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THE BBOOBXYN DAILY EAGLfe MONPAY, JAKTTAltY 11, 1897. 12 or, as provided to chapter TV of this act In from the entry of such decision uponriuo. records of the commissioner by filing with the when and where new lamps or lighting appliances shall be placed and lighted. appointing such comimiesioneTS tne mayor plies as shall be necessary to be used in parks, squares and public places of the city, and shall award contracts for the same to the lowest re commissioner rendering the same ana witu PROSED CHARTER shall specify the borough or borougns the secretary of the board a notice oi appeal utoHncr QTionlfirallv thfi OUSStionS Which the Maintenance and Management of Buildings sponsible bidders, who shall give adequate se wnicn tney are respectively to nave aamm Istratlve jurisdiction, to wit: One in the appellant desires to have passed upon by the In Parks. curity for the faithful performance of such xv.

contracts, excepting such perishable articles FOR boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx; one In toe borough of Brooklm: and one in tne sion7r for the borougSs" of ManhatUn and as may be excepted by the rules and regula rn inm the me tlons of the board. In case of an emergency GREATER NEW YORK. board, and by Hiing with tne secretary board copies of all papers required by law or by the rules and regulations of the board to be submitted to the commissioner upon an application for a building permit. The board teorologlcal and astronomical observatory, boroughs of Queens and Richmond. The commissioner appointed for the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx shall bo the prudent of the board and the officers of such commissioner and of the department of build the Museum of Natural History, tne metropolitan Museum of Art in Central park, the each commissioner may purchase articles Immediately required without calling for competition at an expense not exceeding $1,000 during any one month.

Battery Place; Boat Landings. Sec. 13. 'The commissioner for the boroughs psp'j XTbe ftCl text of the proposed Greater New Tork iharter Is now being printed from day to day In coiamiM of the Eagle. The first chapter was aquarium In Battery place, and sucn otner buildings as now are or may hereafter be erected in such park or in any other park, square or public place under his Jurisdiction.

K. printed In the Basle of Sunday. December 23.) ings snail oe the borough of Mannatiau. The board shall have the power, by a vote oif a majority of Its members, to establish general rules and regulations for the administration of the department, and such other rules and regulations as were author of Manhattan and Richmond shall have power the controller shall have certified that the necessary funds are provided therefor or are applicable thereto. A receipt for each payment made on account of or in satisfaction of the contract shall be indorsed on the contract by the party receiving the warrant, which warrant shall be only given to the person interested in such contract, or his authorized representative, and no assignment of any such contract shall be valid unless the said commissioner shall, previous to such assignment, consent thereto in writing, and said asssignment shall have been approved by the controller.

No expenditure for any supplies Involving an amount for which no contract is required 3hall be made except the necessity thereof be certified to by the commissioner of public buildings, lighting and supplies and the expenditure has been duly authorized and appropriated. Devolution of "Powers of Former Boards. Sec. 24. All powers heretofore conferred upon the city of New York or any of the officers thereof, or the board of electrical control therein, or upon the City of Brooklyn or any of the officers thereof, or upon any board of electrical subways therein, or upon Ione Island Citv or any of the officers or oy auinomy or the municipa and cont rol over all that nortl on of Battery place south of the line of the south side of to conduct CHAPTER (Continued).

Tho Department of Public Buildings, Lighting and Supplies. izes Dy law at the time of the passage pier No. 1. North river, and west of the easter boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens and maintain the Brooklyn Institute of Arts this act to be eefn hltahMl bv the superin and SelencBs. and such other buildings as Underground Electrical Conductors.

now are or mav hereafter be erected In any park, square or public place under his Juris places and positions during the pleasure of; the commissioner of bridges. The New' York and Brooklyn Bridge, a Public Highway. Sec. 8. The New York and Brooklyn bridge Is hereby declared to be a public highway for' the purpose of rendering travel between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn certain and safe at all times, subject to such tolls and prudential and police regulations as the municipal assembly shall adopt and prescribe; provided, however, that the passageway of the bridge now set apart for foot passengers shall remain free and open to all pedestrians coming and going at all times.

Concurrent Jurisdiction in Boroughs of New York and Brooklyn Over Crimes, Committed on the Said Bridge. Sec. 9. Concurrent jurisdiction shall be possessed by all courts located in the borough of Manhattan, and by all courts located In the borough of Brooklyn, and by the judicial and administrative offices of the city of New York, over all crimes and offenses, committed upon said bridge and upon any other bridge that may hereafter be erected between the two boroughs. It shall be the duty of the said commissioner of bridges, and he is hereby authorized to execute the ordinances of the municipal assembly, relative to said bridges and to have in immediate charge, the control and disposition of such members of the police force of the city of New York, as may be assigned for duty in his department.

Certain Acts Declared to be Misdemeanors, Penalties For. Sec. 10. Any person wUlfully doing any Injury to any of said bridges or any of their appurtenances, shall forfeit and pay to the York three times the amount Sec. 17.

Whenever, in the opinion of the tendent of buildings in the city oi New York, or by the commissioner of the department cf buildings In the City of Brooklyn, as said cities were formerly constituted. Such rules and regulations shall, so far as practicable, be uniform in all the boroughs, but the board board of rmblic improvements, it shall be de diction by authority of the municipal assem blv. It shall be the duty of the commis ly lino of West street, extended in a southerly direction, and also over the waters of the North river and soil under tne waters thereof, In front of said portion of Battery place, and to the extent of 200 feet westerly from the westerly end of said Battery place; and It shall be lawful for such commissioner to erect, construct and maintain on said part of Battery place, and over or on the lands under water before mentioned, a proper Improvement, to sirable and practicable to place underground alonor fnr rhn hnrnnerh of the Bronx to con tii electrical conductors In any street or locality of; that part of the city of orK wnicn snau nave power, from time to time, amend or repeal euch rules and regulations shall nx a aate witnin a remonauio for the hearing of such appeal, and upon such hearing the appellant may be represented either in person or by his agent or attorney. The decision of the board upon such appeal shall be rendered without unnecessary delay and such decision shall be final. Power to Vary the Provisions of Law.

