by the Corporation, to be recorded in proper books, to be kept in his office.

§ 90. He shall cause a proper map or survey of all lands or premises granted, conveyed or leased by the Corporation, to be annexed to the grant, deed or lease thereof, and to be therein referred to, before the execution thereof.

91. He shall cause a proper map or survey of all lands or premises ceded, granted, conveyed or leased to the Corporation, to be annexed to the cession, grant, deed or lease thereof, and to be therein referred to, before the execution or acceptance thereof.

§ 92. He shall direct and superintend the collection of all rents, or other moneys due to the Corporation, and at least once in each month, furnish to the collector of the city revenue, accurate accounts of all such rents or moneys as shall remain unpaid.

§ 93. He shall examine, audit, adjust and settle all accounts whatsoever, in which the Corporation is concerned, either as debtor or creditor, where provision for the settlement thereof is made by law, and the settlement of which is not especially

committed by ordinance to some other authority; and where no such provision, or an insufficient provision has been made, he shall examine such accounts, and report to the Common Council the facts relating thereto, with his opinion thereon.

§ 94. He shall draw and sign all warrants on the Chamberlain, for moneys which he is authorized to draw from the treasury, and present the same to the Mayor and the clerk of the Common Council, to be countersigned by them, respectively. But no such warrant shall be drawn, unless the snm specified therein is embraced in an appropriation previously made for that purpose by the Common Council; nor shall the Chamberlain pay the same, unless the ordinance or resolution making the appropriation be distinctly referred to therein.

§ 95. He shall supervise the fiscal concerns of all departments, bureaux and officers of the Corporation, who shall receive or disburse the public' moneys, or who are charged with the management or custody thereof, and may require at any time from those departments, bureaux or officers, an

account in writing, of any moneys or property of the Corporation in their hands or under their control.

§ 96. He shall report to the Common Council immediately upon its discovery, any default or delinquency in any of the departments, bureaux or officers of the Corporation, in respect to the matters mentioned in the last section.

§ 97. He shall compare the quarterly accounts of the Chamberlain with the vouchers relating to the same, and with the books of the department, and report those accounts, with such information in respect thereto as may be proper, to the Common Council, or to either Board thereof, at its next meeting.

98. He shall keep true and accurate accounts of all matters appertaining to the department, and on the first Wednesday of each month, submit to the joint committee of accounts, to be created as provided in section 7, for their examination, a full and detailed statement of the accounts of the department for the previous month, together with the accompanying vouchers.