LOCAL LAW No. 2

A local law creating a park board of the city of Amsterdam.

Became a law May 11, 1925, with the approval of the Mayor. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Amsterdam.

Be it enacted by the common council of the city of Amsterdam as follows:

Section 1. There is hereby created a board to be known as the park board of the city of Amsterdam. Such board shall consist of five members. The city engineer and the commissioner of public works of the city of Amsterdam shall each be members of said board ex-officio. The common council of the city of Amsterdam shall appoint the three remaining members of such board upon the nomination of the mayor. One of the said three members of such board shall be appointed for a term ending on the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and twenty-five; one for a term ending on the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, and one for a term ending on the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, and at the expiration of the terms of such three members, the terms of office of their successors shall be three years. Vacancies in such board occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be for the unexpired term and shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. None of the said three members of such board shall receive any compensation for their services as such members. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the members of the board present at any meeting thereof at which a quorum shall be present, shall be sufficient to pass or amend any resolution, rule or regulation before it for determination. The city clerk shall be ex-officio clerk of said board, and shall keep a record of its proceedings and in case of the absence or disability of said city clerk, or a vacancy in the office, the deputy city clerk shall discharge the duties of clerk of this board until the city clerk returns, his disability ceases or the vacancy is filled. The members of the board shall convene as soon after their appointment as practicable and organize by the election of one of their members president, and annually thereafter a president of the board shall be elected in like manner within the first week of January. The said board may adopt such rules for the transaction of its business and the performance of its functions, as it may deem proper, and cause a record to be kept of its proceedings and shall prepare and submit an annual report in the same manner as is required by law of the several other departments of the city of Amsterdam.

§ 2. It shall be the duty of the said board to make a study of the parks and park needs of the city of Amsterdam, to prepare and submit to the common council from time to time, plans and recommendations with regard to the acquisition of lands for park purposes, and concerning the improvement and development of the parks of the said city; to prepare and submit to the common council for adoption, from time to time, rules and regulations governing

the use and maintenance of the parks of the said city; to devise ways and means for the purpose of rendering the parks of the city of Amsterdam of the greatest possible benefit and service to the people of the said city, and of maintaining such parks with the highest possible degree of efficiency; and to perform such other functions as may, from time to time, be prescribed by ordinances or local laws of the said city. The said board may, from time to time, make recommendations in writing to the common council of the city of Amsterdam with regard to the parks of the said city. § 3. The said board shall have the power to make and incur such expenditures, consistent with the functions of the said board, as it may deem proper, but not in excess of the moneys available for meeting such expenditures.

§ 4. This local law shall take effect immediately.

LOCAL LAW No. 3

A local law in relation to eligibility of city officers.

Became a law December 14, 1925, with the approval of the Mayor. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Amsterdam.

Be it enacted by the common council of the city of Amsterdam as follows: Section 1. No person shall be elected or appointed to any city office, except to the office of the city engineer, unless, at the time of his election or appointment, he be a citizen of the United States and a resident of said city; nor to any ward office, unless, at the time of his election or appointment, he be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the ward for which he is elected or appointed; and whenever any officer of said city shall cease to be a resident of said city or of the ward for which he was elected or appointed his office shall thereupon become vacant. No person shall, at the same time, hold more than one office under the city government, except as otherwise provided by the charter of the city of Amsterdam, and acts supplemental thereto and amendatory thereof, and also except that a commissioner of deeds may hold any other city office. The assessors of said city shall be freeholders and their names must have appeared as such on the last city tax roll next preceding their election. The corporation counsel of said city shall be an attorney and counselor at law, duly admitted to practice in the supreme court of the state of New York. The city engineer, at the time of his appointment, need not be a resident of said city but must be a civil engineer of at least five years' practical experience in his profession. The recorder of said city shall be an attorney and counselor at law duly admitted to practice in the supreme court of the state of New York. The city judge of said city shall be an attorney and counselor at law duly admitted to practice in the supreme court of the state of New York and of at least five years' practical experience in his profession.

§ 2. Section seven of title two of chapter two hundred and forty-two of the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven, entitled "An act to amend, consolidate and revise the several acts relative to the city of Amsterdam," and amendments thereto is hereby superseded.

§ 3. This local law shall take effect immediately.

LOCAL LAW No. 4

A local law in relation to enumeration of elective city officers, their terms of office, and compensation.

Became a law December 29, 1925, with the approval of the Mayor. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Amsterdam.