Sec. 6. Each commissioner shall have pawef with the approval of the board to vary or modify any rule or regulation of the board or the provisions. of this chapter or of any existing law relating to the construction, alteration or removal of any. building or structure erected or to be erected within his jurisdiction upon an application to him therefor In writing by the owner of the proposed building or structure or his representative where thero are practical difficulties in the way of carrying out the strict letter of the law.

so that the spirit of the law shall be observed and public safety secured and substantial Justice done, but no such variation or modification shall be granted or allowed except by vote of a majority of the board. Where such application has been granted by a commissioner the owner of the proposed building or structure or his representative shall have the right to present a petition to the board setting forth the grounds for the desired variation or modification, and may duct and maintain the New York Botanical Garden and the buildings appurtenant thereto, and such other institutions or buildings as mav be established or erected in any park, Ilea within the boroughs or Manhattan ana the Bronx the subways therefor shall be con atructed. and such electrical conductors shall when in the opinion oi a majority ct tne commissioners it shall seem necessary or de consist of suitable buildings, dockB, piers or square or public place In his jurisdiction by sirable. The board shall also have power gi be placed underground under and in accord basins for the accommodation of small boats that may be engaged In the business of attending on shipping lying in the said river. authority of the municipal assemmy.

it sua" be the dutv of the several commissioners to ance with the provisions of cDapter ut 01 'laws of chaoter 231 of the laws of 1891, boards therein, or upon any board of public officers existing or acting within the territory of the county of Richmond or within so much of the territory of the county of Queens as is by this act annexed to the corporation known to appoint a secretary, and within the limits of ts appropriation to appoint such subordinate officers as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the office of the provide the necessary instruments, furniture and equipments for the several buildings and or the bay or harbor of New York, and also to make, prescribe and enforce, from time to time, such rules and regulations, for the use institutions within their respective junsaic tlons. and. with the authority of the munici as the mayor, aldermen ana commonalty ui the citv of New York, so far as such powers and enjoyment of the same as to toe commis pal assembly, to develop and improve the General Powers of Commissioners Under Ex sioner shall seem meet and proper for the pub and duties in anyway relate to the construc same, ana to erect additional Dunaings; out isting Laws. lic Interest. Such commissioner may also pre the conduct and maintenance of all sucn scribe and enfoite like rule and ordinances buildings and institutions shall be subject to for the control an.n government of all small tion, repairs, cleaning ana maintenance oi public buildings, including markets, except school houses, alms houses, penitentiaries end the like, and fire and police station houses, and to furnishing the city, or any part thereof with as.

electricity or any other illumln boats frequenting or using the water basin at and In conformity wltn sucn contracts ana agreements as have heretofore been made with such Institutions respectively and are In Sec. 2. The commissioner for the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx shall in addition to the powers, rights and duties expressly conferred or imposed upon him by this act possess and exercise all the powers, rights and duties and shall be subject to all the south end of the Battery Harlem River Improvement. force and effect when this act takes effect, or as may be hereafter made by the authority Sec. 14.

It shall be the duty of the commis sioner for the boroughs of Manhattan and of the municipal assembly, and no moneys shall be expended for such purposes unless an appropriation therefor has been made by Chapter 253 of the laws of 1S92 and the laws amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. Procedure When Board of Public Improvements Determines Upon. Sec. 18. Whenever, in the opinion of the board of public improvements, it shall be de Blrable and practicable to place underground the electrical conductors in any street or lo vcallty of the city of New York lying within the borough3 of Brooklyn, Queens and Rich mond, the said board shall notify the owners or operators of the electrical conductors above ground In any such street or locality that said electrical conductors shall be placed, under ground within a certain time to be fixed by the Bald board, which said time shall be sufficient tor the proper construction of underground i conduits or other channels in said street or lo 1 cality.

The time within which said electrical I conductors shall be plBced under ground Bhall bo fixed by the said board, after giving all persons or corporations owning or operating euch electrical conductors an opportunity to be beard on the question of the time necessary to place said conductors underground, and after hearine the commissioner and other of Richmond to continue and complete every and all plan or plans, work or construction, re the board of estimate and apportionment ana specting the improvement of Harlem river. thn munielnal assembly. Out of the moneys heretofore devoivea upon tne aepartment oi annually appropriated for the maintenance of pifblic parks of the corporation known as the of such injury, and shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be subject to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, and to Imprisonment not exceeding six months, in the discretion of the court Devolution of Power of Former Boards, etc. Sec. 11.

Upon the appointment of the commissioner of bridges, the trustee of the New York and Brooklyn bridge shall be and they hereby are declared abolished and all the powers and duties vested in and devolved upon the trustees of the New York and Brooklyn bridge by any law or statute shall, so far as they are consistent with and conform oiii trv the provisions of this act. be devolved appear before said board ana be heara. xne board shall fix a date within a reasonable time for a hearing upon such application and shall as soon as practicable render a decision thereon, which decision shall be final. The particulars of each such application and of the decision of the board thereon shall be entered upon the records of the board, and if the application Is granted a certificate there forshall be Issued by thecommissioner to whom the application is made and shall be countersigned by the secretary the board. Accounts; Annual Estimates; Expenditures.

Sec. 7. Each commissioner shall keep accurate and detailed accounts, in a form ap parks each commissioner may appiy sucn sum as shall be fixed by the board of estimate mayor, aldermen ana commonalty or tne city of New Y'ork, by chapter five hundred and and apportionment for the keeping, preserva the obligations heretofore vested in, conferred upon or required of the department of buildings or the superintendent of buildings in the city of New York as heretofore constituted, bo far as such powers, rights, duties and obligations concern, affect or relate to the construction, alteration or removal of any building or structure erected or to be erected within said boroughs or either of them at the time this act takes effect, except in so far as the same are Inconsistent with or are modified by this act. The commissioner for the borough of Brooklyn shall in addition to the powers, rights and duties expressly conferred or imposed upon him by this act possess and exercise all the powers, rights and duties, and shall bo subject to all the obligations heretofore thirty four of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy one and by all acts or parts of tion and exhibition or tne collections piaceu or contained In buildings or institutions now situated or hereafter erected In the parks. acts amendatory thereof, so far as the same remain to be continued and completed accord ing to the provisions of that act or Its amend squares or public places under tne jurisdiction of such commissioner.

