from such streets or localities as required by said 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, etc., to commissioner.

$ 586. 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 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 borough; duty of commissioner.

§ 587. The commissioner of public buildings, lighting and supplies under and in conformity to the ordinance regulating contracts shall prepare the terms and specifications under which contracts shall be ruade for lighting the streets, public buildings and parks of said city. Separate contracts shall be made for such lighting in each of the boroughs of The City of New York, or in such subdivisions of the city as may appear to the board of public improvements and the municipal assembly to be for the best interests of 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 bids shall be prepared and advertised for, 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 made for the term of one year, and shall be awarded to the lowest bidder, unless the board of public improvements by a vote of a majority of its members, of whom the mayor and comptroller shall be two, shall determine that it is for the public interest that a bid other than the lowest should be accented. Contracts made for a given borough or district shall include all lights of a given kind used by said city in said borough or district then ordered or thereafter to be ordered by said commissioner during the term of said contract. But no bid shall be entertained unless the said commis

sioner shall be satisfied that the party or parties bidding are possessed of sufficient plant to carry out the provisions of the contract.

Devolution of powers of former boards.

§ 588. All powers and duties conferred or imposed upon the corporation heretofore known as the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of The City of New York, or upon any of the officers, or any board thereof, or upon the board of electrical control in and for The City of New York, or upon the corporation known as the city of Brooklyn, or upon any of the officers or any board thereof, or upon any board of commissioners of electrical subways therein, or upon the corporation known as Long Island City, or upon any of the officers, or any board thereof, or upon any other municipal corporation, town or village, or 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 as the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of The City of New York, so far as such powers and duties in any way relate to the construction, repairs, cleaning and maintenance of public buildings, including markets, except schoolhouses, almshouses, penitentiaries, and fire and police station houses, and other buildings whose care and custody are otherwise provided for in this act, and to furnishing the city, or any part thereof, with gas, electricity, or any other illuminant, or of steam; the selecting, locating and removing and changing of lights for the use of the city; the inspecting and testing of gas and electricity used for light, heating and power purposes, gas meters, electric meters, electric wires and of all lights furnished to said city; and 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; 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 strects, and to open same for the purpose of carrying on therein the business of using and selling electricity or steam, or for the service of pneumatic tubes, the care of all offices leased or occupied for public uses; the location, care, management and maintenance of the public baths; the location, erection, establishment and maintenance of public urinals; the purchase of fuel, furniture, utensils, books, stationery, and other articles needed for the public offices, so far as such powers are consistent with and conformable to the provisions of this act, are hereby conferred and imposed upon The City of New York as constituted by this act, and as a matter of administration are devolved upon the commissioner of public build

ings, lighting and supplies, to be by him exercised, performed and executed according to the provisions, directions and limitations of this act.

TITLE 9.

DEPARTMENT OF BRIDGES.

Sec. 594. Commissioner, appointment, term and salary.

595. Id.; jurisdiction.

596. Id.; to make daily report to comptroller.

597. Persons not affected by passage of this act; exceptions.

598. The New York and Brooklyn bridge a public highway.

599. Concurrent jurisdiction in boroughs of New York and Brooklyn over crimes, etc., committed on the said bridge.

600. Certain acts declared to be misdemeanors; penalties for. 601. Devolution of power of former boards, etc.

Commissioner, appointment, term and salary.

§ 594. The head of the department of bridges shall be called the commissioner of bridges. He shall be appointed by the mayor and hold office as provided in chapter four of this act. His salary shall be seven thousand five hundred dollars a year.

See § 100, ante.

Id.; jurisdiction.

$595. The commissioner of bridges shall 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 the New York and Brooklyn bridge.

(4) Of the construction, repair, maintenance and management of all other bridges, that may at any time hereafter be constructed in whole or in part at the expense of The City of New York, or that may be acquired by said city.

(5) Of the construction, repair and maintenance of 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 The City of New York, except the East River Bridge, authorized by chapter seven hundred and eighty-nine, laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five.

(a) As to liability of municipality for wrongs of the commissioner of bridges, their agents and employees, see Walsh v. The Mayor, 107 N. Y.

220, affi'g 41 Hun. 299; Woodhull v. The Same, 150 N. Y. 450, rev'g 76 Hun, 390.

Id.; to make daily report to comptroller.

§ 596. The said commissioner shall keep accurate accounts of all moneys received or collected by his department for fares, tolls, and any other purpose, in such form as the comptroller of the city or the ordinances of the municipal assembly shall require, and he shall pay over the same daily to the chamberlain and make a daily report of the same to the comptroller.

Persons not affected by passage of this act; exceptions.

§ 597. The engineers, officers and subordinates, with the exception of the attorneys and counsel, 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 of the New York and Brooklyn bridge shall not be affected by the passage of this act so far as their positions are concerned, but shall continue to hold such places and positions under the commissioner of bridges, subject to the provisions of this act.

The New York and Brooklyn bridge, a public highway.

§ 598. 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 or going at all times.

L. 1882, ch. 410, § 1978.

Concurrent jurisdiction in boroughs of New York and Brooklyn over crimes, etc., committed on the said bridge.

$599. 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 officers 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 hereby is 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.

L. 1882, ch. 410, § 1981.

Certain acts declared to be misdemeanors; penalties for.

$600. Any person wilfully doing any injury to any of said bridges or any of their appurtenances, shall forfeit and pay to the said City of New York three times the amount 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.

L. 1882, ch. 410, § 1982.

Devolution of power of former boards, etc.

§ 601. Upon the appointment of the commissioner of bridges, the respective offices of the trustees 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 said trustees of the New York and Brooklyn bridge by any law or statute shall, so far as they are consistent with and conformable to the provisions of this act, be devolved upon the commissioner of bridges of The City of New York and upon the municipal assembly, and they shall in all respects exercise such duties and perform such powers, subject, however, to the provisions, directions and limitations of this act.

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