The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-09-18
control and supervision Of this department.

control and supervision of this department.
The members are appointed by the mayor.
and he may at his pleasure, remove any
member. but any police officer SO discharged
is permitted hearing before the council it
he demands it. The total expense of the
Police Department. is limited to the amount
OF appropriation in each year made by the
council No person is eligible to the police
force who is not citizen of the United State.
and able to read and write the English.
|4anguge Understandings. nor is any person
who has not been a resident of the city for at
least a year proceeding his appointment. or
who is less than twenty years of age.
The m ayor is authorized; when some unusal
occasion requires a larger force, to appoint
temporary policeman at salary of not to eX-
ceed $500 per day. but such temporary APP
pointmentS cannot last more than one week
without the consent of the council. The
mayor is also authorized to appoint special
policeman at the request of persons. corpora
are to serve free of expense to the city, and
are confined in their powers to limits to be
designated by the mayor, and can wear no
badge Of Office outside Of such limits, except
when taking prisoner to the police station.
II municipal court be established in the
| city: the M ayor is required, at the request Of
the Municipal Judge, to appoint some mem
Der OF the police force for attendance upon
such court. The police are delegated with
the powers usually conferred upon the police
of other cities, the charter, in this respect be-
ing similar in it's language to other charters
throughout the state, generally. The mayor
ana CHIEF O. OF police are REQUIRED to formulate
eiiCo IO1 GliS NCpdi with d view OIL III ak
ing 1t efficlent; These rules are required to
be filed with the city clerk and copy fur
n M to each member of the force This
chapter defines who are peace officers pre-
scribeS penalties for the refusal of persons
who refuse to assist in quelling disturbances.
OF who wrongfully assumes to act as police
GRITTY. or who refuse or neglect to assist
police officer in making an arrest when called
upon pS? to 40 50. or resists arrest or impedes a
pOllcenan IN the discharge OF his duty. The
compensation of members Of the police de-
partment is fixed by the council.
me 1 seGq1d Tnb1heading { Hnder this chapter
has general supervision of this department..
which shall consist of a board of engineers,
composed Of a chief. two or more assistant
engineers. one or more engine companies and
one or more hook and ladder and hose COM
panles. The department may be volunteer,
part paid or paid. but part paid or paid
department cannot be established except by
an affirmative vote Of q Of all the members
OF the council If the department be volun-
teer. the members elect their own chief and
other officers. subject to the approval of the
council. ana adopt their own constitution and
bylaws, subject to like approval. The chief
is vested with powers SIMILAR to fl re chiefs in
6 fdh f6a CITIES generally Provision is made
destruction is necessary to arrest the progress
a OF tire The council is authorized to es-
tabilsh and maintain efficient fire alarms and
OF the, fire department, Penalties are pre-
scrlbed for dlsobedience to orders of the fire
CIlleI at nreS.
The third sub-heading is "WATER. AND
LIGHT DEPARTMENT.'' The city is en-
powered to construct or purchase, and MAIN
tain its own water and electric light, power
ana heating plant. or either of them, and to
fuInish the water. heat and power to the
inhabitants Of the city. The control and
management of these plants may be exercis-
ed by the council. or in it's discretion. by a
board to be known as the Water and Light
Commission If the board excuses the con-
troll, the members of the board are appointed
Dy the District Court. In the first instance
the Court appoints one member for term of
two years and one member for a term
OF one year. one member of term of
three years, and thereafter the court APP
points one member each year. the board con-
sisting Of three members. all Of whom shall
be residents and citizens of the city, and at
least two of whom shall be freehoders and