(1.) That all prices and charges shall be fair and reasonable, and the work shall be well done, and the material used shall be good. (2.) That all work and examination shall be promptly and regularly proceeded with, and shall be allowed to give no unnecessary trouble to parties affected thereby. (3.) That the Board of Health will not be responsible, as the principal or otherwise, for or on account of any such contractor, or his employés, as being their principals or otherwise. (4.) That the prices and compensation for all work and material, will be subject to the same apportionment, adjustment, and appeal, as said regulations provide for when such work may be done, or material furnished by the Board, or under its officers. (5.) That the execution of the work will be subject to the supervision and reasonable directions of the Engineer, Superintendent, and Assistant-Superintendent of this Board, and at any stage of such execution the same may be suspended by order of the Superintendent. (6.) That the contractor shall make like affidavits (save as the Board may direct them modified), as is provided for in these regulations; and bills for his work shall be rendered by the Treasurer, as they may be properly made up by the Secretary, as herein provided as to other bills. (7.) That in case suits become necessary to collect bills, the Board will have its option to assume and pay the proper bills, or to assign the claims for penalties to the contractors. (8.) That in no event will the Board be liable to pay any bill, save as any contract specially approved by the Board shall specifically provide. 69. The Sanitary Superintendent, and, for the City of Brooklyn, the Assistant Sanitary Superintendent, shall, once in each month, make a written report of all orders executed during the past month; and the Engineer, and every officer under whom any work shall have been done, shall prepare and forward to the Sanitary Superintendent, for transmittal to the Board, monthly returns, giving the number of each order executed, the premises to which said orders respectively refer, and, in each case, the character of the work done, the number and names of the men employed, the materials used, and the expense involved, and such other details as may in any case be of importance. 70. The Superintendent shall make a weekly report of any orders executed under his direction, stating the street and number, and, when known, the owner and occupant of the premises to which said order related, and of what the execution thereof consisted, and the date of such execution. 71. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to cause a correct account to be kept, and made up, and sworn to, of the expense of executing said orders respectively, and the same shall be filed with the other papers relating to said respective orders; a duplicate of said account of expenses shall be furnished the Treasurer, and the Treasurer shall promptly demand payment of such expenses of the proper parties. Disinfecting Department. 72. The organization of this department shall be as follows: 1st. A Bookkeeper shall be appointed by the Board, who shall be responsible to the Treasurer for the keeping of all the accounts of the department correctly. 2d. A Foreman shall be appointed by the Board, to be under the direction of the Sanitary Superintendent, who shall oversee all work, and keep accurate accounts of the labor done by each employé, and the date and place of doing the same. 3d. The roll shall be called every morning before commencing work, and every evening after the day's labor is finished, and the Bookkeeper, as well as the Foreman, shall be present on these occasions, and note and record who was present. 4th. On pay days, the amount of money required shall be made known in writing to the Treasurer by the Bookkeeper, and the Treasurer of the Board shall send some clerk from his office to pay the men in the presence of the Foreman and Bookkeeper, and each person on being paid shall give a receipt for the same to said clerk, which shall be preserved by the Treasurer. Board of Metropolitan Police. 73. The Board of Metropolitan Police is requested to execute and enforce the orders of the Metropolitan Board of Health, in relation to cleanliness and the preservation of life and health, through such of its officers and organizations as shall be selected by said Board of Metropolitan Police. 74. The Board of Metropolitan Police is hereby required to execute each and all orders made, and that may be made by this Board, under Section 14 of Chapter 74 of the Session Laws of 1866, or laws amending the same, and to serve each and every notice required by said act to be served as preliminary to the execution of, or in part execution of, every and all of such orders. 75. The Board of Metropolitan Police is requested to ascertain and report to the Metropolitan Board of Health, once in each week, the streets and parts of streets, wharves, bulkheads, and piers, not cleaned in the cities of New York and Brooklyn, in pursuance of contracts for street-cleaning in the respective cities. 76. The Board of Metropolitan Police is requested to aid in enforcing the provisions of the Code of Sanitary Ordinances, as they now stand, or may be hereafter amended, and to cause the attention of patrolmen to be called to its provisions. 77. Bowen G. Lord, Captain of the Sanitary Company of Metropolitan Police, is hereby authorized, under the direction of the Board of Metropolitan Police, and by means of the police force of his Company, to make inspection and investigation of, and in relation to, any and all matters enumerated in Section 14 of Chapter 74 of the Session Laws of 1866, and report daily, for the information and action of this Board, any and all of such matters as are in a condition detrimental to life or health, with the location thereof, and the names of the owners, occupants, lessees, and tenants, so far as the same can be ascertained. 78. The Board of Metropolitan Police is requested to direct that all reports of nuisances emanating from their offices be made on the blank form provided by the Sanitary Superintendent. 79. In cases where the orders of the Board of Health, or its authorized officers, shall be performed or executed by the Board of Police, or any of its officers, or members of the police force, the Board of Health will be responsible to defend and save harmless said Board of Police, its officers and members of the force, from all pecuniary responsibility, damages, costs, and expenses. Amendments. 80. These regulations shall not be altered, nor shall any of them be repealed, nor any new regulation be made, unless pursuant to a notice of a motion for a new regulation, or to alter or repeal, entered on the minutes at some prior regular adjourned meeting, or by a concurring vote of at least six members at some regular meeting of the Board. INDEX ΤΟ RULES, REGULATIONS, ETC. ABSENCE, leave of, rules in respect to, 21. Agents, appointment of, 5. Amendments to regulations, 80. Applications for permits, 22. Appointments, how made, 5, 6. Assistant Sanitary Superintendent, Brooklyn, to report, weekly, amount of service of Inspectors, 49. Assistant Sanitary Superintendent, to whom report, 17. Attorney and Assistant, to whom report, 17. 46 66 66 to report in respect to suits commenced, 52. to give notice of certain suits, 53. compensation of, 54. suits to be under the immediate super- Burial permits, to be granted by Sanitary Superintendent, 34. 66 66 Brooklyn, to be granted by Assistant Sanitary Superintendent, 35. |