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Sec. 505. Superintendent—to pass examination.

No person shall be eligible to the office of Superintendent
until he shall have been certified to as having proper technical
knowledge and experience as a competent and practical gas
manufacturer, after an examination by a board of three experienced
manufacturers of gas to be designated by the Committee
on Gas and Light, the president of the Council and the
Mayor. The expense of this board of examiners shall be paid
by the city and any person having passed such examination and
having served thereafter as Superintendent of Gas of this city,
shall be eligible for re-election without further examination.