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The Harbor Engineer shall have general educational equipment at
least equal to that of graduates of high schools. The Mayor, when ap-
pointing a Harbor Engineer, shall give first consideration to the qualifica-
tions of those who are graduates in engineering from a recognized college
or technical school of collegiate grade. The Harbor Engineer shall be
a person of high standing in his profession, and shall have had charge of
important engineering projects over a period of at least five years. If
the person appointed as Harbor Engineer is not a graduate in engineer-
ing from a recognized college or technical school of collegiate grade, he
shall have had not less than ten years' experience in engineering, during
five years of which he shall have been in charge of important engineering
projects.

The Harbor Engineer shall be paid such salary as may be provided in
the Ordinance of Estimates. He shall appoint such assistants, aides,
clerks, stenographers and other office and field help as may be necessary
for the proper conduct of the Bureau. The compensation of all such
appointees shall be subject to the approval by the Board of Estimates and
shall be paid as provided in the Ordinance of Estimates.

All of the rights, powers, duties, obligations and functions conferred
by law upon the Harbor Board or the Harbor Engineer, and particularly
by the provisions of Sections 84 and 88 of Article 4 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, and by the same sections of the Charter of Bal-
timore City, and by any other Act of the General Assembly or section
of the Charter of Baltimore City or ordinance of the Mayor and City
Council shall be and are hereby transferred to and hereafter shall be
exercised and performed by the Bureau of Harbors as the lawful suc-

cessor to said Harbor Board and Harbor Engineer to the same extent as
if the Bureau of Harbors had been, named in the provisions of law as
the body upon which the said rights, powers, duties, obligations and func-
tions were conferred. Thereupon the Harbor Board as heretofore con-
stituted shall be and remain abolished.

The Bureau of Harbors shall perform such other duties and exercise
such other powers as may be required from time to time by ordinance of
the Mayor and City Council, subject, however, to the power and authority
conferred upon the Chief Engineer by the provisions of this Charter.

(5)
BUREAU OF MECHANICAL-ELECTRICAL SERVICE.

There shall be in the Department of Public Works a Bureau of Me-
chanical-Electrical Service. The head of this Bureau shall be the Mechan-
ical-Electrical Engineer, who shall direct its operation, and who shall
perform, subject to the authority of the Chief Engineer, the duties and
exercise the powers which are herein imposed or conferred upon the
Bureau of Mechanical-Electrical Service.

The Mechanical-Electrical Engineer shall be appointed by the Mayor;,
Math the consent of the City Council, as provided in Section 25 of the

Charter of Baltimore City, and hold his office as therein provided.