EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF - Continued. SEC. Promotion of welfare of school system.... . Subd. 10 192 Provision of special day or evening classes to instruct foreigners in the English language Subd. 6 192 Recommendation to board of estimate of the renting of additional property for schools Subd. 9 192 Regulation of disbursement of school funds. . Subd. 10 192 Schools (means “public schools."). 185 Free to residents between 4 and 21 years of age. 186 School farms Subd. 12 64 Subd. 7 192 School moneys, distribution to sectarian schools forbidden.. 198 School system, to mean publie school system. . 185 Exceptions: Children under six years eligible only to kindergarten classes 186 Regulation of, prescribed by the board. 186 Secretary of department Subd. 1 190 Social uses of school property. ! 187 Superintendent of libraries Subd. 2 190 Supervisor of lectures Subd. 2 190 Supervisors of janitors .Subd. 1 190 Supervising staff Subd. 2 190 Eligibility . . Subd. 2 190 How appointed and removed .190, 191 Trial on charges 191 Supervisor of supplies .Subd. 1 190 194, 195 Assistants to directors of special branches. 194 Assistants to teachers 194 Directors of special brarches. 194 Heads of department 194 Inspectors 194 Principals. 194 Promotions, how made 195 Reassignment to grades 195 Removal 195 Teachers 194 Tenure 195 Version of Holy Scriptures used in schools not to be chosen by board ... 198 Women, two members of each board to be. 197 ESTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT. Sec. Acts of board to be by a majority resolution... Subd. 2 54 Alteration of salaries 59 Approval necessary to. Acquisition of real property for public purposes. 276 New water works Subd. 7 216 Subd. 3 218 Assignment of special duties to borough president... 55 Branch offices in any departments in any borough established by. 103 Composition 52 Contract between board of trustees of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals and Bellevue Training School for Nurses. 263 Consent of, to exercise of franchise.. Cumulative voting 52 Documents accompanying applications for purchase of real property, prescribed by 277 Duties, mandatory .65, 67, 68, 71, 72 Establishment of bureaus 57 Expenditures, consideration of resolutions relating to. 56 Franchises, consent to exercise of... 8 Meetings of .. . Subd. 1 54 Number of votes of each member.. 52 Powers, enumerated 64-66 Additional 69-70 Preparation of budget 60 Presiding officer ..Subd. 3 54 Purchases of realty, manner of application for prescribed by general resolution 277 Quorum 52 Resolutions, how passed 52 Salaries of city officers and employees, fixed by. .Subd. 1 59 “ The Board,” to mean board of estimate.. 52 Ten votes, when required.. 56 Tolls and prudential regulations for bridges prescribed by. 235 Twelve votes, when required... .Subd. 15. 62, 64, 83 Votes necessary to pass measures. 52 When twelve votes required... 85 EXECUTIVE. See “ Mayor." EXEMPTION. Of street cleaning employees from military and jury duty.. 229 87 F. FARMS. See “ School Farms." FEES. Of city and county officers to be paid to chamberlain.... 26 ! FINANCE DEPARTMENT. 110 Accounts 110 Audit 110 Disbursements 110 Records . 110 Comptroller 106 Auditor and chief disbursing officer.. 108 Board of estimate and apportionment, members to cast one vote each in appointing comptroller's successor. 107 Bond .... 100 FINANCE DEPARTMENT - Continued. SEC. 106 Prescribe forms of keeping city accounts, subject to rules of the board of estimate and apportionment. 108 Prohibitions upon the comptroller.. 109 Salary 106 Term. 100 Term of appointed successor. 107 Vacancy, how filled 107 FINE ARTS FEDERATION.... To make nominations for art commission. 293 293 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Appeals from determination of second deputy commissioner... 181 Board of estimate and apportionment to prescribe conditions of purchase of property of volunteer fire force. 173 Bureaus.. . Subds. 1-3 177 Bureau of combustibles . Subd. 2 177 Fire bureau . . Subd. 1 177 Fire marshals' bureau Subd. 3 177 Charges against members of force.. 175 Charges against members, how finally determined. 181 Chief of fire department.. .Subd. 1 177 Combustibles .. Subd. 2 177 FIRE DEPARTMENT - Continued. Sale of .. . Subd. 2 177 Storage of ... Subd. 2 177 Commissioner 174 Powers 174 Appointment of two deputies. 175 Assignment of forces . Subd. 1 174 Destruction of buildings to prevent spread of fire.. .. Subd. 3 174 Examination of structures containing combustibles. Subd. 5 174 Extinguishing fires on vessels, docks, etc. Subd. 6 174 Grading of forces Subd. 2 174 Head of fire department. 51 Prevention of spread of fires. . Subds. 3–6 174 Vacancy in office of, how filled. 175 Deputy commissioners. Appointment by fire commissioner.... 175 Second deputy to be an attorney-at-law.. 175 Duties: To examine, try and decide charges against members of force 175 Qualifications 175 Extension of, throughout the city as soon as practicable. 