the mayor with the consent and approval of the council of the city of Long Beach.

§ 4. The mayor shall be chairman of said board and one of said commissioners, selected by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of said board of health, shall be secretary of said board.

§ 5. Such board of health shall have all the powers and be subject to all the duties to be provided in a new sanitary code to be hereafter duly adopted by the council of the city of Long Beach, by an ordinance duly adopted; and until the adoption of a new sanitary code, such board of health shall have the powers and be subject to the duties and regulations provided by the present sanitary code of the city of Long Beach, adopted February tenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, and amendments thereto.

§ 6. This local law shall supersede section one hundred and twenty-three of article seven of the charter of the city of Long Beach being chapter six hundred and thirty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-two entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Long Beach," and shall likewise supersede sections twenty to thirty-nine (both inclusive) of article three of the public health law being chapter forty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine entitled "An act in relation to the public health constituting chapter forty-five of the consolidated laws," as last amended-in so far as such sections apply to the city of Long Beach.

§ 7. This law shall take effect immediately.

LOCAL LAW No. 8

A local law in relation to making water charges a lien on property.

Became a law June 28, 1926, with the approval of the Mayor, no petition protesting. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Long Beach.

Be it enacted by the council of the city of Long Beach as follows:

Section 1. All charges by the city of Long Beach for water, semiannually or annually, as the council shall by ordinance determine, shall be deemed a local assessment on the property on and/or against which said charges are made, and the amount due shall be a lien on the property accordingly, and collection thereof may be enforced as in the case of any other assessment and as provided for by existing law.

§ 2. The council of the city of Long Beach is hereby authorized to levy and collect, by ordinance duly enacted, a frontage tax in each and every fiscal year on all unimproved real property, within said city, whether taking water or not, lying along or fronting on any street, boulevard, highway, avenue, alley, boardwalk, or beach, or waterfront, in which a water main is now laid or may hereafter be laid; provided, however, that said frontage tax shall

not be less in any one year than fifty cents for each twenty feet of frontage or a fractional part thereof and shall not exceed in any one year two dollars for each twenty feet of frontage or a fractional part thereof. Said frontage tax shall be a local assessment on the property on, and/or against which said frontage tax is made or charged, and the amount due shall be a lien on the property accordingly, and collection thereof may be enforced as in the case of any other assessment and as provided for by existing law.

§ 3. This local law shall supersede a local law of the city of Long Beach introduced September nineteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, adopted September twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and which became a law on January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, and known as "chapter six, laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-four" and entitled "A local law in relation to making water charges a lien on the property occupied by persons consuming water therein.”

§ 4. This local law shall take effect sixty-one days after the day of its adoption.

LOCAL LAW No. 9

A local law in relation to the apportionment of assessments, the giving notice thereof, and the steps subsequent thereto.

Became a law July 12, 1926, with the approval of the Mayor, no petition protesting. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Long Beach.

Be it enacted by the council of the city of Long Beach as follows:

Section 1. Whenever real property in the city of Long Beach comes to be assessed for the cost, in whole or in part, of an improvement, the council shall make a writen report of an apportionment of such cost to be levied as assessments against the respective lots or parcels of land within such improvement territory or area.

§ 2. Such assessments shall be ratably on the basis of either (1) the amount of square feet in each lot or parcel of land within the improvement territory, or area, or (2) the assessed valuation of said respective lots or parcels of land as the same shall appear from the assessment roll of the city for the current year, or (3) the lineal foot frontage on the street, boulevard, highway, avenue, alley, or public ground to be improved.

§ 3. Such report of apportionment of assessment, on such day as the council may designate, shall be filed in the office of the city clerk, and thereafter shall be, and remain open to public inspection each day from ten o'clock in the forenoon to four o'clock in the afternoon, except Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays and days when the city hall is not open in the afternoon.

§ 4. The council shall fix a day, and the hour thereof, when a public hearing will be had before it on the aforesaid apportionment

of assessments, and shall cause the city clerk to give notice of such hearing by publication thereof in the official newspaper of the city once a week for at least three successive weeks.

5. Such hearing shall be held not less than twenty days from the first publication of the aforesaid notice, nor less than twenty days from the first day when the aforesaid report of apportionment of assessments shall have been filed in the office of the city clerk. § 6. The aforesaid notice shall show (1) the day and hour of the hearing; (2) the hours and days aforesaid when the report of the apportionment of assessments is open for inspection; (3) in a general way the improvement for which the assessments have been levied; (4) such other and further matter as the council may direct.

