The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1907-02-14
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Long List Of orders. Many Items
of Importance.

DOdlu luCt ~ AS6 utoA oSosioh "a
} Monday, Feb. 4th. Present May
} or Satter6eld Aldermen Coleman
} Wharton, Gordon, B. R. Levy, L
r. Levy and Burch.
} The letter of F. R. Fulton & Co
In regard to funding bond coupons
amounting to S72o, was referred tC
} mayor and clerk and If correct wa:
allowed.
The duties Of the city attorney
were defined as follows:
He shall attend all meetings oI
the board when called on.
He shall give counsel and advice
to the board, mayor, or chairman
of the several committees upon re-
quest, giving his opinion in writing
when required.
He shall draw ou request any or
dinance which the board may wish
put in force, but this shall not be
construed to require him to codify
the ordinance without extra COM
pensation.
For the above services he shall
receive an annual fee of 500,
which shall also be a retainer fee
for his services in all matters in
which the board may be interested.
In addition he shall represent the
town in all prosecutions before the
mayor only when requested by the
mayor, for which he shall be paid
the fees provided by Section al of
the ordinances.
Adopted Feb. q, 1907.
The following ordinance was
adopted:
Be it ordained by the Board OF
Mayor and Aldermen of the Town
Of Port Gibson, Miss, That the
FIRE department of said town be
composed of chief of the FIRE de-
partment, three hose companies and
one hook and ladder company.
That each hose company be COM
posed of ten men. one of whom
shall be foreman, and that the hook
and ladder company be composed
of twenty men, one of whom shall
be foreman.
Be it further ordained, that the
chief Of the fire department be paid
the sum Of $40 per month regular
ly.
Be it further ordained. that the
foreman and men of the said hose
companies and hook and ladder
company be paid as follows
That for each FIRE alarm, where
the said hose companies and hook
and ladder company respond
promptly, and actually get their re-
spective hose reels and hook and
and ladder truck out and go to the
scene of alarm, whether there is ac-
tually a FIRE or not. or Is turned
back by order of the chief, that
each foreman of a hose company
and of the hook and ladder compa-
ny be paid the sum of Two Dollars,
and that each member of the said
hose companies and of the hook
and ladder company be paid the
sum of One Dollar upon the report
of the chief of the FIRE department,
provided that no foreman or mem-
Der of hose company, or a hook
and ladder company, shall be en-
titled to any compensation, unless
he shall do his best, after hearing
the alarm, or after he is notified oi
the alarm. and shall at once 60 to
his, or their, respective hose reel
house, or hook and ladder house,
and help take the hose reel or hook
iand ladder truck to the scene of the
fire, or in case of an actual FIRE
shall get to the FIRE in time to Dc
good and efficient work satisfactory
to the chief, and shall obey the or.
ders of the said FIRE chief and shall
after the FIRE has been extinguished
promptly help roll up the hose anc
get the same back to their respect
I've reel houses, and the hook anC
ladder truck back to the house
where it belongs; provided thaI
where the FIRE Is out by the time
the department gets to the scene o
the FIRE. and is not extinguished by
the FIRE department, then the fore
men and members shall receivI
half pay, on the report of the chief
Be it further ordained, that al
ordinances and parts of ordinance