City of Rensselaer, NY Rensselaer City Charter

City of Rensselaer, NY

Rensselaer County

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Ch C Rensselaer City Charter
Ch C Ttl I Title; City and Ward Boundaries; Corporate Powers; Definitions
§ C-1 Short title; public act.
§ C-2 City boundaries.
§ C-3 Ward boundaries.
§ C-4 (Reserved)
§ C-5 Corporate name and powers.
§ C-6 Definitions.
§ C-7 through § 10. (Reserved)
Ch C Ttl II Officers; General Powers and Duties; Election and Appointment
§ C-11 Eligibility of city officers; residency requirement.
§ C-12 Elective city officers enumerated; compensation.
§ C-13 Annual city election.
§ C-14 Canvass of votes at annual city election.
§ C-15 Removal of elective officers.
§ C-16 Appointive officers enumerated; appointments.
§ C-17 Notice of appointment.
§ C-18 Terms of office of appointive officers.
§ C-19 Suspension and removal of appointive officers.
§ C-20 Compensation of appointive officers.
§ C-21 (Reserved)
§ C-22 Holding over.
§ C-23 Vacancies.
§ C-24 Resignations.
§ C-25 Additional fees or compensation not to be paid.
§ C-26 Removal of employees.
§ C-27 Removed officer not eligible for re-election or appointment.
§ C-28 Appointee to be a member of the same political party as predecessor.
§ C-29 General powers and duties of officers and commissions.
§ C-30 Oath of city officers.
§ C-31 Bonding of city officers.
§ C-32 Officers and employees not to be interested in contracts.
§ C-33 Officers to be trustees of public property.
§ C-34 Office hours of City Clerk and City Treasurer.
§ C-35 City officers authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgments.
§ C-36 (Reserved)
§ C-37 Annual reports of departments.
§ C-38 Granting and revocation of licenses.
§ C-39 (Reserved)
§ C-40 through § 44. (Reserved)
Ch C Ttl III General Powers and Duties of City Officers
§ C-45 General powers and duties of Mayor.
§ C-46 Acting Mayor.
§ C-47 General powers and duties of City Clerk.
§ C-48 General powers and duties of City Treasurer.
§ C-49 Bond of City Treasurer.
§ C-50 through § 51. (Reserved)
§ C-52 General powers and duties of President of the Common Council and Aldermen.
§ C-53 General powers and duties of Sealer of Weights and Measures.
§ C-54 General powers and duties of Marshals.
§ C-55 (Reserved)
§ C-56 General powers and duties of Health Officer.
§ C-57 through § 59. (Reserved)
§ C-60 General powers and duties of Commissioners of Deeds.
§ C-61 Powers and duties of other city officers.
§ C-62 through § 65. (Reserved)
Ch C Ttl IV Common Council
§ C-66 Organization and procedure.
§ C-67 Mayor's approval and veto.
§ C-68 Amount of annual city tax levy.
§ C-69 Annual report and estimate by beards and officers to Mayor.
§ C-70 Determination of amount of annual city tax levy.
§ C-71 Payment of money to be made from and into general city fund when not otherwise provided.
§ C-72 (Reserved)
§ C-73 Subdivision of funds and transfer of moneys from one fund to another.
§ C-74 General legislative powers; funds from which expenditures are payable.
§ C-75 Awarding of contracts.
§ C-76 Emergency repairs and expenditures.
§ C-77 Auditing of claims by Common Council and payment thereof.
§ C-78 Liability of city in certain actions.
§ C-79 Powers and duties of Common Council for improvements and removal of nuisances.
§ C-80 General legislative powers.
§ C-81 Violation of ordinances.
§ C-82 When resolutions and ordinances to be effective.
§ C-83 (Reserved)
§ C-84 Record of ordinances.
§ C-85 Ordinances and resolutions as evidence.
§ C-86 Licensing occupations.
§ C-87 Money for the observance of Memorial Day.
§ C-88 Disposition of real estate or franchises.
§ C-89 Official newspaper.
§ C-90 Discontinuance of streets.
§ C-91 Acceptance of streets; sale of lots.
§ C-92 Streets by prescription; power to change grade.
§ C-93 Purchase of real estate.
§ C-94 Sale of personal property.
§ C-95 Payment of salaries of officers and employees.
§ C-96 Control of finances and property.
§ C-97 (Reserved)
§ C-98 Examining committees.
§ C-99 Power to summon witnesses.
§ C-100 Witnesses not to be excused from testifying.
§ C-101 Penalties.
§ C-102 through § 106. (Reserved)
Ch C Ttl V Improvements; Streets and Sidewalks; Sewers
§ C-107 Common Council to be deemed Highway Commissioners.
§ C-108 Improvements payable wholly or partially by general or local assessments.