ments. upon the commissioner of bridges of the city Appointment of Subordinate Officers. Metropolitan Museum of Art, ant. or of steam; of the selecting, locating and removing and changing of lights for Ibe use of the city; of the inspecting and testing of ga3 and electricity used for light, heating and power purposes, gas meters, electric meters, electric wires and of all lights furnished to said city; and of the use and transmission of electricity for all purposes In, upon, across, over and under all streets, roads, avenues, parks, public places and public buildings; of the construction of electric mains, conduits, conductors and subways in any such streets, roads, avenues, parks and public places and the granting of the permission to open streets, and to open same for the purpose of carrying on therein the business of manufacturing, using and selling electricity, or steam, or for the service of pneumatic tubes; of the care of all offices leased for publio uses; of the location, care, management and maintenance of the public baths; of the location, erection, establishment maintenance of public urinals; of the purchase of fuel, furniture, utensils, books, stationery and other articles needed for the public offices, so far as such powers aro consistent with and conformable to the provisions of this act, are hereby conferred upon the city of New York as constituted by this act, and as a matter of administration are devolved upon the commissioner of public buildings, lighting and supplies, to be by him executed according to the provisions, directions and limitations of this act. Title 7.

fleers of the department and such other ex proved by the commissioners of accounts, of all moneys received and expended by him, the sources from which they are received and Sec. 8. Each commissioner shall have power Sec. 15. The commissioner for the boroughs ISert opinion as the said board may cuidh.

au of Manhattan and Richmond is hereby au vested in, conferred upon or required of the the purposes for which they are expended. Said owners or operators of elec rr.a r.nn rlimr ivrs nh. trround in such street to appoint such superintendents, engineers, subordinates, clerks aud assistants as may be npwasarv for the efficient performance of the thorized and directed to continue the contract with the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the department of buildings or the commissioner and shall prepare itemized monthly statements of New York and upon tne municipal asam bly. and they shall in all respect3 exercise such duties and perform such powers, subject, however, to the provisions, directions and limitations of this act. CHAPTER XI.

Department of Parks. or locality shall be required to remove all of duties of the department respecting the parks, of the department of buildings in the City of Brooklyn as heretofore constituted so far occupation by it of the buildings erected or to be erected on that portion of the Central park squares and puDUC p.aces witnin uia jurisdiction and as may be authorized by the east of the old receiving reservoir and bouna municipal assembly ana proviaea ior oy tne ed on the west by the drive, on the east py as such powers, rights, duties and obligations concern, affect or relate to the construction, alteration or removal of any building or structure erected or to be erected within said borough at the the Fifth avenue, on the south by a continu Administrative jurisdiction; hoard; president. proper appropriation. He sball, subject to the approval of the board, fix the salaries of his appointees within the limits af such ap ation of Eightieth street and on the north by Section 1. The head of the department of a continuation of Eighty fifth street, ana ior time this act takes effect, except in so of all receipts and expenditures In duplicate, one of which statements, together with all vouchers, shall be filed with the controller, and one of which shall be filed in his own office.

Each commissioner shall, on or about the first day of September in each year prepare an Itemized estimate of his necessary expenses for the ensuing fiscal year and present the same to the board. The three estimates so prepared as revised by the board shall together constitute the annual estimata of the department of buildings, and shall be submitted to the board of estimate and apportionment within the time prescribed by this act for the submission of estimates for the several departments of the city. No com paries shall consist of a board of three commissioners who shall be designated commis far as the same are inconsistent with or are propriation. Each commissioner suau aiso have power to employ all of the mechanics, agents or laborers needed or required for transferring thereto and establishing ana maintaining therein its museum, library and collections, and carrying out the objects and purposes of the said Museum of Art. sioners of parks of the city of New xorK.

modified by this act. The commissioner for the boroughs of Queens and Richmond shall Bald poles, wires or otner eiectricai touuuui ors and supporting fixtures or other devices from any such street or locality within thirty flays after the expiration of the time so fixed by said board. 10.: Permit Necessary to Take Up Pavement, etc. Board of Public Improvement to Determine Method of Extension. Mumcpal 'I Assembly May Enact Ordinances Regulating Use, etc.

Sec. 19. It shall be unlawful, after the passage of this act. for any person or corporation to take up the pavement of any of the streets, roads, avenues, lanes, parks or public places of said city, or to excavate for the purpose of laying underground any electrical conductors or to construct subways, unless a noi mit in wHtine therefor shall have been They shall he appointed by the mayor as provided in chapter IV of this act. In ap in addition to the powers, rights and duties the work of tne aepartment in tue yarns, squares and public places In his jurisdiction within the limits of the proper appropriation, nrl tn arranee and classify the various ap American Museum of Natural History.

expressly conferred or imposed upon him by pointing such commissioners the mayor shall Sec. 16. The commissioner for the boroughs spec fv the borough or Dorougas in wuicu this act possess ana exercise au tne powers, rights and duties and shall be subject to all the obligations heretofore vested in, con they are respectively to have administrative of Manhattan and Richmond Is hereby au pointees end employes In such manner and under such titles or designations as the board jurisdiction, to wit: One in the boroughs or thorized and directed to continue the contract with the American Museum of Natural His missioner shall incur any expense ior any mav nTfwcrlbe. Each commissioner snon ferred upon or required of any department mmmlRHlnn. board or officer of Lone Island purpose in excess of the amount appropriated Manhattan and Klenmona, one in tne uuruus" of the Bronx, and one in the boroughs of havn in immediate charge the control and tory for the occupation by it of the building disposition of such members of the police City as heretofore constituted, or of any erected, or to be erected, on that portion of Brooklyn and Queens.

