The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-02

Inc Cnle1 OF the Tre department Sndll
diligently observe the condition of the
apparatus and working of said Depart
ment, and shall report in writing at
| least once in each quarter to the
| board. and make such recommended
tions and suggestions respecting it and
for securing ITS greater efficiency as
he may deem proper.
Section II. No member of the city
| council shall be a member Of the board
hereby created. and for a year after
his term of office as city councilman
| shall have expired.
The members of said board shall
serve without compensation.
Section u provides that examinations
shall be free. shall be practical in
character and shall be under the con-
troll of the board.
Section Is. Whenever a vacancy
Shall exist in the Office of chief of
police or chief engineer of the fire de-
partment. it shall be the duty Of said
! board to appoint proper persons to fill
! such offices respectively during good
| behavior subject to suspension and re-
moval. as hereinafter provided. All
other members of the force in either
/ department named. at the time when
! this law goes into effect. shall con-
/ tinue to hold thee respective positions
and employments at the pleasure of
]
| subsequently appointed shall so hold.
! Section IA. All vacancies in either
/ DEPARTMENT shall he filled and all new
! appointments shall be made by the
] respective chiefs with the approval
! of the board. Where vacancies in old
/ offices or newly created offices can,
/ with safety to the department, be
/ filled by the promotion Of officers or
men already in the service who have
f1niT tho
/ vacancies and newly created offices
/ shall be so filed by promotion on the
/ recommendation Of the respective
1 chiefs, with the approval of the board.
/ Section 10. The board shall have
/ power and it shall be its duty, when
! all the four members thereof concur
| in the opinion that the good service
! in either of the departments aforesaid
/ will be subServed by the removal from
Office of the officers named in section
! 7, to remove such officers. In such
cases the removal shall be made by a
notice TO the officer. signed by all the
mem bers, and it shall not be necessary
/ to state any cause for such removal.
Provision may be made by the city
council. by general ordina nee, that the
salaries of officers and men on the
police and fire departments of the city
shall increase with the length of term
of service. The salary and compensa-
ton of all officers and men in the de-
partments shall be at all times subject
to change by the city council; Pro-
vided. that the salary or compensation
of no officer or man in the service OF
either department shall be decreased
or increased. except upon the pre-
vious recomm endation of such change
made in writing to the board
to the city council. The CITY
council shall have the power to provide
for annual pension for life for such
members in either service as shall be
honorably discharged from the service
or who shall be permanently injured
in the discharge of duty.
Sec 16-The chief of police and chief
engineer of the fire department each
and both shall be subject to suspen-
sion for cause, by vote of three mem
bers OF the board, at any time. Any
officer so suspended shall thereupon
cease to exercise the functions of his
Office until retnstated. In case of sus-
pension, the board shall at once con-
slider and examine the charges against
the officer giving him an opportunity
to be heard in his own defense. After
hearing the matter the board shall de-
termine whether the charges are sus-
tanned If the charges shall not be
sustained the officer shall be
Immediately reinstated. If the
board shall determine that the
charges are sustained, it shall at once
determine whether the good of the
service requires that the officer shall
be removed from Office, or shall be
suspended from office without pay for
a fixed period and in all cases a vote
Of three members shall be sufficient
to determine that the charges are sus-
tanned and to fix the punishment by
suspension from Office or otherwise.
10 I'll.
cision to the officer charged, in writing,
and the decision shall be final and
conclusive in all cases
Sec. 1.-THE board shall have charge
of the fire and police alarm system and
shall have power to establish fire and
police stations and designate points
where fire and police alarm boxes shall
be established.
Sec. 1S-The board shall cause &C
curate books to be kept of all expen-
ditures, materials required, on hand.
and lost, worn out, or expended in the
service in either or both departments.
1t shall give the city councils. on or
before Jan Is of each year, a separate
estimate of probable cost of maintain
ing the police and fire departments for
the ensuing year, and the city council
shall on or before the first dav of Feb
ruary thereafter place to the credit
OF said board for the use of the re-
spective departments, the amount of
the estimate furnished or such mart
thereof as they shall consider suffi-
Gent to meet the requirements of fine
said departments. which sum. whether
IN the city treasury, or to be collected
therein shall be subject. from month
10 month, to order of said board IN
meet the running expenses of the said
department, but the eXnenses
mentioned shall not take precedence
over any other appropriation for tbe
payment of interest upon tha hon6a5
debt and the board shall not draw
more than one-sixth of said allowance
during any one calendar month with
out the authority of the city council
Section 10 provides for annual re-
ports
Section 20 provides the fire denart-
ment shall assist the police denart-
ment in case of riot.
Section q provides for the police as
sistinS the fire department at fires
etc 80
Section % compels the chief Of tbe
fire department to make frequent in
Spections.
Sec. %. No member of said board
or of either department shall. during !
his term of office, be a member of ANN
party convention the purpose of which /
is to nominate candidates for political |
offices. nor shall the officers. members |
or employees Of said fire department |
or police department take any mart
whatever in any partisan convention
held for the purpose of a political /
party, nor shall any member of the
board. directly or indirectly, attempt to |
control or influence the action of any !
me- ha lf cot