§ C-109 Declaration of intention to make local improvement.
§ C-110 District of assessment.
§ C-111 Special provisions as to sewers.
§ C-112 Notice of proposed improvement.
§ C-113 Objections to improvements and decisions thereon.
§ C-114 Assessment of cost of improvement upon completion.
§ C-115 Assessment roll.
§ C-116 Appeal from assessment.
§ C-117 Unpaid local assessment to be inserted in annual city tax roll.
§ C-118 Assessment for acquiring land for city purposes.
§ C-119 Local assessments payable in installments.
§ C-120 Collection of local assessment.
§ C-121 Guardians ad item for infants and dependents.
§ C-122 Rebates and deficiencies.
§ C-123 Right to review assessment for local improvement limited.
§ C-124 Review procedure.
§ C-125 Consolidation of separate proceedings.
§ C-126 Errors and irregularities may be corrected.
§ C-127 State lands.
§ C-128 Street cleaning and repairing.
§ C-129 Maintenance of sidewalks and curbs.
§ C-130 Construction and relaying of sidewalks and curbstones.
§ C-131 Changing name of street.
§ C-132 Designation of street numbers.
§ C-133 Gas mains.
§ C-134 Sewer connections.
§ C-135 through § 150. (Reserved)
Ch C Ttl VI City Obligations and General Financial Provisions
§ C-151 No expenditure without appropriation.
§ C-152 through § 155. (Reserved)
Ch C Ttl VII Assessment and Levy of Taxes
§ C-156 Tax district; Board of Assessors.
§ C-157 Real property defined.
§ C-158 General powers and duties of Assessors.
§ C-159 Description of premises.
§ C-160 Tax Map.
§ C-161 Taxable status date.
§ C-162 Assessment of county and city taxes.
§ C-163 Warrant for the collection of county and state taxes.
§ C-164 Levying of city taxes and warrant for the collection thereof.
§ C-165 Correction of tax and assessment error; reassessment.
§ C-166 Taxes as personal debt liens.
§ C-167 Assessment not invalidated by irregularity.
§ C-168 Limitations of liens.
§ C-169 Apportionment of taxes and assessments.
§ C-170 through § 173. (Reserved)
Ch C Ttl VIII Collection of Taxes and Local Assessments
§ C-174 Bond of Treasurer for collection of state and county taxes.
§ C-175 through § 177. (Reserved)
§ C-178 Notice of receiving taxes.
§ C-179 Penalties and interest for nonpayment of taxes.
§ C-180 Notice of unpaid taxes; demand of payment.
§ C-181 Payment of taxes and local assessments.
§ C-182 Receipts.
§ C-183 through § 185. (Reserved)
§ C-186 Notice of confirmation and time of payment of local assessments.
§ C-187 Interest on local assessments.
§ C-188 through § 191. (Reserved)
Ch C Ttl IX Sale of Real Property to Satisfy Tax Liens
§ C-192 Annual sale of real property to satisfy tax liens.
§ C-193 Notice of sale.
§ C-194 Payment of amount of tax lien.
§ C-195 Conduct of sale.
§ C-196 Purchase by city.
§ C-197 Certificate of sale.
§ C-198 Disposition of proceeds of sale.
§ C-199 Redemption.
§ C-200 Notice of redemption.
§ C-201 Disposition of redemption money.
§ C-202 Conveyance.
§ C-203 Possession of real property sold.
§ C-204 Treasurer's record of sales, redemption and proceedings.
§ C-205 Invalid sales.
§ C-206
§ C-207 through § 210. (Reserved)
Ch C Ttl X Arrears Sale
§ C-211 Authority for sale.
§ C-212 Time of sale.
§ C-213 (Reserved)
§ C-214 Notice of sale; sale of parcel.
§ C-215 Completion of purchases and certificates.
§ C-216 Redemption.
§ C-217 Surrender of certificates and execution of deeds.
§ C-218 Effect of nonredemption.
§ C-219 Possession of real property sold.
§ C-220 Tax sale titles to be included in arrears sale.
§ C-221 Disposition of moneys received on arrears sale.
§ C-222 Compromise of special assessments held by city against property sold on arrears sale.
§ C-223 through § 227. (Reserved)
Ch C Ttl XI Board of Public Safety
§ C-228 Control of Departments vested in Board.
§ C-229 Constitution of Board.
§ C-230 Organization of Board.
§ C-231 Meetings of Board.
§ C-232 (Reserved)
§ C-233 Rules, orders and regulations.
§ C-234 Constitution of Police and Fire Departments.
§ C-235 Salaries.
§ C-236 Membership.
§ C-237 Exemptions.
§ C-238 Chief of Police; Deputy Chief of Police.
§ C-239 Powers and duties of Police Department.
§ C-239-A Fire police.
§ C-240 Service of process.
§ C-241 Additional powers of Chief of Police.
§ C-242 Political activity prohibited.
§ C-243 Terms of office.
§ C-244 Discipline; rehearing; reinstatement.
§ C-245 (Reserved)
§ C-246 Present volunteer fire companies to constitute Fire Department.