The commissioner town or village as heretofore constitutea nnnninted for the boroughs of Manhat force of the city or iNew lore as cousuiuxeu by this act as may be assigned for duty in first obtained from the said commissioner of which is comprised within that portion of tan and Richmond shall be the president the Central park formerly known as Manhattan square, and for establishing and maintaining therein its museum, library and col the county of Queens included In the city Che parks subject to cis jurisaiccion. nf rh hoard, and the office of such commis public buildings, lighting ana supplies, indorsed by the commissioner of highways. mi hnar.i nf niihllc Improvements shall of New York as constituted by this act, or sioner and of the department of parks snau Powers as to Buildings for Fire Apparatus. lections, and carrying out the objects and purposes of said museum. therefor; nor snail ne exyouu auj muuoj oi appropriated for any purpose other than that for' which It was appropriated.

Sec. 8. Each commissioner shall keep a record of all applications presented to him' concerning, affecting or relating to the construction, alteration or removal of buildings or other structures. Such record shall include the date of the filing of each such application; the name and address of the applicant; the name and address of the owner of the land on which the structure mentioned in such application Is situated: the names and Sec. 9.

Each commissioner is hereby author also determine whether any extension of the existing electrical conductors of any person be in the borough of Manhattan. Title to Parks, Squares ana Public Places. which is vested in, conferred upon or required of any department, commission, board or officer of any town or village in the county of Richmond as heretofore constituted, so ized in his descretion, on the application in New York Public Library. Department of Bridges. Commissioner, Appointment, Term and Salary, Powers and Duties.

Section 1. The head of the department of bridges, of the city of New York, is hereby designated as the commissioner of bridges. The mayor shall appoint the commissioner of bridges. The term of office of such commissioner shall 'be for six yeans, from the first day of February next following his appointment, and until bis successor shall have been appointed and shall have qualified. And all appointments to fill vacancies in said office shall be for the unexpired term.

The salary of said commissioner shall be seven thousand five hundred dollars a year. He shall In all respects 'administer his department In conformity with the ordinances of the municipal assembly relating thereto, but shall be vested with the sole executive power therein. He shall be responsible for the actions of his appointees and employes and be subject to the laws of the state and the ordinances of the city for Che conduct of Sec. 17. Whenever pursuant to lawful au writing of the fire commissioner, to permit rho nlaclne a building or buildings for fire far as such powers, rights, duties and obll eations concern, affect or relate to the con Sec.

2. The title to each and all of the parks, squares and public places comprised within and belonging to the corporation heretofore known as the mayor, aldermen and apparatus in any of the parks, squares or pub thority, the land at present occupied by the reservoir at Fifth avenue and Fortieth and Forty second streets shall be made a struction, alteration or removal of any build 1 nl aces situatea witain tne jurisumuuii ui such commissioner of parks, provided the ing or structure erected or to be erecetd with public park, and the removal of said reser addresses of the arenrtect ana Duuaer em RflimB are so located and constructed as, in commonalty of the city of New York, or the nnrnnratlon heretofore known as the City of in said oorougns or eitner or. mem except so far as the same are inconsistent with or ployed; thereon; a designation of thepremises voir shall have been duly authorized or directed, the commissioner for the boroughs Brooklyn, or the county of Kings, or the the judgment of the commissioner granting such permission, will not disfigure or Incumber the same or Interfere with the purposes are modified by this act. or corporation in said city snan oe oy ua of overhead or underground conductors, and except with a like permission therefor no electrical conductors, poles, wires or other electrical devices or fixtures shall be constructed, erected, strung or maintained above ground in any part of said city. And the municipal assembly may establish and may from tfcne to time enact ordinances regulating all the construction, maintenance, use and management of the electrical conductors, poles and fixtures above ground, the conduits and subways therefor constructed underground and for regulating the number and location of overhead lines.

The Four Preceding Sections to Be Police countv of Richmond, or which are owned by of Manhatten and Richmond is hereby authorized and directed to make and enter the county of Queens and are comprised with Continuation and Revision of Existing Laws. of public use and recreation, but will tend to the protection of the public and their into a contract with the New York public in that port on of said county whlcn is in library, Astor. Lenox and Tilden founda cluded in the city of New York, as constituted Sec. 3. The several acts relative to the con property.

by street numoer, or ouierwwo buiuuouu.w Identify the same; a statement of the nature of such structure; and a brief statement 61 the nature of the application, together with a memorandum of the decision of the commissioner upon such application and the date of the rendition of such decision. The books containing such records are hereby declared to be public records, and shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times. tions, a corporation duly organized under bv this act. or belonging to any of the sub General Powers of Commissioners under struction, alteration or removal of buildings or other structures which are applicable to divisions of said counties, Is hereby vested the laws of this state, for the use and occupation of said land, or of any part thereof. Former Acts.

in the city of New York as hereby constituted any of the several corporations now compris by the said corporation and Its successors, the work of bis department. Branches Where Located. Deputy Commissioner, etc. Gifts of Real and Personal Property. Sec.

10. The commissioner for the boroughs nf Manhattan and Richmond shall in addi ing the cities, towns ana villages mciuaea within tho city of New York as constituted for establishing and maintaining thereon a free public library and reading room, and for carrying out the objects and purposes of said Gifts of Real and Personal Property. by this act, are. hereby. continued in full force tion to the powers, rights and duties express lv conferred or imposed upon him by this and effect in sucn cities, towns ana villages Sec.

2. A branch of the department of bridges shall be located in the hall or public ant nossess and exercise all the powers. CHAPTER XIII. Department of Public Charities. Sec.

3. Real and personal property may be granted, devised, bequeathed or conveyed to the city of New York, as constituted by respectively except so Tar as the same are inconsistent with or are modified by this act, office of each of the boroughs of Mannattan corporation in accordance with the provisions of the agreement of consolidation between the trustees of the Astor library, of the Lenox library and of the Tilden trust, and and Brooklyn, and the commissioner shall this act. for the purposes of the improve rights and duties and shall be subject to all the obligations heretofore vested in, conferred upon or required of the corporation lrnrtwn as the mayor, aldermen and com provided, however, that the municipal assembly shall have power to change or modify Of Regulations: Subordinate have power, if he deem it necessary, and ment or ornamentation of the parks, squares Jurisdiction: flcer3. when authorized bv the municipal assembly the several acts incorporating the said several corporations; and said contract may pro or Dublic places in said city, or for the es maintenance, within the lim to locate a branch in any or in all of the other boroughs. It shall be the duty of the vide that such use and occupation shall con monalty of the city of New York or the department of parks in said city, or the nmmisslonere of parks, or in any other its of any such park, square or public place, hoard of estimate and apportionment and of of museums, zoological, botanical or other Regulations.

