The Portland daily press., 1884-01-08

and If he fails will be charged with its value. and
me foreman OF the company shall be held RESPONSE.
Die Tor the company's property.
Sec Is the same as Arts. and of the old rules
and regulations. -
Sec. 10. is Art. 10 of the old regulations.
tons. w 80
See. II. Is virtually Art, IA of the old regua-
tions.
Sec Is. Is virtually Art. 81 of the old repula-
tons, except the committee on fire department. Il
substituted for the City Council.
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE FIRE DEPART
MENT.
Rule.1. Provides for meetings of the hoard tho
first of each month
Rule Q. Provid, that the board shall appoint, be-
iore the hrst OF January in each year in case of
vacancy or dismissal from Office, the foTemen
and clerks of he several companies and fiji vacan-
cles ID companies whenever they occur. The EN-
t pers OF me companies may suggest two names to
tne board to I'LL a vacancy.
fa!e .. Requires that the names of these officers
appointed by the board shall be sent to the commit
tee GU fire department for their approval and If an
proved the Mayor and City Clerk shall sign their
unless remove5 -
SECS and 5. Provide for the holding of meet
lngs, the boards duties at fire where they shall
wear badges, and the working of the engines II
aso gives Inc duties of the superintendent of fire
aa,ins, and of the foreman clerk. engineer driver
anu q embers of each company The superintepd-
enI o. the alarm shall have all the charge of the tel
~, apL apparatus, give alarms, keep the apparatus
10 tne chief engineer. The foreman will have the
rolls Oh his company called, fine absent membe 8
command the company, certify pay rolls, appoint
annually four pipemen and section hosemen and
see wet nose or carriages replaced by dry after their
return eu 70 the houses. He shall appoint steward
also, and the clerk shall take his n1ace when
absent. The clerk shall fine tie members
VIXEN necessary, report to the Board on the first
S 9ays ol January and July, how long each member
nas served, ana make the return to the CITY eas-
urer; The duties of the enginemen and drivers do
nov a er from their present ones the former to look
ater thelr engines and keep them service the lat
.el 70 Jake care OF their horses and harnesses not
race TO aud from fires protect the animals at fires
IRON the weather and look after the bedding at the
nouses me members shall go to fires in orderly
way, ana 40 their duty promptly and obediently
IL any one shall expect to be absent "a hours or
more from the city he shall notify the foreman or
proVoe asupstltute sThey shall not be absent from
duty more than month except in case of sickness
and by express permission of the Chief Engineer
Iney snall remain on duty until ordered by their
omcer 10 return, and after fire shall return to the
engine house and answer the roll call.
Inc companies shall make codes of bylaws for
tnelr government, not conflicting with the ordi-
nances and rules and regulations, ard subject to
the approval of the board of engineers.
All ordinances, rules and regulations inconsistent
take effect when approved by the Mayor.
Then the Board adjourned
IN JOINT CONVENTION.
Geo. Hall was elected surveyor of lumber.
series of resolutions were passed compli-
mentary to the services of the late City Clerk
Hosea [. Robinson.
En- Common Council.
Absent. Messrs. Wilson, Prince, Burleigh,
Smith and Shaw.
Papers from the upper beard passed in con-
currenee.
Mr.. Winchester offered orders that the treas
urer give deeds to lots of land on B. street, one
containing 1874 square feet at cents per foot
70 Il. Il. Sargent, and the other containing
1886 fest at cents per foot, to Curtis S Garlic,
each to erect dwelling houses within wear.
Passed and sent up.
Mr.. Fogg offered an ordinances to have two
record commissioners appointed by the Mayor
annually to serve without compensation the
commissioners TO be removable by twc-thirds
vote oil the City Council and vacancies filed
IN ike manner as appoin tments are made
They will collect all histories leo 1rds, papers,
etc, relating to early history of the city and
file them in the City Clerks office. If copies
shall be necessary for preservation and a sum
tbat by the city to have copies made
s snsss money * To be expended by the commis-
sioners The Commissioners 4nst ranor+ :, !.
nnaiiy TO the City Council. Rafarred II tba
committee on Public Instruction aud sent m
Inc order for the &uditor to transfer apnrc-
Messrs Russell and Fogg voted nav.
Ihe amended ordinance on "carriases''
came down from the upper board along WITH
the report of the committee on engrossed biTa
Mr.. Fogg offered an amendment giving the
line to the city, not TO the aldermen, as the
chatter forbids the aldermen receiving COM
pensation for their duties.
Mr. Nayes thought it inadyisable to proceed
With any further amendments to the ordinance
at present until the ordinance as amended by
the upper board aud acted on by the COM
mlttee on engrossed bills, was disposed Of Mr..
Gallagher moved that as the committee on en-
crossed bills had not signed the report which
had bean accepted, should be reeuusidered The
report was reeonsiaerea and reoommitted, n 18th
a recommittal OF the ordinance 10 the COM
mitteeon eDgrossed bills with request to re-
port the same evening. The committee re-
ported back, the report;signed by a majority
and the ordinance then had final reading az d
passed to be ordained.
The order. TO provide U. s. ballot-boxes
passed by the upper board, was referred BY
this board to the next city government.
When the order for the Street Committee 10
order the Street Commissioner to discharge
the Assistant Street Commissioner came down,
Mr.. Fogg thougt the matter belonged to the
Street Commissioner, and moved it should be
referred to him. Mr.. Comedian moved to lay
the matter on the table, as it didn't belong to
this board. Mr.. Gallagher moved to non-cor-
cur and refer the matter TO the committee on
streets. Mr. Fogg withdrew his motion in fa-
vor of Mr.. Comedian, and Tho order gas
tabled, fourteen in favor and one opposed, Mr..
Gallagher being the gentleman in the mega
tive.
Mr.. Gallagher presented an amendment to
the ordinance on carriages, by which Sec. 2
was changed so that the words "No person
Shall set up, use or drive" was stricken out,
and ths words mo carriage-shal be set up''
erc. inserted, And the words. ANY hackney
carriage" Was stricken ont. The amendment
was read twice and passed to be engrossed The
amendment was returned to this board by the
Aldermen and the board voted to adhere nnan-
imousy.
The ordjnanca in raiat;or ~ 4bo Five T,a,,or+
ment was adopted and passed with the change
of the date to 1884 instead of 1888, and the
rules and regulations also with the insertion OF
''or at one of the islands for, after the word
''city" in the eighteenth line of the article on
Members"
The hoard adinnrnad at u 90 a M