Albuquerque evening citizen., 1905-12-19
ORDINANCE NO. aa4
An Ordinance Defining the Duties o
City Engineer His Salary Etc.

City Engineer His salary htc.
Be II Ordained 10y the City Council OF
the City of Albuquerque, New
Mexico:
Section /. The Mayor, by and with
the advice and consent OF the City
Council. shall appoint competent
person to the position of City En-
gineer, who snail hold office during
this administration, and in the future
he shall hold office the same as other
city officers. His compensation shall
be as annually provided by Ordinance
to be paid as are the salaries OF other
city officers.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty Of the
City Engineer to establish throughout
the city initial points and monuments
and from such points to extend the
surveys of the city. And it shall also
be his duty when called upon to dc
so, to locate. establish and sur
vey all lines of property, public
or private, in this city. and tc
make all surveys and calculations
for grading, leveling, or other work
to be done on streets, alleys. side
walks, bridges, culverts or sewers. to
make all plans and specifications fol
public work, to draw all maps or plats
of land within the city limits that
may be required by the Mayor or City
Council; Provided, that when any
line of any street or property has
been surveyed or located by the City
Engineer, the same shall not be
changed by him or his successor with
out good cause shown and on a. order
of the City Council. He shall have
general supervision of all contract OF
other work, and see that 1t Is per
formed in a workmanlike manner
and in accordance with the authorized
plans and lin conformity with the
terms of the contract and specifica
tons
Sec. 3. 1t shall be unlawful for any
persons to erect or construct, or tC
commence the erection or construc
tion of any building, fence or othel
structure. or TO make any excavations
upon the line of any street. alley o
other public way without first max
ing application to. and obtaining from
the City Engineer a survey of sucl
| premises showing the property line
! upon which such building, fence o
| other structure is to he constructed
! or such excavation to be made.
! shall be unlawful for any person u
/ erect or construct or to commenc
! the erection or construction of an
/ building or other structure upon tn
/ Hne of any street where the grad
! of said street has already been es
| tablished, without, first making appl
cation to the City Engineer to ind
aztec the grade of the street upo
| which said building or other structur
is to be erected, or to thereafter bull
to any grade other than that indicate
by the City Engineer.
Sec. 4. Whenever il shall he deem
| ed advisable to establish a grade o
! any street where no grade has bee
heretofore established. or to chang
any established grade, the City Ell
gineer shall cause the necessary su
vey to be made and prepare and SUI
nit to the Council a profile map {
such proposed grade, with his recon
mendations concerning the sam
When any such profile map sha
have been approved and adopted by
majority of the City Council as a co
rect map of the grade on such stree
the action of the Council shall be e.
dorsed on said map by the City Cler
and said map shall then be filed
the office of the City Engineer, ar
the grade on any such street sha
thereafter be considered as establis
ed as shown on such profile map
: The City Engineer shall keep in h
office certified copies of all fie
notes. maps or profiles which rela
to city surveys. water works, sewer
streets or sidewalks, and all other e
gineering works, and he shall a
: range and index them in such mann,
. as will enable a ready referen,
|; therto. and all shall be the proper
= of the City of Albuquerque.
= Sec. ). The City Engineer shall
allowed to charge and demand in a
vance, for the benefit of the City, Il
following fees from the owners
, | property ordering work to be done i
the City Engineers office, or again
whom work done in said office
=, properly cargeable; and he shall ket
!, a day hook, i'm which he shall enter s
work done daily for the City or p
vate parties He shall make month
/, reports of all his transactions, as CT
. Engineer, TO the Mayor and CT
= Council, and as much oftener as shi
\ be required by the Mayor and CT
Council. All money collected by 4
City Engineer for any work perform
or services rendered by him shall
4 paid into the City Treasury, on or
a fore the end of each month.
: For giving street and grade lines