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ably due from each owner in payment of his portion of the moneys payable under the original grant, as the same shall from time to time become payable.

§ 112. He shall, on receiving written notice from the grantee of the Corporation or his assignee, of the sale of any portion of land subject to a quit-rent, enter in the record of quit-rents the name of the purchaser, with the date of the sale and the portion of the land sold; and he may thereafter receive the sum proportionably due from such purchaser, in payment of his portion of the moneys payable under the original grant, as the same shall from time to time become payable.

§ 113. He shall cause to be inserted in all grants of land subject to a quit-rent, a covenant requiring the grantee or his legal representatives, when he or they shall sell the whole or a portion of the land granted, to give to the Comptroller a written notice of the sale, within thirty days after it is made, specifying therein the name of the pur

chaser, the quantity and location of the land sold, the amount of quit-rent to be paid thereon, and the day of the sale.

§ 114. Upon receiving the notice mentioned in the last section, the Comptroller shall enter the same in the record of quit-rents, and from that time he may receive from the owner of the lot or parcel mentioned in the notice, or his legal representatives, the sum proportionably due from him in payment of his portion of the moneys payable under the original grant.

§ 115. When land heretofore granted by the Corporation, subject to a quit-rent, portions of which have been assigned by the grantee, shall be re-entered by the Corporation for non-payment of the quit-rent, the Comptroller may grant releases in severalty to such of the assignees of portions of the land granted, as shall, within six months from the re-entry, pay their respective apportionments of commutation money, and the expenses of re-entry and conveyance, with such portions of the rent as may be justly due from the respective assignees for the land held by them,

and which shall be apportioned by the Comp

troller.

116. The releases and apportionment mentioned in the last section, shall not, however, be granted or made, unless the assignee requiring the same, or his legal representatives shall comply with the terms and conditions prescribed in that section, within thirty days after notice from the Comptroller requiring such compliance.

§ 117. The Comptroller may, from time to time, with the sanction of the Common Council, borrow on the credit of the Corporation, in anticipation of its revenues, such sum or sums, not exceeding in the whole the amount of such revenues, as may be necessary to meet expenditures under appropriations for the current year.

§ 118. Every loan to be effected, as authorized by the last section, shall be secured by the bonds of the Corporation, payable in not exceeding one year, in such sums as the Comptroller may deem proper, which shall be signed by the Comptroller, countersigned by the Mayor, and sealed with the common seal.

CHAPTER II.

THE DEPUTY COMPTROLLER.

§ 119. There shall be an officer in the Department of Finance, who shall be denominated the Deputy Comptroller.

§ 120. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Deputy Comptroller shall execute a bond to the Corporation, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the Comptroller, in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office.

§ 121. He shall keep a regular set of books by double entry, in which shall be opened and kept as many accounts, under appropriate titles, as may be necessary to show distinctly and separately all the receipts and expenditures of the Corporation, and all the debts due to it from others.

§ 122. He shall arrange and adjust the accounts and vouchers of the Department of Finance, and shall classify the accounts of each of the executive departments of the city government, under its appropriate head.

123. He shall keep an accurate account, properly arranged and classified, of all the appropriations made by the Common Council, and of the sums expended under the same severally.

§ 124. In addition to the duties required of him by the last three sections, he shall keep so many and such books and accounts as may be necessary, and perform such other duties as may be directed by the Comptroller.

§ 125. In case of a vacancy in the office of the Comptroller, the Deputy Comptroller shall act as Comptroller, until the vacancy shall be filled by a new appointment, and until the person appointed shall be duly qualified.

CHAPTER III.

CLERKS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER.

§ 126. There shall be seven clerks in the Department of Finance, to be denominated respectively, the book-keeper, the stock clerk, the first auditor, the second auditor, the redemption clerk, the assistant auditor and the clerk to the Comptroller.

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