Sec. 20. The provisions of the four preceding sections of this act aro made police regula ions in and for the city of New York, and in case the several owners of said poles, wires or ibther electrical conductors, fixtures, and devides shall not cause them to be removed Irom such streets or localities as required by aid commissioner or by the determination of the board of public improvements, or shall neglect or refuse to comply with any of the ordinances as herein provided, it shall be the duty of the said commissioner to cause the same to be removed from said streets, roads, avenues, lanes, parks and public places. Former Boards to Turn Over Maps, to Commissioner. Sec.

21. The board of electrical control in and for the city of New York and the mayor and commissioner of city works of the city of rules and regulations as prescrmea Dy existing laws, and for the purpose of effecting such revision of rules and regulations to appoint a commission of experts to prepare an ordinance providing for all matters relating to the construction, alteration or removal of all buildings or structures erected rto be erected in the city of New Yok as constituted by this act. tinue so long as the said New York public library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden foundations, or Its successors, shall maintain such free public library and reading room upon gardens, collections of natural history, ob the municipal assembly to make proper provision for all branches of the department servatories or works of art, upon such trusts board, body or officer therein or thereof, or In any commission, commissioner, body, board or officer in or for the county of Richmond, so far as such powers, rights. Section 1. The head of the department of public charities shall consist of a board of three commissioners, who shall be designated commissioners of public charities of the city of New York.

They shall be appoint ed by the mayor as provided in Chapter IV! of this act. In appointing such commissioners the mayor shall specify the borough or boroughs in which they are respectively to have administrative jurisdiction, to wit: one when established and conditions as may be prescribed by the The said commissioner shall appoint deputy commissioners of bridges, one of whom shall said land. Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. grantors or donors thereof, and be accepted bv the deoartment; and all property so de duties and obligations concern or affect the vised, granted, bequeathed or conveyed, and control, care, management, government, ex tpnslo. maintenance or administrative Juris Sec.

18. The commissioner for the boroughs Appointment and the rents, issues, profits and income an titles of Commissioners. Removal of Subordinates. be seated in the chief office in the borough of Manhattan, and one of whom shall be seated in the branch office of the department in the borough of Brooklyn. If the said commissioner shall at any time deem it ad irinn nf th Darks, sauares and other of Brooklyn and Queens is hereby authorized and directed to continue the contract 'and increase thereof, shall be subject to the man in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx; aeement.

direction and control of the com public places situated or lying within the boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond, or i rnAr nf them at the time this act takes lease with the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences for the occupation hy it of park mlssioncr for the borough or boroughs in visable under the authority of the municipal which the same is situated or to wnicn it ap lands and a building or buildings erected or assembly to locate branches of his depart effect or which may thereafter oe openea pertains, and except sucn surplus animal to be erected on that portion of Prospect nr established therein, so far as the same Sec. 4. Each commissioner shall, within tho one in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens; borough or boroughs in which he is appoint one In the borough of Richmond. The corned to exercise administrative jurisdiction, mlssloner appointed for theb oroughs of Man have charge of the administration of, and it hattan and the Bronx shall be the president shall be his duty, subject to and in accord of the board, and the officers of such commis ance with the general rules and regulations of sioner and of the department of public char established by the board, to enforce such uies shall be in the borough of Manhattan, rules and regulations and the provisions of The said board shall by a vote of a majority this chaoter and of such ordinances as may be nf uR members have power to establish een ar not inconsistent with this act. ino park bounded by the Eastern parkway on the north, Washington avenue on the east, a line parallel to old President street and one hundred feet south of tie southerly line of ment In all or any of the other boroughs, he shall then have power to appoint a separate deputy in and for each branch so located.

The same deputy may charge of more than one borough. Commissioner; Power to Appoint and Fix commissioner for the borough of the Bronx shall in addition to the powers, rights and rinrinK pmrflnslv conferred or imposed upon and duplicate specimens as the department may deem it judicious to dispose of by sale or otherwise, the same shall be forever properly protected, preserved and arranged for public use and enjoyment, subject to such rules and regulations as the department may prescribe. The department shall hereafter. said street on the south, and on the west by him by this act possess and exercise all the established by the municipal assembly and of eral rules and regulations for the administra the easterly line of land reserved by tho Pro aforesaid powers, rights, autios ana smu Brooklyn, acting as commissioners of electrical subways of the city of Brooklyn, are hereby required and directed to turn over and deliver to the commissioner of public buildings, lighting and supplies, within thirty days after this act shall take effect, all maps, plans, models, books and papers relating to the construction and location of electrical conductors, conduits or subways filed with or communicated to said commissioner, and all official records and papers of every kind in their possession. Separate Contracts for Lighting Each Bor ough; Duty of Commissioner.

Sec. 22. The commissioner of lighting and Ipotricltv under and In conformity to the tis laws relating to the construction, altera tion of the department and tho government pect hill reservoir and In continuation there tion or removal of buildings or other struc of for establishing and maintaining therein be subject to all the aforesaia oou gations so far as such powers, rights, duties and obligations concern or affect the care, management, control, government. tures erected or to be erected within such bor oueh or boroughs. Each commissioner within af the institutions under the jurisdiction of said several commissioners, and such general rules and regulations shall be so far as practicable uniform in alfl the boroughs.

Subject Its museum, library and collections and for carrying out tho plans and purposes of said with Its annual report, mane a sLaiement oi the condition of all the gifts, devises and bequests of the previous year, and of the names of the persons making the same. General Powers of the Board. thellmits ofhisapproprjatlon shall have power Sec. 3. The commissioner of bridges shall appoint, without definite term, a chief engineer, who shall have general charge and control of the care, maintenance and operation of the New York and Brooklyn bridge.

