Allowance to disabled member. "Fireman's Charitable Fund." Assistant and Clerk. Organization of Board and time of meeting. for the erection and repair of buildings, and other expenses of the Fire Department. To appropriate a sum not to exceed thirty thousand ($30,000) dollars for the purchase of horses and apparatus for the Fire Department. SEC. 152. Whenever a member of the Paid Fire Department of such city, or city and county, shall become disabled by reason of injuries received at any fire, so as to be unable to perform his duties, the Municipal Council, upon the recom mendation of the Board of Fire Commissioners, is hereby authorized and empowered to allow said disabled man a sum not exceeding fifty ($50) dollars per month, for not to exceed three (3) months, payable out of the General Fund of such city, or city and county, in the same manner and form as other payments are made out of said fund. SEC. 153. The Municipal Council shall provide, by ordinance, for the payment into a "Fireman's Charitable Fund" of such city, or city and county, of all moneys received for licenses for the storage, manufacture, or sale of gunpowder, blasting powder, gun cotton, fireworks, nitro-glycerine, dualine, or any explosive oils or compounds, or as a municipal tax upon the same; also, all fines collected in the Police Court for violations of fire ordinances. Said fund shall be under the direction and control of and subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the Board of Fire Commissioners. SEC. 154. The Chief Engineer shall have power to appoint one member of each company to act as Assistant Foreman; also, one member to act as Clerk; said Clerk to receive five ($5) dollars per month extra pay. SEC. 155. The Fire Commissioners shall organize said. Board immediately upon their appointment, and on the first Monday after the first day of January of each and every year thereafter, by selecting one of their number as President, and they shall meet at least once in each month publicly at their office, to transact the business of said Fire Department; and, in addition to the stated meetings, they shall meet twice in each month for the purpose of investigating charges against officers, members, and employés of said department for violating any of the rules and regulations thereof; and shall hold such intermediate sessions as they shall deem necessary to the proper administration of the Eligibility. Fire Department. No person shall be eligible to any position in said department who is not a citizen of the United States, or a resident of such city, or city and county, at least two years, nor under twenty-one (21) years of age at the time of his appointment. Investigations, how SEC. 156. In all investigations for violation of the rules conducted. and regulations of the Fire Department, the President of the Board of Fire Commissioners shall have power to issue subpoenas, and administer oaths, and compel the attendance of witnesses before him by attachment or otherwise. All subpoenas issued by him shall be in such form as he may prescribe, and shall be served by any police officer or by any peace officer of such city, or city and county. Any person who refuses to attend or testify in obedience to such subpo how nas, shall be deemed guilty of contempt, and be punished by him as in cases of contempt in Justices' Court in civil cases. SEC. 157. No officer, member, or employé of the Fire De- Members, partment shall be dismissed unless for cause, nor until after dismissed. a trial. The accused shall be furnished with a written copy of the charges against him at least five (5) days previous to the day of trial, and he shall have an opportunity to examine witnesses in his behalf, and all witnesses shall be examined under oath, and all trials shall be public. Corporation SEC. 158. The Municipal Council of such city and county Workshop at is hereby authorized and empowered to establish and main- Yard. tain at the Corporation Yard a workshop for making repairs and improvements upon the apparatus of the Fire Department, and such workshop and such repairs and improvements to be under the supervision of the Board of Fire Commissioners, and the Municipal Council shall allow and order paid, out of the proper fund, all the expenses of such workshops, repairs, and improvements. on members. SEC. 159. No member of said Board of Fire Commissioners Restrictions shall, during his term of office, be a member of any party convention, the purpose of which is to nominate candidates for political office, nor shall the officers, members, or employés of said Fire Department take any part whatever in any partisan convention, held for the purposes of a political party; nor shall any member of the said Board of Fire Commissioners, directly or indirectly, attempt to control or influence the action of any member of said Fire Department, or any employé thereof, in any primary or general election. No member of the Fire Department shall levy, collect, or pay any amount of money as an assessment or contribution for political purposes. Any violation of the foregoing provisions of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor. Salaries of SEC. 160. The salaries of the officers of the Fire Depart- oficers of ment shall be paid in monthly installments, and as follows: Fire Depart 1. The salary of the Fire Commissioners shall be one thousand two hundred dollars per annum. 