CITY OF BROOKLYN. [Provided, however, that the owners of the land and premises within the district bounded by Fulton, Water, Little streets and the East River shall not be required to erect thereon buildings of iron, brick or stone.-Laws of 1871, Chap. 140.] eastern district. § 2. [The fire limits of the eastern district of the city of Fire limits of Brooklyn shall also comprise all that portion of said city commencing at a point where the northerly line of Flushing avenue intersects the southwesterly boundary line of the naval hospital grounds; thence northerly and northwesterly along the southwesterly boundary of said hospital grounds to Wallabout Bay; thence northerly along the easterly shore of Wallabout Bay and the East River to the centre line of North Fourth street; thence southeasterly along the centre line of North Fourth street to the centre line of North Second street; thence along the centre line of North Second street to the centre line of Union avenue; thence southerly along the centre line of Union avenue to the centre line of Hayward street; thence southwesterly along the centre line of Hayward street to the centre line of Bedford avenue; thence southerly along the centre line of Bedford avenue to the northerly line of Flushing avenue; thence westerly along the northerly line of Flushing avenue to the point or place of begining.-Laws of 1860, Chap. 472.] [All that part of the present fire limits of the eastern district of the city of Brooklyn as established by chapter four hundred and seventy two, of the laws of 1860, within the following district, commencing at a point in the centre line of Broadway, where the same intersects Hayward street, and running thence southwesterly along Hayward street to Bedford avenue; thence southerly along Bedford avenue to Flushing avenue; thence westerly along Flushing avenue to the old Williamsburgh road; thence northerly along the said road to Kent avenue; thence southerly along Kent avenue to a point midway between Rutledge street and Hayward street; thence northerly in a straight line equi-distant from Rutledge street and Hayward street to Broadway; thence southeasterly along Broadway to Hayward street, the place of beginning, is hereby excluded from the fire limits.-Laws of 1864, Chap. 509. fire limits. § 3. The common council of the city of Brooklyn may common counfrom time to time by ordinance, designate and extend the cil may extend limits in said city of such extent, metes and bounds as they may deem proper within which all buildings to be thereaf ter erected shall be built of brick or stone or materials other than wood, and in such manner as they may deter Notices of intention to ex mine and specify in such ordinance. Said ordinance shall be published in the corporation newspapers at least once a week for the space of three calendar months after the same shall have been passed, and before it shall take effect as law. [The common council of the city of Brooklyn shall have tend fire limits power to extend the fire limits of the said city, as now esto be published. tablished by the act passed April thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "an act to establish fire limits, and for the more effectual prevention of fires in the city of Brooklyn," and the several acts amendatory thereof, and embraced within such limits any portions of said city now embraced therein, as they shall deem proper. Such power may be exercised from time to time by the said common council, but only after thirty days' notice in the corporation newspapers of their intention to do so, and by resolution duly adopted by the board of aldermen and approved by the mayor, and a copy certified by the clerk of said city, published for thirty days successively in the corporation newspapers of said city. No extension shall be of force and effect until such publication shall be duly made.—Section 1st, Laws of 1870, Chap. 316. § 4. The provisions of the several acts mentioned in the first section of this act are hereby declared to extend over, and apply to the whole city of Brooklyn, except as hereinbefore provided. This act shall not affect any suit now pending to recover penalties, or enforce the provisions of said city.-Laws of 1870, Chap. 316, Sec. 17. OF THE BOARD OF CITY WORKS. WATER AND SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT* SEC. 1. Department of city works. 2. Commissioners, how appointed-certificate of appointment, to be filed - 3. Official oath-official bond-new appointments to be made, and vacancies filled. 