The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-04-01
TILE EC0N0MIZING CHARTER.
4 TTfOROUGH REORG fNfzf TTON or THE
CITY DIR. IRTMIN1S.
The RiIi ns II was Passed by the senntc and
sent to the Assembly metropolitan Omcinl.
Reduced ns to Numbers and Salaries.

The bill providing for this city what IL
known ns the omnibus charter has been pissed
| by the state Senate. and is now before the As
scmbly. Its language, shorn OF its vcrbiagc. s
IA follows
The Mayor hereafter elected shall hold Office
| for two years. The Mayor first elected under
| the provisions OF this act shall enter upon his
Office on the list day Of January. 1879. and shall
hold Office until the 1st day Of May. 1880. The
| Aldermen shall hold office for two years. or
the six Aldermen at large. one shall be voted for
to be " President of the Board Of Aldermen"
| There shall be on tho first Tuesday in April.
1878. and on the first Tuesday in April every
second year thereafter an election OF Mayor
and Aldermen The officers 80 elected shall
enter upon their Offices on the first day OF May
following such election, except the case OF the
| Mayor first elected. Any vacancy in the Board
| OF Aldermen shall be filed by a majority OF tho
members. The President Of the Board OF Alder
men shall receive an annual salary OF $4,000,
and the other members each salary OF $1,000.
| Tho aggregate amount Of salaries for the clerk
| assistants. and officers Of said board shall not
| in any one year, exceed $4,000.
All heads of departments and the Chamber
lain shall los appointed by the Mayor without
confirmation by the Board OF Aldermen. The
heads Of departments and the Chamberlain may
bc removed for cause, M now provided by law.
| The cause assigned must be- malfcasnnce or
| derclction of duty in oli'e. and the particulars
| Of the offence must be- set forth in written
| charges. a copy Of which shall be served upon
! the person charged, and an opportunity given
! him 10 hc heard in his defence before any re-
| moyal shall be- made
Tho head Of tho Drrartmcn.of Public Parks
slall be- an on rr called the COmmissiOn r OF
| Parks. The Commssionero Of the Department ~
Public parke who was President Of the depart
| Commissioner of Parks until the expiration Of
his term OF Office. I'm" C9mmssi9n"r OF Parks
hereafter appointed shall hold oilicc Tor four
ycnr-. and shall recciv. $4,000 per annum. The
offices ~ ti!r present Commissioners Of the De-
| partmcnt OF Public Parks. other than the Prrsi-
| dent ana oi al the officers and employees shall
| terminate on the passage ofthis act. The powers
and duties now posscssed by the department Of
| iuhlic Parks, not by this act continued in said
department. shall. except az herein otherwise
provided, be- possScssed 10y the Department 81
Public Works. The Department Of Public
| Works shall have control Of the Croton water
system; Of all the sewerage and drainage. and
| of all works 81 construction and maintenance:
of streets and avenues, not including any Of
such works within any public park. square or
icnance Of public buildings not being an armory.
| or under the management Of or in the occupancy
ana ana use 1., q any other dePartmsn or ct the
property there shall DE three brarcaus in said
Department # Public Works. A bureau shall
supply and distribution II Croion water, the
laying Of water pipes the illl ling of sunken lo;s.
| the construction and maintenance of bridges
| over ana tunnels under III" Harlem
river the supervision Of tn" lighting Of the
| ~lffHINs INff constructor ana nullt nan ~
s.w"r~ and tho construction and maintenance
| OF streets. the chief officer Of which shall be-
called th' tiy Engineer VIII" shall Lee u civll
,n-in''r OF at least ten nts, experience.
| bureau shall have charge q the construction
aud maintenance ~ all buildings belonging To
S"n- 81 ii" ty. and y iRc cSri Of pah Me
buildings. the chief officer 81 which shall
h' called the CITY Architect who must hr AN
Hrriii Of at least ten years experience. \
bur an 81 do * shall hay. chargc IF The wharf
and dock Property, IN" chief officer of which
| snail Toe allied tn" Engineer uf Docks. who shall
| hr prartiea eng nicer of at least IA car-' eN-
at the Offices Of tie COMMISSIONERS OF Docks
| and Of all employees ~ the docks shall termi-
sin months after the sewer through said street
| has been constructed and the water mains laid.
