this act; and who shall, in the absence or illness of such president, discharge all duties of such president. He shall, within the borough for which he shall have 1 elected, have cognizance and control: (1) Of regulating, grading, curbing, flagging guttering of streets and laying of crosswalks; (2) of constructing and repairing lic roads; (3) of paving, repaving, resurfacing and repairing of all streets, and of relaying of all pavements removed for any cause; (4) of the laying or relaying of face railroad tracks in any public street or road, of the form of rail used, or racter of foundation, and the method of construction, and of the restoration of the ement or surface after such work; (5) of the filling of sunken lots, fencing of ant lots, digging down lots, and of licensing vaults under sidewalks; (6) of the oval of encumbrances; (7) of the issue of permits to builders and others to use or n the streets; (8) of the construction and maintenance of all bridges and tunnels Ich are within his borough and form a portion of the highways thereof, except such Iges as cross navigable streams; (9) of all subjects relating to the public sewers drainage of his borough, and shall initiate the making of all plans for the drainof his borough, except as otherwise specifically provided in this act. He shall e charge of the construction of all sewers in accordance with said plans. He shall e in charge the management, care and maintenance of the sewer and drainage tem of the borough of which he shall be president and the licensing of all cisterns cesspools." The presidents of the boroughs of Queens and Richmond also have ervision of the street cleaning of their boroughs. The act says in regard to the Bureau of Buildings: "There shall be in the ce of each borough president a bureau to be known as 'the Bureau of Buildings for the Borough of The presidents of the boroughs of 'eau of Manhattan, The Bronx and Brooklyn shall, each within the borildings. ough for which he is elected, appoint a superintendent of buildings for the borough. The presidents of the boroughs of Queens and hmond inay, whenever appropriation is made therefor by the Board of Aldermen n the recommendation of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, each within borough for which he is elected, in like manner appoint a superintendent of buildfor the borough. Each superintendent of buildings shall, within the borough or oughs in which he has jurisdiction, have charge of the administration of, and it Il be his duty, subject to and in accordance with the general rules and regulations blished by the president of the borough, to enforce such rules and regulations and provisions of this chapter and of such ordinances as may be established by the rd of Aldermen and of the laws relating to the construction, alteration or removal ›uildings or other structures erected or to be erected within such borough." The act creates twenty-five districts of local improvements, divided as fol1, Richmond Borough. 2, Wards 1 and 2, Borough of Queens. 3, Wards 3, 4 and 5, Borough of Queens. 4. Third Senate District. 5. Fourth Senate District. 6. Wards 8, 30 and 31, Borough Brooklyn. 7. Wards 10 and 12, Borough of Brooklyn. 8. Sixth ate District. 9, Seventh Senate District. 10, Eighth Senate District. 11, Ninth ate District. 12, Tenth Senate District. 13, Eleventh Senate District. 14, Twelfth ate District. 15, Thirteenth Senate District. 16, Fourteenth Senate District. 17, eenth Senate District. 18, Sixteenth Senate District. 19, Fifteenth and Seven B: al Boards. of 22. 23. ith Assembly districts of the county of New York. 20, Eighteenth Senate District. Nineteenth and Twenty-first Assembly districts of the county of New York. rty-first and Twenty-third Assembly districts of the county of New York. ntieth Senate District and that part of the Twenty-first Senate District in_the ough of Manhattan. 24. That part of the Twenty-first Senate District in the Borh of The Bronx west of the Bronx River. 25. That part of the Twenty-second ate District east of the Bronx River. Each local board of improvement has as its abers the president of the borough wherein the district is situated, and each memof the Board of Aldermen "who represents an aldermanic district within such 1 improvement district." The members of the local board serve as such members out compensation. The act then says: "A local board, subject to the restrictions vided by this act, shall have power in all cases where the cost of the improvement o be met in whole or in part by assessments upon the property benefited to initiate ceedings for the following purposes: To construct tunnels and bridges lying wholly in the borough; to acquire title to land for parks and squares, streets, sewers, hels and bridges, and approaches to bridges and tunnels; to open, close, extend, en, grade, pave, regrade, repave and repair the streets, avenues and public places, to construct sewers within the district; to flag or reflag, curb or recurb the sideks and to relay crosswalks on such streets and avenues; to set or to reset street ps, and to provide signs designating the names of streets. All resolutions affectmore than one local improvement district or the borough generally shall be adopted at a joint meeting of all the local boards of the borough, and by a majority of members of said boards." artment of ter Supply, Gas | Electricity. The Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity has charge of the ply and distribution of water, and also has the following duties: "Of the making and performance of certain contracts when duly authorized in accord with the provisions of this act, and for the execution of the same in the matter of furnishing the city, or any part thereof, with gas, electricity, or any other illuminant, or of