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4 Gecurring before the first da ny year the said vacancies shall tons to be held in the respective tricts in which the vacancies shall 2 to be appointed by the Board. held in the manner and on the principles p in section 4 of this act, so far plicable. ‘Seo. 6. —A majority of the Board quorum. ec. 7.—Said Board shall— L Orange a Mei ote nt ro] jor! of the membe reted 5 ‘ fe point a clerk and other office: 3. Deterw the rules of its own 4 Be the judge of the r rial of its proceedings 5. Keep a jo Pitt open doors, and 6 Sit with of 7. Shall have absent members; to pun havior and to expel a mem four-fifths of the members « ‘Ske. 8—The first mocting the first Monday of May alt in the afternoon, and at suc! point and deicrinine the eted t the Bo: re yrovided that the hour for Journed meetings shall be fixed betw: And eight In the evening; but in. th meeting of the Board shall be held a on the 20h day of June: Sr resolution or ordinance, and every tion, except as hereinafter provided, effect, be presented, duly engrossed Mayor for his approval: Provided, he tho uments. days if he does not’ approve of two-thirds of all the 1 or ordinance shall become as efive Mayor had signed the same. It sh effective if he shall neglect to return the same within such ten days Incase an ordinances embrace appropriations or Come effective, aud every obje not app’ Come effective if again passed as abo Ske. 1L—No resoluiion or ordinan leasing any props appropriation of p expense, or the taxin taxation at least fi duced and e ordinance or r Vote of two-thirds of the members el allowance beyond the legal claim wi lic moneys ‘or or Asse: the suid eity, shall be p ired upon the journal lution be passed or any contract with the corporation, or for any services on itsaccount, shall be passed except b: of all the members present, at least two-thirds being pres- ent. Ske, 12.—No resolution or ordinance appropriating any money or giving any property of the eity, or Toning the or authorizing the incurring of any pense on account of any cleemosynary or charitable In- stitution or purpose shall be passed or adopted, unless such credit of the city to or aut appropriation, git, loan reported upon favorab and Correction, here Ske. 13, money or ul credit of the city to or authoriziny expense on account of any edu pose shall be passed or adopted, t Rift, loan or expense shal favorably by the Depar inafter cre. Ske. 14. —Th the seal of th to all lease: Fr expense hatter create resolution or ord city, and his signate ranis and other docun eluding y journal provide Amount appropriited for the that of his assistants shall not sum of thirty thousand dollar: to any duties other than those for w loyed. PIO. 15—Immediately after the Board the clerk ther: n technical details, prepare a brief a Jutions and ordinances and all recom mittees which propo provement, involviug th or the taxing or asse: taxation in the city. Such abst lished daily in stich form as of the Treasury hereinafter most convenient, together with or contemp! appropriat ing the p tho reports of the department hereinafter provided for, which publication shall be known and a file of which shall be kept in e) the city government. Such publicat clout compliance with any law requiring 8 publ any of the proceedings of the Board of Al rst publication of the City Journal shall be on the 22d lay of July, in the year 1872, and trom and after the 25th Gay of June, in the’ year 1872, until duly, the matters above directed to City Journal, in the manner above d lished on the busi ving the largest circulation. x0. 16.—The Board shall have the appropriate money by pruper ordinance for every Dranch an object of city expenditure; and drawn from the city treasury unless been previously appropriated by the Bucceed to and'be exclusively vested and rights in relation to the Incur and the raising and appropriating of possessed by or veste: struction Src. 17.—The Board st tinue, modify and and resolutions as may be neces: any and all of the powers now v conferred upon the corporation, enforce obed resolutions, all have ties for ench and e: violation, In such. suras as may be deemed expedient, not exceeding $10. Tho Board of Aldermen shall not have authority te ax rate of or sitlary ober than a sum per aL rd shall oxcrcise a eaccuuve unction hor create new or. Seo. 18 Except in antletpation of then current year, the alty of the city of New York s bofrow any mioneys whatever ration, or contract any debt, or Ic orporuiion beyond the sums'now jess such loan shall be authorized by Logislature upon application theretoi poration. Sue. 19. compensation wha tever. ARTICLE ITT. TNE EXECUTIVE PO ia in the Mayor and the He ity at the a year all be el aid Ap 3 for the term coin fext, after his ele May of the succ the your 1s7z shall | the 2th day of June, 187 May, Isak at and zon ‘the and endi niin esident of the By Mayor, and possess allt Bui it Shall not be of Alder wo the of Ald rights an ing as Mayor, powers pointinent to ol ed in the Mayor by thix act, un! absence of t! yor shail have con days, suece ly, nor to sign or app lution of the Board of least tive days succes Sec. 23. Whenever a vacancy in sy shall take place betwee the 10th day of October y men shall forthwith orde of Mayor, to be held at the then the State or federal officers. Until 1 as herein provided, the Board of A Mayor, who shall hold office f and they shall, in like manner, fis the ¢ ect curs fice of M year, and before the t weeding year, to hold offic elected and shall ha qualified, such special eleetion shall hold off mencing on the Tuesday next suc and ending on the first Ni no, 24.—11 shali be th . To cominunicate to the once in th duty of the rom its own members by & ma- election, and’ the right of election and qualifications of its own members; auihority. 10 compel the attendance of ers 101 he cloction, at five o'clock weting the and hours tor its stated very legislative act of the Board shall be by Chall not apply to the acts of ihe Board in appointing Siccting commissioners or members of bourds of de- ea) ’The Mayor shall slzn each resolution. or ordl- nance {che approve It oF return the same within ten it therefor; and if theretipon the Board pass the same ailer five days and within tem days of such veto by a vote 3 embers ‘elected, such résolution Xpenditures for more nay object or item, the Mayor may veto one or more ob- Jeots of items, and those which he shall approve shall be- or item which he shail ¢ sbiall He again voted upon and shall only be- ‘ty of the city, or which involves the ing property su days utter the same shall-haye been intro- y by the Department of Charities nee ing any property of the ¢ the less such appropi have been first reported upon nt of Public Instruction, here- Merk of the Board of Aldermen shall keep ; He may employ such number of assistant librarian. (who shail prepare an for in this acd, as the Board je) May authorize; provided that the whole of the said clerk He may assign any clerk shall, omitting ull formal and named essday following their transaction in e three daily morning papers in the city of New York in any department of the trument, excepting only the Department of Public In- 1 such ordinances jepartuents not herein provided Mayor, Aldermen and Comm 1 not ) the credit ot the corpo- No Alderman shall receive any salary, fees or ER, Sx. 20.—The executive power of th —The Mayor shall be the chief executive oMcer cted by the qualified | election, on the third Tues. and on the first, and ending on the first Monday ‘ the Mayor shall, from any canse, witl for the Presh removal from oillee | Aldermen, unless the dis- ot the Mayor shall have continued at | xt gi the intervening t nday in May Board of A months, a general statement of the finances, of February in filled by new elee- Senate district or dis- have occurred, at a Such elections shall ribed as saune of Aldermen 5! te; roceedings ; lisorderly be- the concurrence of the Board. ard shall be held on joard shall ap- opening stated or ad- een the hours of five e year 1872 the first t said place and hour ordinance or resolu shall, before it takes and certified, to the owever, that this sec- with the reason tive as though the all equally become © or resolution shall ve provided. ico for alienating or the incurring of any ubject to ssed or adopted until 1; nor shall any such adopted unless by a jected, No additional hich shall exist under unanimous vote shall have been frst ppropriating any MB or loaning the curring of any nitl Institution or pur on, re shtll be necessary ments, #8 under exist pub: nd ‘any year excced the ‘hich he was first em- adjournment of the abstract of all reso- pmendations of com- ite any specific im- ion of public moneys, property subject td ract shall be pub the Commissioners shall deem abstracts of the as the City Journal, very department of Hon” shall be a suffi. ation of lermen. The the said 220 day of be published in ‘sald irected, shall be pub- exclusive power to no ioney shall be the same shall have Board, They shall with ail the powers ng of indebtedness, public moneys now ity gov- ower to make, con- regulations | y into effect this uct wer to fons and ng penal- f the revenues of the is nave authority to pan the credit of the uthorized by law, un- v special act of’ the r made by sald cor: Corporation shall epartinents herein ‘ond Tuesday of shi Monday’ of first Monda the duties of his oflice, | jermen shall act ad id powers of Mayo ent of the Board , to exercise any of the disability or ntinued at least ten | rove any ordinance the office of m: of April uon tor the office ral election tor is filled, | elect a mt tie Ider a Mayor when a va- | after the 10th day of | hird Monday ot April until his stiece tor the term com- | | have po | nance prescribe. The NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, appoint all subordinate officers and by and lerks Up him or them by the heads clerks upon the nomination to of bureaus, except as hereinafter otherwise provided. Except in the Department of Finance the commissioners or chief officer or officers of de) ments may remove heads of bureaus at pleasure, and heads of bureaus inay suspend subordinate ofticers and clerks, and remove them with the consent of the commissioners or chicf officer or officers of departments. A malerity of the commissioners of the several departments shall constitute a quorum, but in making appointments and removals, except in the Law Department, the aitirmatiye vote of four of such com- missioners or ebiet ofilcers shall be necessary. The terms of office of all persons employed in the several existing departments, except those of the officers and men ot the Police and Fire Depariments and except those by this act expromly retaine , shall unless any this act otherwise rovided, expire on th AY of A . ne ARTICLE V. THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, Sxc, $1.—The Depa repent of Public Works shall be Enaeg the charge of flv jssioners, Who shall be a boat to be called “the nissioners of Public Works,” and who shail be the chief officers of this department. One of said five commissioners shall be Sppointod re ¢ Mayor between the first Monday and the 16th day of May in each year, and shall reccive an annual salary of $7,500. The remaining four commissioners shall be elected the Honrd of Aldermen within the same period and shall exch Feceive an annual. salary of $8,000. "at such clection each Alderman shall give notmore than four open ballots, upan each of which shall be printed or written the name of ono candidate for the office of commissioner, and each of which shall be signed by the member voting. Each Alderman may give the whole of his ballots tor one and the same candidate, or may distribute them among four different candidates or a less number, in such proportion ag he may see fit. The Clerk of the Board of Aldermén shall record said votes, stating the name of the Alderman voting and the names of the Persons voted for. ‘The four persons having the largest number of votes shall be deemed clected. In the event of Aiailure to elect four commissioners, by reason of 1es§ than tour persons having been voted for, or by reason of two or more of the persons voted for having received an equal number of votes under such circumstances, that there stall be no full number of, four persous having recelved a higher number of votes than all others, a new election for tour commissioners shall forthwith be held in the same manner. The commissioners so appotuted and elected respectively shall hold office from the 15th day of May next succeeding their election until the 15th day of May of the next following year, unless removed as in this pet provided, and until others are nppointed and elected In their places and shall have qualified, but the commis- sioners so respectively appointed and elected in the year 1b72 shall be respectively appointed and elected as pro- vided in this section, between the 20th day of June and the Istday of July, and shall hold oftlce from the Ist day of July, 1872, uptil the 16th day of May, 1873, at noon, unless removed is in this act provided, and unt! others aro ap- pointed and elected in thelr pldces and shall have quali- ed. ‘S£0. $2.—The Mayor at any timo may remove tho com- missioner appointed by him; and, in case of any vacanc: 1n the Board, by the resignation, removal, death or oth wise of the commissioner appointed by the Mayor, he shall fll such ey. Any commissioner oF chief officer of department, élected by the Board of Aldermen may be removed by the Governor for cause in the man- ner provided by law in the case of Sheriffs, Tho Mayor, 1 charges have been preferred to the Governor against auy such cominissioner or officer, may, pending a decision by the Governor, suspend such ‘commissioner or officer for'a period not exceeding thirty days, and, if tho Governor Is unable to reach a dectston within such ‘thirty days, the Mayor mny, if hie ecm proper, suspend such commissioner’ or _ officer for addl- tional “period of thirty days. The — Mayor may also remove any other comintisloner for, cause, assigning his reasons to the Board of A Tn caso of any vacancy in the board by the ros! removal, death or otherwise, of any commissioner el ed by tho Board of Aldermen, those members of the board, by Whose votes such commissioner was chosen, acting by ® major- y of their number, shall proceed to fill such Vacancy, ‘Ske, $3,—Whenever the words “Chief ingineer of the Croton Board,” or “President of tho Croton Aqueduet Board,” or “Street Commissioner,” or “Depart- inent of Docks,” occur in any existing Jaw, ordinance, resolutic oniract or document here all be deemed to mean the iforesaid Commissioners of Public Works; and whenever, in any law or in any ordinance or obligation of the corporation, the words “Street Department,” or “Croton Aqueduct Board,” or “Department of Docks" occur, they shall be decmed and construed hereatter to mean'the Departinent of Public Works,” and the Com- missioners thereot Sec, 34.—The said department shall have all the powers and functions heretofore possessed by the Department of Public Works, now existing (except those relating to the collection of asse ts and water rents), and such other owers and functions as may be expressly conferred upon it by this act, subJect to the control of the Board of Alder- Mion as to expenditure of moneys. Bec. 35.—Subject to the control of the Board of Aldermen, the sald department shall have all the powers and func- tions heretofore and now possessed by the Department of Parks in relation to boulevards, streets and avenues above Fifty ninth street in said city, not embraced within the lim{ts of any park or public place. Sxe. 3a.— The said department shall have charge and control = 1. Of qjl structures and property connected with the supply and distribution of Croton water. Of regulating, grading, flagging, curbing, guttering and lighting streets, boulevards, roads, places and ave- nues. 3. Of the rcpatring and construction of public roads and boulevards. 4. Of the care of public buildings. § Of the filling up of sunken lots, 6. Of public sewers and drainage. 7. Of street vaults, 7 ing, repaving, repairing and cleaning streets ng the same clear. ging and constructing wells, cks, piers and slips. ‘Tnere shall be the following bureaus in this department 1. A bureau having caro of all structures and property connec! ith the supply, and distribution of Croton water, the chief officer of Which shall be called “Chief Engineer of the Croton Aqueduct,” and shall receive an annual salary of $7,000, Said Chief Engineer shall be a civil engineer of atleast ten years’ experience, and shall be appointed tor the period of five years, He shall be subject to removal by the “Commissioners of Public Works” for cause, to be stated on the minutes, and only after an oppoi Ihave been afforded to him to be heard in re . The concurring vote of the Mayor shall be necessary to remove him, He shall er to appoint and reinove at pleasure and detail acorps of assistantengineers, This bureatt shall also have charge of te la. ig Of water py and the construc- ir of sewers, Wells and hydrants. u for grading, flagging, curbing and gut- tering, paving and repaving and’ repairing streets, boulevards and roads, and keeping the same from obstruc- tion, clean and swept, and also the lighting of the same nps and gas, the chief officer of which shall be called perintendent of Streets and Roads, and shall re- e un annual salary of $3,000. 3. A bureau of repairs, which shall have charge of all repairs to public buildings, and all other necessary pairs not provided for in other departments, the chief officer of which shall be called Superintendent of Repairs, and shall be a practical builder, and shall receive an an- nual salary of $3,000. 4. A bureau of docks, piers and slips, which shall have the powers, rights and privileges now vested in the partiuent of Docks, sublect to the control of the De- artment of Public Works, under chapters 137 and 383 of e laws of 1870 and 574 of the laws of, 1871 (except the power of incurring indebtedness and raising and expend- ng money), which powers, | rights and leges shall ‘be exercised by ‘said bureau and de- partment under said laws and such regulations and restrictions as the Common Connell may by aet or ordi- ief officer of this bureau shall be sailed the “Chief Engincer of Docks and Piers,” and such chief officer shall be a civil engineer of at least ten years’ experience, aud shall receive an annual salary of $7,000, He sall be appointed for the period of five years, and shall be subject to removal by the Commissioners. of Pub- lie Works, for cause, to be stated on their minutes, and only aiter an opportunity shall have been afforded to him tobe heard in relation ‘to said cause, The concurring vote of the Mayor shall be necessary to remove hiu Sic; 4 —The commissioner appointed by the Mayor shall be the chairman of the Board. The Commissioners of Public Works shall be entitled to seats in the Board of Aldermen, and shall have the right to participate in the discussion’ of said Board affecting or relating to said De- 2 | partinent and its afiairs, but shall not have the right to Vote upon any resolution or ordinance. Sec, 5%.—The sald Department shall have no power to incur indebtedness, nor to raise or expend money, except tuch asshall have been previously appropriated by the Board of Aldermen according to law, ARTICLE V THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS, Svc, 40.—The Department of Public Parks shall be under the charge of five commissioners, who shall be @ hoard to be called “the Commissioners of Public Parks.” They shall be eppointed and elected respec the maimer hereinbetore provided and prescribed for the ap- pointment and elecdon of commissioners of public works, and be su to removal in like manner. All provisions of se ML and 32 of this act shall be applic- able to the Cominissioners of Public Parks, See. 4.—The Department of Public Parks shall exclu- sively control, manage and direct the improvement of all ceeding ls eigetion, ext uccceding. yor — ermen, at least | M government and improvements in the city. | 2 To recommend to the Board of Aldermen all such measures connected with the secnrit and adornment of the city, and U Rrovementof its govermuent wud jem expedient. 3. To cause the ordinances of the Btate to be executed and enforecd he may call togeth ) any commissioners or other city ofl 4 To call special meetings of th when he shall deem it expediant so 6. To perform. i him by cit, such duties as 1 ordinances and laws of health, eleantiness protectfon and im. | Mhances as he shall | city and laws of the | ‘and for that purpose | for consultation and co-operation | benches and eftablish urinals and free cers. ¢ Board of Aldermen to do, ay be preseribed for | he State: and the jayor shall be a> aaa tor the gvod order and eficient nent of the Bx. 25.—The Ma: y missioners of departments ar As are hereinatter provided tc He may also remove the members 0 mjssion or board whose removal ided for, created or n. the Legislature, oF appointed b; fill vacancies therein, The Ge any cominissioner or head of manner as sheriifs, except th moval is provided Yor by se Sxc, 26.