The record-union., 1892-04-02
ARTICLE V.
Department of Public Works,

SEC. 81. The Board of Trustees shall inn
mediately after its organization take posses
| sion and have the custo iy and control of all
! maps maps surveys, neld notes, records, plans,
| specifications, contracts, models, machinery
TOOLS, appliances, contract rights pri vileges
| BOOKS, documents, papers, archives and prop,
eItS eelohSing 10 SAID city, heretofore kept by
or in the offices OF the City Surveyor SuperiTi-
! tendent of Streets and SUPERINTENDENT of
| Water Works, or kept by or in the possession
! OF any other officer and pertaining to any
| puolic buildings or public works of the city
! SEC 62. The board shall have charge and
superintendent of all public work OF every
k d "a not otherwise controlled by general law
| TO be done for the city, and also of furnishing
| all material and supplies for public use ex-
| cept as otherwise provided in this Charter. 1t
stall be the duty of the board to yipilantIy in
spect all parts of the city and cause TO be done
from time to time such work as it shall deem
necessary or proper.
SEC 63. There shall be City Surveyor
who snail be n qualified elector, and shall be
| appointed by the Mayor, by and with the CON
SEM OF the Board OF Trustees and whose term
| of office shall be two years and who shall Der-
| form all civil engineering and surveying re-
| quired in the prosecution of the public works
ana Improvements done under the direction
OF t1e board, ana shall certify 10 the progress
anu completion OF the same, and do such
other work pertaining to his profession as he
| may be directed to do by the board or by any
general law OF the State OF California He
! shall keep public office within the civ as
provided by the Board of Trustees and Shall
keep therein the records of his office and all
ma p7 Iti'llS, surveys ana ceGtLHCsIGS pertain
! ing thereto, with an index for easy reference.
| All such records, maps, plats, surveys and
! certlhcates, including monuments shall be
! considered the property of the city and shall
| be turned ever, to his successor in Office
! SEC. 81. There Shall be Superintendent of
streets, who shall be qualified eiector and
snaI be appointed by the Mayor, by ana with
! the consent OF the Board OF Trustees and
| whose term of Office shall be two years and
/ whose duty shall be TO see that the laws ordi-
nances, orders and res ulations. relating TO
sewers, drains. levees streets alleys and hfgn-
! ways are fully carried into execution and that
the penalties thereof are rieidly enforced. He
snail superlntend ana direct the cleaning OF
/ ali sewers and drains, and keep himself in
! formed of the condition of all the public
streets and highways, and also of ali public
buildings, parks, lots, sewers, leVees and
! grounds of the city, and report the same TO
the board, and shall perform such other duties
as are hereinafter specified, or as the board
| may require of him, and he shall have the
! power and shall perform the duties required
! OF the Superintendent of Streets BY the Act OF
the Legislature of the State Of California,
entitled AN Act TO provide for work upon
streets, lanes, alleys, courts, places and side
! walks and for the construction of sewers
| within municipalities approved March Is,
1850, or by any Acts amendatory thereof,
| supplementary thereto or substituted therefor.
lie shall keep public Office in the city as pro-
vided by the board, and shall keep therein the
records OF his office and register of all
| streets, alleys. sewers and drains and all i'm :
/ proyements and repairs made thereon with
an index for easy reference Should he fail to
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| lat.ng to the public streets and highways car
| ried into execution, he and his sureiies shall
| be liable upon his official bond TO any person
| injured in person or property in consequence
OF said official neglect. All registers records,
books, contracts, plats, diagrams and ali
papers and documents belonging to his Office
| shall be delivered to his successor in Office
| SEC. 65. All public work authorized by the
board TO be done and not within the provfs-
ions of the general law of the State OF Califor-
mia operating thereon, shall be done under
written contract, except as hereinafter pro-
/ vided. Before awarding any such contract
| for doing any work for the city the board
shall cause notice to be posted conspeuously
| in its office and published not less than ten
days, IN daily newspaper published in the
city, inviting sealed proposals for the conten-
plated work, and IN case the estimated cost of
| the work exceeds i've thousand dollars TO be
so posted and published for not less than
twenty days. except that any repair or inn
| proyement not exceeding an estimated cost Of
one hundred dollars may be made by the
board under written contract, or otherwise.
without advertising tor sealed proposals: pro-
tfded, holeueT, that should there be imminent
danger TO the city from inundation the ard