Be it enacted by the common council of the city of Amsterdam as follows: Section 1. The elective officers of the city to be elected by the city at large, shall be: a mayor, whose term of office shall be two years, and whose annual salary shall be three thousand dollars; a recorder, whose term of office shall be four years, and whose annual salary shall be two thousand dollars; a treasurer, whose term of office shall be two years and whose annual salary shall be two thousand dollars; three assessors, the term of office of each of whom shall be four years and each of whom shall receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars; a city judge, whose term of office shall be four years and whose annual salary shall be two thousand dollars; three constables, the term of office of each of whom shall be two years, and who shall receive the same compensation for their services as constables of a town are entitled to receive for like services. The elective officers of the city to be elected by each ward shall be: one alderman, the term of office of whom shall be two years, and whose annual salary shall be six hundred dollars; one supervisor, whose term of office shall be two years, and who shall receive the same compensation for his services that a supervisor of a town of Montgomery county is entitled to receive for like services. There shall also be elected members of the board of education, the number of whom, term of office and manner of election shall be in conformity with the provisions of the education law.

§ 2. Local law numbered 3 by the city of Amsterdam and numbered 2 by the secretary of state of the local laws of the city of Amsterdam for nineteen hundred and twenty-four which superseded section eight of title two of chapter two hundred and fortytwo of the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven, entitled "An act to amend, consolidate and revise the several acts relative to the city of Amsterdam," as amended by chapter two hundred and fifty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is hereby amended.

§ 3. This local law shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-six.

CITY OF BUFFALO

LOCAL LAW No. 1

A local law concerning contracts for doing work or making improvements, the expense of which shall be estimated to exceed one thousand dollars.

Became a law January 21, 1925, with the approval of the Council. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Buffalo.

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

Section 1. No contract, the expense of which shall exceed the sum of one thousand dollars, shall be made by the council, or any of the city departments, or any officer thereof, unless there shall have been published a notice in the official paper and two other daily papers in the city at least twice a week for two weeks, inviting sealed proposals for the same, according to plans and specifications to be filed in the office of the department or officer 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, department or officer. There shall be no unnecessary division of any contract designed to evade the foregoing requirements as to advertising. No contract for the doing of any work or the making of any improvements for a price exceeding one thousand dollars, the expense of which is to be repaid to the city by means of local assessment, shall be entered into until the assessment therefor has been confirmed, except as otherwise provided in section one hundred and forty-three of the charter of the city of Buffalo, and except that the city may enter into contracts for doing of work necessary to put, keep and maintain the Buffalo river and all navigable waterways within the said city in good condition for all authorized purposes and may undertake and perform all such work before the assessment therefor has been confirmed. No work or improvement specified in the charter of the city of Buffalo, except the grading or regrading, graveling or regraveling, macadamizing or remacadamizing, or paving or repaving of any street or alley, the expense of which shall be estimated to exceed one thousand dollars, shall be ordered unless by a majority vote of the members of the council after publication in six successive numbers of the official paper of the city of notice of intention to order such work or improvement. The provisions of the charter, local laws, or ordinances of the city of Buffalo, or of law requiring advertisment for bids or proposals, or the awarding of contracts for work to be done or supplies to be furnished for any of said departments shall not be applicable to public work which may be done or to the supplies which may be furnished under the provisions of the prison law.

§ 2. Section fifty of chapter two hundred and seventeen of the

laws of nineteen hundred and fourteen, known as the charter of the city of Buffalo, is hereby superseded.

§ 3. This local law shall take effect April first, nineteen hundred and twenty-five.

LOCAL LAW No. 2

A local law providing for the publication and distribution of the council proceedings.

Became a law January 28, 1925, with the approval of the Council. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Buffalo.

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

Section 1. The council may publish the council proceedings or may contract for the publication of the same in the manner provided by section fifty of the charter of the city of Buffalo. The council proceedings shall be published under the supervision and direction of the city clerk within one week after each meeting of the council, and shall contain the journal of the proceedings of the council. The city clerk shall cause to be delivered to each department and officer of the city a sufficient number of each issue of the council proceedings for the use of such department or officer. The city clerk shall receive subscriptions to the council proceedings at a rate to be fixed from time to time by resolution of the council, and shall cause copies of said council proceedings to be delivered to the subscribers thereof by mail. Single copies of said council proceedings shall be on sale at the city clerk's office at a rate to be fixed from time to time by resolution of the council.

§ 2. Section twenty-five of chapter two hundred and seventeen of the laws of nineteen hundred and fourteen, known as the charter of the city of Buffalo, is hereby superseded.

§ 3. Local law number five of the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled, "A local law permitting publication by the city of various matters and advertisements in the City Record and in the council proceedings and providing for the printing and distribution of the same," is hereby repealed.

§ 4. This local law shall take effect April first, nineteen hundred and twenty-five.