St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-27
CODE OF REGULATIONS
To Be Observed in the City Engineers De.
partment,

A code of rules of which the following is a
copy was served on the employees of the city
engineers department yesterday:
OFFICE HOURS.
From April to Nov. /, 80 a. m. to ~ m,
| and from l p IN. TO p. IN.
From Nov. to April 1, s a. m. to IL m, and
from p. M. to $3.50 p. m.
All employees of the department, including the
assistant engineers, will be required to strictly
| observe and keep Office hours, and must report
| in person to the person who shall be placed by
! the engineer of the board in charge of the office,
whose duty ii shall be TO see that office hours are
| rigidly observed and kept.
| Weekly reports of absence and Hardness must
| be made and sent to the board of public works.
Each chief of party in the field will be required
| to report at the Office with his party at 7:30 a.
m from April TO N 0v. l, and observe the same
hours of labor as are required TO be observed by
| Office employees.
Each chief of party will be held responsible
for the men under him, and any inattention to
duty must be reported to the engineer, who will
| report the same TO the board for its action.
Inspectors must be on their work during
working hours, and see that all contract work is
performed in strict compliance with the con-
| tract and specifications.
No inspector will be permitted to leave the
work placed under his supervise n without leave
| between the honrs of a. w. and IL m, and
p. H. and p. m.
| The engineer of the board is directed to see
that each inspector is furnished with copy of
| the specifications of the work to be done under
his supervision, and also to that the inspect
ors are fully instructed as to their duties, the
provisions of the specifications and the charac-
| ter of the work placed in his charge.
The street commissioners will be required to
be on the ground and see that the street force
under their supervision and direction are
| promptly at work at a. and l p. N. The
hours of labor for the street force until other
wise ordered by the board will be from a. m.
to ~ M, and from p. m. to p. m.
| None but able-bodied men shall be allowed on
the street force. If any exceptions to this rule
now exist the street commissioners will prom t.
| ly report the same to the board for action.
No Office employe, inspector, street commits
siOner, engineer, or other person employed in
this department will be permitted TO visit or fire.
quent saloons or other drinking places during
the hours that he is required to be on duty.
''PUBLIC OFFICE Is A PUBLIC TRUST
The engineer OF the board, his assistants, Office
employees, chiefs of parties, street commiss ion
ers, inspectors and any and all other persons en-
| ployed in this department are hereby strictly
prohibited from interfering either directly or
Indirectly in party politics during the hours they
are required TO be on duty.
No person employed in this department Will
be permitted at any time, to influence or con-
ploy of the city, persons having city contracts
| by the award of the board of public works, or
any of the men in their employ.
Active and offensive craftsmanship at primaries,
conventions or elections is not only discounte-
nanced, but absolutely prohibited by the board in
any of the employees of this department.
The engineering department Will not be per-
mitted 10 be run political machine, in the
interest of any party. clique or ring.
Amy violation or deviation from these rules
will be sufficient cause for the immediate dis
charge of the person or persons guilty of the
same.
The engineer of the board is hereby directed
TO cause these rules to be publicly posted in the
several rooms OF his department, and to see that
every officer and employe in the department is
| served with printed copy of the same.
BY order of the board of public works, March
%, 1885. JOHN FARRIEGToN, President.
Onicial:
X, L.sGoRMAN, Clerk Board Public Works.
In referring to the above rules a city en-
ploye said, yesterday, that as long as the
board of public works was engaged getting
up rules for the regulation of the engineers
department it might be well for the gentle
men, while they had their hand in, to get up
a code of rules for the government of the
employees of their own department.