The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-01-18

the Commissioners shall devote their
whole time to their duties and DO inter
eated in no other business; they must be
,pIspared at all times, on or OF duty, to
act alta moments notice, No deputy shall,
while wearing any part OF his uniform or
his badge or other insignia Of Office, enter
any place where. liquor Is sold, any house
OF III fame or suspicious house, except on
duty, nor shall he drink any spiEituous or
malt liquor. Any violation Of this pro-
vision will be sufficient cause for removal.
Deputy sergeants now in officer are amen
able 70 all these rules.
The Board Section lsl shall elect q
President; Q mRjority shall he . quorum
they shall meet at least twice q month,
and shall keep q journal. No member
shall be q Councilman, and Council shall
I'LL vacancies In the Board, No member
Of the Board or oil either department shall
be interested in any contract or business
transaction with the city, under penalty
Of q fine Of not less than SO nor more
than 800, or imprisonment not exceeding
one year, or both,
The city is divided into two Fire Dis
triCts, one north Of the creek and the
other south. The present Chief and AS
siatant Mammals arc TO remain until their
terms expire, at the first Council meet
ing in December, 1885, and each second
year thereafter, q Ohiet Marshal and one
assistant for each district shall DO nomin.
Rted 10 Council by the Board, and all
vacancies in these offices are to be filled
by the Board with the approval OF Ooun-
Gil, The Chief Marahalil required 10 give
$1,000 bond, The force at each engine
and hose house remains as at present.
The Chief shall have control and
supervision, under the Board, OF
the fire department and il property.
The salaries Of all men employed all the
time Is S720i that Of the Ohietf $1,000;
stokers, $50, and Assistant harShals the
same, The Board shall employ all extra
labor necessary, The Board may expend
q sum not exceeding 500, but over that
amount, the assent Of Council must be
had. The Board must make q financial
report to Council monthly. The Marshal
and two assistants are given all the powers
Of q deputy sergeant at, going TO or re.
turning from q fire, and the sergeant and
deputies are to be present at fires and
render needed sssistanCs to the other
department, Engines or other apparatus
have the right OF way on the streets. Any
person ~obstrupting the department or any
Of Its apparatus may be fined from 81 10
$50, or imprisoned for 20 days or lesP, or
both.
Following Is an important paragraph:
Sec. IS. Whenever 1t shall come 10 the
knowledge Of the Mayor and the Chief
Marshal Of the Fire Department or the
Board that any building Is 80 built as 10
expose adjoining property to danger from
FIRE, or that stoves, stove pipes, FIRE places
or Chimneys in any such building are un-
safe, or that inilammable material Is SO
stored in or about such building or StruC-
ture as to endsuger property by tlre, 1t
shall DO their duty to order the owner or
occupant OF such building to make the
same safe, specifying at the time Of giving
such order the change required. II such
owner or occupant shall fall for five dayA
or longer, alter such notice to comply Ge
OF she shall be subject to a ane ofnot less
than one nor more than twenty dollars,
and In default Of payment oil such fine
shall be sentenced to imprisonment or TO
labor Gt any Of the public works or i'm
provements OF the city for not less than
one nor more than thirty days, or both, in
the discretion Of 1.-THE court,
It shall be unlawful for any person not
q member Of the Fire Department or con.
neetsd Herewith to loiter or lie In or
about the houses belonging to the Fire
Department, under penalty ola fne OF
from s. to $50.