—The Mayor shall $10,000. He shall employ be hecessary for the disc! render to the Soard of Aldermen © account of the state in detail the amounts paid and him for salaries to such clerks and but the aggregate of the expenses not exceed in any year the sum of M7 6 ierk sum shall be appropriated theretor t men. ‘8x6. 27.—The Mayor may other off commissi yean annual salary ge of b expenses oi his offic ve stich com- sof depart ibe appointed by hin. if isting cou: s act other. | past net of | local authority, and iilso. Temove inthe sa whose 1 re- ot this a sand experts a TH is duties, and. shall three months an and therein shail agiced to be pai experts respectively ; incurred by him «hati 000, unless a larger py the Board of Aider- er emoved by the Governor for cause iu the manner provided by law in the case of ae ARTICLE. TV. THE EXECUTIVE DEP. ARTMENT, Src. 28.—There shall be the followiug oiler deparkinents In said elt Department of Public Work Department of Public Pork: Department of Public Sarct Department of Public Charities an Department of Finance. Sinking Fund Commission. Department of Law. Department of Public Instru In addition to these department oMicer tobe called “the Superiuten kets,” who shall be apointed by the ceive an annual salary of $2, and Mayor for cause, He shall haye lon. Markets, subject to the general Alderinen, except the power to colle from public markets, whic the Departin nt of Financ of all” transactions, from three to five ea 2 to y which abstract shall contain the fatne or Nai party or parties to the contract, a Fok olw ich abstract shall be transmitted to the Clerk’ of He tGard of Aldermen fo ortion in the elty fournal tished'te ag 2, such abstract shall be pub Now York" rs in the elty of Girected by seetl steirculation, ia the manner spon ty th Ftments shall, when called or th Toports of take to him furnish to hitn or them such tutor, ‘ausactions rin mand, within such time as he In the Department of Finance the c- sdliver or oficers of departwents eli there shall also be by law in the existing Superintendent of Public power is hereby vested in W.—In every department there shall be kept a be accessible to briet abstract, of all transactio into for work and material Itinay dire 1 Correction. ndent of Public M Ma. He shail re be removable by the all the powers now ntrol of the Board of et the income arising the and of all con- at! 1 as he or it may y Except mumiisatoners or ehiet - | said publfc parks dnd all buildings therein, and public. places, whieh are of the realty of the city of New York. ‘The said department shall have and enjoy all other rights, powers and privileges heretofore granted to and now possessed by the existing Department of Public Parks, except such as have beon by this act transferred to the Bepartment of Public Works and such as relate to streets and boulevards outside of public parks and places, and except the power of incurring indebtedness ‘and falsng and expending mon The sail department shall have exclusive juris- in the streets and ave- may plant trees, erect ydrants for the use of men and horses in sald streets and avenues as they, in their discretion, may deem desirable, and make such regulations for the use, protection and preservation of the saine as they may deem necessary for the health and or- nt of the city, 42.—The Commissioner appointed by the Mayor shail be the Chairman of the Board, He shall receive an anual salary of $7,000, and shail act as treasurer, ex aficto. ‘The other commissioners shall receive no salary or com: pensation. The Commissioners of Public Parks shall be entitled to seats in the Board of Aldermen, and shall have the right to participate in the discussions of said Board aulecting oF relating to said department and its afinirs, but shall not have the right to vote upon any resolution or ordinance. ARTICLE VIT. SPARTMENT OF PURLIC SAFETY. Departnent of Public Safety shall be of seven persons, who shall be a Board ‘the Board of Publie Sat Said Board tof the Mayor and of six Commissioners, to be ners of Public Safety,” which Commis- lecied vy the Board of Aldermen in the ided. ne wih day of Juno and the Ist day 2, six persons shall be elected, at Board of Aldermen, as ions three comrs- ¢ for the term of three 2, and three commis. he term of six 1 ch alderman, at shall vive not more than three ‘h of which shall be printed or writ- ndidate for the office of such com- ner, and each of wi Mh signed by the n over all (rees now standing of New York, and parate ch commission the h years, fro | Sioners sb | Alderman voting, and recorded by the | clerk of the. Hoard. Each alderman’ may’? gine | the wh ballots for one aiid — the en may distribute them — among ditte ndidates, or a less number, in such pro- Portion ax he may seo Mt, “The three person's having the jarjgest number of votes at the first of such elections shall | be deemed elected to hold period of three ofiice for the 1372, ara, from the 15th day ns Having the largest nd of elections shall be de to hold office for the period of six yenrs, from the 15th day of May, 1872. In the event of a iailure to elect three commissioners at cither of said elections, by reason of less than three per- sons having been voted for, or by reason of two or more of the persons voted for having received an equal number of yotes, under such circumstances that there shail be no fwl number of three persons having received a greater number of votes than any others, a new election for three commissioners shall forthwith’ be held in the same manner, Ske, 45.—The six persons so elected shall hold office for three and six years respectively, from the oth day of May, 1572, and until their saccessors shall be duly elected and ‘shail haye qualitied, and shall cach receive an au- nual sali f $7,500, ee, 46,—Between the Ist and 15th days of May in each third year, from and after 1872, the Board of Aldermen shall elect three Commissioners in the place of those Whose terms shall expire on the 15th day such year, in the manner hereinbefore provide tion ‘of said commissioners in 1872. The commissioners » to be. elected aster 1872 shall hold office for six years from the Isthday of May of the year in which tliey shail b elected, So. 47.—The Board of Aldermen may, at any time, re- move any or all of said commissioners by 4 vote of two thirds of the whole number of Aldermen onl tthe evpoint heady of tame of such removal, for cause, ty be assigued in the re- APRIL 19, 1872.-TRIPLE solution of ryqmerels but no removal shall be made by vir- tue of scopy had an rtunity of moval, and have ten d The yoas and nays Ce one on the journal stoners. b; pointed i hold offi appointed respectivel; upon and vested In th auch other powers this act, and as mi ferred tipon them anid city, not inconsi: mol ey unless the sam Sxo, 50.—There shall to wit :— 1, A bureau of polle called “the Superinien 2A fire bureau, ceive an annual 6 A bureau of be called “the Ite; annual salary of day of June, 1872 (exe thé Superietennent of transferred by oper: and the amount of sa. such person shall be t for his transferred offi herein provided. Eve: removal in the mannet Sko. 52.—K Fire Department o Tune, 1872 (exce) New York, the Chi operation of this act to of Public Safety herein or compensation now salary And compensati now provided by law, uniform and badge b and me bure: Bxo. 64. prisonment In the cou sixty days, for a pers of Safety any part of or to interfere with the ment, of the Health Depart government of New Yo cept the heads of burea said Rune also all the offi the chief ofticer of ferred by operation Health of the and the amount of sala provided. Lvery such Sro. 56.—Tho Health i, of Public Sate he streets, and said d such reports to the Boa Sere. 57.—Ever; Department of 20th day of June, 18; Butldings), shall contin ment of Public Safet the salary or compensa: nder this act un ich provided. Be, 68.—Ever officer of which 1s calle 20th day of June, 1872 himseli), shall continu of salary or ¢ pen: oft before provided. Sxc. 9.—The Registe duties now devolved up of the B police pr and plitce of residence and sich other facts as from time to thu revised orrecte y anuary in each he B nocessary means to obt men of the precincts, a and full information ‘as possibte, See, 60.—No Renon he shall be liable 61.—The Mayor s! ‘ommissioners of relating to sald depart have the right to vote u THE DEPARTMENT Sec. 62. The Departni be a board to be called ities and Correction.” recely provisions of sections 81 shall possess all. the now conferred upon and Corr ter 510 of th datory thereto, except Ske, 63.—There shall commissioners shall ap bureau, who shall rece} for any offense against tion shall have charge the Commisslouers shal The comm societies Whoin they ex also to report from tin posal a sons relieved and the ai and, in the case of hosp additional inmates th tails as the commissic esta! rinin What relie! Ske, the credit of the city to institution or purpose, before the same can be men. When such appli office of the secretary missioners shall have p or chart; utit they determine power maintenance of, such ¢ shall accepted by such commissioners shall institution or charity fo cominissioners, can be public chariti expenditure to the sa aid recetved by it fron of a periodical powers of sa period. Tf su of the city, then su be perpetual. Provid or credit shall be under the managemen lgious denomination, Bue. 66. shall be Charities an¢ Board of Alderme! in the disetis said departn irman of Seo. 6. —The harge and ¢ ol of New York," wh 1a mmissi ‘omptro! provided foi ner and be veste and Who shall r commissioners of the with Hie Works, and All the provisi Appointments, the said fh department, an He shall have ¢ and removing all h and clerks in the d Wise expressly prc Ske. 6¥.—tho Dep: of all the fiseal cone appropriated all be of mn hie oni J shalt » S010 shali be made throug section unless Sooundissfoners complained of shall Rave bee the charges against hitn oF of the person or persons in whose stead periment, the Health Department and the ulldings of the city of New York the Board of Aldermen. an annual salary of $7, 3. A bureau of health, a practising physician, and shall be called “the Sanitary, Superintendent” and shall receive an annual salary of ‘A bureau of buildings, the chiof officer of which shall be called “the Euperintendentot Buildings,” and shall re- iste: 000, Sue. 61.