The city engineer.
Section 16
SEC. 16. The city engineer. - There shall be a city engineer who shall be under the supervision and control of the Director of Public Works and shall have the following general powers and duties: He shall have charge of all the surveying and engineering work of die city, and shall perform such services in connection with public improvements or any work entered upon or projected by the city, as may require the skill and experience of a civil engineer. He shall ascertain, record, and establish monuments of the city survey aid from thence extend the surveys of the city, and locate, establish, and survey all city property, and also private property aljutting on the same, whenever directed by the Director of Public Works; shall make such tests and inspection of engineering materials used in construction and repair as may be necessary to protect the city from the use of materiaJs of a poor or dangerous quality; shall inspect and report upon the condition of public property and public works whenever required by the Mayor; shall have die care and custody of all public buildings, including markets and slaughterhouses, and of any system established for lighting the streets, public places, and public buildings; shall prevent the encroachment of private buildings and fences on the streets and public places of the city; shall inspect and supervise th e construction, repair, removal, and safety of private buildings; shall regulate and enforce the numbering of houses in accordance with the ordinances of the city; shall have the care of all public streets, parks, cemeteries, and bridges; shall maintain, clean, sprinkle, and regulate the use of the same for all purposes as provided by ordinance; shall collect and dispose of all garbage, refuse, the contents of closets and cesspools, aid all other offensive and dangerous substances within the city in accordance wi th ordinance; shall prepare plans and have charge of the construction of any sewer and water supply system of the city hereafter authorized; shall have the care and custody of aiy such public system of water works and sewers, and all sources of water supply, aid shall control, maintain, and regulate the use of the same in accordance with die ordinances relating thereto; shall inspect and regulate, subject to the approval of die Mayor, the use of all private systems for supplying water to the city and its inhabitants, and all private sewers aid their connection with the public sewer system; and shall prepare plans, maps, specifications, aid estimates for buildings, streets, bridges, and other public works, and supervise the construction and repair of die sane. But no construction involving public buildings, laying out of streets or parks, or change of existing luildings, streets, or parks shall be began without first having obtained plans therefor approved by die Director of Fublic Works, and it shall be die duty of dm Director of Public Works to advise die Mayor, die Council, and the city engineer on oil matters pertaining to die architectural features of construction, repair or alterations of a material nature of public buildings and monuments of a permanent character, or any construction involving a modification of the development plans, including die laying out or alteration of public streets and parks, and, upon request, to prepare plans, specifications, estimates, and odier information for public buildings or works of a permanent character for the city. He shall file and preserve all maps, plans, notes, surveys, and other papers and documents pertaining to his office. He shall have power, subject to the approval of the Mayor, to cause buildings dangerous to the public to be made secure or torn down, and shall supervise and regulate the locations aid use of engines, boilers, forges, and other manufacturing and heating appliances in accordance with the law and ordinances relating thereto.