N.Y. General City Law § 54: Office room; expenses a city charge

§ 54. Office room; expenses a city charge. Each of such examining

boards of plumbers shall have power to procure suitable quarters for the

transaction of business, to provide the necessary books and stationery

and to employ a clerk to keep such books and record the transactions of

such board. The board of estimate and apportionment or the common

council of a city as the case may be shall annually insert in their tax

levy a sufficient sum to meet all the expenditures incurred under the

provisions of this article. The expenses incurred by the several

examining boards of plumbers in the execution and performance of the

duties imposed by this article shall be a charge on the respective

cities and shall be audited, levied, collected and paid in the same

manner as other city charges are audited, levied, collected and paid.