The said commissioner shall, if he deem it necessary, at any time appoint without definite extension, maintenance or administrative to appoint and at pleasure to remove sub to such general rules and regulations each society, and Tor the maintenance of said museum building or buildings, and for tho keeping, preservation and exhibition of collec jurisdiction of the parks, squares and other ordinate officers, as follows: Such superintend commissioner shall have jurisdiction over the tlons placed therein, a sum not less than public places situatea or lying wumu mo Plough of the Bronx at the time this act takes ents of Ouuaings ana sucn inspectors or sevoral classes of institutions hereinafter spec buildlngs. engineers, clerks, messengers, as (fled which are situated or mav hereafter be sistantsand other subordinates as in his Judg established within the borough or boroughs for ment may oe necessary anu proper to carry which he is appointed. The commissioner Sec. 4. The board of commissioners of parks shall by a vote of a majority of its members have power to establish general rules and regulations for the administration of the department, which rules and regulations shall be so far as practicable uniform in all the boroughs, and shall have power to appoint a secretary, and.

within the limit of its appropriation, to effect, or which may thereaiter oe optLn. ui established therein, so far as the same are not inconsistent with this act. Tho commissioner for the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens shall in addition to the powers, rights and duties expressly conferred or Imposed out and enforce such rules and regulations and ordinances and the provisions of said laws and of this chapter within the borough or boroughs under his jurisdiction. The su I upon him by this act, possess anu exercie un St appoint such subordinate officers as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the office $20,000 shall be appropriated annually hy the said city of Now York as constituted by this act. New York Botanical Garden.

Sec. 19. The commissioner for the borough of the Bronx is hereby authorized and directed to carry out the existing contract made by and between the department of parks of the corporation heretofore known as tho mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New York and the board of managers of the corporation known as the New York botanical garden pursuant to the provisions of chapter 285 of the laws of 1890, as amended by chapter 103 of tho laws of 1894 and entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of a botanic garden and museum and arboretum In Bronx of the department. The board shall also have the powers, rights and duties anu auun uc subject to all the obligations heretofore vested in or conferred upon, or required of the corporation known as the City of Brooklyn, or the department of parks in and for said city, or the commissioner of parks, or any commis power by a vote of a' majority of Its members to enact ordinances for the government and I perintendents of buildings shall each be a competent architect, engineer or builder of at least ten years' practice. The inspectors shall be competent men, either architects, engineers, masons, carpenters or workers, who shall have served at least five years as such.

It shall not be lawful for any officer or employe in the department to be engaged in conducting or carrying on business as an architect, civil engineer, carpenter, iron worker, mason or builder while holding office term a consulting engineer, wno snail ue a recognized expert in bridge construction, and who shall have had not les3 than ten years' experience as a civil engineer. The said commissioner shall have power to appoint such other assistant engineers, officers and subordinates as ho may deem necessary, and as are provided for and authorized by the proper appropriation, and the said commissioner shall fix and regulate the salaries and compensation of all his appointees, within the limit, however, of the proper appropriation therefor. The said commissioner may also from time to time employ such workmen and laborers as may be necessary, and as are provided for by the proper appropriation, and such workmen and laborers shall be taken as far as possible from any appropriate eligible lists that are or may be prepared by the civil service commission of said city; any such employment may be terminated by the commissioner at any time. To Mako Surveys, etc. ordinance regulating contracts shall prepare the terms and specifications under which contracts shall be made for lighting the streets, roads, avenues, public places, public buildings and parks of said city.

Separate contracts shall be made for su lighting in each of the boroughs of the city of New York, or in such subdivisions of the city as may appear the board o'. public improvements "and tho municipal assembly to be for the best interests said city. The number, kind and location of lights to be furnished under each of said contracts shall be determined and prescribed by the commissioner of public buildings, lighting and supplies. Such bi.ia shall be prepared and advertised lor, and such contracts shall be executed in the manner prescribed for herein as to other contracts entered into by said city or the departments thereof. Contracts shall be mado for the term of one year and shall be awarded to the lowest bidder.

Contracts made for a given borough or district include all lights of a given kind used bv said city in said borough or protection of all such parks, squares and public places, and the same shall at all times be subject to all such ordinances as to the use and occupation thereor ana in respect to any erec tions or Incumbrances thereon. Any person violating any of such ordlnancea shall be guil for the boroughs of (Manhattan and the Bronx, and the commissioner for the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens shall each have. power to appoint and at pleasure to remove a deputy. Each deputy so appointed shall during tho absence or inability of the commissioner appointing him possess all the powers and perform all the duties of such commissioner. The board of estimate and apportionment and the municipal assembly may from time to time provide for additional deputies in the last named boroughB, and also for a deputy in the borough of Richmond.

Any deputy to serve in the borough of Richmond shall be appointed by the commissioner having administrative jurisdiction therein, and shall be subject to removal at his pleasure. Each of tho commissioners, within the limits of hla appropriation, shall have power to appoint and at pleasure to remove such subordinate officers and assistants as may be necessary for the efficient performance of his duties as such commissioner. The board shall have power to appoint a secretary and, within the limit of its appropriation, to appoint such subordinate officers as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the office of the department. Public Institutions Under the Jurisdiction of in the department. Each commissioner shall have power to designate in writing one of ty of a misdemeanor, anu shall, on conviction bffore a citv magistrate, be punished by a fine sion, commissioner, body, board or otneer oi said city or of the county of Kiugs, i.r in any commissioner, body, board or officer in or for that portion of the county of Queens which is included in the city of New York as constituted by this act.

so far as such powers, rights, duties and obligations concern or affect the control, care, management, government, extension, maintenance or administrative jurisdiction of the parks, square. i and other public places situated or lying within the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens or either of them at the time this act takes effect or which may be thereafter opened or established therein, so far as the same are not Inconsistent with this act. not exceeding $30, or. In default of payment of such fine, by Imprisonment not exceeding park In the city of New York and to incorporate the New York botanical garden for carrying on the same," which contract provides for the allotting and setting apart for the uses of said garden of 200 acres of land or less on tho northern part of Bronx park as shown upon a certain map thereof numbered 08 and signed by Messrs. Vaux, and Parsons and filed with the former department of parks of tho corporation known as the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New York.

thirty days. Landscape Architect; Appointment and Duties, the superintendents of buildings or any of the inspectors so appointed by him to act on any survey authorized by law, or to perform such other duties as the said commissioner may direct. Each commissioner may designate a superintendent of buildings, who, during the absence or inability of such commissioner, shall possess all the powers and perform all the duties of such commissioner. Any employe, for any neglect of duty, or Sec. 5.

