This bureau has charge of all matters relating to elections within the city.

The BOARD OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS is composed of six Commissioners, each of whom is the head of a department, is appointed for six years, and receives a salary of $7500. Each Commissioner has administrative jurisdiction in his department and appoints his subordinates. This board is presided over by an official known as President of the board, whose salary is $8000 per annum, and whose duty it is, in case of difference in the board, to assign work to one or more of the departments for execution.

This board also includes as members the Mayor, the Comptroller, the Corporation Counsel, and the Borough Presidents. The departments represented in this board are six, which may be numbered in consecutive order with the above.

4. Water Supply. 5. Highways.

6. Street Cleaning.

7. Sewers.

8. Bridges.

9. Public Buildings, Lighting, and Supplies. The main office of all the six departments

1 by Battery, East River, Maiden lane and Liberty st.

n lane and Liberty st., Broadway, Park row, Spruce and k slip, East River.

st., West st., Reade, Broadway.

e, Ferry sts. and Peck slip, South st., Catharine st.,

West, Canal and Broadway.

w, Bowery, Walker and Canal sts., Broadway.

arine, Division and Grand sts., East River, South st. West, West Houston sts. and Broadway.

uston, Cottage place, Bleecker, Carmine sts. and 6th av., River.

, Rivington, Norfolk, Division sts.

enue B and Clinton st., Rivington st., East River,

and W. 86th st., North River, East River (including Il's Islands), Harlem River and Spuyten Duyvil Creek. ivision and Grand sts., Norfolk, Rivington, East River. Valker and Canal sts., Broadway, E. Houston, Bowery. and E. Houston sts., Cottage place, Bleecker and Carv., E. and W. 14th sts., Bowery and 4th av. 14th st., North River, W. 26th st., 6th av. Rivington, Clinton sts. and Avenue B, E. 14th st.,

and W. 14th sts., East River, E. and W. 26th sts.,

E. and W. 86th sts., East River, E. and W. 40th sts.,

7. 40th st., 6th av., W. 26th st., North River.

E. and W. 40th sts., East River, E. and W. 26th sts.,

represented in the Board of Public Improvements must be in Manhattan, but branch offices. may be located in each of the other boroughs.

Each Commissioner may appoint deputies in the boroughs, and may appoint clerks and subordinates, and may fix and regulate their salaries within the limits of the appropriation duly made therefor.

10. The DEPARTMENT OF PARKS has at its head three Commissioners, one of whom is designated as President by the Mayor. One has jurisdiction in the boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond, one in the borough of the Bronx, and one in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. Their term of office is six years, with salaries of $5000 yearly.

11. The BUILDING DEPARTMENT has at its head a board of three Commissioners, each of whom must be a competent architect or builder of at least ten years' experience. One Commissioner is President of the board, being so designated by the Mayor. One has jurisdiction in Manhattan and the Bronx, one in Brooklyn, and one in Queens and Richmond. The salaries of the two former are $7000, and of the latter $3500, and the term of office is six years.

12. The DEPARTMENT OF CHARITIES has at its head a board of three Commissioners, holding office for six years. One is appointed in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, with a salary of $7500; one in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, with a salary of $7500, and one in the borough of Richmond, with a salary of $2500 a year. The principal office must be in Manhattan, and there must be a branch office in each of the other boroughs.

13. The DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS has at its head a Commissioner whose term of office is six years, with a salary of $7500. His principal office must be located in Manhattan, and he must have a branch office in Brooklyn. He has power to appoint deputies and assistant deputies, and to assign them to any borough or boroughs. He has the management of all institutions in his department, and may make rules for their government, and may appoint and remove all subordinates.

14. The FIRE DEPARTMENT has at its head one Commissioner, whose term of office is six years, and whose salary is $7500 a year. He appoints a deputy, whose office is in the borough of Brooklyn, and whose duties relate to the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.