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payment thereof, which he shall forthwith, on the same day, exhibit to the Comptroller, and shall, at the same time, leave with him a copy thereof.

CHAPTER II.

THE DEPUTY STREET COMMISSIONER.

§ 178. There shall be an officer in the Street Department, who shall be called the Deputy Street Commissioner.

§ 179. The Deputy Street Commissioner shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, 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.

§ 180. He shall keep correct accounts in relation to all contracts made by the street department, and shall prepare the requisitions upon the Comptroller for the amount due thereon to the

contractors.

§ 181. He shall examine all claims against the

Corporation on trust account, or on any other account appertaining to the street department, and if found correct, shall prepare the necessary requisitions upon the Comptroller for the payment thereof.

§ 182. He shall compare and examine the recapitulations furnished by the collector of assessments as provided by section 204, and when satisfied of their accuracy, shall cause them to be correctly transcribed into the Record of Assessments.

§ 183. He shall thereupon enter in the Index of Assessments, in the spaces appropriated to the blocks or squares in which any of the lots mentioned in the recapitulation are situated, the title of the assessment, the date of its confirmation, and the volume and page of the Record of Assessments in which the recapitulation is transcribed.

184. He shall assist the Street Commissioner in the performance of the duties appertaining to his office, and shall perform such duties as may be assigned him by the Street Commissioner, except

where they are specifically assigned by this ordinance to other officers of the street department.

§ 185. In case of a vacancy in the office of the Street Commissioner, the deputy shall act as Street Commissioner, until the vacancy shall be supplied by a new appointment, and until the person appointed shall be duly qualified.

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CHAPTER III.

CLERKS IN THE OFFICE OF THE STREET COMMIS

SIONER.

§ 186. There shall be four clerks in the office of the Street Commissioner, who shall be denominated respectively, the Sale and Redemption Clerk, the Map Clerk, the Contract Clerk, and the Copying Clerk.

§ 187. The sale and redemption clerk shall keep the accounts of all sales ordered by the Common Council for assessments, and a record of all property sold for assessments, and of the redemption thereof, and shall perform such other duties as may be directed by the Street Commissioner.

§ 188. The map clerk shall keep in the office of the Street Commissioner, all maps, plans and profiles belonging to the street department, or of lands sold for assessments, or appertaining to the opening or widening of streets, or used in the laying of any assessment, together with a list thereof; and shall keep in like manner the assessment rolls appertaining to the street department, and perform such other duties as may be directed by the Street Commissioner.

§ 189. The contract clerk shall prepare all contracts for work done under the authority of the street department, and shall keep in books to be provided for that purpose suitable records thereof, and perform such other duties as may be directed by the Street Commissioner.

§ 190. The copying clerk shall copy all contracts or other papers which may be required by the Street Commissioner or his deputy, and shall perform such other services appertaining to the street department, as may be required by either of those officers, and shall perform such other

duties as may be directed by the Street Commis

sioner.

ARTICLE III.

OF THE BUREAUX IN THE STREET DEPARTMENT.

CHAPTER I.-THE BUREAU OF ASSESSMENTS.

II. THE BUREAU OF THE COLLECTION OF

ASSESSMENTS.

III. THE BUREAU OF WHARVES.

IV. THE BUREAU OF LANDS AND PLACES,

V. THE BUREAU OF SURVEYING.

CHAPTER I.

THE BUREAU OF ASSESSMENTS.

§ 191. This bureau, the officers of which shall be called the Assessors of the Street Department, is charged with the duty of making the estimates and assessments required by law, for building wells, erecting pumps, pitching, paving and repairing streets, constructing sewers, fencing lots,

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