The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-17

4 eh year Sor peacsce "a tc1sl i4.nk,,
ided that at least ten hours notice b,
N! the department Of such calls 70,
lpEaetice.
The chief shall report to the city coun
tciIquarterly on the first Mondays Of Ian
nary, April, July and October in eacl
year or oftener If required or necessary
the condition Of the engines, hose, hook.
and ladders, buckets and other fire appa
rat,is which may belong to the fire de.
partment and ofthe building inwhich they
may be kept, and shall recommend such
additions, improvements or alterations
as may be deemed expedient or necessa.
~; he shall also examine into the condi.
tionof such fire companies as may belong
to the fire department, report whether
their organizations efficiently preserved,
their records properly kept, and their by
laws duly observed by the members and
2 compliance Herewith strictly enforced
by the company. Heshall also from time
to time report the names ofsuch persons
as may have been admitted members Of
any organized fire company for con6rma-
ton by the city council, and shall report
to the city council the names of such Off
GERS or members of the fire department
as have disobeyed orders, or neglected
or refused to perform any duty required
of them.
The chief and assistant chief shall be
ex-ofhcio members Of the paid fire de-
partment but receive no salary.
ASSISTANT FIREMEN.
Sec. Z. The paid fire department shall
have power under their constitution and
bylaws to admit any number not to ex-
coed twenty persons. to their organize
ton, who shall be called assistant fire.
men, who shall assist the paid depart
ment in their duties, as volunteers. and
be subject to the officers of the depart
ment. They shall serve without COM
pensatioh, but preference shall be given
them in filling vacancies in the paid de-
partment.
ENGINEER AND FIREMAN, SELECTION
AND DUTIES.
Sec. 8. The engineer and fireman
shall be appointed and confirmed by the
mayor and city council in the same man.
ner as other appointed city officers.
They shall hold their offices for such
time as may be approved by the mayor
and shall receive such pay as may be al
lowed them by resolution of the city
council.
The duties of the engineer and fireman
shall be to keep the engine at all times
in state of efficiency and repair, and
operate the same at times of fire or at
such other times as ordered by the chief
or assistantant chief.
CITY OFFICIALS, DUTIES AT FIRES.
Sec. 9. All elected or appointed Off
Gals of the City of Pembina at alarms of
fire shall promptly repair to the scene Of
the fire and assist the fremen in saving
property. They shall obey the orders
of the chief and the assistant chief, and
shall particularly assist in saving and
guarding movable property, and for the
time shlall'sbe invested with full police
powers. 50
PAID DEPARTMENT, SALARY AND DEDuc-
5. ~ TT0Nc
Sec. 10. The members of the paid
fire department shall each receive the
sum of ten lO dollars per year for their
services, payable on the order of the city
council at the regular meeting in August
Of each year, provided:
The foregoing salary to be subject to
the following deductions:
For each absence at regular meetings,
Is cents. =.
For each absence from drill and prac-
tice. calls, f..
For each absence from fire alarms, 81.
For absence from meetings or from
drill and practice, the paid department
by majority vote may remit the fine and
deduction upon good excuse being given.
The secretary Of the paid fire depart
ment shall call the roll at each meeting
of the department, also at calls for drill
and practice. and at fire alarms, before
the members are dismissed BY the chief,
and keep copy of the same.
The chief shall also be present at the
roll calls for drill and practice and for
fire alarms and keep separate copy of
the same. M
All members of the fire department of
the City Of Pembina shall be exempt
from the payment Of poll-tax and from
service on municipal juries.
All deductions and fines taken from
the salaries Of the members of the paid
fire department shall be transferred by
the city treasurer from the general fund
to the fire fund, and it is hereby made
the duty Of the city auditor to furnish the
city treasurer a detailed account Of such
deductions and fines annually on the first
dav Of Auo1lst In each wear.