173 Extinguishment of fires . Subd. 1 177 Final decision of charges, how made. 181 Fire department defined . Subd. 2 176 Fire marshals Subd, 3 177 Inspector of combustibles .Subd. 2 177 Jurisdiction and general power. .. 173 Members of department. Application for retirement .. 183 Continued in office .Subd. 1 176 Eligibility 178 Exempt from military or jury duty, arrest on civil process and subpoenas from civil courts while on duty. 179 Probationary service deemed service in determination of eligibility for advancement, pension, etc.... 178 L SEC. Members of department - Continued. Qualifications 178 Resignation, condition of .Subd. 1 180 Retirement age, sixty-five years. 183 Retirement of 183 By application of member. 183 By order of commissioner. 183 Origin of fires, investigation of.. . Subd. 3 177 Prevention of fires Subd. 1 177 Protection of property ..Subd. 1 177 Rights of force to pension not impaired by commission's changes in grades Subd. 3 176 Salaries, subject to deductions for cause. .Subd. 2 180 Telegraph operators, members of fire force.. 176 Trials of members by deputy commissioner. 181 Appeal from deputy's decision. 181 Uniformed force continued Subd. 3 176 Volunteer fire departments, property of to be acquired. 173 FOOD. See “ Health Department 158 FRANCHISES. Consent by the board of estimate and apportionment to exercise of.. 8 Corporate stock issued for acquisition of rights in and to. Subd. 5 (3) 86 Definintion. 5 How granted 7 Special franchises to be included in sum deducted by board of estimate from assessed valuation of real estate subject to taxation appearing on assessment rolls.... . Subd. 7 72 G. GENERAL FUND BONDS Subd. 4 86, 98 GENERAL FUND FOR THE REDUCTION OF TAXATION. Estimated receipts and revenues of, to be deducted from aggregate amount fixed in budget to be raised by taxation... Subd. 3 61 What moneys to be paid into.. 63 GRANTS OF LANDS UNDER WATER, CONFIRMED. Riparian proprietors, rights of. 9 10 H. HART'S ISLAND. See “ Corrections." HEALTH, STATE BOARD OF. May prescribe sanitary regulations for reservoirs. 220 HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF. Subd. 4 159 Adulteration, enforcement of laws re.. 158 Alteration of sanitary code..... .Subd. 9 159 Bills of health to masters of vessels.. . Subd. 1 159 Buildings, repair of, by health department. .Subd. 12 158 Vacation of 158 Bureaus. General administration 160 Post-mortem examinations 160 .... 164 HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF — Continued. SEC. Bureaus Continued. Records . 160 Sanitation 160 Chief medical examiner, General duty, charge of medical examinations and autopsies.... 168 Described in 169 Power to appoint and remove medical examiners in the several boroughs with approval of president of board of health...... 168 City magistrate. When to authorize an autopsy. 170 When to hold an inquest. 171 Contagious diseases. Patients suffering with, transferred to charities, etc... 163 Private treatment of, without permit, prohibited. 163 Coroner, office of, abolished.. Subd. 1 166 Declaration of peril by board and mayor. 164 Delegation, to department of charities and board of trustees of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, of duty to provide care for persons 163 Destruction of adulterated food.. 165 Destruction of diseased animals. 165 Destruction of putrid cargos by health department. . Subd. 11 158 Disease, ascertainment of existence and cause of.. 15S Disease, co-operation of health authorities to prevent the spread of Subd. 10 158 Duties enumerated 158 Excessive expenditures to have written consent of two members of the board and approval of the mayor.. Exclusive control of the medical examinations of autopsies upon coroners' cases 167 Expenditures in excess of appropriation, how met. Subd. 5 96 Extraordinary powers in case of pestilence. 164 Food, enforcement of laws re adulterated.. 158 Health, board, head of health department.. 51 Health officer of port, powers unaffected by this act... 157 Hospitals. Acquisition of buildings for temporary hospitals during epidemic. Subd. 4 159 For treatment of contagious, etc., diseases, under control of health department 163 Life, enforcement of laws re preservation of. 158 Lodging-houses, defined 172 Inspection and regulation of re light, ventilation and sanitation . Subd. 7 159 Jurisdiction 157 Markets, public, Regulation of, by health department. .Subd. 12 158 Medical examiners 168 Duties 169 Qualifications of 168 Nuisances detrimental to health, etc., abatement by health department.. 158 Payment of expenditures for prevention of danger from contagious diseases .. Subd. 5 96 Permit necessary to other institutional care for patients with contagious diseases. 163 Pestilence. Excessive expenditures to have written consent of two members 164 Extraordinary power in case of...... 164 Measures taken to be approved by mayor in writing. 164 |