2. The salary of the Chief Engineer shall be four thousand dollars per annum. 3. The salary of the Assistant Chief Engineer shall be two thousand four hundred dollars per annum. 4. The salaries of the Assistant Engineers shall each be one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum. 5. The salary of the Superintendent of Steam Fire Engines shall be twenty-four hundred dollars per annum. SEC. 161. The salaries of the members and employés of the Fire Department shall be paid in monthly installments, and as follows: 1. The salary of Assistant Superintendent of Steam Fire Engines shall be one thousand six hundred and eighty dollars per annum. 2. The salary of the Clerk and Storekeeper for the Corporation Yard shall be one thousand five hundred dollars per annum. 3. The salary of the Corporation Yard Drayman shall be one thousand and eighty dollars per annum. ment. Salaries of officers of 4. The salary of the Night Watchman for the Corporation Fire Depart Yard shall be nine hundred dollars per annum. ment. Fire Alarm and Police 5. The salary of the two Hydrantmen shall be one thousand and eighty dollars per annum each. 6. The salary of the Veterinary Surgeon shall be twelve hundred dollars per annum. 7. The salary of the Foreman of each company shall be five hundred and forty dollars per annum. 8. The salary of the Engineer for each Steam Fire Engine Company shall be one thousand six hundred and eighty dollars per annum. 9. The salary of the Substitute Engineer and Machinist shall be one thousand six hundred and eighty dollars per annum. 10. The salary of the Driver for each company shall be one thousand and eighty dollars per annum. 11. The salary of the Fireman for each Steam Fire Company shall be one thousand and eighty dollars per annum. 12. The salary of the Carpenter for said department shall be one thousand two hundred dollars per annum. 13. The salary of the Tillerman for each Hook and Ladder Company shall be one thousand and eighty dollars per annum. 14. The salary of the Steward for each Hose Company shall be nine hundred and sixty dollars per annum. 15. The salary of each Hoseman and each Hook and Ladder man shall be four hundred and eighty dollars per annum. 16. The salary of the Janitor and Messenger shall be twelve hundred dollars per annum. 17. The salary of the Clerk of the Board of Fire Commissioners shall be one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum. SEC. 162. There shall be maintained and provided for by Telegraph. the Municipal Council in such city, or city and county, a Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph for municipal use, and the Superintendent thereof shall be appointed by the Board of Fire Commissioners, to serve during its pleasure, except that he shall not be removed for political causes, reasons, or purposes. Said Superintendent is authorized to appoint the following officers and employés: One Chief Operator, three Operators, one Repairer, two Assistant Repairers, and one Batteryman. It shall be the duty of such Board, on their first organization under this Act, to appoint as officers and employés thereof, the officers and employés of any Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph which shall be in service in such city, or city and county, at the time of its organization under this Act. Salaries of officers of SEC. 163. The salaries of the officers of said Fire Alarm Fire Alarm, and Police Telegraph shall be paid in monthly installments, and as follows: etc. 1. The salary of the Superintendent shall be two thousand four hundred dollars per annum. 2. The salary of the Chief Operator shall be one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum. 3. The salary of each of the three Operators herein pro vided for shall be one thousand five hundred dollars per annum. 4. The salary of the Repairer shall be one thousand two hundred dollars per annum. 5. The salary of each of the two Assistant Repairers herein provided for shall be one thousand and eighty dollars per annum. 