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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
to be made, provided the same does not exist
at the time this Charter takes effect 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, blow-off, and
other 1mpo ftant 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
kept in the office OF the Superintendent of
Streets.
SEC. 164. The Board of Trustees shall fur
n1sh morse and wagon for the use of the CITY
Iapper, ana provide for keeping the same
SEC. 165. The Chief Engineer of the Water
WORKS and the First and Second Assistant
practical knowledge of condensing engines
and hydraulics
SEC; l66. The Chief Engineer shall devote
MS ehSre time to the duties of the Water
WORKS department, and shall not engage in
any other occupation or business requiring
ms personal attention, nor absent himself
from the city without first obtaining per-
mission from the Mayor, in writing which per-
init must be filed with the City Clerk He shall
nave charge OF all the engines, boilers, pumps
anu steam-plpes of the city, and shall be re-
sponsible Tor their good and serviceable con-
oltlon, and the maintenance of supply of
wafer IN the city. He shall prescribe the
duties OF the Assistant Engineers, Firemen,
ana all other employees in his department,
and shall be responsible Tor the faithful per-
Iormance OF the respective duties assigned 10
IheIn. The Chief Engineer shall report, IN
writing, to the Mayor any carelessness, dis
obedience, ineffcency, or inebriety on the
part OF any empioye in the department., and
may suspend any employe guilty OF such mis-
conduct or ineflciency, and shall Immediately
report, in writing, to 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 impro G.
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 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 10 the Board OF Trustees Tor
approval; and he shall make up the monthly
payroll of his department, certify 10 the
same and present il to the City Auditor, who
shall verify the same before passing 1t to SAID
board for approval.
SEC. 1877 The Assistant Engineers shah per-
1orm such duties as may be required or them
by the Chief Engineer; and they shall be re-
sponsible 10 him for the acts OF any elnploye
that may be under their supervision, ana
shall report to the Chief any misconduct on
the part of such employe. In the absense or
inability of the Chief Engineer the First AS
sstanJ Engineer shall, under the direction OF
the Mayor, assume the duties OF the Chief.
CITY WATER ASSESSOR.
SEC. les. The Mayor, by and with the con-
sent of the Board of Trustees, shall each year
appoint a City Wateg 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 ana accurately
ascertain the reSpectivesums properly collect
ible for the use of city water from the several
water. takers, according TO the rates estab-
Iisbed by the ordinance for that purpose then
In 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
lections of water rates accordingly, and snail
not have power to make reductions from the
sums so reported, but may collect q greater
sum whenever he shall discover that any sum
so fixed lis 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 repoit 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 ii it had been re-
ported by the City Water Assessor.