71 - Board of estimate and apportionment.

§ 71. Board  of  estimate and apportionment. There shall be a board of  estimate  and  apportionment,  which  shall  consist   of   the   mayor,  comptroller,  corporation  counsel, president of the common council, and  the city engineer, except that when the number of subordinates,  or  the  salaries  thereof,  in  the department of any of the members of the said  board are to be fixed and determined, the  treasurer  shall  temporarily  take  the  place  of  the  member  whose  number of subordinates, or the  salaries thereof, is under consideration, for the purpose of fixing such  salaries or number of subordinates, and  for  that  purpose  alone.  The  members  of  the  board  shall  meet  upon  the call of the mayor, or as  directed by the board. The mayor shall be president of the board and the  city clerk shall act as secretary thereof. The secretary  shall  keep  a  journal of all of the proceedings of the board.