7. Such further and additional notice of the aforesaid hearing, than that contained in the aforesaid publication of the notice of such hearing-to the extent and in the manner and form as the council, by resolution, may direct-may be given to the respective record owners of the property affected by such assessments; but it shall not be obligatory to give any notice other than the notice by publication provided for in section four hereof.

8. Upon the aforesaid hearing, the council shall hear in person or by representatives, agents or attorneys, all persons and parties interested therein, desiring to be heard; such hearing shall be informal and shall not be governed by technical rules of evidence. § 9. The council may adjourn the aforesaid hearing from time to time until in its judgment the same shall be fully concluded.

§ 10. As the result of such hearing, the council may modify and correct the apportionment, may exclude from the assessment such lot or lots or parts thereof, which it may find shall not be assessed for the improvement in question, and may reduce or increase the assessment against any particular lot or lots.

§ 11. Within fifteen days after the conclusion of the aforesaid hearing the council shall re-file in the office of the city clerk, the aforesaid report of the apportionment of assessments, with such changes duly endorsed upon such report, if any such changes there be, which the council may have made therein pursuant to the provisions of section ten hereof.

§ 12. After such hearing, the council shall cause to be published in the official newspaper, in an issue published within twenty days after such hearing, any and all changes made, as the result of such hearing, in the report of apportionment in question.

§ 13. This local law shall supersede a local law of the city of Long Beach introduced September nineteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, adopted September twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and which became a law on November twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and known as "chapter four, laws nineteen hundred and twenty-four," and entitled "A local law in relation to local and street improvements and for the establishment of assessment areas or districts."

§ 14. This local law shall take effect sixty-one days after the day of its adoption.

CITY OF MECHANICVILLE

LOCAL LAW No. 1

A local law in relation to the appointment of city marshals.

Became a law January 11, 1926, no petition protesting. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Mechanicville.

Be it enacted by the city council of the city of Mechanicville as follows:

Section 1. It shall be the duty of the city council of the city of Mechanicville, and it shall have power and authority to appoint not less than two or more than four city marshals, who shall hold office for such time as the council shall determine.

LOCAL LAW No. 2

A local law in relation to the salary of the city attorney. Became a law January 11. 1926, no petition protesting. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Mechanicville.

Be it enacted by the city council of the city of Mechanicville as follows:

Section 1. The salary of the city attorney is hereby fixed at fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) per year, payable in equal monthly installments.

§ 2. The city attorney shall be further entitled to have and receive all such taxable costs as may be recoverable in any action or proceeding by or against the city of Mechanicville.

LOCAL LAW No. 3

A local law in relation to city contracts.

Became a law April 26, 1926, no petition protesting. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Mechanicville.

Be it enacted by the city council of the city of Mechanicville as follows:

Section 1. Section twenty-six of chapter one hundred and seventy of the laws of nineteen hundred and fifteen, entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Mechanicville," is hereby superseded and enacted as a local law, amended and made to read as follows:

§ 26. Contracts exceeding one thousand dollars. No contract exceeding or involving the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) shall be made by the city, the city council or any of the city depart

ments unless it shall have caused to be published a notice in the official paper once a week for two weeks, inviting proposals for the same, according to the plans and specifications to be filed in the office of the department having charge of the work, and the contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, who shall furnish security for its performance satisfactory to the council. But it shall not be necessary to advertise for bids where it is the purpose of the council to purchase an article protected by patent right or where by reason of any circumstance the article or commodity required is obtainable only at a fixed price or from a single source. § 2. This local law shall take effect immediately.

LOCAL LAW No. 4*

A local law in relation to the salary of the health officer.

Became a law August 23, 1926, no petition protesting. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Mechanicville.

Be it enacted by the city council of the city of Mechanicville as follows: Section 1. The salary of the health officer of the city of Mechanicville is hereby fixed at twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) per year.

§ 2. This act shall be retroactive in its application and effective as and from the twelfth day of April, nineteen hundred and twentysix, when section twenty-one of the public health law became effective.

§ 3. It shall be lawful for the city council of the city of Mechanicville to appropriate money beyond the annual appropriation budget for current expenses to meet such salary, and the provisions of section forty-six of the city charter are modified accordingly.

§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

§ 5. All laws and parts of laws, and all ordinances and parts of ordinances in anywise conflicting herewith are hereby repealed.

LOCAL LAW No. 5†

A local law in relation to the limitation of expenses.

Became a law August 23, 1926, no petition protesting. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Mechanicville.

Be it enacted by the city council of the city of Mechanicville as follows:

Section 1. Section forty-six of chapter one hundred and seventy of the laws of nineteen hundred and fifteen, entitled "An act to

* Numbered 6 by the city of Mechanicville. † Numbered 7 by the city of Mechanicville.