days after the period fixed by the Common Council for opening, widening or altering the street, the deputy collector shall make application for a warrant to levy the same according to law.

§ 208. The deputy collector shall, after the expiration of the respective periods of sixty days, mentioned in the last two sections, receive and collect interest upon all unpaid assessments, except that in case of assessment and award to the same person; he shall receive and collect interest only upon the excess of the assessment over the award.

§ 209. Each of the deputy collectors shall, on being so required, furnish to the Street Commissioner, or to the Collector of Assessments, a list of all delinquents, with the amounts uncollected upon any assessment list delivered to him for collection.

§ 210. Each of the deputy collectors shall, on Wednesday in each week, or oftener if required, furnish to the Collector of Assessments an account in writing, under oath, item by item, of all moneys

collected by him, stating upon what assessment, and when paid, and shall thereupon pay over the amount so received, to the Collector of Assessments.

§ 211. The Collector of Assessments shall enter in a book, to be provided for that purpose, all moneys received by him from the deputy collectors, stating upon what assessment, and when received, and shall render an account thereof, under oath, item by item, to the Comptroller, on Thursday of each week, and shall thereupon pay over the amount so received to the Chamberlain. He shall also thereupon receive from the Chamberlain a voucher for the 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 therof.

CHAPTER III.

THE BUREAU OF WHARVES.

$212. This bureau, the chief officer of which shall be called the Superintendent of Wharves, is

charged with the duty of inspecting the condition of the public wharves and piers, and superintending the erection and repairing of the same.

§ 213. The Superintendent of Wharves 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.

$214. He shall exercise a constant inspection and supervision of the condition of the public wharves and piers, and of the erection and repairing of the same, and shall, from time to time, suggest and report to the Street Commissioner, such improvements and alterations thereof, as he may deem necessary or proper, with estimates of the expense thereof. If the Street Commissioner approve thereof, he shall report the same to the Common Council, except that when the expenditure for repairs shall not exceed two hundred dollars, he may direct the same to be made by the Superintendent of Wharves.

§ 215. He shall examine all bills and accounts for erecting and repairing the public wharves and piers, and if correct, shall approve them in writing, and deliver them, with the proper vouchers, to the Street Commissioner.

§ 216. He shall require, in the building or repairing of piers and bridges, that the surface of the blocks be covered with four inch pine plank.

217. He shall, in all matters connected with his bureau, be under the control, supervision and direction of the Street Commissioner, who may approve or disapprove all accounts certified by him, and by whom alone all requisitions upon the Comptroller for the payment thereof shall be drawn. In case of the disapproval by the Street Commissioner of any of the accounts so certified, he shall report the same to the Common Council.

§ 218. The Superintendent of Wharves is specially charged with the duty of attending to the enforcement of all the laws of this state, and the ordinances and resolutions of the Common Council, relating to the wharves and piers in the city of

New York, and is required, from time to time, to report to the Corporation Attorney all violations thereof.

CHAPTER IV.

THE BUREAU OF LANDS AND PLACES.

219. This bureau, the chief officer of which shall be called the Superintendent of Lands and Places, is charged with the duty of inspecting the condition of, and superintending the public grounds and places belonging to the Corporation.

§ 220. The Superintendent of Lands and Places 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 two thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office.

§ 221. He shall exercise a constant inspection and supervision of the public grounds and parks, and of keeping the same in proper order, and shall, from time to time, suggest and report to the