The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-04-05
he Assistant shall perform all the duties Of

he Assistant shall perform all the duties of
This special department.
SEC 1913. The Board of Trustees shall cause
TO be made. provided the same does not exist
at the time this Charter takes effect a com
plete and comprehensive map or chart of the
city water-pipe system, showing the location
of every main, lateral, and size Of
such main or lateral pipe, fire hydrant.
house tap, air valve blowout and
other important features. Said map or chart
shall be Kept up, and made to show all the ex-
tensions, additions or alterations made from
time TO time IN the system, Said map or
chart shall be carefully preserved, and be
streets.
SIZE 1s4. The Board OF Trustees shall fur
nish horse and wagon for the use of the City
Taper, and provide for keeping the same
SEC 165. The Chief Engineer of tie Water
Works and the First and Second Assistant
Engineers shall be thorough engineers, with a
and hydraulics
SEC IG6. The Chief Engineer shall devote
ms ensre time to the duties OF the Water
works Department and shall not engage in
amy otler occupation or business requiring
nls personal attention, nor absent himself
from the city without first obtaining per-
mission rom the Mayor, in writing, which per
init must be filed With the City Clerk. he shall
nave charge OF ali the engines, boilers, pumps
ana stesanl-pipes of the city, and snail he re-
sponstble Tor their good and seryiceable con-
dItlon, ana the maintenance of q supply OF
water IN the city. He shall prescribe the
duties OF the Assistant Engineers, Firemen,
hiiO ali Ot4ttE employees ia HIS
ana snail be responsible Tor the faithful per-
iormance of the respective duties assigned 10
them. The Chief Engineer shall report, ia
writing, to the Mayor any carelessneSs, dis
obedience, inefficiency, or inebriety on the
part of any employe in the department, and
may suspend any employe guilty OF such mis-
conduct or inefflciency, and shall Immediately
report, in writing, to the Mayor, any such sjls-
pension, together with the facts in connection
herewith; and the Mayor will at once submit
the same to the Board of Trustees for their
action. The Chief Engineer shall keep a cor
rect record OF the service performed by the
pumping machinery, the amount of fuel con-
stunned, cost of supplies, repairs and improve
nents, and report the same, in writing, on or
before the eighth day OF each month, to the
Board OF Trustees, and may add such sug-
gestiOns and recommendations as may to him
seem proper. The Chief Engineer shall eX-
anime all claims against his department, and
said claims shall be certified to by him before
being presented TO the Board OF trustees Tor
approval; and he shall make up the monthly
payroll OF his department, certify to the
same and present it 10 the City Auditor, who
shall verify the same before passing 1t 10 said
SEC I67. The Assistant Engineers shan per-
fDrm such duties may be required OF them
by the Chief Engineer; and they shall be re-
sponsi5le TO him for the acts ofany enploye
that may be under their supervision, and
shall report 10 the Chief any misconduct on
the part of such emploYe. IN the abSense or
Inability of the Chief Engineer the First AS
siStanU Engineer shall, under the direction OF
the Mayor, assume the duties of the Chief.
CITY WATER ASSESSOR.
SEC. los. The Mayor, by and with the con-
sent of the Board of Trustees shall each year
appoint a City Water Assessor, who shall be q
resident and eiector of the city for at least two
years next preceding his appointment. said
City Water Assessor shall. within ten days
after his appointment, qualify ana enter upon
the discharge of the duties of his office. 1t
shall be his duty to diligently ana accurately
ascertain the respective sums properly collect
IDLE for the use of city water from the several
water takers, according to the rates estab-
lisbed By the ordinance for that purpose then
in force, and report the same to the City Col
aector, who shall accept such report as the
minimum sums to be collected, and make col
ieetions OF water rates accordingly, ana shall
not have power to make reductions rom the
sums so reported, but may collect greater
sum whenever he shall discover that any sum
50 fixed is less than is properly collectoie. Nor
8halj any reduction be made in any of the
amounts to be collected as reported by the
City Water Assessor, unless By order or the
Board ofTrustees. IF the sum to be collected
from any wafer taker has not b6en repogt ted
bS the City Water Assessor, tie City Col
lector shall collect in such case the proper
amount for water rates in accordance with
The ordinance, the same as if it had been re-
ported By the City Water Assessor.