The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-12

CITY GOVERNMENT.
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fire alarm telegraph SYSTEM
2 He shall keep in efficient
working order and repair the police
telegraph system.
by the superintendent of the fire de-
partment, perform the duties of cleo
trio inspector.
4. He shall perform such other
duties as the superintendent of the
fire department may direct.
Duties of Captains and Lieutenants.
Section 9. Be it further ordained
That
/. The captains shall have charge
of, and be responsible to the SUI
perintendent of the fire department.
for the property, condition, discipline
and good order of their respective sta
tons, and they shall perform such 9TH
er duties as the superintendent of the
fire department may direct. and pre-
scribe.
2. The heutenants shall, respec-
lively, in the absence of the cap
tain, assume all the responsibilities of
that officer, and perform his duties; at
all other times he shall perform the du-
ties assigned to him by his captain.
Pensioning of Superannuated and
Disabled Firemen.
Section 10. Be 1t further ordained
That:
l. Any member of the fire de-
partment who has or shall have per-
formed duty therein for continuous
period of twenty years or upwards, and
less than thirty years, shall, upon the
certificate of the health officer of the
city of Savannah, concurred in by
Council, that such member is per-
manently injured, physically or men,
tally, so as to be unfit for duty, be
placed on the retired roll and shall re-
IL.
time of a sum equal to one-third of the
full salary or compensation of such
member so retired
9. Any member of the said fire
department who has or shall have per-
formed duty therein for a continuous
period of thirty years or upwards shall,
upon the certificate of the health off,
GER of the city of Savannah, concurred
in by Council, that such member
is permanently disabled, physically or
mentally, so as to be unfit for duty. be
placed on the retired roll, and shall
receive an annual pension during his
lifetime of a sum not less than one
half of the full salary or compensation
of the said member so retired.
Providing for the burial of deceased
members of the department and for the
relief of their families.
Sec. IL. Be 1t further ordained,
That:
1. Every member of the fire de-
partment who dies in service from nat
ural causes. shall be buried at the ex-
pense, not to exceed fifty (50) dollars,
of the said city of Savannah, and the
dependent family of such member shall
receive his monthly salary for three
90 months after his death.
2. Every member of the said
fire department who is killed while in
the discharge of his duty or dies from
the effects of injuries received in the
discharge of his duties, shall be buried
at the expense, not to exceed fifty (50)
dollars, of the said city, and the de-
pendent family of such member shall
receive his monthly salary for six co.
months after his death.
Right OF way in going to fires.
Section IL. Be il further ordained,
That The fire department of the city
of Savannah. with it's apparatus of all
kinds, when going to any fire in said
city, shall have the right of way over
the streets. lanes and ways of this
city to the exclusion of all other per-
sons, and over any and all vehicles of
every kind, except those carrying the
United States mall and every person
in or upon, or owning any vehicle,
shall, on the approach of any appara-
tus of said department, give ample
room in any street, lane or way on
said apparatus; and no person in or
upon, or owning any vehicle, or driv-
Ing, or riding any animal or animals
in any of said streets, lanes or ways,
shall refuse the right of way to, or in
any manner obstruct any fire appara-
tus of said department or any of the
officers of the same while in the per-
Torrance of duty: and any person or
persons violating any of the provisions
of this section of this ordinance shall,
on conviction thereof before the Po-
lice Court of Savannah, be subject and
liable, for each and every offense, to
fine of not more than one hundred 600
dollars, and to imprisonment not ex-
ceeding thirty days, either or both at
the discretion of the officer presiding
In the Police Court.
Superintendent Authorized to Pull
Down or Blow Up Houses to Prevent
Spread of Fires
Section Is. Be 1t further ordained,
That:
1t shall be lawful at any fire for
the superintendent of the fire depart
ment, or in his absence the assistant
superintendent, calling to his advice
and assistance the Mayor or Acting
Mayor, and he is hereby authorized
and empowered, to order and command
any person or persons to pull down
or blow up. any house or houses or
absolutely necessary to be pulled down
or blown up for preventing the further
spreading of the fire, and if any person
or persons not so ordered and COM
manded by the superintendent of the
fire department or assistant superin-
tendent as aforesaid, shall aid or as
sist in any manner to pull down or
blow up, or shall proceed with such
purpose to injure in any manner any
house or houses during the progress of
a fire, he or they shall be immedi-
ately arrested by any of the firemen
DIT policemen and upon conviction
thereof in the Police Court of Savan-
nah shall be fined in a sum not exceed
ing one hundred (100) dollars or thirty
days Imprisonment, either or both. at
the discretion of the officer presiding
In the Police Court.
Firemen, Authority to Enter
Houses
Sec. IA. Be it further ordained, That:
1t shall be lawful for any officer or
member of the fire department to enter
into any house, store, warehouse, sta
BILE, yard or building in this city,
whenever they shall see occasion, or
whenever they are directed, to do so
by the Superintendent of the fire de-
partment. and inquire. search for and
examine if any quantities of gunpaw-
der, explosives, chemicals, hay, straw.
cotton, turpentine, oils, gasoline, BEN
zine, tar, pitch, excelsior, moss, shaw
ings or any infiammable or combusti-
Bile material of any kind or character
are lodged, stored or kept in any such
place which NAV be in danger of taxi