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he shall have had not less than ten years' experience in charge of large
working forces.

The Engineer of Street Cleaning shall be paid such salary as may be
provided in the Ordinance of Estimates. He shall appoint such assist-
ants, 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 approval by the Board of Esti-
mates 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 Commissioner of Street Cleaning, and particularly by
the provisions of Section 83 of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, and by the same section of the Charter of Baltimore
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
of Baltimore shall be and are hereby transferred to and hereafter shall
be exercised and performed by the Bureau of Street Cleaning as the lawful
successor to the said Commissioner of Street Cleaning to the same extent
as if the Bureau of Street Cleaning had been named in the provisions of
law as the body upon which the said rights, powers, duties, obligations
and functions were conferred. Thereupon the office of Commissioner of
Street Cleaning as heretofore constituted shall be and remain abolished.

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

(8)
BUREAU OF PLANS AND SURVEYS.

There shall be in the Department of Public Works a Bureau of Plans
and Surveys. The head of this Bureau shall be the Engineer of Plans
and Surveys, who shall direct its operation, and who shall perform, sub-
ject to the authority of the Chief Engineer, the duties and exercise the
powers which are herein imposed or conferred upon the Bureau of Plans
and Surveys.

The Engineer of Plans and Surveys shall be appointed, by the Mayor,
with the consent of the City Council, as provided in Section 25 of the
Charter of Baltimore and hold his office as therein provided.

The Engineer of Plans and Surveys shall have general educational
equipment at least equal to that of graduates of high schools. The Mayor,
when appointing an Engineer of Plans and Surveys, shall give first con-
sideration to the qualifications of those who are graduates in engineering
from a recognized college or technical school of collegiate grade. The
Engineer of Plans and Surveys 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 Engineer