The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-22
Passed by the City Council, Setting
Forth OBJECTS. Duties, Regulak
lions, etc Chief of Department
Makes Detailed Reported Other Inn
ortart Reports Made.
Many siIIs ordered Paid---Exchequer May Become
Exhausted Economy Advised by Chairman of
=inanos Committee Much Routine Business

sHe enieiency thereof, or the violation Of
any rule or regulation that may heees
after be prescribed for the governing Of
said department.
3. There shall be a chief, whose duty
It shah be TO take charge Of all prop-
erty belonging to the fire apartment
keen a list of the same and report each
month to the city council the number
of fires, extent and cause OF sauaes as
wen as the probable loss5 also report
each month the condition of the depart=
ment and make such recommend ions
ns lie may deem wise or expediert He
shall keep the time Of all empl6yes of
the department, and report the amount
due each empioye.
4. The chief shall have command ct
the department of fires or or on paEades
and upon all other occasions. he shall
designate a member of the apartment
to take charge of the horses wagon
hose and all other property belonging to
the department; and he shah take care
that an fire lighting apparatus be kept
clean and bright, and m thorough trim.
5. Fireman designated as No. SHAH,
in the absence of the chief, be IN cons
mand of the department; in the alb
sence of the chief and fireman, fireman
No. 2 shall take commandS and 50 on
until the last. The chief and each mem,
ber of the department shall, in case OF
necessity, act as special police, and when
so acting they shall be under the com
mand and direction of the chief of po-
lice. and be vested with NIL the powers
of regular police officer.
q ANY member OF the fire depart
ment having any Intoxicating liquor,
wine. porter ale or beer, or drinks OF
like nature. in or around the fire depart
ment building. or who Is found in an
intoxicated condition, or who shall use
insulting. Irofanc or indecent language
or be found guilty of conduct unbecom'
ing a gentleman, in or around the hre
department, shall be reported by the
chief to the mayor, who shall take the
proper proceedings to remove said fire
man.
:. Gambling of any description is
strictly prohibited in or around the build
.n..- of the department. And loating and
ding is also strictly prohibited in and
round said building.
). The chief, when elected and taken
aargc Of the department, shall at once
,r.in the training of the horses and
.,.n. organize Il force of ten-minusc men
i each and every ward and instruct them
y thcir duties. The minute mm shall
.ceciyc one dollar per hour for each and
every hour actually put in lighting a
ire. :,
o. The chief shall take care that all
the fire hydrnnts are kept in good re-
Yair and working order. In case any fire
nvdrnnt !. in need of repair the chief
shah Immediately report the same to the
commissioner of water works, who shall
Immediately repair the same.
10. ANY employees of the fire depart
mont who absent themselves from duty
.hnIl not receive pay for such time lost;
provided. however, such absence from
Iutv is not caused by being injured while
in the line of duty, and then only foI
twenty days. without the person injured
j. able for duty before the twenty days
expire.
II. The uniforms worn by iremer
shall be the regulation firemen's Uniform
with fire bats.
u. In case of fire, the firemen not
on duty and the minute men shall re
port at once at the scene of the fire.
IL. At the hours of a. m, u m. and
: 80 y. m, each day the alarm shall be
sounded, the horses be made to take theil
places under he.harness and hitched, ant
ho fraucn assume their respective
places. as if going to a fire.
"a. In order TO further promote th'
interests of the department, the com
mittee on fire department is hereby au
thorized to adopt rules and regulations
governing tho department, but nothing
inconsistent with this ordinance shall By
adopted by said committee.
Is. In responding 10 an alarm Of fire
the department shall have tne absolute
and exclusive right of way to all roads
i streets and alleys of the city. The driv