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City of Port Jervis, NY
Orange County
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[Adopted 3-26-1962 by L.L. No. 2-1962 (Ch. 32, Art. IV of the 1981 Code)]
The office of an Industrial Commissioner for the City of Port Jervis is hereby created.
The Industrial Commissioner shall be appointed by the Mayor and approved by the majority of members of the Common Council and shall hold office until January 31, 1963, unless sooner removed by the Mayor for any cause whatsoever. Thereafter the term of office of said Industrial Commissioner shall be for one year and each appointment shall expire on the 31st day of January following the appointment.
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The salary of said Industrial Commissioner shall be determined and fixed by the Common Council of the City of Port Jervis at the time of the appointment.
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Said Industrial Commissioner shall have for disbursements such sums as may be set aside in the annual estimates of the City of Port Jervis.
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It shall be the duty of the Industrial Commissioner to make surveys and inquiries into the industrial and business conditions in the City of Port Jervis; to engage in and cooperate with other civic bodies in efforts to secure new industries for the City of Port Jervis; to contact concerns interested in locating in the City of Port Jervis and to offer them such inducements to locate here as may be approved by the Common Council of the City of Port Jervis; to improve business conditions; and to promote the general welfare by encouragement of methods and policies designed to better industrial and business conditions of the City.
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The Industrial Commissioner shall have no power or authority to contract debts or obligations for or against the City of Port Jervis.
There is hereby created a committee to be known as the "Industrial Committee of the City of Port Jervis," consisting of four members who shall work and cooperate with and under the direction of the Industrial Commissioner. Said Committee shall be appointed by the Mayor and approved by the majority of the members of the Common Council and shall hold office until January 31, 1963, unless sooner removed by the Mayor for any cause whatsoever. Thereafter the term of office of the members of the Industrial Committee shall be for one year and each appointment shall expire on the 31st day of January following the appointment. The members of the Committee shall serve without salary and shall be under the direction and supervision of the Industrial Commissioner.