There shall be a Department of Law, a Department of Finance, a Department of Public Utilities, and such other departments and offices as may be established by ordinance, with the concurrence of the Board of Control. The Council may by ordinance, with the concurrence of the Board of Control, discontinue any department or office established by ordinance, and may prescribe, combine, distribute or abolish the functions and duties of departments and offices; but, except as otherwise provided in this Charter, no function or duty assigned by this Charter to a particular department or office shall be abolished or assigned to any other department or office. Departments and offices existing at the time of the adoption of this section, and not specifically mentioned therein, shall continue as though established thereby but subject to alteration or discontinuance by ordinance in the manner provided herein.
(Effective June 3, 1968)