§ C-247 (Reserved)
§ C-248 Board to have powers of board of health.
§ C-249 Appeals from orders of Health Officer.
§ C-250 through § 251. (Reserved)
§ C-252 Extra and special policemen.
§ C-253 Badges and uniforms.
§ C-254 Gratuities.
§ C-255 Investigation of origin of fires.
§ C-256 Right of entry upon private property.
§ C-257 through § 262. (Reserved)
Ch C Ttl XII Law Department
§ C-263 Corporation Counsel and Assistant Corporation Counsel.
§ C-264 General powers and duties of Corporation Counsel.
§ C-265 Employment of counsel.
§ C-266 Appeal.
§ C-267 Compensation; costs and allowances.
§ C-268 Approval of contracts.
§ C-269 Satisfaction and assignment of judgments.
§ C-270 Verification of pleadings or petitions.
§ C-271 Police to aid Corporation Counsel.
§ C-272 No security required by city.
§ C-273 Judgments against city.
§ C-274 Compromise of claims.
§ C-275 Place of trial.
§ C-276 through § 289. (Reserved)
Ch C Ttl XIII Department of Public Instruction
§ C-290 Appointment of Public Library Commission.
§ C-291 Powers and duties of Public Library Commission.
§ C-292 through § 296. (Reserved)
Ch C Ttl XIV Municipal Civil Service Commission
§ C-297 Constitution; President.
§ C-298 Secretary; subordinate.
§ C-299 through § 302. (Reserved)
Ch C Ttl XV City Court
§ C-303 City Court; City Judge.
§ C-304 Official oaths.
§ C-305 Acting City Judge.
§ C-306 Expenses of City Court.
§ C-307 through § 345. (Reserved)
§ C-346 Chief Clerk.
§ C-347 through § 349. (Reserved)
Ch C Ttl XVI Miscellaneous
§ C-350 Reading of Charter in evidence.
§ C-351 Inhabitants not Incompetent.
§ C-352 Ordinances and regulations continued.
§ C-353 Offices continued.
§ C-354 through § 355. (Reserved)
§ C-356 Construal of Act.
§ C-357 (Reserved)
§ C-358 Acts repealed.
§ C-359 Effect of repeal.
§ C-360 Time when Act takes effect.
Ch C Ttl XVII Department of Water
§ C-361 Creation; Commissioner of Water; Deputy Commissioner of Water.
§ C-362 Powers and duties of Commissioner of Water.
§ C-363 Application for water.
§ C-364 Water Fund.
§ C-365 Accounts in arrears added to tax roll.
§ C-366 Users of water liable to city.
§ C-367 City Treasurer to report financial condition of Water Department.
§ C-368 City Treasurer to keep account of receipts and expenses.
Ch C Ttl XVIII Department of Public Works
§ C-369 Creation; Commissioner of Public Works; Deputy Commissioner of Public Works.
§ C-370 Powers and duties of Commissioner of Public Works.
§ C-371 Oath and official bond.
Part I: Administrative Legislation
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 5 Appearance Tickets
Ch 9 Assessment and Taxation, Department of
Ch 11 Assessment Review, Board of
Ch 12 Budget Committee
Ch 14 Code Enforcement
Ch 17 Ethics, Code of
Ch 23 Hearings, Public
Ch 28 Loan Review Committee
Ch 33 Office Hours
Ch 35 Officers and Employees
Ch 37 Personnel Policies
Ch 39 Planning Commission
Ch 43 Police Department
Ch 45 Procurement Policy
Ch 47 Purchasing Department
Ch 51 Records
Ch 53 Retirement Incentive Program
Ch 55 Salaries and Compensation
Ch 57 Sale of Property
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 69 Alcoholic Beverages
Ch 73 Amusement Devices
Ch 77 Billboards
Ch 81 Bingo
Ch 84 Buildings, Nuisance
Ch 85 Buildings, Unsafe
Ch 85A Buildings, Vacant
Ch 86 Clothing Requirements
Ch 89 Dogs and Other Animals
Ch 91 Emergencies, Declaration of
Ch 93 Environmental Quality Review
Ch 95 Fair Housing
Ch 97 Fees
Ch 99 Firearms
Ch 101 Fire Prevention and Building Code, Uniform
Ch 105 Flood Damage Prevention
Ch 109 Games of Chance
Ch 113 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
Ch 117 Hazardous Materials, Storage of
Ch 121 Housing
Ch 127 Littering
Ch 131 Noise
Ch 132 Open Burning
Ch 133 Parks and Playgrounds
Ch 134 Parolee Registration
Ch 136 Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 139 Refrigerators, Abandoned
Ch 140 Residential Parking Permit System
Ch 141 Sales
Ch 143 Sewers
Ch 145 Stormwater Management
Ch 147 Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 149 Subdivision of Land
Ch 151 Swimming Pools
Ch 155 Taxation
Ch 159 Taxicabs
Ch 160 Text Messaging
Ch 161 Towers and Towing
Ch 163 Trees and Shrubs
Ch 167 Vehicles, Abandoned
Ch 169 Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 171 Vehicles, Unlicensed
Ch 175 Water
Ch 179 Zoning
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

