Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-18

teriaIs and persons charged with
the care thereof. He shall have charge
of enforcing the provisions of law or
ordinances relating to billboards. He
shall have control and supervision
over all public dumping grounds and
dumps He shall have supervision
over all public service utilities and
all persons or corporations rendering
service in the city under any fran
chise, contract or grant made or grant
ed by the city or state, and shall re-
port to the council or other proper Of
ficer any failure of said person or
corporation to render service or to OBJ
serve the requirements or conditions
of the franchise, contract or grant IN
der which such public service utility
is operated.
The civil engineer and engineers
department, and employees therein;
supervisor of streets, inspectors and
all other officers and employees employ
ed in connection with the work Of
said department, are distributed and
assigned to the department of streets
and public improvements, and shall
be under the supervision and direc-
ton of the superintendent thereof.
SECRETARY OF BOARD.
The commissioner of streets and
public improvements shall also be,
and he is hereby designated superin-
tendent of streets. and shall exercise
all duties of such Office, and shall be
90 he Of
ments and secretary thereof.
It shall be his duty to keep the min
utes of all meetings of said board of
local improvements, and he shall
have the custody, care and control of
all the records of the board of local
improvements.
He shall have general supervision
and direction Of and in the prelimin-
airy and court proceedings in all mat
tiers relating to local improvements
by special assessment, or otherwise,
and he shall appoint an officer or Off
GERS to be designated as a superinten-
dent of special assessments. He shall
have general supervision and control
of the construction of all work done in
compliance with any and all ordinanc-
es providing for local improvements.
All petitions and resolutions offered
in the council relating to local i'm
Drovements shall be referred by the
council to said commissioner of
streets and public improvements, and
said commissioner of streets and pub
lie improvements, shall prepare, or
have prepared, specifications for all
work to be done on public improve
ments, and keep same on file in his
office.
Bids for work TO be done on public
in his Office. and be subject to con-
sideration by the board Of local i'm
provements.
PARKS AND PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Sec. Z. The superintendent OF pub
Tic property shall have charge of and
supervision over so much Of the Mis-
sissippi river and its banks as belong
TO the city or are under it's control,
and of all other public parks and
pleasure grounds in the city, and of all
officers and employees, including park
policemen. employed in or about said
parks and pleasure grounds, or kept
OF uStQ IN connection LQeTeWlln- he
shall have charge of and supervision
over the city hall and Jalitor thereof
and the grounds adjoining said city
hall. He shaI have barge Of and SUI
pervision over Garnsey square, Spen-
Ger square, Reservoir park, Long
View park Denkmann square and
what is commonly called and known
as the East End park. He shall have
charge of and supervision over the
abandoned fire stations on Twenty
sixth street between Sixth and Sew
enth avenues. AMI al o-he- property
owned or controlled by the city and
not assigned 10 some other depart
ment He shall have charge of and
supervision over all bo1.svari and
street parkings AMI park ways. He
shall have charge OF and supervision
over the improvement, maintenance,
lighting and care Of all said parks.
pleasure grounds and % all fowls
and animals therein or 70 be placed
therein and the buildings therein or
thereon, not otherwise p.Uvided for