The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-01
NEW FIRE AND POLICE BILL
TEXT OF THE MEASURE PASSED
BY LEGISLATURE.
Both Branches of the Lawmaking
Body Pass the Law Practically
Without Opposition.

Without Opposition.
Yesterday the senate passed, with
out a dissenting vote, bill calculated
to place the police and fire depart
ments of Salt Lake City and Ogden
on a stable basis. On the previous day
the house passed the same bill with
only one negative vote recorded against
it. The measure will in due course go
to the governor for his approval.
AS some misrepresentation exists as
to the measure, it is here reproduced in
full. 1t is as follows:
Substitute for house bill No. n:
AN act authorizing cities of 1900
or more inhabitants to create a police
department and a fire department,
maintain and control the same and
transferring the property of the pres
ent police and fire departments in said
cities over to the mayor and city coun-
Gil of said cities, respectively, and re-
pealing all acts and parts of acts in
| conflict herewith, and especially chap
! ter LXXIII laws of Utah, 1896, entitled,
| AN act providing for the appointment
and duties of the board of police and
! fire commissioners in cities of $4,000
and more inhabitants; and to place
! the police and fire departments of said
| cities upon a non-partisan basis and
defining the duties of officers and mem
| bers of said departments, and abol-
ishing all offices created under said
act
BE it enacted by the legislature of
the state of Utah:
Section 1. That the city council of
each city of r. eco or more inhabitants
in hi tot ic Nv TO
create, support, maintain and control
police and a fire department in their
respective cities.
Sec. q The police department of
each city of $4,000 or more inhabitants
of this state shall consist of a head of
the department and such officers, men,
employees and agents as the city coun-
Gil of said cities may by ordinance
prescribe.
Sec. 3. The fire department of each
city of 1900 or more inhabitants of
this state shall consist of a head of
/ the department and such officers, men,
employees and agents as the city coun-
ell Of said cities may by ordinance pre-
scribe.
Sec. 4. The mayor Of each city OF H.
600 or more inhabitants of this state
shall. with the advice and consent of
the city council, appoint such heads of
departments, and in like manner fill
all vacancies in the same.
Sec. D. The city council of cities of
$1,000 or more inhabitants shall have
full power to provide by ordinance the
number and grade of officers, men, en-
ployees and agents in each depart
ment, and their respective salaries,
and to increase or decrease the num-
Der of officers, men, employees and
agents in each department, and at any
time to increase or decrease the sal
aries to be paid. In case the city coun-
Gil shall at any time decrease the num-
Der of officers. men, employees or
agents of either of said departments,
the head of such department shall i'm
mediately remove such number of of
ficers, men, employees or agents as
are required to comply Herewith.
Sec. 6. All police officers and police
men shall possess the powers con-
ferred upon constables by law. They
shall execute and serve all warrants |
processes commitments and all writs !
whatsoever, issued by the city Justice
of the peace, and may serve summons
issued out of justices courts in any
civil action in which such cities or any
officer thereof, in his official capacity, |
is party.
Sec. 7. The head of each department |
shall, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the city council, appoint all |
subordinate officers, employees, men or |
agents in his department. and in like |
manner fill all vacancies in the same. |
Any subordinate officer, employee, MAN |
or agent may at any time be removed. |
without cause, and without charges |
being preferred, and without a trial. |
hearing. or opportunity to be heard by |
the head of either department, with |
the consent of the council, or by the
city council, with the consent of the !
WI in hair
good of the service will be subserved |
thereby. The action of the head of |
either department in removing any
subordinate officer, employee, man or
agent thereof unless reversed by said
city council, and any action of the city
council thereon, and any action of the
city council and of the mayor in re-
moving any such subordinate officer
man or agent, shall be final
and conclusive. and shall mot be re-
versed or called in question before any
court. The city recorder shall forth
with notify in writing the removed
person of his removal and it shall not
be necessary to state any cause for
such removal and from the time of
such notification the person so removed
shall not in any case be entitled to any
salary or compensation whatsoever.
Sec. s. The heads of the police or fire
departments of such cities may, at any
time, be removed without cause, and
without charges being preferred, and
without trial, hearing or opportunity
TO be heard, by the city council. with
the consent of the mayor, whenever in
heir opinion the good of the service
will be subserved thereby The action
IF the city council and the mayor in
'emoving the head of either department
shall be final and conclusive, and shall
lot be reviewed or called in question
before any court. The city recorder
shall forthwith notify, in writing, the
'emoved head of either of said depart ,
nents of his removal. and it shall not ,
De necessary to state any cause for
iuch removal, and from the time of
uch notification the person SO removed