§ 127. The book-keeper shall, under the direction of the Deputy Comptroller, 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, all debts due to and by the Corporation, and all appropriations made by the Common Council, and the sums expended under the same respectively, and shall perform such other duties as may be directed by the Comptroller.

§ 128. The stock clerk shall, under the direction of the Comptroller, have charge of the various stocks and loans of the Corporation; prepare certificates for all new stocks or loans, and all transfers of stocks; make out the quarterly and semiannual dividends on all stocks and loans; receive all temporary loans, and prepare bonds for the payment thereof; prepare warrants for the payment of all stocks and loans falling due, and enter in books to be provided for that purpose, the certificates, transfers, payments and bonds mentioned in

this section, and shall perform such other duties as may be directed by the Comptroller.

§ 129. The first auditor shall audit and prepare warrants for the payment of all bills presented for payment on city account, including the salaries of officers of the Corporation, and enter the same in books provided for that purpose, and shall perform such other duties as may be directed by the Comptroller.

§ 130. The second auditor shall audit and prepare warrants for the payment of all claims on trust account, and enter the same in books provided for that purpose, distributing the various accounts under appropriate heads, and shall also have charge of and keep the books of account of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, and shall perform such other duties as may be directed by the Comptroller,

§ 131. The redemption clerk shall prepare lists of property liable to be sold for unpaid taxes, and receive all moneys for the redemption of property sold for unpaid taxes, and shall enter the same in

books to be provided for that purpose, and shall perform such other duties as may be directed by the Comptroller.

§ 132. The assistant auditor shall have charge of, and make all entries in the proper books, showing the receipts and expenditures in relation to assessments for opening, regulating and paving streets, building and repairing wharves and piers, digging and building wells, constructing public roads, when done by assessment, and filling up sunken lots under ordinances of the Common Council. He shall also have charge of the books in reference to intestate estates, and shall file all returns, documents and vouchers appertaining to the department of finance, and shall perform such other duties as may be directed by the Comptroller.

§ 133. The clerk to the Comptroller shall enter in a book to be provided for that purpose, and kept in the Comptroller's office, all deeds, leases and mortgages of real estate in which the Corporation is interested.

§ 134. He shall also enter in books provided for that purpose, all resolutions of the Common Council and of the Board of Health, and Board of Supervisors, relating to the department of finance; the official correspondence of the department, and all contracts or other documents appertaining thereto, and shall perform such other duties as may be directed by the Comptroller.

ARTICLE III.

OF THE BUREAUX IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE.

CHAPTER I.-THE BUREAU OF TAXES.

II. THE BUREAU OF THE CITY REVENUE.

III. THE BUREAU OF DEPOSIT AND DIS

BURSEMENT.

CHAPTER I.

THE BUREAU OF TAXES.

§ 135. The provisions of the act of April 18, 1843, for the collection of taxes in the city of New York, and of the several acts amending the

same, shall apply to and govern the bureau of taxes, and the officers thereby created shall continue to be the officers of this bureau.

§ 136. The office for the collection of taxes in the city of New York, heretofore established by the Common Council, in pursuance of the acts mentioned in the last section, shall continue to be kept in the City Hall.

§ 137. There shall be four clerks in this bureau, who shall, respectively, be known as the first, second, third and fourth clerks to the Receiver of Taxes, and shall perform such services as may be assigned them respectively by the Receiver of Taxes.

§ 138. The Receiver of Taxes may, with the consent of the Common Council, from time to time, appoint as many additional clerks as may be necessary, not exceeding four, and for a period to be designated in such consent, at a rate of compensation not exceeding two dollars for each day.

§ 139. There shall be an officer in this bureau, to be called the Messenger to the Receiver of