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Towboats—Free Wharfage. City Engineer
other thing, and. make landings only for the purpose of mak-
ing repairs, getting material and supplies, hiring or paying
off crew, shall be exempt from any liability of wharfagc
fees and privileged to land where convenient at any point in
front of City.
See. 3. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are, to the ex-
tent of such conflicting, hereby repealed and this ordinance
r ; shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.
Adopted March 5th, tgoo.
J. WM. FISHER, Council Clerk.
Approved March 6th, igoo.
JAS. M. LANG, Mayor.
City Engineer.
t. --The Office of Engineer is Hereby Created.
See. 3. Omi. ted• — Repealed.
Sc._ J. Omitt. d —Repealed.
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q.—The city engineer shall make out plans, specifica-
Make plao.9
tions, and -estimates for all public work ordered by the com-
mon council. He shall do all surveying and engineering
that may be ordered by the common council or any com-
mittee thereof.
5.—All contracts for works ordered by the city shall refer.
All conuac4
to the plans and specifications applicable thereto, and, if
must n•f.•r
practicable, they shall debignate a gross amount which shall
to plans
cover the whole cost of the work contracted for, and con-
tain a clause that the same is made subject to the right of
the engineer to suspend the same for the failure of the- con-
tractor to fulfill it, and that such suspension shall not effect
the right of the city to atiy damages on account of such con-
tractors failure.
6-1t shall be the duty of said engineer, when required
Uutles
by the common council, to furnish the number of feet in
any square in the city. He shall perform such other duties as
may be .l ewhere :.r 'uerein tfier required of him by the
common council.
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460 REVISED ORDINANCES OF PADUCAH.
City Engineer. City Engineer, Additional Duties.•
Certiticate or 7.—All contracts for work or material ordered by the
•nafneer
city shall, before the claims of the contractors are presented
to the common council, have the certificate of the city engi-
neer, that the work was done, or that materials furnished, ac-
cording to contract. He shall not certify for any contractor;
as to any work or undertaking if such contractor has fail-
ed in any respect, to comply with every condition of said con-
tract; nor shall he certify to the amount of any contractor in
advance of his work or undertaking.
City Engineer, Additional Dutes.
An Ordinance to Amend Ordinance Entitled "Number
10 of the Revised Ordinances" --Relating to the Office of city
Engineer, Fixing the Compensation and Providing Additional
duties of Said Office.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Members of the Com
mon Council of the City of Paducah.
Section t. That Section z, of Ordinance No, to of the
Revised Ordinances, relating to the office of City Engineer
be and the same is hereby repealed and than there shall be
substituted the following in lieu thereof towit: Said Engi-
neer shall be a person skilled in the art of civil engineering
and an actual resident and qualified voter of the City.
See. s. Omitted—Repealed.
Sec. 3. That in addition to the duties now fixed by or-
dinance, it shall be the duty of the City Engineer to keep a
record in a book to be furnished and provided by the City
for the purpose, or in such other manner as the City may re
quire. Such record shall be of and concerning all work
which he may perform as City Engineer and shall at all
times during his regular office hours, be open to inspection
of the general public, and he shall be required to designate
and as near as practicable, consistent with the duties of his
office keep regular office hours.