five thousand dollars; of the receiver of taxes five thousand dollars. All of the said salaries shall be payable in equal monthly installments. The salaries as fixed in this section shall become operative January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, the compensation of the elective officers shall remain as fixed at the time of their election. The salary of every other city officer, and the salary of every person paid out of the city treasury when not specifically fixed by statute, shall be fixed and determined by the board of estimate and apportionment, except as otherwise herein provided.

§ 2. This act shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.

CITY OF NEW YORK

LOCAL LAW No. 1

A local law providing for an additional deputy commissioner of public markets.

Became a law January 27, 1927, with the approval of the mayor. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of New York.

Be it enacted by the municipal assembly of the city of New York as follows: Section 1. There shall be in the department of public markets a deputy commissioner additional to the deputy commissioners in office at the time this local law takes effect. He shall be appointed by the commissioner and shall hold office until his successor is appointed. He shall receive such salary as may be provided in the annual budget. Such deputy commissioner shall perform such special and general duties as the commissioner may determine. § 2. This local law shall take effect immediately.

LOCAL LAW No. 2

A local law in relation to the delegation of powers by the board of health and the commissioner of health, superseding section eleven hundred and eighty-two of the Greater New York charter.

Became a law February 24, 1927, with the approval of the mayor. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of New York.

Be it enacted by the municipal assembly of the city of New York as follows: Section 1. Section eleven hundred and eighty-two of the Greater New York charter, as re-enacted by chapter four hundred and sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred and one, is hereby superseded and enacted as local law amended to read as follows:

§ 1182. Delegation of powers. The board of health and the commissioner of health may from time to time delegate any portion of its or his power to the deputy commissioner of health, the sanitary superintendent or an assistant sanitary superintendent, to be exercised by such delegates from the time and in the manner, and to the extent, specified in such delegation in writing. Provided, however, that this section shall not be construed in restraint of the general power of the board of health to discharge its duties through any and all of its appointees. The department of health shall have a secretary, who shall, subject to the direction of the board of health, keep and authenticate the acts, records, papers and proceedings of the department of health, preserve its books and papers, conduct its correspondence, and aid generally in accomplishing the purposes of this chapter. The board of health may designate a clerk to be the chief clerk of the department, and a clerk in each of the offices of the five boroughs above men

tioned, in which offices are established, to be an assistant chief clerk, who may perform such duties of the secretary as shall be assigned to him; and papers certified by such chief clerk or by an assistant chief clerk shall be of the same effect as evidence and otherwise as if certified by the secretary.

§ 2. This local law shall take effect immediately.

LOCAL LAW No. 3

A local law in regard to the office of industrial aid commissioner of the city of New York.

Became a law February 24, 1927, with the approval of the Mayor. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of New York.

Be it enacted by the municipal assembly of the city of New York as follows: Section 1. The head of any administrative department of the city of New York, appointed by the board of estimate and apportionment as industrial aid commissioner of the city, under the provisions of chapter four hundred and four of the laws of nineteen hundred and nineteen, may hold and accept such office of industrial aid commissioner notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in section fifteen hundred and forty-nine of the Greater New York charter.

§ 2. Section fifteen hundred and forty-nine of the Greater New York charter, as re-enacted by chapter four hundred and sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred and one, shall be deemed superseded to the extent prescribed by this local law.

§ 3. This local law shall take effect immediately.

LOCAL LAW No. 4

A local law in relation to assessments on the city, or a borough or boroughs thereof, for local improvements other than those confirmed by a court of record, superseding subdivisions two and three of section nine hundred and forty-six of the Greater New York charter.

Became a law February 24, 1927, with the approval of the Mayor. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of New York.

