Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-31
City PmrVcyOI..

pEIT ORDAINED BY TIE BOARD OF
| ID Mayor and Aldermen of the City Of Mem
phia:
| the city against the indiscrininate extraya-
gance in the purchase of supplies for the city,
| the Office of City urveyor be and the same is
hereby created by this Board.
| See .. 1t shall be the duty of the Purvey0r,
| at the first regular meeting of the Board of Al
| dermen, monthly. to make out an approximate
| estimate of the supplies which will be required
in the City Hospitals for the current month, ac-
companying said estimate with an itemized
statement of the prices at which the articles can
| be obtained from at least three lesponsible mer-
| chants of the city.
See 3. Said purveyor shall, at the first regular
meeting of the Board, monthly, render like
estimate Of supplies of pr0vender, and OF prices,
as provided in section 2, fcorn, hay oats, bran.
etc, which may be required for the current
month for all the city stock used in the fire,
street, sanitary and other departments.
Sec 4. Said PurveyOr shall also, once month,
procure at least three bids from responsible par
ties for the repairing of the tools used by the
street forces. The shooting of horses, the repair
ing of carts ana harness, and submit the same
to the Board of Aldermen at their first regular
monthly meeting.
Fec. 5. said Purveyor shall, upon all special
orders of tn Board for the purchase of any
thing in the city exceeding the value of fifty
dollars, obtain Mt least three propositions from
responsible parties to furnish the same before
the purchase is made.
Sec. 6. The Purveyor shall keep three books
to be styled as follows . Book of Hospital
Supplies" Book of supple s for City Teams"
and " Miscellaneous Book of Supplies and Con
tracts" and il shall be the duty of said Pur-
veyOr TO record in said books three of the low
est bids, il more than three are made, for all
supplies or for all contracts in which the city is
interested noting carefully the date of all bids
and what bids are accepted
Sec. Z. 1t shall be the duty of the Puryeyor
of the city, as herenbefore provided, to carry
out generally the. orders Of the Board in mat
tiers involving the expenditure of money and
to furnish in the su admission of all bids recon-
mendatiOns Of what action upon the part of the
Board may be for the benefit of the city
Sec s. The books of the Puryeyor shall be
open TO the inspection of all members of the
Board, and of the merchants and contractors
generally.
SEC. d. Tine Puryeyor shall enter into bond in
the sum of twenty thousand dollars for the
faithful performance of his duty, and shall re-
ceive salary of two thousand dollars per
annum payable monthly.
Sec. 10. 1t shall be the duty Of the Officers in
charge of each and every department of tho
City Government to 2ubmit promptly when
called on by the Pgrveyor, approximate esti-
mates of articles needed OF which maybe needed
monthly in their sew eraf departments
See. II. 1t shall be the duty of the purveyor
to underwrte all accounts against the city ere
ated by virtue Of this ordinance, and to see that
the same are made out according 10 the ne
cepted bids and the estimates submitted; and
he shall examine and approve all accounts be-
fore their presenta.lon TO the Controller to be
audited, ard state as briefly as possible the
special orders under which they were created
sec. II. All ordinances conflicting with the
provisions Of this ordinance be and the same
are hereby repealed.
Approved Dec 80 op,,,n
Attest. L. n RfcgARDs Citv Re0isfer I'M