Amending sec.

104, chap. 12a, Comp. Stats.,

scribing such warrants, their date, amount, the number, the fund from which paid, and the persons to whom paid, specifying also the time of payment; and all such warrants shall be examined by the finance committee at the time of making such annual report.

SECTION 18. That section 104 of said act be and

1891; sec. 2411, the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

Consol. Stats.,

1891.

Board of public works; appointment;

Section 104. There shall be in each city of the metropolitan class a board of public works which oaths of office shall consist of three members, residents of such

terms of office;

bonds.

Duties of chairman,

city, to he appointed by the mayor by and with the consent of the council on the first Tuesday in July, 1887, for the term of one, two, and three years, respectively from said first Tuesday in July, 1887, and annually thereafter there shall be appointed as herein before provided one member whose term of office shall be three years. At the time of making each appointment the mayor shall designate the office each member shall fill for the ensuing year. The members of said board of public works shall be known as the chairman of the board of public works, the street commissioner, and the sewer commissioner. Each of said members before entering upon the discharge of his duties shall take an oath to faithfully discharge the duties of his office and shall enter into a bond to such city with two or more good and sufficient sureties to be approved by the mayor and council in the sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars each, conditioned for the faithful performance of his dutes as such member of said board of public works. The chairman of the board shall have general supervision of public works. He shall keep complete records and

accurate acounts of the same; he shall hear and investigate all complaints, and shall keep himself well informed of the ordinances of such city, and see to the enforcement of the same as far as public works are concerned. The street commissioner Duties of street jointly with the chairman of the board shall supervise all public work done upon or over the surface of streets and alleys, such as paving, sidewalks and other work upon or over the surface of the streets. He shall appoint all inspectors and employes in his department, subject to the approval of the board of public works, to the extent and limit that the funds provided by the mayor and council for that purpose will allow. He shall keep a record of the services of all inspectors and employes and certify to the pay roll of such inspectors and employes to the board of public works monthly, or oftener if required by said board, and when any work shall be completed he shall promptly file with the board a certified statement of the cost of inspection to be charged to such work. The street commissioner shall supervise all street sweeping and cleaning, and when let under contract appoint a competent inspector of such work to be approved by the Board of Public Works. He shall see to the enforcement of all measures necessary for the protection of the city against any damage or liability by reason of any and all work done upon the surface of the streets or alleys. He shall make all temporary repairs ordered by the Board of Public Works, or the Mayor and Council. He shall have power to dismiss all inspectors in his department subject to the approval of the Board of Public Works, and shall also have power to dismiss all

commissioner.

or

other employes under his supervision when in his judgment their services shall no longer be required or for other good and sufficient reasons. The Board shall also have power to dismiss any inspector employe in said department when in the judgment of said Board their services shall no longer be required, or for other good and sufficient reasons. Duties of sewer The sewer commissioner jointly with the chairman of the board shall supervise all sewer work and the construction, maintenance, cleaning and repairs of public sewers, culverts, drains, conduits and subways; also water, gas, conduit and subway trenches or other works under the surface of the streets done under permit, or otherwise, in the city. He shall appoint all inspectors and employes in his department, subject to the approval of the Board of Public Works, to the extent and limit that the funds provided by the mayor and council for that purpose will allow, and he shall be empowered where necessary for the furtherance of public work or the abatement of nuisances to cause the temporary suspension of the use of water, gas, sewer, or other service, or to cause the temporary removal of or discontinuance of railway tracks or street car or other travel. He shall receive all complaints of sewer stoppage and investigate the same at once, and keep a record of all such cases and the facts connected therewith. He shall have power to dismiss all inspectors in his department subject to the approval of the board of public works, and shall also have power to dismiss all other employes under his supervision when in his judgment their services are no longer required, or for other good and sufficient reasons. The board shall also have

ployes.

board.

power to dismiss any inspector or employe in said department when in the judgment of said board their services shall no longer be required, or for other good and sufficient reasons. The said board Wages of emof public works shall regulate and fix the compensation of all inspectors and wages of employes that are under the supervision of said board or said commissioners, which wages shall not be less nor more than current wages for that class of daily labor. Each of said members of such board of Duties of public works shall devote his entire time to the performance of his official duty, and no member of such board shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract entered into by them on behalf of such city, nor shall they be interested either directly or indirectly in the purchase of any material to be used or applied on or about the work contemplated by this act. The board in conjunction with the city engineer shall make specifications, to be approved by the mayor and council, for all public works to be done under the supervision of said board and it shall be the duty of such board of public works and it shall have power to make contracts on behalf of the city for the performance of all such works and the erection of such improvements as may be ordered by the mayor and council, such only with the approval of the mayor and counoil. It shall also be the duty of said board to approve the estimates of the city engineer, which be made from time to time, of public work, as may the same may progress; to accept any work or improvement made when the same shall be fully completed according to contract, subject, however, to the approval of the mayor and council; and said board and the members of said board shall perform

Quorum.

Meetings.

such other duties as may be devolved upon said board or the members thereof respectively by ordinance. A majority of the members of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business coming within the control or jurisdiction of the same; the presence of the chairman of said board shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. In the absence, sickness or disability of the chairman the mayor shall designate one of the other members of said board to act as chairman during such disability. The said board of public works shall hold regular meetings on Friday of each week, and special meetings may be called by the chairman or any two members of said board. Annual report. The Board shall make an annual report to the mayor and council not later than February 1st of the work of the year closing December 31st, preceding said date. Any member of such board at any time be removed from office by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the council with the approval of the mayor for sufficient cause, and the proceedings in that behalf shall be entered in the journal of the council.

Removal of member.

Amending sec. 105, chap. 12a,

Comp. Stats.,

may

Provided, That the city council shall previously cause a copy of the charges preferred against such member sought to be removed and notice of the time and place of hearing the same to be served on him at least ten days previous to the time so assigned, and opportunity shall be given him to make his defense.

SECTION 19. That Section 105 of said act be and 1891; sec. 2412, the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

Consol. Stats.,

1891.

City engineer;

appointment;

Sec. 105. A city engineer shall be appointed by

oath of office; the mayor, by and with the consent of the council.

bond; duties.