—Every person who shall be connected with the Police Department of the city of New York on the 20th ry porson who sal it of the city of New York on the 20th of ihe Fire Commi: ht paratus), shall continue in office the said Fi the uniform or insignia prescribed to be worn by'the person employed in sald Fire Bureau, by tho rules and regulations of said department, or to do any act as firemen not duly authorize Bureau, in any manner, unless 11 of the actentitled “An act of Records), shall continue in office and be such person shall be the salary or com, his transferred office under thi il altered erson sha 1 be subjectto removal as hereinbefore person who shall be connected with that bureau of the present Health Departient, the chief rd of Public Safety, ea direct. aird of Public Sai AR an annual ‘salary of $6,000. commissioners shall receive an annual salary of $3,000. They shall be appointed and elected respectively in ‘the manner hereinbefore provided and preseribed for the ap- ointment and for the election of Commissioners of Public Vorks, and be subject to removal in like manner, and to raise and expend mon are modified and repeated by subject to the control of the a bureau of charities and a bure Burcau of Charities shall have especi stitutions, the Inmates of which have not been committed d the sourees whence derive information, when receiv in books prepared for the purpos indices as will enable the superiitendentof such bureau y time to refer tostich instituions which take articular class of p said commissioners same shall then cease aud be deter portof this deparunent, such aid in supp, to the city, such cases as, in the discretion of the ed Ty eof oney. commissioners shall continue during such h aid shall me The commissioner appa jogether partinent o ¢. 67.—The Comptroller shall and may be suspended or remove mers clected by th er may appoint, and at his pleasure remove, a deputy comptroller, who shall be appointed in the man- eive an annual sali he Comptrol ads of bu cause thereof bo ror ve been served with them, and shall have nig heard on thé question of re- lays’ time to answer said Marges. the question of removal shall be en- . 48.—Vacancles occurring in the offices of commis- sloners of this department by removi or otherwise, shall be filled by tl ppointment, The resignation, death remaining commis- erson OF persons $0 ap expiration of the term he or they were jee until ft) ec. 49—The Departinent of Public Safety and its oM- cers shall have and exercise all the the powers now conferred Department, the Fire De- fepartment of nd their officers, and as are conferred A ceat them by ay be from time time con. by the Board of Aldermen of stent with the laws of this State, he Police rovided that sald Department of Public Safety shall not ave power to incu indebleduess nor to ruise nor expend e @ been appropriated by be five bureaus in this department, ¢, the chief officer of which shall be ident of Police,” and shall recelve 500, the chlef officer of which shall be called “the Chief Engineer of the Fire Bureau,” who shall also be the inspector of fire apparatus, and an annual salary of $7,500, shall receive the chief oMcer of which shall be e @ chief officer of which shall r of Records,” aud shall receive an ept thé Police Commissioners and ‘olice) shall continue in office and ‘ation of this act to the Bureau of Police of the Department of Public Safety herein created, sation now paid to compensation fixed ‘until altered as ry stich person shall be subject to ¥ now provided b; y law. HL be connected with the lary or com) he balary ant ice under this a issioners of the city of ngineer and ingpec in of Fire Ap- nd be transferred by the Fire Bureau of the Department n created, and the amount of salary paid to such person shall be the ion fixed for his transferred office undes this act, until altered as herein provided. Every such person shall be subject to removal in the manner Src, 53.—It shall be the duty of said department to make suitable regulations, under which the officers and men of tho Fire Bureau shall be required to wear any appropriate which, in case of fire and at » other times, the authority and relations of such officers may be known, as the exigencies unishable by im- y jail for a period of not less than not employed by the Department ¢ Bureau to wear the whole or of their duties may require. It shall be a misdemeanor, by the Board hereby created, property or apparatus of the Fird y wuthority of the depart- Suc. 55.—Every person who shall be connected with the Health Department of the city of New York on the 20th day of Juno, 1872 (except the officers constituting the head nent under section 9 of article reorganize the local rk,” passed April 5, 1870, and ex- us mentioned in section YL of the d last mentioned act, and excepting also all the officers and employes of the Bureatt of Stree! Cleaning, and ex- cers and employes of the bureau which is called the Register rans of this act to the Bureau of jepartinent of Public Safety herein created ; ry and compensation now paid to Cael fixed for fact until altered as herelty person shall be subject to removal Burean of the Department of Pub- ‘as hereinbefore provided. lic Safety may from time to time make report to the De- ety as to the necessity for cleanin Hara may thereon transm: of Aldermen, and may exercise ‘such powers in relation thereto as shall be thereupon conferred upon them by the Board of Aldermen. erson who shall be connected with the ulldings of the city of New York on the (except the Superintendent of ue In office, and be transferred b; C, operation of law to the Bureau of Bulldings of the Depart. herein created; and the am salary or compensation now paid to such person shall be it of ed for his transferred office herein. provided. Every tion fi: d the Realater of Records, on the (except the Register of Records in office and be transferred by operation of law to the Bureau of Statistices of the De- partinent of Public Safet tion now pald to stich person shail be the salary or compensation fixed for his transferred under this act, until altered as herein provided ery sch person shall be subject to removal, as herein- y herein created, and the amount r of Records, in addition to tho pon him, shall, under the direction se 'to be kept in each cineta full and complete record of the name of cach inhabitant of the precinct, the Board of Public Safety may He shail cuuse said records to within two months after the Ist year; and shall, under the direc. take ail proper and re, through the patrol ts themselves, early r residence and re- ain and se nd the reside of changes movals, so as to keep said records as full, complete and olding office under this department 0 military or jury duty while holding such hall be the chairman of the board. Public Safety shall be entitled to lof Aldermen, and shall have the right to participate in the dls ussions of said board affecting or ment and its afairs, but shall not upon any resolution or ordinance, 1OLE VIL. UBLIC CHARITIES AND OF CORRECTION, nent of Chi ‘ittes and Correction shall be under the charge of five commissioners, who shall ‘the Commissioners of Public Char- The Chairman ot said board shalt ach of the other All the and S2of this act as to election, ap- pointment and removal shall be applicable to the Com- mnissioners of Public Charities and Correction, Said board powers, and di e Department of tion by special laws and by provisions of chap- Laws of 1860, and acts and parts of charge all the duties ‘ublic Charities ets amen- the power to incur indebtedn and except as the same @ provisions of this act, joard of Aldermen. be two bureats in dhis department, u of correction, The ppoint a superintendent for each ive an annual salary of $4,000, The 1 charge of all in the Jaws. The Bureau of Corree- of all other institutions; and the two just esignated Classes of persons under the charge of jo I bes aa far as practicable, sepa ed sioners Shall invite all incorporat ble or benevolent societies, not denominational or. sectarian, including hospitals, to’ file with the Bureau of Charities’ a statement of Ue o! were ots ich said lished, the class of persons to ef and’ the mode of reliet adopted ; otime the means at their dis: 5 , the names of per- mount of reliel extended to them, pitals or asylums, what number ot can receive and such other de- oners may deem advisable. Such d, shill be properly classified with such alphabetical ons OF patients and fany applicant to such bureau has heretofore received trom any institution, All applications tor money, property, or loan of any eleemosyary or ‘charitable shail be made to this department acted upon by the Board of Alder- ication shall have been filed in the of this department the said com- power to visit the said institution ie and investigate its condition and purposes, and report thereon to the Board of Aldermen; ‘to. such ci to such application the ined. aie ee ‘0. examine the If, upon a re- ‘ort of, or the leemosynary institution or charity be extended by the’ Board of Aldermen and institution or charity, said thereupon be a board of visitors of said institution or charity, with power to send to such or treatment or care, free of shares said hetter treated therein than in the of the city, not, however, juvolving any institut the eb on beyond’ the amount of If such aid shail consist or loan of credit said st of a donation of propert: pwers of said commissioners shall d that no public money, propert priated to any institutlon that fs tor control of any sectarian or re+ ted, by the Mayor the boare he Commissioners of ons shall be entitled to seats in the nd shall have a right to participate ns of said Bos oe ener nt and its affai 1 vote upon any fe: a AN: THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, epartinent of Finance shall be under the d ailecting or relating to , but shall not have the gu gosta “the Comptroller of the city and id of four “Commissioners of the hall constitute a Board to be Finance.” bo appointed by the in the manner ¢ removal and suspension of Board of Aldermen. The e the powe Treasury shail be elected by the Board of Aldermen in the manner hereinbefore provided And prescribed for the olection of Commission rs of Pu subject to removal in like manner. sections 31 and 32 of this act to ‘and removals, shall be applicable ‘cersof thisdepartment respectively hall be the presidentof the manual salary of $10,000. usive power of appointing us, subordinate officers Xcept as in this act other reer and e wrtment, ted, ne} tof Finance shall have control Fis of the corporation and the money carry ing on the bush sof the corpori- ion, It shall preseribe the forms of keeping and rendet ing all city accounts, and the manner in whieh all salar shall be drawn, and the mode by which all creditors, officers and claployees ol “corporation shall. bé paid, All payments by or ou behalt of the corporation lk the proper disbursing ouicers of the Department of Finance, by means of warrants drawn ane treasury by the Comptroller and sount by jayor, vided. section 72 Nothing in ‘wile section Contained shall be co! to Mit or in any manner ai e powers conte! Sogn he Chamberlain by_ section 72 of this. act ‘omptroller shall countersign all checks legally and properly drawn by the Chamberlain. dere nsats testi tp aan ache Litoeelien aad Tevk. le pa s subject 1c ant - sion of the officers of this department: und it shall settle adjust all claims in favor of or against the corpora- tion, and all accounts in which the corporation 1 con- cerned as debtor or creditor (provided, however, that such setticnent and adjustment shall not have the effect of a judgment or decree). Any ‘member of the Board of ‘inance may require any person D ogy mene for settle- ment an account or claim against the corporation to be ‘orn before him touching such account or claim, and Avhen so sworn, toanswer orally as to any facts relative to the justness of such account or claim. Suc. 71.