_In the exercise of the foregoing duties, the county manager shall have the same powers to examine witnesses, to take testimony under oath and to investigate the affairs of every county officer which is conferred by this chapter upon the boards of supervisors and committees thereof._ § 248. _The administrative code. Within ninety days after the first day of operation under this article, the board of supervisors shall adopt, publish in pamphlet form and cause to be delivered to every officer of the county, and to such other persons as shall apply for the same, a code of administrative rules. Such code, subject to such regulations concerning the conduct of various county officers as may be made from time to time by the comptroller, shall contain the rules of the said board on the following subjects_: (_a_) _The methods by which the county manager shall exercise the duties imposed upon him in sub-divisions (e) to (i), inclusive, of section two hundred and forty-seven of this article._ (_b_) _The method by which, and the form in which, the several county officers and employees shall order supplies and materials_, (_c_) _The form in which, and the times at which, the several county officers shall submit the estimates of the probable financial needs of their offices for the ensuing year_, (_d_) _The manner in which the county treasurer shall disburse the funds of the county_, (_e_) _Such other regulations as shall be necessary to secure the efficient conduct of the affairs of the county and its several offices_. § 249. _Application of certain laws. All general and special laws applicable to the county shall remain in full force and effect except in so far as they are in conflict with this article._ § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. APPENDIX E THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER IN NEW YORK CITY [An amendment of the New York City Charter (Chap. 284 Laws of 1915) abolished the elective coroners in the five boroughs and created the office of Chief Medical Examiner. This amendment was prepared by representatives of the principal medical, legal and civic societies in New York City working in conjunction with the Commissioner of Accounts and representatives of the District Attorney’s office. It is believed to embody important standards of organization and procedure in the prosecution of public medico-legal investigations. The provisions of the amendment will go into effect January 1, 1918.] AN ACT To amend the Greater New York charter, and repeal certain sections thereof and of chapter four hundred and ten of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, in relation to the abolition of the office of coroner and the establishment of the office of chief medical examiner. _The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows_: