Charter of the City of Buffalo (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: All moneys and sums fixed for issuing licenses shall be paid to the Treasurer of the city, and no license shall be delivered to any person until due proof is made to the Mayor that such money or sums as is fixed for the issuing thereof has been paid to the Treasurer of the city. The Mayor shall make a weekly report to the Comptroller of the licenses issued by him. The Mayor may, upon reasonable notice to the person complained of, hear any complaint against any person to whom he has issued a license, and may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses to testify on such hearing, and may annul such license or suspend it. He shall file a copy of his determination with the City Clerk within twenty- four hours 'after it is made. Thus amended by L. 1902, c. 586. Prior to this amendment fees for licenses were paid to the Mayor, who paid his receipts to the Treasurer weekly, at the same time reporting to the Comptroller. 53. He shall perform such other executive duties as may be by ordinance or provisions of law devolved upon him, and shall recommend to the Common Council such measures as he may think expedient. He shall appoint all officers, agents, and servants whose election or appointment is not in this act otherwise definitely prescribed. 54. If the Mayor shall be unable to perform the duties of his office in consequence of sickness or temporary absence from the city, he may designate an Alderman or Councilman to act in his place; if he shall be so incapacitated for more than ten days, without making such designation, the Board of Aldermen may do so. The person so designated shall perform the duties of the Mayor until the Mayor shall resume them. An Alderman or Councilman while performing such duties shall not act as a member of the Common Council. 55. No...