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this Charter. He shall be paid a salary of three thousand dollars per
annum, payable monthly. The Commissioner may appoint such subordi-
nates as his department shall require, and fix their compensation, not to

exceed in the aggregate the amount appropriated by ordinance.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.+

1914, ch. 852.

84. There shall be a Department of Public Improvements of the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the head of which department
shall be the Chief Engineer of Baltimore, who shall be appointed by the
Mayor in the mode prescribed in Section 25 of this Charter, and hold
his office as therein provided. The said Chief Engineer of Baltimore shall
be a civil engineer of standing in his profession and shall have been in
active practice and have had responsible charge of work for at least five
years; he shall have supervision of all engineering questions and matters

connected with any and every public improvement in Baltimore City or
elsewhere, made by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, or any
department, board or agency thereof, and all plans and specifications for
all such public improvements involving any engineering question or ques-
tions shall be submitted to him and be subject to his approval. He shall
be the Chief Engineer of the Paving Commissiont and shall advise the
Board of Estimates on all engineering matters; he shall perform such
other duties as may be imposed upon him by ordinances of the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore or by the Board of Estimates not inconsistent
with those herein specified; he shall receive a salary of $4,500.00 per
annum, payable as the salaries of other city officials, subject, however, to
the provisions of Section 36A of the City Charter; he shall give his whole
time and attention to the duties of his position, and shall not accept or
engage in any other employment during the time of holding said posi-
tion, except by the previous consent of the Board of Estimates entered
upon their minutes. The organization of the Department of Public Im-
provements shall consist of the Chief Engineer of Baltimore, as president,

and of the following sub-departments:
Highways Engineer,
Commission on City Plan,
Bureau of Plans and Surveys,*
Annex Improvement Commission,
Bureau of Mechanical-Electrical Service,§
Water Engineer,
Harbor Engineer,
Inspector of Buildings,
City Survevor.

+Sec Department of Public Works, sec. 85A.

++The Paving Commission has been abolished. See sec. 85A.

*Formerly Topographical Survey Commission.

§Formerly the Electrical Commission. As originally passed, this section also in-
cluded the Sewerage Commission and the Paving Commission, but as both of the
commissions have been abolished, they are omitted.