Bisbee daily review., 1908-04-12
LEGAL NOTICE

company. No member so. dismissct
 shall be received into any other con
 pany for one year.
 ! Section II. No officer, member ol employe of the fire departmen, snaI
 be dismissed, unless from cause ul
 til after a trial by the board of di
 rectors. The accused shall be fur
 nishsd with a written copy of tin charges against him, at least live
 days previous to the day of trial Hs } shall nave an opportunity to exaiuni
 witnesses in his behaH. All witness
 es shall be examined under oath an,
 all trials shall be public.
 I Section Is. There shall be main tained aad provided for by the cit,
 council, in this city, fire alarm. un
 der such rules and regulations as th'
 beard of directors shall prescribe. 4 Section 16. It shall be the duty oi Il the chief of department and his as sistant whenever a fire breaks out l in the city, to immediately repair tC
 the place of such fire and take prop ! CT measures for placing the appdra I t9s in the most advantageous posi- | tioa The assistant and the foreman I of each respective company, on erriva | at a Tire, shall immediately report tC :, the chief; provided that in the ab' sence of the chief or assistant chiei
 of department at fire, the first
 foreman to arrive at fire shall Le | the person in command.
 Section IT. When the chief slpr arrive at a fire he shall dave sole
 command over all other officers. all
 members Of the department, and all other persons who may be present al fires. He shall take all proper meas ures for extinguishing the fires and
 protection of property, the preserya- | ton of order, observance of the laws
 q the territory and ordinances uI m,
 city and regulations of the board of , fire directors respecting fires. And it shall be the duty of the said chief to examine into tue condition of M.
 fire apparatus and of all houses be longing to the department, and the companies attached and hydrants, and
 report to the city in writing.
 Section IS. Neither the city coun'
 cil nor any individual of said council,
 nor board of Tire directors, nor any in dividual thereof. nor the chief of de- partment, nor first assistant, nor any member whatever of the fire de partment, shall in anywise be held responsible for the dana ging of prop erty or the destruction thereof that may occur in the attempt of the de partment to extinguish any fires.
 Section 19. Each company suaIs have the power to appoint three ui more members to act as lire police, and to have power at any fire, pa rade, funeral, ball or any public ap- pe4rance of the fire depaitmeHt, rnc same as our city police, but at ao ctaer time shall they have such pew CT. They shall be confirmed by the city council.
 Section 20. Each of said com panies, respectively, may adopt 7"tn a constitution, by laws and regula-
 tons for their government, suoordi nate to the ordinances of the cit;' as they may deem best.
 Section q. It shall be the dGty Of the police in time Df fire to place ropes or guards across all streets, lanes and alleys on which shall be situated any building on fire, and at sucn other points as they may deem expedient and necessary, and they
 shall prevent any and all persons, eA- cept owners and 6ccupantg and eEl-
 Iloyes of buildings endangered by tue existing fire, a1l Ere insurance agents, From entering w'rn'7 fHe llnc designated by ropes and guards save and except the officers of the fire de- partment and firemen who shall be known by their badge, or such other persons as may have permission of
 the officers of the fire department.
 Section 22. All movable apparatus of the fire department shall have tnc paramount right of way through all the streets, lanes, alleys, places and courts of the city, when running to fire, and such apparatus, together with, all other vehicles contiguous thereto, excepting street cars, shall 1 take and keep the right hand side cF the street, unless the same be ob- structed; and all street cars in the vicinity of any such apparatus going Ito a fire, shall retard or acceleratF | their speed as occasion may requir0 i in order to give the apparatus of the l fire department the unohstrUrted us of the street for the time being. ] Section 2S. The city councn sal | appropriate annually sufficient DOT | ton Of the tax lew for municipal eX | pcnses to equip and maintain the fire i department, the same to be subject f ! monthly warrants in favor of tH l treavurer of the fire department on
 requisition of the board of directors
 of said department.
 Section 24 All officers mentioned | herein to be confirmed by the city council are hereby declared to be 1 city officers and shall take the uaCI ! of office required by other city of ficers. The treasurer of the fire de partment snail give bond in the sum
 of one thousand dollars, payable to | the city of Bisbee. and conditioned al | required by the law.
 Section 25 All paid employees of | the department shall be uuier the i control of the chief of department who may suspend any emppoye = cause. provided such employe shall have the right of trial by the hoard | of directors, who may terminate or prolong the suspen sion or discharge ' o. the accused. and whose action shal
 be final; provided, it shall require the vote of two-thirds of the members 1 present to render a verdict of guilty | All paid employees of the depa~tmca, shdIl room aud board and constantly remain in one and a hall blocks cf 1 their headquarters, Inless they nave permission of the chief 10 be abseni
 foI a specified time.
 Section 26. All vacancies of of fcers shall be filled hy vote ot direct
 ors, except chief, who shan De elect.
 ed to fill unexpired term by the en' tira department
 Section .27. All ordinances anu parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall k1 ,-5 ,-o barabxy rauoaIad and fhfs