—There shall be the following bureaus in this department :— 1. An auditing bureau, for auditing, revising and sotiling all accounts in which the city 1s concerned as debtor or creditor, and which shall keep an account of each claim for or against the corporation, and of the suns allowed upon and certity the same to the Comptroller, with the reasons for the allowance, the chief officer of which shall be called “Auditor of Ac- counts,” who shall receive an annual salary of $5,000. 2. A bureau for receiving of all moneys pal into the treasury of the city, and Il payments efrom, on warrants drawn, according to law, by the Comptroller and countersigned by the Mayor: the chief oflicer of which shall be called the Chamberlain. Any commission or percentage allowed to or received by the ‘Chamberlain ‘as such, or as county treasurer, for collecting and payin; Stato tlx or any other money, or otherwise, shall De pai to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, 4. Such other bureau or bureaus as the Department of Finaneg, by a vote of four of its members, of whom the Comptfiier must be one, may establish. 4. A bureau for the collection of the revenue accruing from rents, including rents from wharves, piers aud slips, Anterest on’ bonds and mortgages and the revenue arising from the use or sule of property belonging to or manage by the city, the head of which bureau shall be called “the Collector of City Revenue,” and shall receive an annual ws of $4, 5, A bureau for the collection of taxes and assessments, the head of which shall be called “the Receiver of Taxes fi Assosamen tw d shall receive an anmual salary of ave. 6,000, wnd sha ‘all the powers and perform all the luties now prescribed by law for the receiver of taxes and also for the collector of assessments. ‘The duties and powers now linposed upon and vested in the Department Of Public Works in regard to the collection of assessments aire hereby imposed upon and vested in the Department of Finance. 6. A bureau for the collection of revenue derived from the sale and use of water, the chief officer of which shall be called “the Collector of Water Rents,” and shall re- ceive an annual salary of $4,000, and shall_have all the powers and perform all the duties of the Water Register under existing laws. The dutles and powers now im- osed upon and yested in the Department of Public orks in regard to the collection of revenue derived trom the sale and use of water are hereby imposed upon and vested in the Department of Finance. 7. Abureau for the collection of arrears of taxes, as- sosements and water rents, the head of which shall be called “the Collector of Arrears,” aud shall receive an annual salary of $4,000, 8. A bureau for the collection of revenue derived from Hcences and rents for public markets, the head of which shall be called “the Gollector of Licenses and Market Rents," and shall receive an annual salary of $3,000. The Collector of City Revenue,tne Recel Assessments, the Collector of Water Rents,the Collector of Arrears, and the Collector of Licenses and Market Rents, shall pay over to the Chamberlain all moneys received by: them on the day of the receipt thereof, or on the business day next succeeding. iso. 72 The Chauberiain shall be appointed by the Mayor, between the first Monday and the lsu day of May in Gach year, and confirmed by tho Board of Aldermen, and shall hold his office tor one yoar, and until his suc cessor is appolnted and shall have qhalited ; but in the year 1872 the Chamberlain shall be so appointed between ho 20th day of June and the Ist day of July and shall hold office until’ the 15th day of May, 1873, at noon, and until his successor is appointed and shall have qualified. He may be suspended or removed by the Mayor for cause, He shall, within ten days after receiving notice of his appoihtment and. eonfirmation, and before he enters upon the execution of his office, give a bond to the city in the sum of $1,000,000, with not less than four sufficient sureties, to be approved of by the Mayor, conditioned that he’ will faithfully execute the dutics’ of his office. Such bond ghall be ‘deemed to extend to the faithful execution of the duties of the office until a new appointment shall be made and a new bond given and Approved undor such new appointment, Said Chamber- lain shall exhibit to the Common Council, at its first mect- ing in the month succeeding that In which he enters upon the execution of his office, an exact statement of the bal- ance in the treasury to the credit of the city, with a sum- mary of the recelpts and payments of the treasury during tho preceding year, and since the last prée- ceding report required hy law, if more than a year shall have elapsed since such report. He shall receive all moneys which shall, from time to time, be paid into the treasury of the elty.’ Ho, shall deposit all monoys which shall come into his hands on account of the city on the day, of the receipt theroof, or on the business day next succeeding, in such banks and trust companies as shall have been designated as deposit banks, not exceed- ing two millions of dollars in any one bank or trust com- pany, Tho moneys deposited shall be placed to the ac- count of the Chamberlain, and he shall keep a bank book, in which shall be entered his accounts of deposits in and moneys drawn from the banks and trust com- panies in which the deposits shall be made. The said anks and trust companies shall respectively transmit to the Comptroller weekly statements of the moneys which shall be received and paid by them on account of the cit; treasury. The Chamberlain shall drawn‘ on the treasury by the Comptroller and countersigned by the Mayor, and no moneys shall be paid out of the treasury except on the Warrant of the Comptroller 50 es pa No such warrant shall be signed by the Comptroller or countersigned by the Mayor except upon vouchers for the expenditure of Taxes and pay, all wwarran of the amount named therein, examined and allowed by tho Auditor, approved by the Comp- troller, and filed in the’ office of the Department of Minance, nor except such warrant shall be authorized by law or ordinance, and shall refer to the law or ordi- nance under which it is drawn. The Chamberlain shall not draw any moneys from said banks or trust companies, unless, by checks subscribed by him as Chamberlain, and countersigned by the Comptroller; and no moneys shall be paid by either of the said banks or trust companies on account of the treasury except upon such cheeks. The Chamberlain shall exhibt his bank book to the Comptroller on the first Tuesday of every mouth, and oftener when required. The ac- counts of the city treasury shall be annually closed on the last day of November, and shall be’ examined in the monthof December tn said year a committee of not less than three nor more than ‘sons, to be ap- pointed by the Board of Aldermen, Such committee shall examine the accounts and vouchers of all moneys received into and paid trom the city treasury during the year ending on the last day of November preceding such examination, and shalf certify and report fo the Mayor and the Common Council ‘in the following month of January the amount of moneys recetyed into the treas- ury during such year, the aniount of moneys paid out during the same period’ by virtue of warrants drawn on the treasury by the Comptrolies, the amount of moneys reeelved by the Chamberlain who shall be in office at the time of such examination when he entered upon the exe- cution of the dntles of his office, the balance in the treasury on the last Gay of November preceding such examination, the ainount of moneys borrowed for or on the credit of tho city during such’year, and the amount of bonds of the city issued during’ such year, with the purposes for which and the authority ‘under which such bonds were issued. Such committee shall also compare the warrants drawn by the Comptroller on the treasury during the year ending on the last day of No- vember preceding suct examination, with the several laws and ordinances under which the'same shall purport to have been drawn, and shall in like manner certify and report whether the Comptroller had power to draw such warrants; and if any shall be found, which in their opin- ion he had no power to draw, they shall specify the game in their report with their reasons for such opinion. The major part of the members of the said committee may perform all the duties required of such committee. Each member of said committee shall receive a com: pensation of $10 for every day during which he shall be employed in the actual execution of the duties enjoined in the foregoing sections, to be paid out of the City ‘Treasury. The said Chamberlain shall, by written notice to the Comptroller, designate the banks or trust cor panies in which all’the moneys of the Mayor, Aldern and Commonaity of said city ‘and of the county of New York shall be deposited, and may, by like notice in writ- ing from time to time, change the ‘banks or trust com- panies thus designated. The said Chamberlain shall keep ooks showing the receipts of moneys from all sources and designating the sources of the same, and also showing ‘the amounts paid from tishe . to time on account of the several appropriations; and no warrant shall” be paid on account of any appropriation after the amount authorized to be raised by tax for that specific purpose shall have been expended. ‘The said Chamberlain shall, once in each week, report in writing to the Mayor and to the Comp- trolick all moneys received by hiin, the amounts of all warrants paid by him since his last report, and tho amount remaining to the creditof the city and of the county of New York, respective shall receive the sum of $20,000 annually, and no more, for all his services as Chamberlain of sald city, and as county easurer of the county of New York, in licu of sal- ary,and of ail interest, fees, commissions and emolu- mciits, He may appoint and remove at pleasure a Deputy Chamberlain and such clerks and assisiants as may be necessary, Whose salaries, together with all. the expense of his office, shall be paid wholly by him, and shall in no case be a public charge. Seo. 73.