Tho board snail also appoint witn nut deflnito term a landscape architect, skilled and expert, whoso assent shall be requisite Sec. 4. The commissioner of bridges shall mako and cause to be made all surveys, maps, plans, estimates and drawings of all works relating to his department, and shall preserve the same in the chief office of the department which shall be located in the borough of Man tn all plans and works or changes thereof re specting the conformation, development or ornamentation of any of tho parks, Equares or public places of the city, to the end that the omission to properly perform his duty, or violation of rules, or neglect or disobedience of orders, or incapacity, or absence without leave, may be punished by the commissioner appointing him by forfeiting and withholding pay for a specified time, or by suspension from duty with or without pay, but this hattan, and be shall prepare all contracts authorized by the board of public improvements and the municipal assembly. He shall make Same may oe unnurm uuu avuiuicu iiii ai an Hmps It shall be the duty of such architect, district then ordered or thereafter to bo ordered by said commissioner during the term of said contract. Contracts, Procedure.

Sec. 23. All contracts to be made or let for supplies to be furnished except in this act otherwise provided, shall be founded on sealed bids or proposals made in compliance with public notice duly advertised in the Cily Record and other corporation newspapers published in the borough concerned, which notice shall be published at leas: ten days, and if the commissioner shall nor. deem It for the interests of the city to reject all bids, he shall award the contract to the lowest bidder, the terms of whose contract shall be settled by the cuunsel to the corporation as an jet nf nrni! specification Co the bid fmm time to time, to prepare and submit to Accounts; Annual Estimates; Expenditures. Sec.

11. Each commissioner shall keep accurate and detailed accounts, in a form approved by the commissioners of accounts, of all moneys received and expended by him, tho Eourcos from which they are received and the purposes for which they are expended, and shall prepare itomized monthly statements of all receipts and expenditures in duplicate, one of which statements, together with all vouchers, shall be filed with the controller, and one of which shall be filed an annual report of the business and transactions or his department to the mayor. Jurisdiction. the board, as he may deem proper, or as he may be requested by said board or by any ommissioner. plans for works or changes Public Monuments aud Memorials.

Sec. 20. No statue or piece or sculpture or work of art of any sort, in the nature of a public monument or memorial, shall be erected or placed upon any ground, or within any building belonging to the city of New York, as constituted by this act, without the approval of tho mayor, the presideut of the council, the president of the National Sculpture society (If such organization be then existing), and the president of the One arts federation, if then existing. But this section shall not be construed as Intended to impair the powers now possessed by the municipal assembly, or of any commissioner of park, or of any other civil body holding jurisdl Lion over public lands or buildings to refuse its or his consent to the erection, or acceptance of rhnmif respecting the parks, squares or pub Sec. 5.

The commissioner of bridges shall lie places of tho city. Tho salary of said architect shall be fixed by the board within the proper appropriation. provision shall not be deemed to abridge tho right of said commlsslsoner to remove or dismiss any inspector of buildings or other subordinate appointed by him from the serv ico of the department at any time in his discretion. Decisions of Commissioners; Appeals. Sec.

5. Each commissioner shall have power and It shall be his duty, subject to the provisions of law and the ordinances of the municipal assembly and the general rules and have cognizance and control (1) Of the management and maintenance of the New York and Brooklyn bridge. (2) Of the operation of the railroad on the New York and Brooklyn bridge. (3) Of the collection of fares and of tolls on General Powers of Commissioners as to the Management oi tne fi. Subiect to such general rules and or proposal who shall give security for the I faithful performance of hi.1: contract in the manner prescribed and required by ordinance; and the adequacy and sufficiency of this se curity shall, in addition to justification and the Commissioners.

Sec. 2. Each commissioner shall have jurisdiction over and it shall be his duty to take charge of and to establish and enforce rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the general rules and regulations established by the board, for the government of the following described classes of institutions situated within the borough or boroughs for which he Is appointed, All hospitals', asylums, almshouses and other institutions belonging to or hereafter acquired or established by the city of New Ycrk, which are or shall be devoted to the care of the feeble minded, the sick, the infirm the destitute; except hospital wards attached to penitentiaries and to other prisons and Institutions under the juris diction of the department of correction; and except such hospitals as are or may hereafter be established and conducted by the department of health pursuant to law; and except the house of refuge for juvenile delinquents and the house of detention for witnesses; and except the island known as Ward's Island and the buildings and improvements thereon and the equipment, fixtures and furniture ol the Nev York and urooKiyr. Driuge. (4) And of the construction, repair, maintenance and management of all other bridges regulations as shall be established by the i.arrl each commissioner shall have charge public monuments or memorials, or other of tho management and be responsible for the in his own office.

Each commissioner shall on or about the day of in each year prepare an itemized estimato of his necessary expenses for the ensuing fiscal year and present the same to the board. The three estimates so prepared as revised by the board shall together constitute the annual estimate of the department of parks, and shall bo submitted to the board of esilmato and apportionment within the time prescribed by this act for the submission of estimates for the several departments of the city. No commissioner shall Incur any expense for any purpose in excess of the amount appropriated therefor; nor shall he expend any that may at any time hereafter be constructed In full or in part at the expense of the city acknowledgment be approveu oy uie muui a of all sucn parns, squares auu iiuu.it r.i rs as srr. situated In the borough or bor ler. All bids or proposals snail ai puanuj York, or that may be acquired by said ntunoil hv the said commissioner and 1 in cue regulations established by the board, to pass upon any question relative to the mode, manner of construction or materials to be used in the erection or alteration of any building or other structure erected or to be erected within the borough or boroughs under his jurisdiction which is Included within the provisions of city.

