Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-04
CITY ADVERTIs EMENTs,
AN DiNANCE

To Create the Onice Of city surveyor
10 Provide for Filling said Once,
aaI rescribi"g the Powers anu
Duties Of such Ohcer.
The Mayor and Common Council Of the GUY o.
Los An0eLeS do oTCt1in Gs f0ttoiUS:
SECTION L. That there be and hereby is Gre
ated the office 10 be known and called the
SEC. 3 The office OF City surveyor shall DC
filled by appointment of some suitable person
to be selected by the Common Counci. On said aid
city, and who shall hold said office for ana
during the pleasure of The Common Council,
SEC B. Whenever the Common Council
shall appoint any person he 70 fbe .ne day OF the
Cleik of the Common Council to make out
and deliver to such appontee certlhcate OF
such appointment, in writing, and thereupon
such person SO appointed shall within ten (lV)
days after receiving such certificate OF ms APP
polntment qualify by taking and subscribing
to the constitutional oath of office ana 10y exc
cutting To SAID city an otfic al bond In such
amount rs the Common Council shall pre-
scribe, with , TIVE or f more sareties, con eonal,
all The duties of his said Office The bond
shall De approved by the Mayor, and when SO
approved shall be, together with the afl1davit
containing the oath OF Office SO taken by said
officer. deposited with and remain in the
official keeping of the Clerk of the Common
Council.
SIC. A. It shall be the duty of the City Sur
veyor to make all surveys, maps and plans
required by said city; to make out all assess
tncntS OF the cost or proba bic cost OF any work
done to be done, and to superintend the
making of all public improvements; to keep
a record in books to be prov .ded by the city,
of the field notes ofall surveys made and maps
of The same, and full, true and correct ac-
counjs and memoranda of the cost and ex-
penses of all public works and improvements,
and to keep posted in his office all plans and
specifications of woa k to be done, Tor the IN
spection of all parties desiring to examine the
same, and to do and perform any and all other
matters and things which may be required of
him by any ordinance of said city or by any
resolution or other order of the Common CouD-
Gil of said city.
Sec. ). The City Surveyor shall receive no
salary, but shall be paid from time to Time as
full compensation for all services rendered
the city such fees as may be prescribed by the
Common Counc |.
Sec q. II shall be unlawful for the City Sur
veyor TO become or be IN any way, directly or
indlrec ly, interested in any contract made or
to be made by said city with any contractor or
other person for making any Kind of improve
ments in said city; provided that the pIovis-
Ions of h section shall not be so cons rued
as to prohibit the said Surveyor from charg-
ing and rece wing the fees allowed by the
Common Council to be charged by HIM as
aforesaid.
Sec 7. This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force from and after is passage, approval
and publication, and all ordinances ana parts
of ordinances in SO tar as they conflict with
this ordinance shall be, and the same are,
hereby repealed.
Approved in the city of Los Angeles, Ca, {.
july 70, 1874. j. Il. TOBERMAN,
Mayor.
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance
was adopted by the Common Council at Its
session Of July %, 1874. NJ. KREMER,
jy26 10. City Clerk.