steam; of the selecting, locating and ing and changing of lights for the use of the city; of the inspecting and testing gas and electricity used for light, heating and power purposes, electric meters, tric wires and of all lights furnished to said city; and of the use and transmission re of gas, electricity, pneumatic power and steam for all purposes in, upon, across, over and under all streets, roads, avenues, parks, public places and public buildings; of the construction of electric mains, conduits, conductors and subways in any such streets roads, avenues, parks and public places, and the granting of the permission to oper streets, when approved by the borough president and to open the same for the purpose of carrying on therein the business of transmitting, conducting, using and selling electricity, steam, or for the service of pneumatic tubes." The The Commissioner of Street Cleaning has charge of the sweeping and cleaning of the streets in the boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx and Brooklyn, and of the removal of ashes and garbage in these boroughs. Street Cleaning, Commissioner of Bridges has charge of all the bridges and Bridges, Parks. of the operation of the railroad on the New York and Brook lyn Bridge, and of the construction and management of tun nels beneath navigable streams. The three Commissioners of Parks have charge o the parks in every borough; one has administrative jurisdiction in the boroughs o Manhattan and Richmond, one in the borough of The Bronx, and one in the borough of Brooklyn and Queens. Each Commissioner rece.ves, saialy. An Art Commission has as its members the Mayor, the president of th Metropolitan Museum of Art, the president of the New York Public Library, th president of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, on Art Commission. painter, one sculptor, one architect, and three other resident of the city of New York. The act then says: "Hereafter n work of art shall become the property of the city of New York, by purchase, gift o otherwise, unless such work of art or a design of the same, together with a statemen of the proposed location of such work of art, shall first have been submitted to an approved by the commission." The Department of Public Charities has as its head one Commissioner o Public Charities, whose salary is $7,500 yearly. The commis Public Charities. sioner has charge of all hospitals, asylums, almshouses and othe institutions for the care of the feeble minded, the sick and th destitute, except certain specified institutions. Bellevue Hospital and allied hospitals are in charge of a board of trustee of seven persons, consisting of the Commissioner of Publi Bellevue Hospital- Charities and six persons appointed by the Mayor. Department of Correction. The Department of Correction has as its head on commissioner at a salary of $7,500. He has charge of al institutions for the care and custody of criminals and mis demeanants, except certain specified institutions. The Fire Department has one commissioner as its head, who receives $7,50 a year. He has charge of the government, management, maintenance and di Fire, Docks and Ferries. rection of the Fire Department of the city. The Department o Docks and Ferries has as its head one commissioner, who receive $7,500 a year salary. He has exclusive charge of the wharf prop erty belonging to the city of New York. and of the repairing rebuilding, altering and leasing of this property. He cannot, however, make an contract or execute any deed for the wharf property unless it has first been approve by resolution in writing passed by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. The Doc Commissioner also is authorized to lease the franchise of ferries. The Department of Taxes and Assessments has at its head five commission ers, one of whom is designated as the president. The salary of the president i Taxes and Assessments. $8,000 a year, while that of the other commissioners is $7.000 year. The commissioners appoint forty deputy tax commissioner: whose duty it is to assess all the taxable property in the severa districts to which they are assigned. The act then says: "Ther shall be kept in the several offices established by the Department of Taxes and Asses! ments books to be called 'the annual record of the assessed valuation of real an personal estate of the borough of , in which shall be entered in detail the as sessed valuations of such property within the limits of the several boroughs of the cit of New York, as established by this act, which said books shall be open for public in spection, examination and correction from the second Monday in January until th first day of April in each year; but on said last mentioned day the same shall b closed to enable the Board of Taxes and Assessments to prepare assessment rolls ( the several boroughs for delivery to the Board of Aldermen." The Mayor is authorized to appoint three persons to make assessments f local improvements. The Controller, the Corporation Coun Board of Assessors. sel and the president of the Department of Taxes an Assessments by the terms of the act are the Board for th Revision of Assessments. The Department of Education has at its head a Board of Education forty-six members, appointed by the Mayor. The forty-six_members of th Board of Education are divided as follows: Borough of Man Department of hattan, 22; Borough of The Bronx, 4: Borough of Brooklyn. 14 Education. Borough of Queens, 4; Borough of Richmond. 