Chapter C: Rensselaer City Charter

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Laws of 1915, c. 69, as amended.]

Chapter C : Rensselaer City Charter

TITLE I Title; City and Ward Boundaries; Corporate Powers; Definitions

§ 1 Short title; public act.

§ 2 City boundaries.

§ 3 Ward boundaries.

§ 4 (Reserved)

§ 5 Corporate name and powers.

§ 6 Definitions.

§ 7 through § 10. (Reserved)

TITLE II Officers; General Powers and Duties; Election and Appointment

§ 11 Eligibility of city officers; residency requirement.

§ 12 Elective city officers enumerated; compensation.

§ 13 Annual city election.

§ 14 Canvass of votes at annual city election.

§ 15 Removal of elective officers.

§ 16 Appointive officers enumerated; appointments.

§ 17 Notice of appointment.

§ 18 Terms of office of appointive officers.

§ 19 Suspension and removal of appointive officers.

§ 20 Compensation of appointive officers.

§ 21 (Reserved)

§ 22 Holding over.

§ 23 Vacancies.

§ 24 Resignations.

§ 25 Additional fees or compensation not to be paid.

§ 26 Removal of employees.

§ 27 Removed officer not eligible for re-election or appointment.

§ 28 Appointee to be a member of the same political party as predecessor.

§ 29 General powers and duties of officers and commissions.

§ 30 Oath of city officers.

§ 31 Bonding of city officers.

§ 32 Officers and employees not to be interested in contracts.

§ 33 Officers to be trustees of public property.

§ 34 Office hours of City Clerk and City Treasurer.

§ 35 City officers authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgments.

§ 36 (Reserved)

§ 37 Annual reports of departments.

§ 38 Granting and revocation of licenses.

§ 39 (Reserved)

§ 40 through § 44. (Reserved)

TITLE III General Powers and Duties of City Officers

§ 45 General powers and duties of Mayor.

§ 46 Acting Mayor.

§ 47 General powers and duties of City Clerk.

§ 48 General powers and duties of City Treasurer.

§ 49 Bond of City Treasurer.

§ 50 through § 51. (Reserved)

§ 52 General powers and duties of President of the Common Council and Aldermen.

§ 53 General powers and duties of Sealer of Weights and Measures.

§ 54 General powers and duties of Marshals.

§ 55 (Reserved)

§ 56 General powers and duties of Health Officer.

§ 57 through § 59. (Reserved)

§ 60 General powers and duties of Commissioners of Deeds.

§ 61 Powers and duties of other city officers.

§ 62 through § 65. (Reserved)

TITLE IV Common Council

§ 66 Organization and procedure.

§ 67 Mayor's approval and veto.

§ 68 Amount of annual city tax levy.

§ 69 Annual report and estimate by beards and officers to Mayor.

§ 70 Determination of amount of annual city tax levy.

§ 71 Payment of money to be made from and into general city fund when not otherwise provided.