4. Powers and duties of board of city works-books, property, etc., to be 5. Vacancies, how filled. 6. Board of water and sewerage commissioners abolished-property in their 8. Stockholders to file a written consent to sell stock of city of Brooklyn. 9. Board of water commissioners-powers and duties, 10. Names of commissioners-terms of office-vacancies, bonds, 11. President and secretary, how elected-quorum. 12, Proceedings, how taken. 13. Pending proceedings, how vested. 14. Commissioners to draw for certain sums. 15. Actions of common council. 16. Bonds how to be issued-interest. 17. Bonds may be sold, etc. 18. City property pledged. 19. Certain sums to be added to general tax. 20. Certain lands to be taxed. 21. Inconsistent acts repealed. 22. Authority to purchase additional land. 23. Management to be transferred when works are completed. 24. Board to consist of four members. 25. Term of office. 26. Oath and bonds. 27. Salaries. 28. Removal for cause. 29. By-laws. 30. Chief engineer and other officers to be appointed. 31. Boards to manage works. 32. Actions, how prosecuted and defended, 33. Water rents to be paid to treasurer. 34. Plumbers to be licensed. 35. Water rents. 36. Books to be kept-report. 37. Standing water committee to examine books. 38. Hydrants to be placed in public streets. 39. Scale of annual rents to be established. 40. Rents unpaid for thirty days liable to additional charge. 41. Taxes and extra rents to be a lien. 42. Fifty thousand dollars to be added to general tax. 43. Rents. 44. Moneys to be invested. 45. Water board to fix price of assessment. 46. Diversion of water to be punished by fine and imprisonment. 47. Lands used for water works, how taxed. 48. Board may substitute a closed conduit, under certain restrictions. 49. Repealing clause. 50. Commissioners and powers in the matter of sewerage. 51. Record to be kept. 52. Expenses. 53. Public notice to be given. 54. Drains, etc. 55. Drains and sewers, how paid for. For legislation in reference to supplying Brooklyn with water see also Law of 1849, Chap. 325; 1854, Chap. 171; 1853, Chap. 298; 1855, Chap. 30. SEC. 56. Expense to be assessed and published. 57. Sewers to be erected and built, and how. 58. Repealing clause. 59. Board of water commissioners to be an ex-officio board of sewer commis sioners. 60. Sewer commissioners. 61. Land, how to be acquired. 62. Sewer districts. 63. Mistakes not to vitiate the assessment. 64. Official maps, etc., to be used for reference-mayor, comptroller and clerk may borrow money. 65. Principal and interest to be paid from assessment. 66. Regulations, licenses, etc. 67. Collection fees. 68. Provisions of law to apply. 69. Inconsistent acts repealed. 70. Persons to appear, etc. 71. When an election has been made. 72. Owners of property to be entitled to some privileges. 73. An outlay to be met. 74. Repeal of inconsistent acts. 75. Assessment for temporary sewers. 76. Power of board extended. 77. Sales of lands for non-payment of water rents, how to be made-certificates of sale to be executed-sales, how to be redeemed. 78. Money to be borrowed to meet cash outlay for sewers. 79. Streets to be regraded and repaved where necessary for drainage. 80. Salary for commissioners. 81. Notice in reference to stagnant waters. 82. Duties of sewerage commissioners. 83. And their estimation. 84. Payment of damages out of general fund. 87. Appointment of board of water and sewerage commissioners-term of present commissioner to expire upon such appointment. 88. Oath of office and official bonds of commissioners-approval of bondsappointments in case of failure to qualify, etc. 89. Rights and powers of commissioners. 90. Drawing for terms of office and their classification-full term of office to be eight years. 91. Vacancies, how filled. 92. Power of board as to work upon streets, side and cross-walks-in what cases improvements shall be a lien upon property. 93. District of assessment to be fixed before work shall be done-resolution fixing same to be published-district may be amended before confirmation. 94. Improvements may be done by contract or otherwise-proposals for work, how advertised and awarded. 95. Copies of resolutions ordering work and contract to be filed with comptroller. 96. Payments for work, how made by comptroller-payments to contractors -final payments upon contracts-payments to city surveyors, 97. City assessment bonds authorized-when payable-rate of interest-assessments, defaults, etc., made applicable to payment of bonds. 98. Comptroller to keep account of bonds and unpaid assessments. 