The Department of Transportation has full power and authority: to ascertain and fix and to mark on the ground, with stones or other landmarks, the true lines of any of the private, public, or proposed streets, lanes, and alleys; and to so ascertain, fix, and mark any boundary line of any lot or parcel of ground, improved or unimproved, within the City. City Code, 1879, art. 47, §73(1st cl.) 1893, art. 48, §74(1st cl.) 1927, art. 45, §135(1st cl.) 1950, art. 35, §62(1st sen.) 1966, art. 26, §50(1st sen.) 1976/83, art. 26, §54(1st sen.) Ord. 1863-006 Ord. 50-1392 Ord. 76-139 Ord. 15-435