Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-07-18

SchnelI's City hotel has been moved
from its old location above to spot di-
rectly opposite the depot. It occupies
position now where it should have been
first erected
Ordinance NO. 4, City Of sturgts. Dakota.
An ordinance providing for the compen.
sation Of city officers of the City Of
.Sturgis, Dakota.
Be it ordained by tbs city council Of
the City of Sturgis:
SECTION /. That the officers OF the
city shall receive COMPENSATION for their
services as follows, to-wit:
SECTION 2. The mayor shall receive
an annual salary Of one Isl. dollar
| SECTION 8. The city auditor shall re-
ceiye an annual salary OF four hundred
and twenty ($420.) dollars, payable in
monthly installments.
Section 4. The chief Of police shall
receive monthly salary Of seventy ($70)
dollars in addition to the fees allowed by
law. Provided, that in no case shall any
fees be paid by the city.
Section 5. All regular police officers
other than the chief bf police shall RS
ceive the same fees for arrests as the
chief of police, and in addition thereto a
monthly salary of sixty ($60) dollars.
Provided, that in no case shall any fees
be paid by the city.
Section 6. The city treasurer shall
receive monthly salary of ten t$10
dollars.
Section 7. The city attorney shall re-
ceive monthly salary Of twenty ($20)
dollars, and in addition thereto the sum
OF three ($3) dollars on plea Of guilty
for violation Of city ordinance, pro-
vided, that no such fee shall DO paid by
the city; the sum 6f five ($5) dollars for
every trial conducted by him wherein the
city is party, and all his necessary
costs, expenses and Disbursements in at
tending to his official business.
Section 8. That the first salaries
awarded under this ordinance shall be
computed from July l, 1888.
This ordinance shall take effect and be
in force Immediately after its passage,
approval and publication.
Passed this 10th day Of July, A. D.
1888.
Approved this 18th day Of July A. d.
john T. POTTER, Mayor,
City Of Sturgis, Lawrence Co., Dakota.
Attest: MAX HoEHN, Auditor,
City of Sturgis, Lawrence Co., Dakota.
Ordinance No. 8. City Of sturgis. Dakota.
An ordinance regarding the fire depart
ment.
Be it ordained by the city council of
the City Of Sturgis.
SECTION /. That Ordinance Number
Twenty nine (29) of the Town of Stur-
gis be and the same is hereby repealed
and the following enacted in lieu
thereof.
Section 2. That there is hereby Gre
ated fire department for the City of
Sturgis, which shall be under the super
vision of the fire board of the City of
Sturgis, which board shall consist of a
committee of two (2) of the city council
appointed by the mayor, and the chief
Of the fire department.
Section 3. Any volunteer hook and
ladder, hose or engine company that is
or may hereafter be organized in this
city, which shall tender their services to
the city, may be enrolled as a regular
company in the department by fling
with the auditor OF the city list of the
names of its members, subject to the ac-
ceptance of such company by the city
council, each member receiving GER
tifcate OF membership signed by the
chief and auditor.
Section 4. The chief of the depart
ment shall be elected by the department
and confirmed by the city council, and
shall hold his office for the term of one
~ year, and shall qualify as other Of
ficers of the city, and shall appoint an
assistant who shall be confirmed by the
city council. The chief shall preside at
all meetings of the department., and in
his absence the assistant engineer. The
fire board shall call all elections for Off
GERS of the department, giving twenty
COY days notice of same and all votes
taken on election Of officers shall be by
ballot and by q majority vote. The
chief of the fire department shall be
elected on the second (2d) Friday in
August of each year and shall qualify
at the next meeting of the city council.
The secretary of each company OF the
department shall furnish list of all
active members entitled to vote at any
election ten 10) days before election to
the auditor of the city, who shall act as
secretary of every department. meeting
and who shall call out each members
name and record the same after having
voted.
Section S. No hook and ladder COM
pany shall contain more than forty (40)
active members, no hose company more
than forty COY active members, and no
engine company more than forty (4o)
active members.
Section 6. The fire board of the City
of Sturgis shall meet every first Friday
in each month. The auditor of the city
shall be and is hereby made the secre-
tary Of the fire board. He shall keep in
book provided for that purpose the
minutes of all the proceedings of the
said board according to the rules and
regulations adopted by said board, and
as such secretary he shall receive as a
compensation the sum of FIVE 90 dol
lars per month to be paid out of the gen.
eral fund of the City Of Sturgis. The
fire board shall have authority to pur-
chase all fire apparatus, keep the same
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