The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-03-22

AN ORDINANCE creating a Fire Depart
ment for the City of Somers Point and
providing rules for the government
thereof.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Com
mon Council that the Fire Department of
Somers Point shan hereafter consist OF
the Volunteer Fire Company No. l.. and
the present officers and members OF the
Fire Department created and now exist
ing under the provisions of an ordinance
of the City of Somers Point, emitted, An
ordinance for the organization and regu-
lation of the City of Somers Point FIRE
Department, approved March 6, 1920. and
such fire company or as snali
hereafter be Incorporated, provided that
each of the present organizations shall
accept the provisions of this ordinance in
writing signed by the President and Sec
rotary thereof. within thirty days after
the approval of this ordinance and that
as to fire companies hereafter organized.
the provisions of this ordinance shall be
accepted in writing signed by the Presi-
dent and Secretary of each company.
Sec. 2. The officers of said Fire De-
partment shall consist of one Chief Engi-
neer and one Assistant Engineer, which
engineers shall be elected on the second
Tuesday of January next, and piennlaliy
thereafter, by a convention oil delegates,
which delegates shall convene for that
purpose and shall consist OF I'VE from
each company. selected by the company
from the active membership thereof; that
the chief and assistant engineers 50 Sc
lected shall be confirmed by the Common
n at their first meeting
In case of vacancy of office of Chief or
Assistant Engineer; the same shall be
filed within ten days, in manner and
form as prescribed above. In event that
in said convention there shall be a tie
vote for the election of either the Chief
Engineer or the Assistant Engineer, the
deciding vote hall be cast by the Mayor
of the City of Somers Point.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty of the
chief Engineer to take full command and
control of all the Fire Companies of this
/ city at a fire, or in going to or returning
from the same, and give directions there,
to; he shall remain in full until
the apparatus of the several fire compa-
MES shall nave been housed; he shall, on
the first Tuesday in January. April, July
and October, in each year, make a thor
ough inspection of the houses of the sew
eral companies of this department, their
apparatus, hose and equipmqats, and re-
port to Common Council at the next sub
Sec. A. The Assistant Engineer shall
be subject to the orders of the Chief
Engineer, and the Assistant Engineer ar
irving on the fire ground shall act as
Chief Engineer until the arrival OF the
Section 5. Be it further Ordained that
the acceptance of the provisions, of this
ordinance by any organization shall not
affect the title and ownership OF any
property then owned or subsequently ,ae,-,
luired by such organization. which shall
not have been purchased and paid Tor by
the City of Somers Point.
Section s. Be it further Ordained that
an ordinance of the City OF SomerS fOlnt
entitled, AN ordinance for the organiza :
ton and regulation of the Somers Point
Fire Department.. approved March 6.
1920, and all other ordinances OF parts oil
ordinances inconsistent herewith be and
the same are hereby repealed.
Section 7. BE it further Ordained that
this ordinance shall take effect immedi-
ately after final passage and publication.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that the
above Ordinance has been passed on first
and second readings by the Common
Council of the City of Somers Point, and
that said Common Council of the City OF
Somers Point will consider the final pas
sage of the above Ordinance at its meet
ing to be held in the City Hall, Somers
Point, New Jersey, OF Friday evening
March rs, 1924. at $50 o'clock.
BY order of the Common Council OF
the City of Somers Point.
JAMES G.. SCULL,
CITY Clerk.