works or art oi any sort, or to cbtain suitable expert opinions upon their artistic merits. Military Encampments and Evolutions; Public Fairs. Sec. 21. No military encampment, parade, drill, review, or other military evolution, cr exercise, shall be held or performed any presence of iho controller, but the opening of oughs for which ho is appointed, and of the streets and avenues immediately adjoining the same; but such jurisdiction shall not extend to nor include the buildings which are now (5) Of the construction, except of the East river bridge, authorized by chapter Laws of repair and maintenance or all other bridges that are or may be in whole or in part a public charge not included in public parks within the territory of tho city cf New York.

i or may hereafter be erected in such parks, Wiir. niapt; fnr rrnvprnmen tal nur the bids snail not oe posipum. luc iuu, ler shall. after due notice, fail to attend. If the lowest bidder shall neglect or refuse to accept the contract within five days after a written notice that the same has been award Art tn hl bid or proposal, or if he accepts money so appropriated for any purpose other but does not the contract and gives Id.

To jiace Daily Report to Controller. poses, other than the administration of the de partment. It shall be the duty of each coin mlssloner subject to such general rules and I regulations and In comformlty therewith to 1 maintain the beauty and utility of all parks, squares and public places as are situated within his Jurisdiction, and to in stitute and execute all measures for the im i Sec. C. The said commissioner shall keep accurate accounts of all moneys received or collected hy his department for fares, tolls, and any other purpose, in such form as the controller of the city or the ordinances of the municipal assembly shall require, and he shall pay over the same dally to the chambcr i lain and make a dally report of the same to Improper security it shall be reauveruseu anu relet as above provided.

The said specifications shall provide, among other matters, that each bidder or proposer shall accompany his bid or proposal with a certified chock in such amount as the said commissioner may determine that ho will, if awarded, enter Into the contract, all of which said checks shall be returned to the bidders save the check of 1.1,1,1. ri. hirVi hnll hA Tf this chapter or of any existing law applicable to such borough cr boroughs relating to the construction, alteration or removal of buildings or other structures, and to requrrc that such mode, manner of construction or materials shall conform to the true Intent and meaning of the several provisions of this chapter and of the laws aforesaid and of the rules and regulations established by the board. Whenever a commissioner to whom such question has been submitted shall reject or refuse to approve the mode, manner of construction or mateilals proposed to be followed or used In the erection or alteration of any such building or structure, or when it is claimed that the rules and regulations of the board or provisions of law do not apply or that an equally good and more desirable form of construction can be employed in any specific case, the owner of such building or structure, or his duly authorized agent, may appeal from the decision of such commissioner to the board in any case where tho amount Involved by such decision Bhall exceed the sum of $1,000. Such an appeal may be taken within ten days park, or in any part tnereor; nor shall any military company, regiment, or other military body, enter or move In military order within any park without permit from the commissioner within whose jurisdiction such pari: Is situated.

No military officer shall have authority to order, direct, or hold any such parade, drill, review, or other evolution or exercise, or encampment within said park, except In case of riot, Insurrection. reb'ilDn, or war, without such permit. It shall not be lawful to grant, use or occupy, for tho purposes of a public fair or exhibition, any portion of any park, square or public place. CHAPTER XII. Department of Buildings.

Appointment of Commissioners; Jurisdiction; Regulations. Section 1. Theheadof the departmentof buildings shall consist of a board of three commissioners, who shall be designated commissioners of buildings of the city of New York. They shall be appointed by the may the controller. tho asylums for tne insane on said Island during the continuance of the lease thereo! heretofore made by the city of New York t( the state of New York.

Such buildings and grounds on Blackwell's island as are nom used for the care of the insane pursuant t( the provisions of chapter 2 of the laws 1898, shall, when the insane shall have boei removed therefrom, be under the jurisdictloi of the commissioner of public charities foi the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx and the buildings and grounds, together witl the equipments, 'fixtures and furniture of thi buildings now leased to the state by th county of Kings for the care of the insane shall, when said lease1 expires, be under tb jurisdiction of the commissioner of publi charities for the boroughs of Brooklyn ani Queens. than that for wnicn it was ino commissioner for the boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond shall annually include in his estimate of the amount necessary for the maintenance of the parks, the sums now authorized by law for the maintenance of the Amoriean Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, not exceeding, however, $95,000 per annum for each of the said museums. It shall be the duty of the board of estimate and apportionment and of the municipal assembly to provide In the annual budget the proportionate part of the appropriation for the department of parks applicable' to the administration of tho department in each borough of the city, borough by borough. Advertisements for Supplies; Sec. 12.

The board shall from time to time, as may be necessary, advertise in the City Record and In such other papers as may be authorized by proper authority, for not less than ten days, for proposals for such articles and sup tUO SUCCf. iSiUl ijiuww. .1 ll od i Persons Not Affected by Passage of This Act; Exceptions. enterea juiu iut bond, and the said bond has been in all re spects approved of as heroin provided. No provement thereof for ornamental purposes and for the beneficial uses of the people of the city.

Subject to the general rules and igu latioiv. established by the board, each commls Elcncr shall have power to determine ilie line or curb and the surface construction of all streets and avenues lying wliai.i a distance of throe hundred and fifty feet from the outer boundaries of any park, square or public place In his jurisdiction; and he shall also have power to plant tree and to erect and establish seats, drinking fountains, statues and works of art, when he may deem It tasteful or appropriate so to do, on any part of tho public streets and avenues within such environment, subject to the provisions of section 20 of this chapter, and to determine Sec. 7. None of the engineers, officers, save die attornevs and counsel, and subordinates bids shall be accepted or contracts awarded nnv nerson who is in arrears 10 ine cor of the New York and Brooklyn bridge in office or employment at the time of the passage of this act and heretofore appointed by the trustees cf the New York and Brooklyn bridge shall be affected by the passage cf this act so far as their offices and positions are concerned, but shall continue to hold such poration upon debt crcontract.or Is a defaulter is surety or otherwise upon any obligation tor the corporation. Every contract shall be executed in duplicate and shall be filed lin the department of finance, and shall Inno wu be valid or binding upon the city Until (lb lie continued.