—Full statements of the receipts and expendl- tures of all the departments, giving names, dates, ainounts and objects of expenditure, shall be made on the third Monday of euch month, by cach department, to. the Department of Fina The Comptroller, or any one of said Commissioners of the Department of Finance, shall have power at any time to inspect, examine or copy any youchers, records or papers in_ any of said departments. From the statements so returned and other information the department shall publish mouthly, in the City Journal, a ‘detnlied statement of all the receipts and expenditures of the elty and county during the preceding month, No bond, certificate of stock or evidence of public debt to be issued by the city, shall be valid unless signed by the Mayor and Comptroller and countersigned by two or more of sald Commissioners of the Public Treasury. Sxc. 74.—Snid four Commissioners of the Treasury shall rform all the duties and possess all the powers hereto- Possessed by the Commissioners of ‘The said Chamberlain Jore performed and , under existing laws, and_ shall each receive an an- fual dalary of $5,00., The aiid Commissioners. of, the Treasury # cep duplicate books, one set of which hail be open and accessible at all times to all tax-paying Reece Rud ‘sald Commissioners stall appolut snare, move all clerks and subordinates which they may need in performing their duties as commissioners of taxes. Sere. 75.—On or before the Ist day of wily ineach and every year the Comptroller and the said jour Commis- sioners of the Treasury shall and are hereby directed, in lieu of any existing authority in relation thercto, to make and agree upon an estlinate of the various sums Of mone which, in their discretion, will be required to defray all the various expenses necessary for conducting the various boards and de ae ag on ay ar] legislative, executive i or administrative or judicial, of the city government, which Mate: a be founded “upon reports obtained from said departments, and also for paying the interest on the city debt and the pri netpal of such debt falling due; which (ee when so established by said Comptroller and Commissioners of the Treasury, shall be certified by them in detail to the Board of Aldermen, to be by them ac- cepted or modifed, but not increased, and certified to the Board of Supervisors of the county of New York as the aggregate oxpenses of the city; and said Board of Super- <fertare hereby empowered and directed annually to cause the said ainount of money estimated, certified and modified as aforesaid to be according to law raised and collected by tax upon the estates, real and personal, sub- ctto taxation within the said city and county of New ‘ork; but in the year 1872 such estimate may be so made at any time before the Ist day of August. Ske, 76.—The Comptroller shall chairman of the Board. The Comptroller and the Commissioners of the Treasury *hall be entitled to seats in the Board of Alder- men, and shall haye the right to participate in the discu sions of said Board, affecting or relating to said depart- ment and its afairs, but shall pot 'e the right to vole upon any resolution oF ordinance, RTICLE X, THE SINKING FUND COMMISSION, Src. 77. neresoal continue to be, asnow provided and recognized by special laws and ordinances, a Board of Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, coi Ma: Jomptrolier, the Chairman of the mittee of the Board of Aldermen, the Chamb first Judge of tie Court of Common Pleas in and for the i county of New York, and Chief Justice of the perior Courtof the city of ‘New York, with ail the oWers now assigned, designated and ratified by exist Iaws and ordinatces, saving aud excepting, however, ow any nbd all authority now ‘vested in’ the said powe! Cominissionors of the Sinking Fund to igste bonds, to att thorize the expenditure of money by other departments, and to Jucur oF authorize the incurring of indebtedness, ‘80, 73.—Suid Commissioners of Whe Sinking Fund shall SHEET. of indebtedness be- ped upon the ince thereof us LE fegtug to then to star belonging to said sinking Fi ARTI I. DEPARTMENT. reyes 70—The chief ofieer of the Law Department shalt to called the C oration Counsel, who shall have power ai nsent ‘the Comptroller, an As- point withthe convent of the Comprole, 98 Ae disabilit ness of the Corporation Coun- his Ree eee a entutica’ and. shall re ‘salary of $10,000. He shall be a member of ie Ba, phe shail have resided oF had an w York at least five ye a tivel, Semnediate) r to the time of Td appointment, and shall be sp the Mayor, the Comptroller and the First Judge of the Court of’ Common Pleas of the city and county 4 lew Ye ‘ora majority ef them, be- tween tho ieean days of May in cach year, except in the year e- shall’ be so appointed. between the th day of June and the Ist day of July, and shall hold office until his snecessor shall be appointed. The apd may remove him at pleasure, and the vacancy shall be filled by appointinent by the persons above provided. Sxc. 8.—The sald Corporation Counsel shall act as the legal adviser of all the departments; and no attorney or counsel shall receive any compensation tor any services rendered to any department unless he shall have been employed by of with the assent of the Corporation Coun- sel, except as hereinafter provided. sald department shall seml-annually report to the Board of Aldermen the condition of all suits pending, the names of all attorneys nd counsel employed, the fees paid to attorneys aud counsel, all Fege pts of the office, and all other matters pertaining to the business of sald department. Sec. 8L.—There shall be a bureau im this department, the chief oMcer of which shall be called the “Corporation Attorne: bureau, the chief officer of which shall be called the “Public ’Administrator,” and a bureau, the chief officer of which shall be called the “Attorney of Street Openings and Assessments,” each of which chief officers shall recetve an annual salary of 00. Sxo. 82.—The Law Department sliall have the charge nd conduct of all law business of the corporation and of its departments, and the charge and conduct of the legal proceedings necessary in widening, opening or alierinj streets, boulevards, avenues and public places, and shall, whenever applied’ to by the Comptroller, ‘draw thé leases, deeds and other legal papers connected with the Finance Department. Sx¢, 83.—The Corporation Attorney and the Public Ad- ministrator shall have and exercise the powers, rights and duties now conferred by law upon the officers 'so named respectively, subject to the control and supervision of the Corporation’ Counsel, so far as such control and supervi- sion are not Inconsistent with the laws of the State. Sec. 84.—The attorney of street openings and assess ts shall have and ‘exercise the powers, rights and ies in relation to street openings and widenings that ¢ now had and exercised by the Corporation Counsel, nd such others as may be by law conterred upon him, ‘subject to the control and supervision of the Corporation Counsel and the Buard of Aldermen. Seo. 85.—The Corporation Counsel shall be entitled to a seat in the Board of Aldermen, and shall have the right to Pp pate in the discussions of sald Board affecting or relating to said department and Its affairs, but shall not haye the right to vote upon any resolution or ordinance. XII. THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIO! Sxc, 86.—There shall be a Department of Public Instruc- tlon—at the head of which shall be a Board of Public In- struction—which shall have the samo powers and dis- charge the samo dutics which are now vested in the De- partment of Public Instruction by article 15, section 100, of chapter 383 of the Laws of 1870, as amended’ by chapter 674 of the Laws of 1871. So, 87.—Said department shall consist of not more than thirty Commissloners, who shall be styled “the Commis sionérs of Public Instruction,” and shall constitute the Board of Public Instruction of the elty of New York. Seo. 8&—Sald Commissioners shall be elected a3 fol- lows:—At the elections provided for by section 2.of this act there shall be elected in cach Senate district of the city, a now established by law, six commissioners of Public instruction. Said election shall be held in the manner hereinbefore prescribed in sections 4 and 5 of this act, for the election of Aldermen, excopt that the ballots shall be endorsed “Com: missioners of Public Instruction.” All the provisions of said sections 4 and 5 shall apply to said election of Commissioners of Publle Instruction, so modified, how- ever, as to provide for the election of alx persons only instead of nine. All ballots containing more than six names shall be rejected. There shall also be elected at the same time in each Assembly district of said city six ‘Trustees ot Common Schools for the said Assembly dis- tricts respectively, who shall be elected in the inanner reseribed in sections 4 and 5 of this act, except that he ballots shall be endorsed “Trustees of Common Schools,” and shall provide for the election of six persons only. ’Sald commissioners so elected shall take (except in, tho year 1872 offico on the | first fonday of May “next succeeding thelr election, shall hold office for the torms of one, two, three, four and five years respectively. ‘The commis: sioners and trustees elected for cach Senate district shall designate one of their number, and the tive commission- ers and five trustees so designated shall meet between the 2th day of June and the lst day of July, in the year 1872, in the office of the Mayor and in his presence, and by such method as he shall approve, determine by lot the respect- ive terms of office for one, two, three, four and five years for which the commissioners and trustees elected in the respective Senate districts and Assembly districts respect- ively shall hold office; and thereafter at every annual election under this act, there shall be clocted six commis- sloners and slx trusteedn the manner provided In this sec- tion, in that Senate district and Assembly district only for which the term of office of the commissioners eldcted from said district expires, who shall hold office for tho pe- riod of five years, The commissioners and trustees elected under this act In the year 1872 shall take office on the 20th day of Juno, 1872, and the first year of their respective terms {n this section designated shall expire on the first Monday of May, 1873 ‘8x0. 