Be it enacted by the municipal assembly of the city of New York as follows: Section 1. Subdivision two of section nine hundred and fortysix of the Greater New York charter, as re-enacted by chapter four hundred and sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred and one, as such subdivision was last amended by chapter six hundred and nineteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby superseded, and enacted as local law amended to read as follows:

2. The comptroller shall certify to the board of assessors the registration of the contract for the work in question, and shall also

certify the amount of the interest, at the legal rate, upon the several installments advanced or payments made on account of such work, from the time of such payment or advance, by the city, to a day sixty days after the date of such interest certificate. Thereafter the board of assessors shall assess upon the property benefited, or upon a borough or boroughs, or upon the city, or upon both the city and a borough or boroughs, in the manner authorized by law, the aggregate amount of such certificates, or such proportion thereof as is authorized by law, and the said board shall not in any way be enjoined, restrained, hindered or delayed in the performance of this duty, provided that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to affect the powers of the board of revision of assessments.

§ 2. Subdivision three of such section, as added by chapter six hundred and nineteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby superseded, and enacted as local law amended to read as follows:

3. The board of assessors or the board of revision of assessments may confirm an assessment at any time after the registration of the contract for such work in the department of finance. Should such assessment be for an amount less than the total assessable cost of such work, an additional assessment may be levied for such excess. Should such assessment exceed the total cost of such work, the surplus shall be returned to those legally entitled to such surplus or their legal representatives, or in case of an assessment upon a borough or boroughs, or upon the city, or upon both the city and a borough or boroughs, the surplus shall remain in the fund from which the improvement was financed.

§ 3. This local law shall take effect in the manner provided by section sixteen of the city home rule law.

LOCAL LAW No. 5

A local law to amend and supersede section four hundred and thirty-five of the Greater New York charter in relation to the powers of local boards with respect to local improvements.

Became a law February 24, 1927, with the approval of the Mayor. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of New York.

Be it enacted by the municipal assembly of the city of New York as follows: Section 1. Section four hundred and thirty-five of the Greater New York charter, as re-enacted by chapter four hundred and sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred and one, as amended by chapter one hundred and seventy-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, and as last amended by local law number seventeen of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby amended and superseded so as to read as follows:

§ 435. Local boards; power to flag sidewalks, etc. A local board shall have the power to cause the grading, regrading and

paving of streets; the flagging, reflagging, curbing and recurbing of sidewalks; the laying and relaying of crosswalks; the constructing of gutters, receiving basins, inlets and sewers; the fencing of vacant lots; the digging down of lots and the filling of sunken lots within its district, by resolution approved by the board of estimate and apportionment; provided, however, that the approval of the board of estimate and apportionment shall not be necessary when the expense to be incurred by any one such resolution shall not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars, provided that in the case of a regulating, grading, paving or sewer improvement there is on file with the president of the borough in which the improvement is to be made a certificate duly executed by the chief engineer of the board of estimate and apportionment to the effect that the street or portion thereof in which the improvement is to be made has been incorporated on the final map of the city; that title to the street has been legally acquired or that the corporation counsel has certified that the area to be improved is dedicated to public use; that sewers which are to be authorized conform to the legally adopted drainage plan; that the cost of the improvement is less than one-half of the value of the property benefited; and that the improvement conforms to the rules of urgency adopted by the board of estimate and apportionment on February twenty-six, nineteen hundred and fifteen, or such amendments thereto as the said board may, from time to time, adopt. Prior to the issuance of a certificate by the chief engineer, the board of estimate and apportionment shall, by resolution passed by not less than twelve affirmative votes, limit the total expenditure against the street improvement fund which may be incurred by the president of each of the five boroughs during the year in which the certificate is issued for the cost of the work to be carried out pursuant to the provisions of this act. When such public work or improvements shall have been authorized by a local board pursuant to the provisions of this act, the president of the borough within which such work is to be done shall proceed forthwith in the execution thereof, provided that the limit of the appropriation set up by the board of estimate and apportionment for the borough in which the improvement is located, shall at no time be exceeded thereby. § 2. This local law shall take effect immediately.

LOCAL LAW No. 6

A local law in relation to the position of attendant to the board of justices of the municipal court of the city of New York, supplementing section seven of the New York city municipal court act.

Became a law February 24, 1927, with the approval of the Mayor. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of New York.

Be it enacted by the municipal assembly of the city of New York as follows: Section 1. Section seven of chapter two hundred and seventynine of the laws of nineteen hundred and fifteen, entitled "An act