2. The Board" Education has the management and control of the public school of the city. The act further says: "The Board of Education shall administer a moneys appropriated or available for educational purposes in the city of New Yor subject to the general provisions of this act relating to the audit and payment salaries and other claims by the Department of Finance. Prior to February 15, 190 the Board of Education shall divide the boroughs under its charge into forty-six schol board districts, of which twenty-two shall be wholly in the Borough of Manhatta urteen wholly in the Borough of Brooklyn, four wholly in the Borough of The Bronx, ur wholly in the Borough of Queens and two who in the Borough of Richmond. here shall be in each of said districts a local school board consisting of seven memers, as follows: Five persons to be appointed by the president of the borough, a ember of the Board of Education designated by the president of that board, and the strict superintendent assigned to duty in such district by the city superintendent. ubject to regulation by the bylaws of the Board of Education, the duties and owers of the local school boards shall be as follows: In their respective districts hey shall visit, at least once in every quarter, all the schools in the district, and spect the same, in respect to punctual and regular attendance of the pupils and achers, the number and fidelity of the teachers, the studies, progress, order and scipline of the pupils, the cleanliness, safety, warming, ventilation and comfort I school premises, and the observance of the provisions of the school laws in repect to the teaching of sectarian doctrines or the use of sectarian books; and shall all the attention of the Board of Education, without delay, to every matter reairing official action. They shall also, on or before the first day of January and une of each year, make a written report to the Board of Education in respect to e condition of the schools, the efficiency of teachers, and wants of the district. pecially in regard to schools and school premises. They shall report immediately the Board of Education whenever additional accommodation is necessary for ndergarten or elementary school purposes, with a recommendation of the sites thin their respective districts which they consider it necessary to acquire for ch purposes. They shall also recommend the erection of such buildings on said tes or on any other property owned by the city of New York, and such repairs alterations of school buildings, as they deem necessary or desirable. They shall ave power, and it shall be their duty, to try charges made by a principal, a disict superintendent, or by any parent or guardian of a pupil. residing in the disict. against a teacher employed within their respective districts. for gross misnduct, insubordination, neglect of duty or inefficiency. On receiving notice of id charges they shall immediately proceed to try and determine the case and all fix the penalty or punishment to be imposed for the offence committed, which all consist of a fine, suspension for a fixed time without pay, or dismissal. Their termination upon such charges and the penalty or punishment imposed therefor all be reported immediately to the Board of Education, which may reject, conm or modify the determinations of the local board, and the penalty or punishent imposed, and the decision of the board shall be final except as to matters in lation to which, under the general school laws of the state, an appeal may be ken to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction." The Department of Health has at its head a Commissioner of Health, the lice Commissioner and the Health Officer of the Port. It is the duty of the partment Health. Department of Health to enforce all the laws of the state in regard to the preservation of human life. This includes all laws relative to cleanliness, the sale of unwholesome food and the purity of the water supply. The Board of Health is authorized to estabh and maintain hospitals for the care of persons sick with contagious diseases. rths, deaths and marriages are reported to the Board of Health, whose members ep a record of them. The Tenement House Department has at its head a Tenement House Commisner, whose salary is $7,500 a year. The department is divided into a new building bureau, an inspection bureau and a bureau of records. The nement House building bureau examines plans for the light and ventilapartment. tion of tenement houses, the inspection bureau inspects all completed tenement houses and records all violations of e tenement house laws and ordinances. and the bureau of records contains a cord of every tenement house in the city. The City Court of New York and the Municipal Court are continued. The several boroughs are divided into districts, in each of which sessions of the Municipal Court are held: In The Bronx, two districts; Manhattan, nine districts: Brooklyn, seven districts; Queens, three districts; Richmond, two districts. cal Courts. erior Courts For the purpose of the administration of criminal justice the city is divided D two divisions, the first division embracing the boroughs of The Bronx and Manhattan and the second division embracing the boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond. The Board of City Magistrates in the first division consists of fifteen magistrates, while in the second division there are fifteen magistrates, ten of whom are residents of Brooklyn, four of Queens, and two of the rough of Richmond. In both divisions the magistrates are appointed by the Criminal isdiction. yor. ard of y Record. The city publishes a City Record, in which are printed corporation notices relating to the various boroughs. When they relate to the Borough of Brooklyn they are also published in the newspapers of that borough. The charter provides for the election of four coroners in the Borough of Manhattan, two in the Borough of The Bronx. two in the Borough of Brooklyn, two in the Borough of Queens, and one in the Borough of Richmond, all for a term of four years. 'oners. |