The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-09-03

ing salary from the state of Tennes.
see, shall receive monthly az the
AUDIT OF the ire prevention commits.
sloner, nifty cents for each report OF
each separate fire reported to the fire
prevention commissioner under the
provisions of this act. provided. that
the loss by such fire exceeds the
amount Of SIS, and in addition there
shall be paid to the chiefs of the fire
departments or the mayor of each in
corporated town or place in which no
paid fire department exists, or to the
clerks of each county, or to any other
authorized citizen without the limits
OF an incorporated city or place.
whose duty it shall have been to make
and who has actually made an inves.
ugatiorf OF such fire and reported the
same to the fire prevention commits
sloner, the sum of fifteen cents per
mile for each mile travelled to the
place OF fire, and where an investi-
cation has been made sum not to
exceed two dollars $4,000 for each
days services spent in making such
investigation. Such fees shall be paid
only after conclusive evidence is fur.
nished that such services has been
performed in accordance with the pro-
visions of this act, provided no money
shall be paid out under the provisions
OF this act except on itemized vouch-
ers and upon oath.
Section IA. Be it further enacted
That it shall be the duty OF the fire
prevention commissioner, his depu.
ties and assistants to require officials
and teachers OF public and private
schools and educational institutions
to have at least one fire drill each
month, and to have all doors and exits
of such schools or educational insti-
tutions open out, and that all such
doors and exits, shall be unlocked
during school hours, and that the
doors and exits to factories, asylums,
hospitals, churches, halls theatres,
amphitheatres and other places in
which numbers of persons live, work
or congregate from time to time for
any purpose or purposes shall open
out and any person, or persons or cor
porations failing to comply with the
provisions of this act, shall be guilty
of misdemeanor and upon convic-
ton shall be fined not less than $1,000
nor more than $4,000 for each viola
ton thereof.
Section Is. Be it further enacted,
That any officer including assistants
referred to in this act, who neglects,
fails or refuses to comply with any
of the requirements hereof, shall be
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be punished by fine
of not less than $500 nor more than
$4,000, and in default payment, shall
be imprisoned not to exceed thirty
days.
Section 16. Be it further enacted
That all penalties, fees or forfeitures
collected under the provisions of this
act shall be placed by the insurance
commissioner to the credit of the
fund for the maintenance of this de-
partment and shall be used as such.
Section II. Be it further enacted,
That it is hereby declared that this
. act is necessarR for the public safety
health, peace and welfare, is rene
dial in nature, and shall be construed
literally, and this act shall not be de-
clared unconstitutional and void for
the reason that any section or provi-
sion thereof may be contravention of
the constitution of this state.
Section Is. Be it further enacted,
That fon the maintenance of the de-
partment of fire prevention commits
sioner and the payment OF expenses
incident thereto, each fire insurance
company transacting business in this
state at the same time they pay 9th
er taxes now required by law, shall
pay to the state insurance commits
snoner, as provided in the last para
graph of section g., chapter 479, acts Of
1909, entitled an act to provide reve.
nue. for the state of Tennessee and
the counties and municipalities there
Of" the sum of one-half of one per
cent on the net premium receipts of
such insurance companies or all bust.
ness transacted by them in Tennes-
see during next preceding year as
shown by their annual statement IN.
der oath to the state insurance depart
ment This sum shall be held in Q
separate fund by the insurance COM
missioner, and shall be designated as
the fire prevention fund.-" for the
maintenance of the department Of the
fire prevention commissioner, and the
insurance commissioner shall make