Of propeTy sh" p"n t such 1' ,I pay VIM ir ann
vpon such petltlon ths commissioner Of Public
Works shall CERTIFY th9t j. Is nee, ssary for the
T aren ' tr IT,, IN H. iniepaImcnt q Finance
merits and the revenue derived from the sale OF
l,c called no Receiver Of Taxes ssmcnts.
and Water Rents. and who shall perform the
drnti,s n , psri9rmed 10y nc Receiver Of
ist'r. 50 far rs The duiios ~ said Water Regis
Ter npply Ia the collecting Il revenue or fines.
| ;" lar NJ not by Ia" preceding section trans
forred g. The Drpnument 81 Finance, the De-
parimeut Il Public Works shall continue vested
Ia rcteronr" e. the distribution and sale II the
Croton water. The Bureau = Licenses in the
The hond Of the D.partment of Public Chart
ana Correction shall be- two officers called
Correction Tho Cummi-sionor who was Pres.
iirnt on tno 1t OF March. lsl7. anl the other
Cnmmi--oncr who has thu shortest tsrm t.
serve siiall ir 'oWmisslon"rs ~ Public Chari.
tics and Correction until tn" expiration II
their respective terms Il oni,e. The. CQmmis
sion'rs her aii"r APPOINTED shall no! on D., for
four years. and the salary of ca h shall be-
Tho Fire Impairment shall have for its head
m'-s"aer Il The lily u y5rE. Thc S SS
Marh ls7 .E S bc The 6eai u II" h., d eny +,
mrnt until the cNpirWtlono t his term Of office,
tn, C2wm.issioncT 'aereniter anpoinlei
The salary shall he $1,000 per. annum.
The firn DcparimcH' IN 3lfi,iqn To Ne low
II the present Department Of Buildings. Ten
,iHyS after ne passage OF TINS 81 M, oiice oi
the head Of the Department II Buildings and
hcthrcc bureaus in thc Fire Department bu-
n sT AMI n estnguisEn" rcs s n" u eh dcSr o
which shall be- called ihc chief Of The Depart
m"nt. bureau shall be- charged with the eye
cut II 81 gu laws relating t. the storage. sale
and sruf cpmhustiul" materials nnd luv, sti-
Will -R9 ' be- salcd HE the FIR Marlhal Nm
i'au shall br charged with the execution of all
laws relating 70 huiliing-. the chief oitecr i
Which shall be- CALLED The sulerintond NJ. ~
l'uilding-, who shall bcn ntica archtc A, or
hpild"r,o at least ten years cNRrriopr., and
S M2 rs HHGm'e NJ Ig s l lam.
nation. appointed hy the New York chapter II
ot the american institute II Architects Of said
city. The expenses Of th.- bureau shall not in
any onr yrHr exceed SO 900
| The Head Vt the Iolico Department shall con-
tinuc to hea Board ~ Police. consisting ~ four
persons, 10 be known ~ Police Cumuii-pion"r-,
The said board -hnil continue to Toe non. parts
san. Two If -aid polirc C"nui-si. ner- shall h'
# one political pnriy and two of n" other 70
ltical lqMy, oppoSoi g. each oiher on state
lssur~. Tn Board of Police. In EDITION Ia the
powers heretofore conferred. shall perform the
duiic, OF the Board Of C1miulss nn'r- az ~
rirc. Ton days aii'r y" lr-saS" of thi- A. ~"
Office Of the present Commissioners ni lN'isc
of said city and Il the employees shall tor
inmate Tho Board of POLICE stall al :, pos
scs-.d ~ III" powers and prrform lh' 1ui -
her'tnior" conferred upon officers in r.-p''i 20
| places of public anu 'nlcNt, Keepers Of board
ing houses Tor migrant pgssrns ~, IunN stop
Keepers and Junk hontmrn. .MwnhrN k"r-,
wonders. hawk'rs and lrddlrrs, dealers IN ~''-
"nd hand articles, k.rp"rs of int" E"n'e
ra,;'-, upd the owners AMI drivers thereof,
carts and cnlimrn. cabs aud cnhn"n. public m
t.r-. hand rartmen. on,nihu- and omnibus driY-
cr,. All licm-rs and other i'c~ and AL ln"~ gul
penalties cplccinhlc from III sc sources -ANll hg
received AMI collected lv SAID u pprim"nt I