mayor shall receive the sum of three thousand dollars per year for his services.

§ 2. Section seventy-five of such chapter, as amended by chapter six hundred and sixty-two of the laws of nineteen hundred and ten, is hereby amended to read as follows:3

875. Within three days after receiving such roll and warrant the said chamberlain shall give notice, by publishing the same for ten days in the two daily newspapers published in said city having the largest circulation, that he has received such roll and that all persons named therein are required to pay their taxes to him at his office on or before the fifteenth day of March, then next, and stating the amount to be added if payment shall be delayed. For all sums paid previous to the first day of February he shall not receive or charge any percentage from the person assessed, but for all sums paid after the first day of February, then next, and before the fifteenth day of February, he shall charge and collect for the use of the city against the person assessed one per centum. For all sums paid after the fifteenth day of February and before the first day of March, then next, two per centum; for all sums paid after the first day of March, and before the sixteenth day of March, three per centum; for all sums paid after the fifteenth day of March, five per centum; and also interest at the rate of six per centum per annum from the said fifteenth day of March.

§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

Chap. 482.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the city of Fulton, generally. Became a law May 6, 1918, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present.

Accepted by the City.

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section eleven of chapter sixty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Fulton," as amended by chapter five hundred and fifty-one

2 Formerly" fifteen hundred dollars."

Section materially amended.

of the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven, is hereby amended to read as follows:

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11. Appointive city officers enumerated; by whom appointed, their term of office. 1. The appointive officers of the city of Fulton shall be a city chamberlain, a city attorney, a city clerk, a city physician, three assessors, one of whom shall be chief assessor,1 a commissioner of charities, seven members of the board of educa tion, three fire and police commissioners, three commissioners of public works, each of whom shall be appointed by the mayor, one chief of police and six patrolmen, who shall be appointed by the board of fire and police commissioners, so many commissioner, of deeds as the common council may deem necessary, and a city marshal, each of whom shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to the confirmation of the common council; a city engineer and a superintendent of public works, each of whom shall be appointed by the board of public works; and a superintendent of schools, who shall be appointed by the board of education.

2.2 Other than as provided by this act the term of office of the city chamberlain shall be two years, of the city clerk two years, of the city attorney two years, of the commissioner of charities two years, of the superintendent of schools two years, of the superintendent of public works two years, of the city engineer two years, of each member of the board of public works two years, of each member of the board of education five years, of each police and fire commissioner two years, of each commissioner of deeds two years, of each member of the board of health two years, of the city physician two years, of the assessors, other than the chief assessor, two years. The chief assessor shall hold office during good behavior. The chief of police and patrolmen shall hold office during good behavior, subject to the regulations of the police department.

§ 2. Section thirty-three of such chapter is hereby amended to read as follows:

33. The city assessors; chief assessor.3 1. The city assessors shall perform all the duties required of them by this act and the laws of the state in relation to the assessment of property in said city, and to that end they shall perform all the duties and

amended.

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possess all the powers and authority of town assessors, except as modified by this act.

2.5 The chief assessor shall be the clerk of the board of assessors and shall prepare in proper form the assessment-roll and the description of the various pieces and parcels of property assessed in accordance with the laws of the state and of this act under the direction and subject to the approval of the board of assessors and shall perform all the clerical work prescribed and directed for the board of assessors by the laws of the state and by this act, under the direction and subject to the approval of said board. He shall be provided with an office by the common council and shall be present at such office during the hours and dates in which the city chamberlain's and city clerk's offices are open to the public, except when otherwise engaged in the duties of his office or by reason of the conditions referred to in this act in relation to vacation or sickness. The assessors, including the chief assessor, to be appointed after this section as hereby amended takes effect, shall receive the compensation to be fixed as provided in section twelve of this act, except that until changed by the board of aldermen as provided in such section, the compensation shall be as follows: the chief assessor shall receive an annual salary of not more than fourteen hundred dollars and the other assessors an annual salary of not more than three hundred dollars each; such salaries to be payable in monthly installments. The assessors to be appointed in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen shall receive, for their services to and including the thirty-first day of December of such year, the full amounts above stated.

