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0lrecuOn or the committee on FlTe,
| and he shall make a full and COM
plete report of the condition and do
ings of the fire department to the
Mayor annually as and when required.
5. He shall see to the proper and
speedy extinguishment of fires which
may endanger property in the city OF
Savannah, and in case OF such nreS
he shall have supreme and absolute
command of the fremen, of all per-
sons connected with the fire depart
| ment and the entire apparatus ana
property that may be employed for
the extinguishment of fires, and in the
absence of such superintendent OF the
fire department the above supreme au-
thority shall devove according to ex-
listing arrangements for such emerg-
ency.
Powers and Duties of the Assistant
Superintendent
Sec. G. Be it further ordained, That:
/. The assistant superintendent shall
aid the superintendent of the fire de-
partment in the performance of his
duties, and shall in the event of his ab-
sence, or disability, command in MS
| place.
| 2. He shall inspect all buildings
within the corporate limits while they
are in course of construction, or while
they are being remodeled, improved or
| impaired, and it shall be his duty to
order stopped all such work on build
| ngs, not being done in accordance with
the ordinance of the city of savannah,
| or which he may find in violation OF
fire regulations or building laws, and
| in the event that any owner, &C
cupant or contractor refuses or neglects
to comply with the city. ordinance it
will be his duty to place such owner,
| occupant or contractor on the 1nfor-
nation docket for such violation.
3. He shall perform such other duties
as the superintendent of the fire de-
partment may direct.
Duties of clerk
Sec. Z. Be it further ordained, That:
l. The clerk shall keep in neat and
accurate form, properly indexed, the
books and records of the fire depart
ment, in a manner so that they can be
referred to at any time.
! 2. He shall keep in a neat and or
derby condition, the supplies of the de-
partment. and shall issue the same only
on requisition approved by the officer
| in command.
! 3. He shall perform such other du-
| ties as the Superintendent of the fire
department may direct.
Duties of superintendent fire alarm
| telegraph.
Sec. s. Be it further ordained, That:
1. The superintendent fire alarm tel
egraph shall keep in efficient working
order and repair the fire alarm tele-
! graph system.
2. He shall keep i n efficient
working order and repair the police
! telegraph system.
8. He shall perform such other
duties as the superintendent of the fire
department may direct.
Duties of Foreman and Assistant
Foreman
Sec. 9. Be is further ordained, That:
| 1. The foreman shall have charge
of and be responsible to the superin-
tendent of the fire department for the
| property, condition, discipline and good
order of their respective stations, and
they shall perform such other duties
as the superintendent of the fire de-
partment may direct and prescribe.
2. The assistant foreman shall,
respectively, in the absence of the fore
man, assume all the responsibility of
that officer and perform his duties; at
all other times he shall perform the
duties assigned to him by his fore
man.
Pensioning of superannuated and
Disabled Fireman
Sec. 10. Be it, further ordained, That
l. Any member of the fire de-
partment who has or shall have per-
| formed duty therein for a 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 perma-
nently injured. 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 equal to one-third of the full sal
airy or compensation of such member so
retired.
2. 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 fSavannah, concurred
in by Council that such member is
permanently disabled, physically OF
mentally, so as to be unfit for duty
be placed on the retired roll, and shall
receive an annual pension during his
lifetime of sum not less than one
half of the full salary or compensa.
ton OF the said member so retired
PROVIDING for the Burial of Deceased
Members of the Department and fol
the Relief of Their Families
Section IL. But it further ordained
That:
l. Every member of the fire de.
partment who dies in service from
|
expense, not to exceed $50, of the sale
city of Savannah, and the dependent
family of such member shall receiv.
his monthly salary for three (3) month,
after his death.
2. Every member of the sale
fire department who is killed while ir
the discharge of his duty or dies from
the eftects of injuries received in the
discharge of his duties, shall be buried
at the expense, not to exceed $50 o.
the said city, and the dependent Fam.
lily of such member shall receive hi,
monthly salary for six (6) months aftel
his death.
Right of Way in Going to Fires
Sec. II. Be it further ordained. That
The fire department of the city of Sa
Vannah, with its apparatus of all kinds
when going to any fire in said civ
shall have the right of way over the
streets, lanes and ways of this city e
the exclusion of all other persons. anc
over any and all vehicles, railroad
trains and street cars of every kind
except those carrying the United States
, mall and every person in or upon OF
owning any vehicle, SHALL on the an.
proach of any apparatus of said de.
partment, give ample room in any
street. lane or way on which they max
be, until passed by said apparatus; anc
, no person in or upon, or owning any
vehicle, or driving or riding any ami
NAL or animals in any of said streets
lanes or ways, shall refuse the right OF
way to, or in any manner obstruct any
fire apparatus of said department. OF
, any of the officers of the same, while