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he Assistant shall perform all the duties of

the Assistant shall perform all the duties of
this special department..
SEC. los. The Board of Trustees shall cause
10 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
such main or lateral pipe, fire hydrant.
house tap, air valve, blowout and
other important features. Said map or chart
shaH be kept up, and made to show all the ex-
tensions, additions or alterations made from
time to time in the system, Said man 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
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. I66. The Chief Engineer shall devote
his entire time 10 the duties of the Water
works Department, and shall not engage in
any other occupation or business recurring
his personal attention, nor absent himself
from the city without first obtaining per-
mission rom the Ma or in writing which per-
INIT must be filed with the City Clerk. He shall
nave charge OF all the engines, boilers, pumps
ana steaIn-pipeS of the city, and shall be re-
sponsible tor their good and serViceable con-
dition and the maintenance of a supply of
water in the city. He shall prescribe the
uutles OF the Assistant Engineers, Flremen,
and shall be responsible Tor the faithful per-
lormance of the respective duties assigned to
them. The Chief Engineer shall report, in
writing, to the Mayor any carelessneSs, ols-
obedience, inefficiency, or inebriety on the
part Of any employe in the department. ana
may suspend any employe guilty OF sueh mis-
conduct or inefhcfency, 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-
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 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 for
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 it to said
board for approval.
SEC. 167. The Assistant Engineers shall per-
iorm such duties as may be required or them
by the Chief Engineer; ana they shall be re-
sponsiple 10 him for the acts of any employe
that may be under their supervision, and
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
EistanJ 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 City Waite. 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. It
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-
lisbed by the ordinance for that purpose then
In force, and report the same to the City Col
hector, who shall accept such report as the
minimum sums to be collected, and make col
lections of water rates accordingly, and Shall
not have power to make reductions from the
sums so reported, but may collect a greater
gum 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. If the sum to be collected
from any water taker has not been reported
10y the City Water Assessor, the City Col
lector shall collect in such case the proper
amount for water rates in accordance with
Ghe ordinance, the same as If it had been re-
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