Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-04
Ordinance No. 331.

An Ordinance defining the duties and
fixing the compensation of city officers.
The city Of Olympia does ordain as follors
SEC. l. The City Clerk shall be ex Off
clio City Assessor, and shall discharge all
the duties required of either of such Off
GERS by the charter or by any ordinance
of the city. He shall act as Clerk Of the
Common Council and of all standing
committees. He shall execute bond to
the city in the sum OF five hundred dol
lars, conditioned that he will faithfully
perform the duties of his office, and shall
receive for his service salary of five
hundred dollars per annum, payable
quarterly.
SEC. 2. The CITY Treasurer shall dis
charge the duties required of him by the
city charter or by order of the Common
Council. lie shall execute bond to the
city in the sum of five thousand dollars,
to be approved by the Council, and con-
ditioned that he will faithfully perform
his duties and account for and pay over
all moneys that may come into his hands
as such Treasurer, and shall receive q
salary of two hundred and forty dollars
per annum, payable quarterly.
Sec. 8. The City Marshal shall dis
charge the duties required of him by the
city charter and ordinances or by order
of the Common Council. He shall be chief
of the police force, and shall be especi-
ally charged with preserving peace and
order in the city; he shall also have
charge of the City Hall, and keep the
same in order. He shall have charge
of the city wharf, and shall open and
close the draw of the Nashville bridge
when required for navigation. He shall
be on duty from seven O'Clock A. NJ. to
seven o'clock PM. of each day. He shall
execute bond to the city in the sum of
one thousand dollars, to be approved by
the Council, and conditioned that he will
faithfully perform his duties as Marshal
and account for and pay oyer all moneys
that may come into his hands by virtue
of his Office. He shall receive for his SER
vices a salary of seventy.five dollars per
month, and such fees as are allowed by
law for services as an officer OF the court /;
provided, that he shall not receive fees
directly or indirectly from the city treas
ury.
SEC. t. The Street Commissioner shall
perform service under the direction OF
the Committee on Streets, Wharves and
Bridges. He shall receive for his services
salary of ninety dollars per month from
the first day of May to the first day OF
November of each year, and q salary OF
seventy-five dollars per month from the
first day of November to the first day oI
May OF each year; provided, that for the
year 1889 he shall receive a salary OF
ninety dollars per month from the date
of the passage OF this ordinance until and
including December 31st, 1889.
SEC. 5. The City Attorney shall repre-.
sent the city in suits and proceedings in
which the city is legally interested, and
give his advice thereon upon request of
the Mayor or Council He shall receive
salary of twelve dollars per annum,
and such further compensation as may
! be agreed upon with the Committee on
Judiciary.
Sec 8. The City Surveyor shall perform
such duties as may be required by the
Common Council, and shall receive a sal
ary of twelve dollars per annum, and
such other compensation as may be
agreed upon. =,
SEC. Z. There shall be appointed by
the Council competent person to act as
Engineer of the City OF Olympia No. 2,
| fire engine, whose duty it shall be to act
as engineer of said engine when in use,
to keep the fire apparatus of the city in
good order and repair, and clean the
street lamps at least once each week,
and to perform such other duties as may
be required of him by the Council. He
shall be police officer of the city, and
have full police powers. He shall receive
salary OF sixty dollars per month.
SEC. S. The night police force Of the
city of Olympia shall consist of the cap
tain OF the night watch, night watchman,
and such special police officers as the
Council may deem necessary; provided,
that no person shall be eligible to act as
police officer of the city of Olympia un-
til he shall have been duly appointed or
elected by the City Council, and shall
have been detailed for duty by the CITY
Council or the Committee on Health, Po
lice and Public Property provided, how
ever, that either the Marshal or the Cap
tain OF the night watch may, in an emer-
gency, detail such police officers for duty
for one day or night only; provided, fur
ther, that In an emergency the Mayor
shall have power to appoint extra police
officers to meet the same.
SEC. 3. The police officers provided for
in the last section shall, before perform
ing any of the duties of police officer,
be sworn to support the Constitution of
the United States, the laws of the Terri
tory and the ordinances Of the city of
Olympia.
Sec. 10. The Captain of the night po-
lice shall have general supervision of the
night police force, and shall he on duty
each night from seven o'clock p. NJ. to
seven O'Clock A. ". He shall receive for
his services the sum of seventy-fve dol
lars per month, and such fees as are al
lowed by law for the service of process;
provided, that no such fees shall be col
lected from the city treasury.
SEC. IL. The night watchman, under
the direction of the Captain Of the night
police, shall preserve order in the city
during the night time, and shall, in case
OF fire during the night, cause the fire
bell To be runo He shall receive for h;s ]