Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-04
ORDINANCE NO. 143.

An Ordinances Amending Ordinance No
81. Providing for h Organisation
Management and Regu alton Of . Paid
Fire Department for the City Of Butte
Be il ordained by the City Council OF The
city az Butte that ordinance No. 81 OF the
ordinances of said city be amended SO az
to read as follows:
section /. That from and after the pas.
sage Of this ordinance the fire department
Of the city OF Butte shall consist oil one
fire marshal, one assistant fire marshal,
four paid firemen of the Butte city hire de-
partment, and such other organization
and officers az the city council may rom
time to time ordain; and the city council
of said city she'll forthwith, upon the pas
saee Of this ordinance, proceed to elect by
ballot said fire marshal and assistant hre
marshal. who shall be competent and
reputable persons, over the age OF 70
wears. and permanent residents oil the
city Of Butte.
And the said fire marshal. by and with
the consent OF the said city council, shall
forthwith, upon his election, appoint four
competent men from the members Of the
Butte city fire department., who shall be
the four paid firemen herein designated.
And the terms OF office, Of the said lire
marshal and assistant fire marshal, shall
be to each one year after their election.
and until their successors are elected AND
qualified.
And the terms of employment and ser.
vice of the Tour members OF the Butte city
fire department, selected as aforesaid,
shall be for one year after their appoint.
ment and confirmation; and the city mar
shall and all police officers OF said city
shall be ex-officio members OF said fire de-
partment.
Sec. 2. The compensation OF the fire
marshal shall be one hundred and twenty
five (125) dollars per month; the compen.
sation OF the assistant fire marshal and OF
the four paid fremen shall be eighty t8O)
dollars per month to each; said
salaries to be paid out of the fire fund oil
said city, by warrants drawn by the city
clerk, in the same manner and under the
same rules aud regulations as prevail for
the payment OF city officers generally
Sec. 8. There shall be paid to each
member OF the Butte city FIRE depa rtnient
the sum of seventy-fye (75) cents perhour
for zach and every hour OF actual and
active service at any fire within the city
limits; and zach alarm OF fire answered by
said members shall be construed to con-
stitute at least one hou OF service. And
it shall be the duty of the fire marshal, or.
in his absence, OF tho assistant
fire marshal, to keep an accurate
account of the attendance OF the members
of the Butte City fire department at fires,
and to make a monthly report, under oath,
to the said city council, OF the number oil
such persons attending, together with their
names, the number OF hours attendance.
with the amount due each person; which
report shall be passed upon by the said
city council, and, if approved, warrants
shall be drawn by the city clerk upon the
fire fund OF said city, payable to the per
sons shown to be entitled thereto, for the
amount reported due each.
Sec. 4. In case of the absence OF the fire
marshal, the assistant fire marshal snail
exercise all the powers, and perform all the
duties of the said marshal; and, in the
presence OF the fire marshal. his assistant
shall actively assist in executing all orders
OF his superior officer.
Sec. 5. The firemen shall bedivided into
companies OF engine men and hook-and-
ladder and hose men,, as the city council
may, with the ad vice of the officers of the
fire department, from time to time direct;
and all members OF such companies shall
be able. bodied men, over the age OF seven
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ment, and NAV elect such officers as to
them NAV seem necessary and proner for
the Standardization of the affairs Of said
denartment. snhiect always TO hhe. suner-
vision apd control of the city council.
Sec =. The fire denartment. under the
direction Of proper Officers. shall upon
every alarm OF fire, repair with the utmost
dispatch to the place oil the fire, with en-.
gine or other apparatus under their care.
and there work the same under the direc.
tion of the fire marshal and his assistant:
and in their absence under the direction OF
their own foreman: and thew shall place
and work their apparatus in the most
effective until the fire is -extiBeuish.
ed, If any member OF any Of the
Butte City fire department shall, without
the permission OF the fire marshal or other
officer in command, leave any fire before it
shall rave been ex~tingulshed, any member
OF said company 80 leaving shal be deemed
guilty OF q mlsdemeanor, and on convic-
ton thereof shall be fined in any sum not
exceeding twenty-five dollars.
Sec. 8. The engines and other fire ap-
paratus, the property OF the City OF Butte,
shall be kept in such places as the city
council shall provide and designate.
Sec. 9. If any person having charge OF
n engine or other fire apparatus shall
suffer the same to be applied to private
uses without the consent OF the fire mar
shall. or of the person rightfully exercising
his authority, he shall be deemed guilty of
q misdemeanor; and on conviction thereof
be fined in anv sum not exceeding
twenty. i've dollars.
Sec. 10. ANY officer in command of any
OF said fire department. who shall