3. Section forty-four of such chapter is hereby amended to read as follows:

844. Division of funds and maximum amount of annual city tax levy. The common council may raise by tax upon the real and personal property assessable in the city in each year certain amounts, which shall be estimated and designated for the following purposes:

1. A sum necessary for defraying the expenses of supplying and keeping in good condition and repair the engine houses, engines, hose-carts, hook and ladder carts, fire alarm telegraph and other apparatus deemed necessary for the extinguishment of fires, and for paying the salaries and wages of officers and employees of the fire department, to be designated the fire fund.

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2. For the payment of the expenses of the police department, including the salary of the city judge and the salaries of the officers of said department, to be designated the police fund. Said fire and police funds shall be under the control of the board of fire and police commissioners, and shall be paid out only on its order, signed by the president of said board and countersigned by the city clerk.

3. For paving and repairing pavements, constructing, relaying and repairing sidewalks, and keeping in order the streets, crosswalks, gutters, lanes, public places and grounds of said city, to be designated the improvement fund.

4. For defraying the expenses of constructing, repairing and keeping in order the sewers, paying the principal and interest on the sewer bonds, and the salaries or wages of persons employed to care for and maintain the sewer system, to be designated the sewer fund.

5. A sum necessary for lighting the streets and public buildings of the city, (and, if the city shall acquire a lighting plant, the expenses of constructing and maintaining all necessary apparatus and fixtures connected therewith, and the salaries and wages of employees necessary for said plant), to be designated the light fund.

6. A sum necessary for supplying water to the public buildings of the city, for the extinguishment of fires, the payment of principal and interest on the water bonds, the services of persons employed in the water-works department, and the supplies necessary for said department, to be designated the water fund.

7. For the services of the superintendent of public works, his assistants, and other persons employed by the board of public works, other than in the light and water departments, and the erection and maintenance of bridges and culverts, to be designated the public works fund. Said improvement fund, sewer fund, light fund, water fund, and public works fund shall be under the control of the board of public works, and shall be paid out only on its order, signed by the president of said board, and countersigned by the city clerk.

8. A sum necessary for the payment of the expenses of the department of charities, including the salaries of the commissioner of charities and city physician, to be designated the poor fund.

9. A sum necessary for defraying general and contingent expenses; for the payment of all salaries and other expenses not

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otherwise provided for; and sums raised for the public library; to be designated the general city fund. Said poor fund and general city fund shall be under the control of the common council, and shall be paid out only on its order, signed by the mayor or the president of the common council, and countersigned by the city clerk.

10. Such a sum as shall be necessary to pay all of the expenses of the schools of the city, to be designated the school fund. Said school fund shall be under the control of the board of education, and shall be paid out only on its order, signed by the president of said board, and countersigned by its clerk.

The aggregate of the annual tax levy for all purposes in this section above provided, except the principal and interest on the bonded indebtedness of the city, shall not exceed the rate of two per centum of the assessed valuation of the real and personal property liable to taxation in said city, as the same shall appear from the assessment-roll of said city for the current year. In addition to the amounts which shall be included in the annual tax levy for the foregoing purposes, there shall be included such an amount as shall be certified by the board of supervisors as hereinafter provided, to be the city's share of the state and county tax levy, such amounts as shall be deemed necessary to meet the principal and interest on the bonded and other indebtedness of the city, falling due during the fiscal year for which the tax is levied, and to meet all indebtedness remaining unpaid on all judgments against the city, and such further sums as shall have been voted at a regular city election, or at a special city election called for the purpose, and also such other sums as the common council, or the boards of said city, are authorized to expend for purposes specified in this act.

§ 4. Section two hundred and eighty-three, as amended by amended by chapter one hundred and four of the laws of nineteen hundred and ten, is hereby amended to read as follows:

L. 1910, ch. 104, amended.

§ 283. Bonds and other obligations of the city. Bonds issued by the city under the provisions of this act, other than specified in section two hundred and eighty-four of this act, shall be made payable in equal annual amounts, excepting that one bond of each issue may be for a less sum than the others for the purpose of mak

Remainder of sentence formerly read: "within thirty years."