99. City assessors to apportion and assess expenses of improvements. 100. Notice of hearing and review of assessment-alteration and confirmation of assessments-assessments to be liens upon property assessed-provisions as to lands under water-title of state to lands under water not to be affected-purchasers of such lands to take same subject to liens. 101. Correctness of assessment report to be certified by corporation attorney -sufficiency of proceedings for local improvements to be certified in like manner-proviso as to validity of assessments. 102. Repairing and cleaning of streets-work may be done by contract or days work-advertisement for proposals, how advertised-contracts, how awarded-in what case contracts may be awarded without advertise ment. 103. Tax for repairs and cleaning of streets. 104. Chief engineer and assistants-superintendents, etc. 105. Salary of commissioners. 106. Acts relative to local assessments made applicable. 107. Repeal. 108. Money may be borrowed-city bonds to issue-rates of interest, and when payable-proceeds to be paid to city treasurer. 109. Repeal-saving clause. 110. Term of office of commissioners-number of commissioners reducedappointment of successors-length of full terms-vacancies, how filled. 111. Power of board to repair streets and relay cross-walks-regrading and repaving of streets-change in kind of pavement when land-holders agree. CITY OF BROOKLYN. 112. Proceedings for change of plan of drainage and sewerage-copies of plan how filed. 113. Repaving of Vanderbilt and Atlantic avenues-assessors to determine portion to be paid by city. 114. Plan for furnishing increased supply of water-common council to adopt a plan-title to lands and waters, how acquired. 115. Acts applicable thereto. 116. Repaving part of Lafayette avenue. 117. Board to appoint a secretary. 118. Duty of board of water and sewerage commissioners-expenditures limited-board to acquire lands, streams, etc.-Common council to approve of purchases-board to perform work. 119. Laws made applicable hereto. 120. Special water rents to be liens. 121. Annual abstract of unpaid water rents to be made-sale of lands therefor -charges and interest-Certificates of sale and conveyance, how and by whom executed-powers of water commissioners as to sales, etc.-Redemptions. 122. Water meters may be placed in certain buildings, etc.-Bills for water, how made out-cost of meters and connections, to be a lien on lands-proviso as to arrearages, 123. Issue and sale of bonds to pay cost of meters, etc.-Application of moneys received in payment of bonds. 124. Commissioners to hold until successors qualify. 125. Issue of certificates to pay certain street expenses-amounts, when and how assessed and collected. city works. SECTION 1. There shall be, and is hereby created in the Department of city of Brooklyn, a department which shall be known as the department of city works. The chief officers of such department shall be denominated commissioners of city works, and shall be three in number.-Laws of 1872, Chap. 364. how appointed. 2. The mayor of the city of Brooklyn shall, within Commissioners, five days after this act takes effect, appoint a citizen of said city, who shall be one of the commissioners of city works, and the comptroller and auditor of said city, shall meet in the comptroller's office, in said city, within the time aforesaid, and shall, together, appoint the citizen of said city, who shall be commissioner of the said city works of the city of Brooklyn, and if the said comptroller and auditor shall not agree on said appointment, or either of them, on or before the second day of July, eighteen hundred and seventytwo, then said appointment, or the one not agreed on as aforesaid, shall be made by the comptroller, auditor and the collector of taxes and assessments of the city of Brooklyn, or a majority of them, and upon the appointment of Certificate of said commissioners as aforesaid, or any of them, the officers appointment to making such appointment shall immediately make and file, in the city clerk's office of said city, a certificate of the appointment of said commissioners who shall hold their office from the date of their appointment until the first day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and until their successors shall be chosen and qualified, and such successors shall be chosen and qualify in like manner as provided by this act, and the term of office of said commissioners shall, thereafter, be three years.-Ibid. § 3. The persons so appointed before entering upon the be filed. Term of office. |