6. The salary of the Batteryman shall be nine hundred dollars per annum. SEC. 164. The Municipal Council shall appropriate such Appropriasum as may be necessary, not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars per annum, for the maintenance, repair, and extension of said telegraph, and to defray the cost of instruments and machinery therefor, and for such horses and vehicles as may be necessary for the use of said Superintendent. of SEC. 165. There shall be a Board of Health for such city, Borth, how or city and county, which Board shall consist of the Mayor constituted. of the city and county, and five physicians in good standing, residing in such city, or city and county, who shall be appointed by the Governor, and who shall hold office for the term of four years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified; and in case any vacancy shall at any time occur in said Board by removal, or resignation, or otherwise, the same shall be filled by appointment by the Governor. SEC. 166. The Mayor of such city, or city and county, shall Meetings. be ex officio President of the Board of Health, and in his absence, at any meeting, the Board may elect a Chairman, who shall, for the time, be clothed with all the power of the President. Said Board shall hold a regular meeting at least once in each month, and at other times, when called thereto by the President, or by a majority of the Board. of Board of SEC. 167. Said Board of Health is hereby invested with Jurisdiction general jurisdiction over all matters appertaining to the Health. sanitary condition of such city, or city and county, and over all quarantine regulations and the enforcement thereof, and hospitals and almshouses, and all municipal institutions created and maintained for charitable purposes and not herein enumerated, within the corporate limits of such city, or city and county, and adopt such orders and regulations as may be necessary to the complete exercise of the powers herein before enumerated, and may appoint or discharge such attendants and employés as may seem best to promote the public welfare. SEC. 168. The members of said Board of Health shall Salary. receive no salary. Salaries of SEC. 169. Said Board of Health shall have power to ap- officers point the following officers and employés, who shall receive appointed by the salaries hereinafter provided, payable in monthly installments at the end of each month, viz.: 1. One Health Officer, who shall be the executive officer of said Board, at a salary of twenty-four hundred dollars per annum. 2. One Quarantine Officer, at a salary of eighteen hundred dollars per annum. Board of officers Salaries of 3. One Secretary, at a salary of twenty-four hundred dolappointed by lars per annum. Board of Appointing power. 4. Six Health Inspectors and one Market Inspector, at a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum each; one Messenger, at nine hundred dollars per annum. 5. One Superintendent of the City, or City and County, Hospital, who shall be a physician and graduate of some medical college in good standing, at a salary of twenty-four hundred dollars per annum. 6. One Resident Hospital Physician, at a salary of fifteen hundred dollars per annum. 7. One Hospital Steward, at a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum. 8. One Hospital Matron, at a salary of nine hundred dollars per annum. 9. One Hospital Apothecary, at a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum. 10. One Hospital Engineer, at a salary of nine hundred dollars per annum. 11. Two physicians and two surgeons, to be selected from the Faculty of the Medical Department of the University of California, and two physicians and two surgeons, to be selected from the Faculty of the Pacific Medical College, at such salary as the Board of Health may designate, not to exceed twelve hundred dollars each per annum, as visiting physicians and surgeons to the City, or City and County, Hospital. 12. One Almshouse Superintendent, at a salary of two thousand four hundred dollars per annum. 13. One Resident Almshouse Physician, at a salary of fifteen hundred dollars per annum. 14. One Almshouse Matron, at a salary of seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum. 15. One City Physician, at a salary not to exceed eighteen hundred dollars per annum. 16. One Assistant City Physician for the Industrial School and House of Correction, at a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum. 17. One First Cook, at a salary of sixty dollars per month. 18. One Second Cook, at a salary of thirty-five dollars per month. 19. One Third Cook, at a salary of thirty dollars per month. 20. One Baker, at a salary of seventy-five dollars per month. 21. One Clerk, at a salary of forty dollars per month. 22. One Interpreter, at a salary of forty dollars per month. 23. One Ambulance Driver, at a salary of forty dollars per month. 24. Sixteen Nurses, at a salary of thirty-five dollars each. SEC. 170. The appointing power of all and every of the aforesaid officers and employés is vested solely in said Board of Health, and said Board shall have power to prescribe the duties of every and all of said officers and employés, and to remove the same at pleasure; and said Board of Health is hereby empowered to employ such additional |