§ 98. Duties of city engineer. It shall be the duty of the city
engineer to perform all the ordinary engineering and surveying services
in the affairs and business of the city and to supervise, under the
general direction of the commissioner of public works, all the work done
for the city in which the skill of his profession may be required or
useful. He shall, under the direction of the commissioner of public
works and the ordinances of the common council, act as the
superintendent of public buildings, bridges, docks and wharves. He shall
perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the commissioner of
public works or by ordinance of the common council. He shall devote his
time exclusively to the service of the city.