89—Said Board of Public Instruction shall forthwith after their organization elect a board of, nine trustees, ‘who, together with the President of the “College of thé City’ of New York” ex officio, shall be trustees for the management of said college of the city of New York, which said nine trustees shall hold office during the plea: sure of the Board of Public Instruction, ‘The ‘said nine trustees shall be elected by the Board of Public. Instruc. tion in the same manner as the four Commissioners of Public Works, provided by this act, are elected by tho Board of Aldermen, except that each Commissioner shall Five ming open balldts instead of four, and the votes. shall ¢ recorded by the Clerk of the Board of Public Tnstruc- tion, stating ‘the vote of each Commissioner, with his naine. ‘The nine persons having the largest iumber of votes shall be elected. Sec. 9.—The Mayor shall immediately after the 20th day of June, 1872 appoint three inspectors of common schools for each Scnate district, who shall hold office al his pleasure. Seo. 91-—From and after the 2th day of June, 1872, the Commissioners of Public Instruction, trustees and inspec- tors of common schools, who shall be elected and ap- pointed respectively under the provisions of this ac! shall be vested with and discharge ali the powers and duties which are now vested in and discharged by the Commissioners of the Department of Public Instruction, trustees and inspectors of common schools. Sec. 92.—It shall not be lawful to make any appropria- tion of public money or property, or to make any loan oF lease of Jands, or to loan the credit of the city directly or indirectly, in ald of any, private or sectarian or de- nominational school that is not under the control and management of the Department of Public Instruction, and subject to the same general laws of the State as the public schools are. ARTICLE XIII. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Seo, #8.—Every persoit who shall promise, offer or give or cause, or aid or abet in causing to be promised, offered or given, or furnish or agree to furnish, in whole or in part, to be promised, offered or given to Alderman, or any officer of the corporation, atter his election or ‘ap- ointment, or before or after he shall have qualified and ken his Seat, any moneys, goods, right in action, or other property, or anything of value, or any pecuniary advantage, present or prospective, with intent to influ. ence his Yote, opinions, Judgment or action on any question, “matter, cause or proceeding — which may be’ then pending, or may by law be brought before him in his official capacity, shall, upon convic- tion, be imprisoned in a penitentiary for'a term not cx- ceeding two years, or shall be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars, of both, In the diseretion of the Court. Every Alderman or officer in this section enumerated, who shall accept any stich gift or promise, or undertaking to make the same, under any egreement or understand: ing that his vote, legal o| nm, judgment or action shall be influenced thereby, or shall’be given in any question, matter, cause or proceeding then pending, or witch may by law be brought before him in his official ca- ee shall, upon conviction, be disqualified forever from holding any. public office, trust or appoint- ment under the city of New York, and shall forieit his office, and shall be punished by imprisonmentin the Peni- tentiary not exceeding two years, or by a fine not excced- ing five thousand dollars, or both; in the discretion of the Court. Every person oltending against any of the pro- visions of this section shall be # competent witness against any other person offending in the same transac- tion, and may be compelled to appear and give evidence before any grand jury, or in any Court, in the same man- ner as other persons; ‘but if, any person shall give tosti- mony in any trial or proceeding ‘under this section, such testimony shall not be used against him in nny criiniinal rosecution whatever, by reason of anything done by him in relation to such transaction. Sxc. 4. Any citizen claiming to have suffered special damage ‘by any stich vote or action of any Alderman or officer given for any dishonest or corrupt motive or con- sideration, may bring suit against such Alderman or ofilcer, and recover his damages, not excceding $1,000. Ske. 95.—No Alderman, commissioner, head of depart. ment, chief of bureau, deputy thereof, or clerk therein, or other officer of the Corporation, shall be in his own name or otherwise directly or indirectly interested in any con- tract, work or business, or the sale of nl article, the expense, price or consideration, of which is paid from the city treasury, or by any assessment levied by any act or ordinance of the Board of Aldermen, nor in the purchase of any real estate or other property belong. ing tothe Corporation, or which shall be sold by virtucof legal process at the suit of said Corporation, If any of the officers above named shall be so interested at the time of his election or appointment, he shail forteit his office; and if he shall, during the term for which he was clected or appointed,’ knowingly acquire an interest in any such contract, work, business, sale or assessment, ho shail, on conviction thereof, forfelt his ofice and be ptnished as for & misdemeanor. ‘All such contracts or sales shall be forfeited when “any Alderman or other officer enumerated in this section shal} be interested there- in. The compensation of all officers, agenis, clerks and employes of the city government, shall be hy fixed saia- ries or Wages, and ino such officer, agent, clerk or em- ploye shall receive any fees, commission, percentage, perquisite, Interest or contingent compensation whatever. ‘0 stich officer, agent, clerk or employe shall give or promise to give any portion of his compensation to any officer of the city or any other person in consideration of his being appointed, elected or continued such, ofticer, agent, clerk or employe, under the penalty of his being removed and rendered ‘forever disqualified from being elected, appointed or employed in the service of the city government. Bx. #6.—Any Alderman, commisstoner, head of depart. ment, chief of bureau, deputy thereof or ‘clerk thereln or other offer of the Corporation may, if a Judge shall so order, be Cela d exain d ‘upon an order, to be made ’on application based on an affidavit of any commis- sioner of the treasury or any three Aldermen, requiring ich examination, and signed by any Jusiice'of the Su- preme Court of thé First Judicial disirict, directing such examination to be publicly made at the Chambers of said S Court, at q day and hour to be named, not, less, however, than’ forty-eight hours after personal ser- vice. of ‘sald order, Such examination shall be Confled to an inquiry into any alleged wrongful diversion or misapplication of any moncys or find, or any violations of the provisions of the last two sections, orany want of mechanical qualification for any In: spectorship of public work, or any neglect of duty in act: ing as such Inspector, or any other delinquency charged Ingaid adidavit touching the oflice or the discharge or neglect of duty, of which itis alleged In the application for said order that such Alderman, head of depart. ment or other aforementioned Oficer has know- ledge or, information. Such Alderman, — commis. sioner, head of department or otter afore. said oMcor shall answer such pertinent questions relative thereto, and produce such books and papers Jn his custody or under hiscontrol as the Justice shall direct, andthe examination may be continued from time td time, as such Justice may order, but the answers of the party charged shall not he used against him in any erimt- nal proceeding: Provided, however, that for all faise answers on material points he shall be. subject to the pains and penaliles of the crime of per) The pro- ceedings may be continued before any other fustice in sald district, and other witnesses as Well as the parties Making, subh application may, in the discretion of said Justice, be compelled to attend and be examined’ touching such alleged —delinquencics. Buch Justice may punish any refusal to attend such ex- amination or to auswer any questions pursuant to his order as for acontempt of court, and shall have as full power and authority to enforce dbedience to the order or directions of himself or of any other justice as any Justice of the Supreme Court w have or slyall possess, to enforce obedience or to ptinish contempt in any ense or matter Whatever, Stich examination shall be rcduced to wriuing and be filed in the oflice of the County Clork of the county of New York, and be at all reasonable times ac: cossible 10 the public, and notice of the same yiven to the departunent iv Which said oficor ig employed, Bro. 97. officer of the city government or persom eg a ifs service who. ‘Shalt orintully violate or e' en of this act, or convert an; ‘own use, or knowingly permit au other fd ta addition fo the ieee F maposed by late pista alta ata \f Mt. al in the Board of aldetiag De of Mayor or any se of Aldermen or De) ment of Public Instruction, or the office of any oft hove salary 1s pald from thé clty treasury, shall to any but the prevailing party; nor shall such appropris- tion be made to such prevat rty except upon the written certificate by the chief officer of the Law ment as to the value of the services rendered in the case. Tn the cases provignd for under section 9% the Law De- prmens shall assign counsel to such commissioner of the treasury or aldermen making the application; but should such commissioner or “alderman sec. fit to employ other counsel than those assigned by the Law Department, then in that event no appropriation shall be made by ihe Board of Aldermen for his or thelg ayment exce) on & certificate of the Justice or Jus. Ucts before whont the proceediugs have been had that th was probable cause for taking such ere, We At person holding ollice, whether by election or appointment, under thls charter, who shall, dutior his term of office, accept, hold of retain any othee civil office of honor, trust or emolument government of ‘the ‘United ‘States, or of the Sine except the office of notary public or commisdoner deeds, or under this charter, or who shall tn sent the Legislature, or who shall, during his sald term ofce, receive ally fees or emoliunents directed to be fo hin by amordinance of the Board of Aldermen: sy be deemed thereby to have vacated every office held by him under this charter. No person shall hold two charter or county offices, nor shall an officer under the city gowe ernment hold or retain an office nnder the county govern- ment except when he holds such office ex-oflico by vir- tue of an act of the Legislature, and in such case he shalt araw nowalary for such ex-oflitio oles. i #¢. 