The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-07

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streets and assessing demages therefor; and
for that purpose the Board of Public Works
is hereby authorized to issue the bond of the
city of Philadelphia, executed as aforesaid.
Section z. 1t shall be the duty Of the Board
of Revision of the city of Philadelphia, on
request of the Board of Public Works, to re-
wise or review any assessment made by them
or those under them; and it, upon said re-
view, the said Board of Revision shall in
crease the amount of said assessment, the
increased amount shall be the assessed value
of said property. Provided, The same shall
not be done without notice to the owner of
the property interested.
Section s. 1t shall be the duty of the
beard, Immediately after their organization,
to enter upon and take possession of the
offices, books, papers, and property of the
city of Philadelphia, in the various depart
ments whose duties are transferred to the
Board of Public Works, and it is hereby
made the duty of the Chief Commissioner of
Highways of the City of Philadelphia, and his
assistants, the Commissioner of City Pro-
perty the Board of Health. SO far as cleaning
the streets of said city, the Department of
Surveys, and all other departments whose
labors are to be hereafter performed by this
board. to transfer and deliver to the said
board all books, papers, and property in their
possession, or belonging to the city of Phla-
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in reference to the business so transferred.
Section 8. Said board shall have the right
to appoint such officer or officers, and employ
such agents and persons AS they shall deem
necessary, and the same to remove at plea
sure, and to fix the compensation of the per-
sons employed, and make such contract or
contracts as the board may consider necessary
which shall be executed on their part by the
president and sttested by tie clerk and seal
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this act; and shall have the further right aud
authority to do such other act or acts as may
be necessary to carry out the intent of this
act
Section 10. In the event of vacancy oc-
curing among the commissioners it shall be
the duty of the remaining members, by vote,
to fill said vacancy for the remainder of said
term of five years. Provided, That at no
time in said board shall there be more than
three members of one and the same political
party, and any election by which this is inter-
fered with shall be null and void, and in the
event of the mejority of said board refusing
to elect in accordance with this provision for
one month after said vacancy shall have oc-
cured it shall be the duty of the Court of
Common Pleas for the city of Philadelphia to
appoint person of such political party as
will carry out the intent of this section.
Section II. The duties imposed by this act
operating on any of the snbjec named and
enumerated in this act, and vesting power to
execute the same in the city of Philadelphia,
or any department thereof, shall continue in
force only to vest the power in said board.
Said board shall, by resolution, supersede
the functions of such individuals, municipal
or State officers as, in their Judgment, are
needless by reason of the performance of like
duties by officers appointed by this board. In
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The board the Court of Common Pleas of the
city of Philadelphia, on petition of said board,
shall make such order as shall secure compli-
ance with the provisions of this act.
Section ~ 1t shall be the duty of the Board
of Public Works to hold all business meetings
in public, and in such manner as will enable
the citizens of the city of Philadelphia to
attend and hear the proceedings
Section 13. The qualified electors of the
city of Philadelphia shall, on the second
Tuesday in October 1876, vote at their re-
spective polls for offices of members of the
Board of Public Works, and at said election
each qualified elector shall vote for but three
persons for members of said board. and the
five persons who shall be found, at the closing
of the polls on the day aforesaid, to have re-
ceived the highest number of votes for the
said Office of member of the Board of Public
Works, shall be declared elected, and shall
hold their offices for the period of five years
from the first Monday of November following
their said election, and until their successors
are duly qualified: Provided, That said cleo
tion shall be conducted in the manner and
under the law providing for the election of
other municipal officers in the city of Phila-
delphia.
Section IA. All laws inconsistent with the
terms of this act be and the same are hereby
repealed