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the Assistant shall perform all the duties of

the Assistant shall perform all the duties of
This special department.
SEC 163. The Board of Trustees shall cause
IN be made provided the same does not exist
at the time this Charter takes effect q COM
plete and comprehensive map or chart of the
city water-pfpe system, showing the location
OF every main, lateral and size Of
such main or lateral pipe, fire hydrant,
house tap, air valve, bloW-od, and
other impo ant features. Said map or chart
shall be Kept up, and made to show all the ex-
time TO Time in the system, Said map or
chart shall be carefully preserved and be
kept IN the Office OF the Superintendent of
Streets.
SIC. 164. 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 lie Water
WORKS and the First and Second Assistant
Engineers shall be thorough engineers, with a
pfaetcai knowieage OF condensing engines
SEC. l66. The Chief Engineer shall devote
his entire time TO the duties OF the Water
Works Department, and shall not engage in
any o1ner occupation or business requiring
his personal attention, nor absent himself
rom the city without first Obtaining per
mission from the Mayor in writing, which per-
NIT must be filed with the City Clerk. de snail
nave charge OF all the engines boilers pumps
ana stedIn-pip pes Of the city, and shall be re-
sponsiDle Tor their good and serYiceable con-
otlon, and the maintenance of a supply OF
wafer IN the city. He snail prescribe the
dutleS OF the Assistant Engineers, blrenlcn,
9,
and snail be responsible Tor the faithful per-
Iormance Of the respective duties assigned to
them. The Chief Engineer shall report, IN
writing, 10 the Mayor any carelessness, dis
obedience ineifieency, or inebriety on the
part OF any employe in the department, ana
may suspend any employe guilty OF such ms
conduct or ineflciency, and shall immediately
report, in writing, 10 the Mayor, any such SuS-
pension, together with the facts in connection
herewith; and the Mayor viii at once submit
the same to the Board of Trustees for their
action. The Chief Engineer shall keep cor
rect record Of the service performed by the
pumping machinery, the amount OF fuel con
sumed, cost of supplies, repairs and improve
mentS, 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 reconlmen dations as may to him
seem proper The Chief Engineer shall ex-
anime all claims against his department, ana
said claims shall be certified TO by him before
being presented TO the Board of Trustees for
approval; and he shall make up the monthly
payroll of his department, certify TO the
same and present it TO the City Auditor, VINO
shall verify the same before passing 1t to SAID
board for approval.
SEC. 167. The Assistant Engineers shah per-
foTm such duties as may be required OF them
by the Chief Engineer; and they shall be re-
sponsible TO him for the acts OF any eInpioye
that may be under their supervision, ana
shall report to the Chief any misconduct on
the part of such emplOye. in the abSeDse or
inability OF the Chief Engineer the First As
sistanJ Engineer shall, under the direction Oh
the Mayor, assume the duties of the Chief.
CITY WATER ASSESSOR.
SEC IS. The Mayor, by and with the con-
sent of the Board OF Trustees, shall each year
appoint City Water Assessor, who shall be a
Resident and elector of the city for at least two
years next preceding his appointment. said
City Water Assessor shall, within ten days
after his appointment, qualify and enter upon
the discharge of the duties of his office. 1t
shall be his duty TO diligently and accurately
ascertain the spectivesums properly collect
IDLE for the use Of city water from the several
water takers, according to the rates estab-
uSbed by the ordinance for that purpose then
ia force, and report the same to the City Col
lector, who shall accept such report as the
minimum sums to be collected, and make col
Eections of water rates accordingly, ana Shall
not have power to make reductions from the
sums so reported, but may collect a greater
sum whenever he shall discover that any sum
so fixed is less than is properly colleCtible. Nor
shall any reduction be made in any of the
amounts TO be collected as reported by the
City Water Assessor, unless by order Of the
Board OF Trustees. II the SUM to be collected
from any water taker has not been reEart ted
by the City Water Assessor. the 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.