|§ 645, 646J        Powers of Commissioners.                 ■       305

Rules and regulations.

§ 645. The board shall have the power, by a vote of a majority
of its members, to establish general rules and regulations for the
administration of the department, and such other rules and regula¬
tions as were authorized by law at the time of the passage of this
act to be established by the superintendent of buildings In the city
of New York, or by the commissioner of the department of build¬
ings In the city of Brooklyn, as said cities were formerly consti¬
tuted. Such rules and regulations shall, so far as practicable, be
uniform in all the boroughs, but the board shall have power, from
time to time, to amend or repeal such rules and regulations when In
the opinion of a majority of the commissioners it shall seem neces¬
sary or desirable. The board shall also have power to appoint
a secretary, and within the limits of its appropriation to appoint such
subordinate officers as may be necessary for the proper conduct of
the office of the department.

General powers of commissioners under existing laws.

§ 646. The commissioner for the boroughs of Manhattan and The
Bronx shall within such boroughs, in addition to the powers, rights
and duties expressly conferred or imposed upon him by this act,
possess and exercise all the powers, rights and duties and shall be
subject to all the obligations heretofore vested in, conferred upon
or required of the department of buildings or the superintendent
of buildings of The City of New York, as heretofore constituted,
except in so far as the same are inconsistent with or are modified by
this act. The commissioner for the borough of Brooklyn shall
within such borough, in addition to the powers, rights and duties
expressly conferred or imposed upon him by this act, possess and
exercise all the powers, rights and duties, and shall be subject to
all the obligations heretofore vested in, conferred upon or required
of the department of buildings in the city of Brooklyn as heretofore
constituted, except In so far as the same are inconsistent with or
are modified by this act. The commissioner for the boroughs of
Queens and Richmond shall within such boroughs respectively,
in addition to the powers, rights and duties expressly conferred
or imposed upon him by this act, possess and exercise all the powers,
rights and duties and shall be subject to all the obligations here¬
tofore vested In, conferred upon or required of any department,
commission, board or officer of Long Island City as heretofore con¬
stituted, or of any town or village as heretofore constituted which
IS comprised within that portion of the county of Queens Included
in The City of New York as constituted by this act, or which is
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