§ 72 (Reserved)

§ 73 Subdivision of funds and transfer of moneys from one fund to another.

§ 74 General legislative powers; funds from which expenditures are payable.

§ 75 Awarding of contracts.

§ 76 Emergency repairs and expenditures.

§ 77 Auditing of claims by Common Council and payment thereof.

§ 78 Liability of city in certain actions.

§ 79 Powers and duties of Common Council for improvements and removal of nuisances.

§ 80 General legislative powers.

§ 81 Violation of ordinances.

§ 82 When resolutions and ordinances to be effective.

§ 83 (Reserved)

§ 84 Record of ordinances.

§ 85 Ordinances and resolutions as evidence.

§ 86 Licensing occupations.

§ 87 Money for the observance of Memorial Day.

§ 88 Disposition of real estate or franchises.

§ 89 Official newspaper.

§ 90 Discontinuance of streets.

§ 91 Acceptance of streets; sale of lots.

§ 92 Streets by prescription; power to change grade.

§ 93 Purchase of real estate.

§ 94 Sale of personal property.

§ 95 Payment of salaries of officers and employees.

§ 96 Control of finances and property.

§ 97 (Reserved)

§ 98 Examining committees.

§ 99 Power to summon witnesses.

§ 100 Witnesses not to be excused from testifying.

§ 101 Penalties.

§ 102 through § 106. (Reserved)

TITLE V Improvements; Streets and Sidewalks; Sewers

§ 107 Common Council to be deemed Highway Commissioners.

§ 108 Improvements payable wholly or partially by general or local assessments.

§ 109 Declaration of intention to make local improvement.

§ 110 District of assessment.

§ 111 Special provisions as to sewers.

§ 112 Notice of proposed improvement.

§ 113 Objections to improvements and decisions thereon.

§ 114 Assessment of cost of improvement upon completion.

§ 115 Assessment roll.

§ 116 Appeal from assessment.

§ 117 Unpaid local assessment to be inserted in annual city tax roll.

§ 118 Assessment for acquiring land for city purposes.

§ 119 Local assessments payable in installments.

§ 120 Collection of local assessment.

§ 121 Guardians ad item for infants and dependents.

§ 122 Rebates and deficiencies.

§ 123 Right to review assessment for local improvement limited.

§ 124 Review procedure.

§ 125 Consolidation of separate proceedings.

§ 126 Errors and irregularities may be corrected.

§ 127 State lands.

§ 128 Street cleaning and repairing.

§ 129 Maintenance of sidewalks and curbs.

§ 130 Construction and relaying of sidewalks and curbstones.

§ 131 Changing name of street.

§ 132 Designation of street numbers.

§ 133 Gas mains.

§ 134 Sewer connections.

§ 135 through § 150. (Reserved)

TITLE VI City Obligations and General Financial Provisions

§ 151 No expenditure without appropriation.

§ 152 through § 155. (Reserved)

TITLE VII Assessment and Levy of Taxes

§ 156 Tax district; Board of Assessors.

§ 157 Real property defined.

§ 158 General powers and duties of Assessors.

§ 159 Description of premises.

§ 160 Tax Map.

§ 161 Taxable status date.

§ 162 Assessment of county and city taxes.

§ 163 Warrant for the collection of county and state taxes.

§ 164 Levying of city taxes and warrant for the collection thereof.

§ 165 Correction of tax and assessment error; reassessment.

§ 166 Taxes as personal debt liens.

§ 167 Assessment not invalidated by irregularity.

§ 168 Limitations of liens.

§ 169 Apportionment of taxes and assessments.

§ 170 through § 173. (Reserved)

TITLE VIII Collection of Taxes and Local Assessments

§ 174 Bond of Treasurer for collection of state and county taxes.

§ 175 through § 177. (Reserved)

§ 178 Notice of receiving taxes.

§ 179 Penalties and interest for nonpayment of taxes.

§ 180 Notice of unpaid taxes; demand of payment.

§ 181 Payment of taxes and local assessments.

§ 182 Receipts.

§ 183 through § 185. (Reserved)

§ 186 Notice of confirmation and time of payment of local assessments.

§ 187 Interest on local assessments.

§ 188 through § 191. (Reserved)

TITLE IX Sale of Real Property to Satisfy Tax Liens

§ 192 Annual sale of real property to satisfy tax liens.

§ 193 Notice of sale.

§ 194 Payment of amount of tax lien.

§ 195 Conduct of sale.

§ 196 Purchase by city.

§ 197 Certificate of sale.

