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AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ENGINEER AND ESTABLISHING DUTIES
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There is hereby established and created within and for said City of Jonesboro the office of the City Engineer.
The duties of said City Engineer shall be the establishment of grades, laying out the work, and opening up of alleys and streets; superintending the construction of bridges and culverts, making new additions to the City. He shall also be the ex-officio Building Inspector for said City and shall perform the duties of said office as may hereafter be prescribed by the Council.
No person shall be eligible to the office of the City Engineer unless he be a practical civil engineer, learned in his profession, and has had five years actual experience in the same.
Said City Engineer shall be elected by the City Council at the next regular meeting after the passage of this ordinance, and bi-annually thereafter at the second Council meeting in April of each two-year period, and shall hold his office till his successor be elected and qualified, unless removed for cause.
Passed and adopted this September 18, 1905.