Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-14

charge VI JuclT uutICc, ouu ConO PvSA
sion of all the public property now per-
tanning to the Fire Depart
ment of said city, and in case any
of said Commissioners named shall
fail or decline to act, the Mayor shall ap-
point Commissioner in his stead, as IN
case of vacancy. And all the officers
and firemen of the present Fire Depart
ment of said city shall be retained and
continued in the Fire Department here
by created subject to all the provisions
of this act. Provided, that the term OF Of
flee of the Chief Engineer, Assistant En-
gineer and Superintendent of Fire Alarm
Telegraph of the present Fire Depart
ment shall expire at the time for which
they were elected or appointed.
Sec. It, The compensation OF said
Firemen under said Board shall be fixed
by said Board, not exceeding the amounts
now prescribed by law, except that the
compensation of the Superintendent OF
the Fire Alarm Telegraph may be fixed
at sum not exceeding six hundred dol
lars per annum, and said Superintendent
of Fire Alarm Telegraph shall not hold
any other position in said Fire Depart
ment, and except the compensation OF
the Assistant Engineer, may be fixed at q
sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars per annum, and said Board
may require him to devote his
whole time to the duties of his Office, and
| except that the compensation eff the fire.
men and drivers of steamers, drivers of
| hose carts and foremen of companies may
| be fixed at sum not exceeding seventy
dollars per month, and the compensation
of said Board shall be the sum of one
hundred dollars per annum to each men,
| Der, to be paid IN the same manner as the
other officers of said city.
Sec. IT, The said Board of Fire Com
missioners shall, when required by the
Common Council, report to them the
condition of the Department, and on or
before the LIST day of January in each
year, shall report in detail to said Com
mon Council the receipts and expendi-
lures of said Department, with other
matters pertaining thereto of public
interest, including complete inventory
of all the property under their charge,
and said report shall also exhibit par
ticular statement of all fire alarms and
fires which have occurred in said city
during the preceding year, together
with the cause of all such fires as far as
the same shall have been ascertained.
1t shall also exhibit particu-
lar statement of all losses caused
by such fires, and all insurance thereon.
1t shall also show the amount of hose
which shall have been used; the sources
whence the supply of water was derived;
the number and names of all companies
under their direction; the names of all
members and officers of such companies;
the names of all persons in the employ
of said Board, and the compensation
paid to them; and statement of all eX-
penses incurred under the direction OF
said Board during the year, and shall sci
forth such other information relating tc
the Fire Department as to the Board
shall seem important.
or for damages arising out Of, or pertaining
the Department created by this act shall
be brought directly by and against the
City of st. Paul, and the said Board Of
Fire Commissioners shall not be sued as
such, except to compel or restrain the
performance of acts proper to be com
PEELED or restrained under and not within
the discretion intended to be conferred
by this act.
Sec. 2. All portions of said chapter
ten and the acts amendatory thereof, ano
of all other acts inconsistent with the
provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved November II, A. D. 1881.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
| 1 hereby certify that have carefully
compared the foregoing with the origina
on file in this department, and that it is
a true and correct copy thereof, and Of
the whole Of the same
Witness my hand and the
Great Great Seal of the State this
Seal of 18th day of November, A. D.
| State. 1881.
| FRED. Won BAUMBACH,
Secretary Of State.