The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-23
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
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PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT.-When the bill to
create and organize a paid fire department
comes up in Councils for discussion, the mino-
Iity of the committee appointed to consider the
same will present the following ordinance as a
substitute for that which has already been
offered in Councils and published in these
columns
Section ]. The Select and Common Councils
Of the City OF Philadelphia do ordain, That the
Chief OF Police, the Fire Marshal, the Presi-
dents of Select and Common Council, one men,
Der of the Trustees of the Fire Association, to
be annually selected by themselves one member
OF the Trustees of the United Firemens Insu-
rance Company, to be annually selected by
themselves who shall also be chosen annually
by themselves, be aud the same are hereby con-
stitued a Board, to be styled 1.-The Board of
Fire Commissioners of the City of Pniadel-
phia;" and the said Board of Fire Com missioners
are hereby authorized to make such rules and
regulations for the government OF the Fire De-
partment as they may deem necessary.
Section 2. That all complaints and charges
against any company which is no or may here
after become part Of the Fire Department OF the
City OF Philadelphia shall be heard by the said
Board of Fire Commissioners, whose decision
shall be final upon the matter; and the said
Board are hereby authorized and empowered to
suspend for term, or dismiss from the Fire
Department, any company which shall refuse to
be governed by the rules established by the said
Board.
Section 8. The Chief Engineer and Assistant
Engineers of the Fire Department shall be SUBJ
iect TO such rules and regulations as the said
An charges against the Chief Engineer or any
OF the Assistant Engineers, for any misconduct
in Office, or neglect of duty, shall be heard and
determ ned by the said Board of Fire Commits
sioners, who are hereby fully authorized to
suspend for term, or dismiss from office, the
party whom they shall convict of any such
official misconduct or neglect of duty; and the
salaries of the officers so suspended or dismissed
shall cease during the term of their suspension
| or from the date of their dismissal.
Section 4. 1t shall be the duty of the Select
and Common Councils of the city Of Philadel-
| pha, at any stated meeting in the month of
| January, 1863, and every third year thereafter,
| to meet in joint convention and to elect proper
| persons to be Chief Engineer and Assistant En-
| glneers of the Fire Department. The Chief En-
| gineer shall not be less than thirty years OF
age, nor have been member of the Fire DEPART
ment for less than ten years: PrOuided That,
| if the said Chief Engineer or any of the As.
sistant Engineers be suspended or dismissed
| from their Offices the vacancy so crested shall
| be flied by the Board of Fire Commissioners
for the remainder of the year, and it shall be
the duty OF Councils to fill the vacancy from
the expiration of the year to the expiration o
the term, in like manner and form as hereinbefore
directed.
Section s. All ordinances or parts of ordi
napces Inconsistent herewith are hereby re
| pealed