N.Y. General City Law § 48: Inspectors; qualifications; notice

§ 48. Inspectors; qualifications; notice. The local board of health or

an official or board designated by local law of such city, as the case

may be shall detail, designate or appoint an inspector or inspectors of

plumbing, subject, however, to the provisions or limitations of law,

regulating the appointment of such inspectors by such board of health or

an official or board designated by local law of such city. All

inspectors of plumbing who are detailed, designated or appointed shall

be practical plumbers and shall not be engaged directly or indirectly in

the business of plumbing, during the period of their appointment. They

shall be citizens and actual residents of the city in which they are

appointed; except in the cities of Cortland and Corning, where such

inspectors shall be citizens and actual residents of the county or

counties wherein the city is situated, or in an abutting or adjacent

county; except in the city of Rochester, where such inspectors shall be

citizens and actual residents of the county wherein the city is

situated; except in the city of Watertown, where such inspectors shall

be citizens and actual residents of the county wherein the city is

situated except in the city of Middletown, where such inspectors shall

be citizens and actual residents of the county wherein the city is

situated, or within a twenty-five mile radius of the city of Middletown

as long as such inspectors are citizens and actual residents of this

state; except in the city of Jamestown, where such inspectors shall be

citizens and actual residents of the county wherein the city is

situated; except in the city of Tonawanda, where such inspectors shall

be citizens and actual residents of the county wherein the city is

situated, or in an abutting or adjacent county; except in any city with

a population of less than twenty-five thousand, where such inspectors

shall be citizens and actual residents of the county or counties wherein

the city is situated. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties

as such inspectors they shall each be required to obtain a certificate

of competency from said examining board. They shall be entitled to

receive compensation to be fixed by the officer, board, commission or

department having power to fix salaries generally or, if there be no

officer, board, commission or department thereof having such power, by

the board of alderpersons or common council.