Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-04


have full power to provide supplies,
horses, tools, implements, and apparatus
OF any and all kinds incident to or to be
used in the control, prevention, and extin-
Puishment of fires and for fire telegraph
purposes food and provender for horses
OF said departments and TO buy, sell, con-
struct, repair, and have the care of the
same, and to take any and all such action
in tho premises as it may deem TO be
reasonably necessary and proper. The
said board may, with the approval OF
the City Council, increase the number
of companies in service as from time to
time they may deem necessary.
FIRE-ALARM SIGNALS AND STATIONS.
VI. The said board OF fire commits
sioners shall have exclusive right and
power from time to time designate and
fix the location of oil fire alarm tele-
graph, signal. and alarm stations in the
city, and shall have access to and the con-
troll Of the same for the purposes Of the
departments.
sUNDRY PROVISIONS.
VII. The said board of fire commits
sioners shall, subject to the other provi-
sions of this act, provide such Offices
and business accommodations as may be
requisite for the transaction of the busi-
ness of the departments. The board Of
fire commissioners may adopt n com
mon seal and direct It's use.
VIII. The City Attorney shall be the
attorney for the board of fire commits
sioners, and shall perform such duties
connected with the departments under
their control as are prescribed herein or
as may be properly required of him by
the board of fire commissioners
TX. 1t shall be the duty of said board
of fire commissioners to make such
suitable regulations for the government of
the officers, men, and property of the fire
and 1ire-alarn departments of said city
as it may deem necessary and proper for
the control and management Of the
same.
X. No person holding Office by ap-
pOintment of the board OF fire commits
sioners shall be liable to military or jury
duty, nor to arrest on civil process while
in the actual performance OF duty IN an
swer to an alarm of fire.
GOVERNMENT or THE FORCE.
XI. Every member Of the depart
ments herein named shall take an oath
for the faithful performance of his duties
and subscribe to the same before mem
Der OF the board of fire commissioners.
XII. The board shall have power in
its discretion on conviction of a member
Of the force OF any offence against its
rules or neglect of duty, or neglect or
disobedience of orders or incapacity or
absence without leave, or immoral con-
duct, or conduct unbecoming ali officer,
or other breach of discipline to punish
the offending party by reprimand, for
feiture, and Withholding of pay for II
specific time or 10y dismissal from the
force.
PAY-EoLLs. &c.
XIII. The said board shall fix the sala-
ries and compensation Of the officers and
members of the Fire Department ; but
the aggregate OF such salaries and COM
pensatioDs shall not he reduced below
the SUN appropriated 10y the City Coun-
for pay-rolls Of the uiddcpart-
ments at the date OF the passage Of this
act and they may be increased only by
the City Council after recommendation
of the said board.
SUPERINTENDENT or FIRE ALARMS.
XIV. The said board of fire COM
missioners shall appoints superintendent
of fire alarms and such ether employeesas
the proper working OF the fire-alarm de-
partment may require, and shall fix their
compensation ; such compensation to be
not less than that paid such employees
at the date of the passage of this act,
and it may be increased only by the
Council after recommendation OF said
board of fire commissioners.
EsTIMATEs OF EXPENDITURES.
XIV. 1t shall be the duty Of the board
Of fire commissioners once in each
year, and oftenerif deemed necessary, to
submit to the City Council in writing a
classified estimate Of what funds will be
needed for the proper maintenance and
growth Of the FIRE and fire-alarm depart
mcnts, and to request the Council to
make appropriations accordingly.
IT shall be the duty Of the City COun-
ell to appropriate annually upon the re-
of the board OF fire COM
missioners such sums Of money as said
board shall deem sufficient for the pro
per maintenance of both fire and fire.
alarm departments. for pay-rolls, e1-
pense, equipment, and construction.
The said board of ire commissioners
are authorized and empowered to draw
warrants on the Auditor of the city to
pay claims against said departments,
said warrants to be signed by the presi-
dent of the board or by president pro
tenn. to be appointed by the said board
IS hereinbefore provided, after the same
shall have been approved by the board
in regular session.
NOT TO BE INTERESTED IN CONTRACTS.
XVI. 1t is hereby declared 10 be I'M
awful for the board OF fire commission
9rs or any member thereof to be per
,Onallv interested i'll any contract, pur-
,hase, or sale made for the department
lnder their control or in any way direct
y or indirectly to receive compensation
5r profit arising from the performance
If the duties of their Office.
REPORTS TO THE COUNCIL.
XVII. The said board shall keep in
book TO be prepared by them for the
purpose a detailed account of their ex-
and shall report said ex-
oenditures to the City Council at IFS first
meeting in the months OF January and
July of each year, and they shall be at
Ill times prepared TO substantiate such
expenditures by proper papers and
vouchers. They shall also report to the
City Council at its first meeting in jan
lary in each year the condition Of the
departments under their control, with
III information germane thereto and not
1rejudicial to the service.
PRESENT CONTRACTS.
XVIII. Nothing in this act shall be
construed to interfere IN any manner
With any contract or agreement that may
,xist at the date of the passage of this
.ct between the city of Richmond and
NV railway. telephone, or telegraph
company in reference to the occupancy
# the streets by telegraph or telephone
wires.
TINE FOR ORGANIZATION.
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