Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-03
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Az ORDINANCE to Increase the

Az ORDINANCE to Increase the efficiency
q the Fire Department.
SECTION /. Ths A1yrr and Aldermen q TIE
CITY ~ SECgNHah 10 Council G5sefatssd 40 hers-
81 5rdI5a, That 80 men be added 10 the Fire
Department. who shall be known as call men,
i've Of whom shall be- foremen and > prlvates,
and whose duty il shall be to report TO and
i0in such part OF the ire apparatus to which
they may be attached, at all IRE alarms and
perform such duties as they may be directed
10 perform by the Chief Fireman and other
officer in charge Of Fire Department at fires.
SEC .. 4 nj Is j. FURTHER ordafUe1 bY The 0l-
fR5ritg 1f0rssIid, That one foreman and five
men shall be assigned and attached 70 each
steam engine and hose carriage. one foreman
and seven men shall be assigned and attached
10 the hook and ladder company, and one
foreman and three men shall be assigned and
attached 70 the Protection Hose Company,
and on the sounding Of the fire alarm the men
shall join that portion Of the ire apparatus 10
which they may be severally attached, report
ine TO their immediate foreman, whose duty
it shall lie 70 report TO the Chief Fireman IN
writing within twelve hours after returning
from the fires the names Of all the call men
under his immediate command on duty at the
said ire. On joining and attaching them
selves 70 their respective companies said call
men will be subject to perform the same duties
and viii be liable to the same rules and pen
altics as are prescribed for the government OF
said department. After joining the depart
ment at a IRE no call man shall leave or abb
sent himself from his station until relieved BY
the Chief Fireman or officer IN charge Of the
FIRE.
SIC. 8. Be 4 further ord1ined b. the authority
afyrss1id, That the call men shall be appointed
bv the Mayor on the recommendation Of the
Chief Fireman, approved by the Committee on
Fire. and they shah hold their Offices during
good behavior. The foTemen shall each re-
ceive one hundred and fifty dollars per annum
for their services, payable in quarterly pay
ments OF Thirty-seven 5o-le0 dOllars, out OF
the City Treasury, and the other call men
shall each receive sixty dollars per annum for
their services. payable quarterly IN payments
Of fifteen dollars, out Of the City Treasury.
aud such call men shall lie required TO lodge
at the respective engine houses to which they
NAV he attached, a. the Chief Fireman may
from time to time direct.
SIC. 4. Be- u further ordained ~ the authority
aforesaid. That II any foreman shall absent
himself from any fire or fail 10 report for duty
at any alarm, he shall be fined five dollars for
each and every such absence. and If any other
caU man shall absent himself from any FIRE
or fail to report for duty at any alarm, he
such absence. but no line shall be inflicted for
absence for Providential cause.
SEC s. Be Il further ordained ~ the authority
.1r.,-ss7f9 That the Fire Department shall lie
increased bv adding thereto two men. 10
addition to the men above provided for, who
snail be appointed by the Mayor on the recon-
mendation Of the Chief Fireman. approved by
the Committee on FIRE. Inc men thus ap-
pofnted shall receive for their services each
6ftv dollars per month. and shall perform
such duties as NAV be from time 70 time re-
quired Of them by the Chief Fireman.
SEC. 8. Be Il further enacted oy ne dlsfAorlfg
Aforesaid, That on and after tue first day Of
October. lSS4. the services OF the several vol
unteer ire companies now attacneQ % the
Fire Department, are hereby dispenser with,
and SAID companies. after said date. snail no
longer be considered part Of the Fire De
partment Of said city.
RUFUS Z. LESTER. Mayor.
Attest: FRANK Z. REBARER, Clerk Of Coun-