§ 198 Disposition of proceeds of sale.

§ 199 Redemption.

§ 200 Notice of redemption.

§ 201 Disposition of redemption money.

§ 202 Conveyance.

§ 203 Possession of real property sold.

§ 204 Treasurer's record of sales, redemption and proceedings.

§ 205 Invalid sales.

§ 207 through § 210. (Reserved)

TITLE X Arrears Sale

§ 211 Authority for sale.

§ 212 Time of sale.

§ 213 (Reserved)

§ 214 Notice of sale; sale of parcel.

§ 215 Completion of purchases and certificates.

§ 216 Redemption.

§ 217 Surrender of certificates and execution of deeds.

§ 218 Effect of nonredemption.

§ 219 Possession of real property sold.

§ 220 Tax sale titles to be included in arrears sale.

§ 221 Disposition of moneys received on arrears sale.

§ 222 Compromise of special assessments held by city against property sold on arrears sale.

§ 223 through § 227. (Reserved)

TITLE XI Board of Public Safety

§ 228 Control of Departments vested in Board.

§ 229 Constitution of Board.

§ 230 Organization of Board.

§ 231 Meetings of Board.

§ 232 (Reserved)

§ 233 Rules, orders and regulations.

§ 234 Constitution of Police and Fire Departments.

§ 235 Salaries.

§ 236 Membership.

§ 237 Exemptions.

§ 238 Chief of Police; Deputy Chief of Police.

§ 239 Powers and duties of Police Department.

§ 239-A Fire police.

§ 240 Service of process.

§ 241 Additional powers of Chief of Police.

§ 242 Political activity prohibited.

§ 243 Terms of office.

§ 244 Discipline; rehearing; reinstatement.

§ 245 (Reserved)

§ 246 Present volunteer fire companies to constitute Fire Department.

§ 247 (Reserved)

§ 248 Board to have powers of board of health.

§ 249 Appeals from orders of Health Officer.

§ 250 through § 251. (Reserved)

§ 252 Extra and special policemen.

§ 253 Badges and uniforms.

§ 254 Gratuities.

§ 255 Investigation of origin of fires.

§ 256 Right of entry upon private property.

§ 257 through § 262. (Reserved)

TITLE XII Law Department

§ 263 Corporation Counsel and Assistant Corporation Counsel.

§ 264 General powers and duties of Corporation Counsel.

§ 265 Employment of counsel.

§ 267 Compensation; costs and allowances.

§ 268 Approval of contracts.

§ 269 Satisfaction and assignment of judgments.

§ 270 Verification of pleadings or petitions.

§ 271 Police to aid Corporation Counsel.

§ 272 No security required by city.

§ 273 Judgments against city.

§ 274 Compromise of claims.

§ 275 Place of trial.

§ 276 through § 289. (Reserved)

TITLE XIII Department of Public Instruction

§ 290 Appointment of Public Library Commission.

§ 291 Powers and duties of Public Library Commission.

§ 292 through § 296. (Reserved)

TITLE XIV Municipal Civil Service Commission

§ 297 Constitution; President.

§ 298 Secretary; subordinate.

§ 299 through § 302. (Reserved)

TITLE XV City Court

§ 303 City Court; City Judge.

§ 304 Official oaths.

§ 305 Acting City Judge.

§ 306 Expenses of City Court.

§ 307 through § 345. (Reserved)

§ 346 Chief Clerk.

§ 347 through § 349. (Reserved)

TITLE XVI Miscellaneous

§ 350 Reading of Charter in evidence.

§ 351 Inhabitants not Incompetent.

§ 352 Ordinances and regulations continued.

§ 353 Offices continued.

§ 354 through § 355. (Reserved)

§ 356 Construal of Act.

§ 357 (Reserved)

§ 358 Acts repealed.

§ 359 Effect of repeal.

§ 360 Time when Act takes effect.

TITLE XVII Department of Water

§ 361 Creation; Commissioner of Water; Deputy Commissioner of Water.

§ 362 Powers and duties of Commissioner of Water.

§ 363 Application for water.

§ 364 Water Fund.

§ 365 Accounts in arrears added to tax roll.

§ 366 Users of water liable to city.

§ 367 City Treasurer to report financial condition of Water Department.

§ 368 City Treasurer to keep account of receipts and expenses.

TITLE XVIII Department of Public Works

§ 369 Creation; Commissioner of Public Works; Deputy Commissioner of Public Works.

§ 370 Powers and duties of Commissioner of Public Works.

§ 371 Oath and official bond.