The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-29


 time and upon obtaining authority from the council. to employ additional att torneys. and legal advisers and also, upon like approval to employ, discharge and suspend such engineers or other employees of such Board. as in their thdgment may become necessary. and to fix the terms of employment. salaries 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. appliances, fixtures, materials or other things necessary or expedient in exe- outing the duties and powers of said Board
 Sec. 1sss 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 actual ly required for the expenditures authorized by law and only upon war rants signed by the President of the Board of Public Works and counter~' signed by the city 'clerk. and issued for claims thai have been audited and or dered paid by said Board, All such warrants shai be issued from bound book, containing a stub or margin. COTTt6pOnQfHk IU 6dCn -OHc, WhlCu oeN1 or margin shall contain a receipt for such warrant. to be signed by, the par ty to whom the same Is issued. ana shall be kept by the clerk. at all times subject to the inspection of the council and the Board of Public Works. Both the warrant and corresponding stun or margin shall show the time Of is- suance, the amount of the same. Tor what purpose what account and by what authority, and to whom issued Any person Issuing any warrants for ac. count of or in the name of such Board of Public Works, without complyins with the provisions of this act, snail pc guilty of a misdemeanor. And no war rant shall be drawn without resolu- tion of the Board
 Sec 19o. Said board shall hold reg ular 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 tune upon the call of the president or a ma jority of the board Said board snail have the authority to enforce the at- tendance of its members in the same manner as the attendance of members of tha- oity council Is enforced. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum, but less number may ao- journ from time to time and take steps to enforce the attendance Of absent members. All meetings of the Doaro shall be public and true record or all the proceedings shall be kept py the secretary. At the call of any memper, the vote on any pending question snan be taken by ayes and noes and the sama sha1i be entered on the record. The record of the proceedings of said board shall be open to the public ana copy from said record, certined py the secretary shall be competent evi. dence in All courts. Said board snail submit to the council at its hrst resu- lar meeting in December or eacn year. an itemized statement showing the es- timated receipts and expenditures VI said board for the ensuing fiscal year erivjne in detail the sources of revenues and estimates of salaries and expenses, proposed by said board. together with the estimated costs of proposed re- nairs. extensions and improvements, senarately stated, and if such state ment shows a deflcit, the council may appropriate from the general revenues of the city sum sufficient to cove. such deficit. or any part tnerso,, a nt said sum thus appropriated snall not he diverted from said board, or used py inc mayor and council, but shall re- main A separate fund in the hands or tha eitv treasurer to be drawn only on the orders of said board; provided, however, that any portion or said sum. remaining unexpended at the eho .. the fiscal year, shall not be paid 10 salo board, but shall be returned to tue sen eral fund of the city.
 sec 19i. Said board shall make an annual report to the council at It's nrst regular meeting in September or each vaars showing in detail the receipts ana expenditures for the preceding ns- cal year: the physical condition or the property under the care of said noaro and any other matters or pubic inter, est connected with said board. IL shaii also make a quarterly report or re- caints and expenditures to the city council in such detail, as may De Ee- ouired by the city council
 Sec 192 Any member of said boaro may be removed from office Tor lncom- petency, neglect of duty or ofhcial mls- conduct, by impeachment by the counci1 as herein authorized and such proceed ings must be commenced on the petl- ton of fifty or more tax payers or the city And they are to be conducteo III the manner herein provided.
 Sec I9S. No member of said board. e4tv official or member of the council shall directly or indirectly have any personal interest or share in any way in the incomes or profits resulting from any contract with said board or TOT the sale of any material to, or the per formance of any service or labor Tor said board, or for material furnished or services rendered to any person in car rvine out a contract with said poaro' nor shall any member of said board pc an employe of any person. firm or cor porAtion contracting with the city ana no person. firm or corporation snail have any contracts with the said board, If any member of the said board or public works, shall have been in the employ of such person, firm or corpo- ration within six months prior to the time of making such contract.
 Sec 194. Whenever the board or nubIic works shall deem it wise to pave or otherwise improve any street or alley, ors public highway or portion thereof, said board shall decide the material with which, in its Judgment, such work shall be done and snail make an estimate of the cost thereof. and shall forthwith report to the City Council of its decision as 10 such paving or improvement and the material and estimated costs thereon Within thirty days after receiving such report. the Council shall act thereon | and may approve the proposed expen- | allure or disapprove the same or may l order that such paving or improvement | shall not be done at all, without TUT | ther authority, or said Council may | if in it's judgment.s the proposed eA- | penditure be excessive, fix an amount | which shall not be exceeded by the l board. If such expenditure be so nm | ited by the Council. 1t shall be the | duty of the board to make further es- l a.