100,—No street, avenue or public place In the elt of Now York which has been’ once paved and hese pense thereof paid for by the owners of the adjoin! property by assessment, shall hereafter be paved at thel Expense, unless such paving be petitioned for by a mae jority ot the owners of the property, who shall-also the owners of a majority of the front ‘fect on the line the proposed Improvement; and any ordinance or resolu: tion heretofore passed for any pavement which has not been petitioned for by a majority of the owners of the adjoining property to be affected, and for which no con- tract has been entered into, ls hereby declared to be In- oR raLULAN prititing for. sald of i S40, 101.—All print r said city, including 1 ing of the City’ Journai, shall be gkecuted. ad’ ahh tose tionery shall be supplied, under contracts, tb be entered into by the Comptroller’ and the Gémumissioners of ‘Treastiry, or any three of them, after an adyertisemet in three daily morning newspapers printed in said city, having the largest circulation therein, for at least tw Weeks, inviting proposals. | Suid proposals shall be base upon specifications to be filed in the Finance Department, which shall set forth, with accuracy, the number of every description of printed, blanks; algo of euch descrip- tion of stationery or blank books in ordinary use in th Board of Aldermen and the respective departments, and likely to be required during the year, for which such trnet is to be given; and the bids shall be given for sue! nuinber of each printed description of blanks, or of eac! article of stationery (including under the head of station- ery letter or writing paper, or Ma with printed heudings or endorsements) as are specified, and for cach additional number as may be required, giving the price for blanks of every description, and the price for all other printing, “per one thousand ems,” or for “rule and figure work or for advertisements, per line, Separate contragts shall be made with the lowest bidder for any one descrip- g, oF any article of stationery involving am expense of more than $6, Twenty per Centof the amount becoming due from timo to time shall be withheld b; the Comptroller until the completion of the contract; an in case the contractor shall fuil to tulfil the same to thé satisfaction of the commissioners of the department for which said printing is executed or stationery sup- plied, of any two of them, then suid commissioners jay ‘declare said contract 'to be annulled, and th Sycehy. per cent so reserved to be forfeited to the city, al shall immediately give notice for other bids for ‘such printing during tlie remainder of the term of the contract, and no judgment shall be recovered. against the city (oF printing or stationery unless upon evidence of a contract made as provided in'this section, Separate contracts be made at any time for engraving, lithographing, w cuts, maps or other picture ‘work ts the sate may De ro; quired; but nothing herein contained shall be const to require a separate contract for each engraving, litho: Braph, woodcut or map unless, the ofilcers aloe shall deem the same advisable and for the interest of the city. Sxc, 102.—No more than 1,000 copies of any momage of the Mayor ot report of, any lead of department, and Re more than 500 coples of any report of & committce of the Board of Aldermen shall be printed. No more than 5, copies of the City Sournal in addition to such number’ as may be subscribed for, or of the work known as the Man- ual of the Common Council, or of any similar work, shall be printed; and no ‘such work shall be em- bellished with any pictures of any description, except map of the city, and ‘all contracts fur such pictures shall be void. ‘The City Journal shall published daily, Sundays and iegal holdays excepted, a a copy ofsaid City Journal shall be sent by mail to all news- apers in the city, aud to ail lbrarles or institutions 1 he city that may apply for It, The sald City Journal shal be furnished to any person wishing the saino at two conta per. gopy, oF sent to subwerlbers at $6 per annum, payable In advance. Nothing shall be contained in the City Jour+ nal other than ofticlal matters expressly authorized tm nis charter. 8x0. 103.—On the 20th day of June, in the year 1872, the terms of office of the following nained exi officials of the elty of New York shall expire, to wi e Alder men and Assistant Aldermen and their clerks and subor- dinates, the Mayor, the Commissioners of Public Instrue- tion and the Trustees and Inspectors of Common Schools, and on the lst day of July, in the year 1872, the tormg of oilice of the following named existing oMcials said city shall expire, to wit:—The —Comptroll and Deputy, Comptroller, the Tax Commissionel the Commissioners of Publi¢ Works, the Commissioners Public Parks, the Commissioners of Public Charities Correction, the Corporation Counsel, the Corporation At torney, the Public Adininistrator, the Chamberlain, the Commissioners of Police, the Superintendent of Foliees the Fire Commissioncrs, the Chief Engineer of the Departinent, the Inspector of Fire Apparatus, the Gommissiondrs of Health, the Cliy Sanitary Inspector, aod Commissioners of Docks, the Register of Records, all other oftcers whose places are directed to be suppl by this act. Allof said outgoing oflicers are hereby dl- rected and required, as soon as possible after the expira- tlon of their respective terms, to dellver to their respect, ive successors all the property of every kind, and the books and papers in their use and possession, respect ively, belonging to the corporation. Src, 104. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with ions of this act are hereby repealed ; but this repe: shail not be deemed to extend to any provision of any statute defining or prescribing the punishment for bribery, fraud or any other otlence, or any misbonduct im once, but the provisions of this act in’ respect there are hereby declared to be in addition to any provisions law now existing. Ske, 105, This act shall take effect immediately. PUBLIC OPINION ON THE CHARTER. SL Interviews with the Mayor, Judges Brady and Barrett, Henry Clews, Simon Sterne, the Union League Club, the Blossom Club, Thomas C. Acton, the Aldermen and the Representative Workingmon. pro The excitement occasioned by the news received in the city yesterday morning, that the charter of the Committee of Seventy had passed both Houses of the State Legislature, culminated later in the day, and caused great excitement in oficial and political circles. With a desire to get at the opin- ions of this section of the people, IikRALD reporters were despatched to the representative men of po litical life in the city. The result is presented to our readers in the following interviews, and will be read, we doubt not, with very great interest. Mayor Hall on the Charter. Our reporter visited Mayor Hall and cross examined himon the charter, The result may be briefly summed up in the form of the following con- versation:— RerortER—Haye you any ideas, Mr. Mayor, about the charter; you know of course that it has passed both houses of the Legislature? Mayor HaLi—I think the present charter perfect in its general scope. There are a few details which require amendment. RevortER—But it is the charter of the Committee of Seventy, substantially, that has passed. What do you think of it? Mayor Has1—That so far as Its precision of lan- guage goes it is scholarly, and has evidently been drawn or supervised by some one peculiarly skilled in closing the loopholes of legislation, and directly expressing ideas so that few, if any, quibbles canbe used. RerorteR—But what about its plan ? Mayor Haut-—I think it too philosophical and Utopian, It will give rise to litigation because of the many changes. Aslam soon to return to the profession, selfishly or personally this would not be an objection to me. It reminds me ofa story I heard in the Legisiature. Some Utopian member proposed that potatoes be sold by weight instead ofby measurement. The bill was likely to pass, when a youth, unknown to fortune and to fame, im tho shape of an old farmer from the Mohawk re- gion, arose and said—and it was his only speech of the session:—“I am in favor of that bill, because my farm is situated on swampy land. I raise soggy potatoes, and of course if they are sold by bat fake shall be ahead of my neighbors, who seli_mealy ones.” I shall regret to see a charter of such radical changes for the city’a sake, But ita passage will inake rare work for law- yers familiar with municipal affairs, RevortER—Then you don't believe in minority representation? ‘ayor HaLi—Certainly not {na democratic form of government, where the imperative rule ought to be that the majority shall govern. RePoRTER—How about the policy of it? Mayor HALI—I see nothing expedient for reform init, The idea, I believe, is to prevent rings and combinations and the oppressions of the ret Now, we have had minority representation the old Boards of Ten Governors and of Supervisors and in various city departments. Bua if charges are to be believed, this did not prevent combinations between men of both parties. The idea of the Committee of Seventy Is that you can change human nature by legislation or that men of opposite parties never combine for mutual advan- tage, Kerorter—Should not the management in ser- vice of the police bo under control of the Mayor and of the Chief of Police, appointed by the for mer, and in the same executive manner in whiot the armies of the United States are managed by the President and his General-in-Ohief? Mayor HALL—Yes; this ‘will likon the Board of Police to the War Department of the federal govern- ment, for example, to ‘Tecruit the police force by appointing members to discipline them by trials, suspensions and WSmissals; to provide the foree