202                         President and Secretarv.           [§§410-412

the corporation counsel, the comptroller, the commissioner of water
supply, the commissioner of highways, the commissioner of street
cleaning, the commissioner of sewers, the commissioner of public
buildings, lighting and supplies, the commissioner of bridges, and
the presidents of the several boroughs, by virtue of their respective
offices. The mayor, the corporation counsel, the comptroller, and
the presidents of the several boroughs shall not be counted as mem¬
bers of the board for the purpose of ascertaining if a quorum be
present. No president of a borough shall have a vote in said board
except upon matters relating exclusively to the borough of which he
is president.

Id.; president; salary; powers.

§411. The president of the board of pubhc improvements shall
be appointed by the mayor and hold his office, as provided in
chapter four of this act. His salary shall be eight thousand dollars
a year. He shall be a member of the board of revision of assess¬
ments. The said president shall'have power to designate one of the
members of said board as vice-president. The president, or in his
absence, the vice-president, shall preside at all meetings of said
board, shall certify all proceedings thereof, except as otherwise pro¬
vided, and shah cause all reports required by said board to be made
from the departments without delay. The president shall have
power, in all cases of difference in the said board concerning the
disposition of any public work, to assign such work to one or more
of the departments for execution; and In case there shall arise any
disagreement between the different departments represented on
said board, other than the department of finance and the law depart¬
ment, or between contractors respectively undertaking work pur¬
suant to contracts let by the different departments, the president
shall decide such matter and his decision shall be final until and
unless such decision shall be reversed by the board of public
Improvements. In case of the inability of the president to decide
anv of such matters by reason of sickness, or absence from the city,
for a period not less than three days, the mayor shall have power to
decide the same. The president shall have the power to vote, but
his approval shall not be necessary for the validity of any resolution
ot the said board.

Id.; secretary; office; meetings; quorum, etc.

§ 412. The president of said board shall have power to appoint
and remove a secretar}^ of the bosrd and such other clerks as may
be necessary.    The secretary shall attend Its meetings, keep and