Sec. 12. Standing committees—how appointed—expenditures
of.[2]
The president of the Council shall, within ten days after the
organization of the Council, appoint the following standing committees,
each to consist of three members and to continue for a
term of two years. The president of the Council shall, however,
have authority to change the composition of said committees
during said term in filling vacancies or otherwise as the necessity
arises.
1. A Committee on Finance and Claims—To whom shall be
referred all matters relating to the finances, debts, revenues and
assets of the city and all claims and unsettled demands against
the city.
2. A Committee on Streets and Sanitation—To whom shall
be referred all matters concerning the streets and bridges, and
improvements and expenditures connected therewith, and the
laws and regulations effecting the same, and all matters relating
to the sanitary affairs and condition of the city.
3. A Committee on Water and Sewerage—To whom shall be
referred all matters pertaining to the control and proper management
of the City Water Works and Sewerage System,
pumps, fire plugs, reservoirs, water supply and water rates, and
all rules and regulations, revenues and expenditures connected
therewith.
4. A Committee on Gas and Lights—To whom shall be referred
all matters concerning the Gas Works, and lights of the
city and all rules, regulations, revenues and expenditures connected
therewith.
5. A Committee on Fire Department and Public Safety—To
whom shall be referred all matters relating to the Fire Department
of the city and the public safety.
6. A Committee on Building and Grounds—To whom shall be
referred all matters pertaining to the public grounds and buildings
of the city, and the erection of private buildings within the fire
limits of the city.
7. A Committee on the Poor—To whom shall be referred all
matters concerning the poor of the city.
8. A Committee on Public Schools—To whom shall be referred
all matters concerning the public free schools of the city.
9. A Committee on Ordinances and Rules—To whom all general
ordinances, or amendments thereof, shall be referred for examination
and report before the passage thereof.
10. A Committee on Cemeteries—To whom shall be referred
all matters pertaining to the cemeteries of the city, and the rules
and regulations for the burial of the dead, and all revenues and
expenditures connected therewith.
11. A Committee on Police—To whom shall be referred all
matters pertaining to the police department of the city.
12. A Committee on Health—To whom shall be referred all
matters relating to the health of the city.
The said respective committees, acting together, are hereby authorized
to expend from time to time, out of the appropriations
made to them, sums of money not exceeding one hundred dollars
for work to be done in their respective departments, without special
authority from the Council for such expenditures; but such
expenditures shall be reported to the Council at its next meeting.
The vouchers for expenditures made hereunder, or for expenditures
made by special authority of the Council, shall be approved
by the chairman of the committee in whose department the expenditure
is made.
