The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-29

| the works intrusted to it. and for the gov ernment of the officers or employees elect l ed or employed by or acting under it's authority and for the regulation of the use of the property entrusted to it's care. Sec 1S6 The said board shall supervise all public works and public institutions of the city except as otherwise provided by law. It shall have exclusive power. con trol and supervision over the construction. opening, widening, grading. repairing, cleaning, filling. paving curblng, bridging, protection, maintenance, extension, im- provement' beautifying and care of the streets, roads, avenues, parks. parkways, and alleys, including both sidewalks and roadways, drainage canals, drains, cul- verts and ditches and the prohibition and removal of obstruction and unsightly ob- jects from such streets and otherways, and shall supervise and control the con struction, improvement and repairs of wharves, docks, landing places. market houses, viaducts, ship channels, stream and water courses, in so far as not other wise prohibited by law; tho lighting. sprinklng and cleaning of all public
 
 works and improvements and the condem- nation or purchase of real property for city use, either within or without the city limits, or any right. interest or easement therein for any of the purposes author ized by this section. No power herein granted to said board shall be construed as abrdging the power of the mayor and council to police the city and to enforce the laws and the order therein or the powers herein granted to the city health officers for the enforcement of the laws relative to the health and sanitation of the city.
 Sec. 1S7 Said board in carrying out it's duties and powers shall have full au- thority to call on any officer or employe of the city, for such advice, assistance and services as they may be able to rem der, and also for a limited time and upon obtaining authority from the council, to employ additional attorneys and legal ad- ylsers and also. upon like approval, to em- ploy, discharge and suspend such engin- eers or other employees of such board, as In their judgment may become necessary, and to fix the term of employment. sala- ries and compensation of their said em- ployes. subject to the approval of the council.
 Sec. 1SS. Said board shall have full power and authority to purchase and order any and all machinery, tools, ap- pliances, fixtures, materials or other things necessary or expedient in execut- ing the duties and powers of said board.
 Sec. 1S9. All funds appropriated from any source to the use of said board shall be kept separate from the other funds of the city and the same shall be drawn on only in such sums and at such times, as the same shall be actually required for the expenditures authorized by law and only upon warrants signed by the pres ident of the board of public works and counterslgned oy the city clerk, and is- sued for claims that have been audited and ordered paid by said board. All such warrants shall be issued from a bound book, containing a stub or margin, cor responding to each one, which stub or margin shall contain a receipt for such warrant to be signed by the party to whom the same is issued, and shall be kept by the clerk, at all times subject to the inspection of the council and the board of public works. Both tho warrant and corresponding stub or margin shall show the time of issuance, tho amount of the same, for what purpose what account and by what authority, and to whom is- sued. Any person issuing any warrants for account of or in the name of such board of public works, without complying with the provisions of this act. shall be guilty of mlsdemeanor. And no war rant shall be drawn without a resolution of the board
 Sec. 19O Said board shall hold regular meetings, at least once in each month, at some office in the city set aside to it by the city council, and call meetings may be held at any time upon the call of the president or a majority of the board. Said board shall have the authority to enforce the attendance of it's members in the same manner as the attendance of members of the city council Is enforced. Three mem bers of the board shall constitute quo rum but a less number may adjourn from time to time and take steps to enforce the attendance of absent members. All meet ings of the board shall be public and a true record of all the proceedings shall be kept by the secretary. At the call of any member the vote on any pending question: shall be taken by ayes and noes and the same shall be entered on the record. The record of the proceedings of said board shall be open to the public and a copy from said record, certified by the secreta- Q ry, shall be competent evidence in all courts. Said board shall submit to the council at its first regular meeting in December of each year, an itemized state mentShowing the estimated receipts and expenditures of said board for the ensuing fiscal year, giving in detail the sources of revenue and estimates of salaries and expenses proposed by said board, together With the estimated costs of proposed re- pairs, extensions and Improvements, sep arately stated, and if such statement shows deficit, the council may appro- priate from the general revenues of the city a sum sufficient to cover such deficit or any part thereof, and said sum thus appropriated shall not be diverted from said board, or used by the mayor and council, but shall remain a separate fund in the hands of the city treasurer, to be drawn only on the order of said board; provided. however. that any portion of said sum, remaining unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, shall not be paid to said board, but shall be returned to the | general fund of the city.
 | Sec. 19l. Said board shall make an an 1 nual report to the council at it's first reg | ular meeting in September of each year, | showing in detail the receipts and eXpen- | ditures for the preceding fiscal year: the