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he Assistant shall perform all the duties of

fhe 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, a com
plete and comprehensive map or cnart 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 impoetan featurts. Said map or chart
shall be Kept up, and made 10 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.
SIC. 164. The Board of Trustees shall fur
nish a 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
practicai knowledge OF condensing engines
and hydraulics.
SEC. 16e. The Chief Engineer shall devote
his entlre time to the duties of the Water
Works department, and shall not engage in
any other occupation or business requiring
his personal attention, nor absent himself
rom the city without nrst obtaining per-
mission lTom the MAJ or, in writing, which per-
NIT must be filed with the City Clerk. He shall
nave charge OF all the engines, boilers, pumps
ana sletm-pipes of the city, and shall be re-
sponSlble Ior their good and seryiceaoie con-
dition, and the maintenance of supply or
water ia the city. lie shall prescribe the
duties OF the Assistant Engineers, Firemen,
anu dill iIlpyES III Ills dtIll bliASiieB
and shah be responsible Tor the faithful per-
formance of the respective duties assigned 70
Lnem. The Chief Engineer small report IN
writing, TO the Mayor any careleSSness, us
obedience, inelfieiency, or inebriety on the
part of any empioye in the department., ana
may suspend any employe guilty OF such ms
conduct or ineficiency, 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 a cor
rect record of the service performed by the
pumping machinery, the amount OF fuel con-
suIned, 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-
gestfons 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 for
APPROVAL; and he shall make up tine monthly
payroll of his department certify TO the
same and present 1t to the City Auditor who
shall verify the same before passing 1t to said
board for approval.
SEC 167. The Assistant Engineers shall per-
orm 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 employe
that may be under their supervision, and
stlal report TO the Chlei any Inlscoh1ueI @ on
the part of such employe. IN the aDsenSe 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 16S The Mayor, by and with the con-
sent of the Board OF Trustees, shall each year
appoint City Water Assessor who shall be n
zesident 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 respective sums properly collect
ible for the use Of city water from the several
water takers, according TO the rates estab-
lished 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 suaI!
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 collectibie. 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. If the sum to be collected
from any water taker has not been reno 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 bV the (itV Water