Ordinance 313
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF
GILROY BY ADDING TO MtTICLE 1, CHAPTER IV, PART II THEREOF A
NEW SEOTION TO BE KNOWN AS SEOTION 2~O PROVIDING FOR THE CON-
SOLIDATION OF COMPANIES OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The Mayor and Common Oounoil of the City of Gilroy
do ordain as follows:
SECTION I.
The municipal code of the City of Gilroy is hereby
amended by adding to Artiole I, Chapter IV, Part II thereof, a
new Section, to be known as Section 230, whioh Section shall
read as follows:
SEOTION 230. Whenever all Oompanies which comprise
the fire department of the Oity of Gilroy by resolution duly
and legally adopted by each Company separately, deem it for the
best interests for the fire department that all Oompanies be
consolidated into one Companyr, such Companies may be conB~lidiited
into one Company, and said Company shall be the Fire Department
of the Oity of Gilroy.
The officers of suoh Oompany shall be a Chief, who
shall be the Ohief of the Fire Department, a First Assistant Ohief,
a Second Assistant Chief, a. Seoretary and a Treasurer, and such
other officers as may be presoribed by the by-laws of the Company,
provided that the Chief and the Assistant Ohiefs in office at the
time of such consofidation shall hold offioe for their unexpired
terms. Any Company organized under the provisions of this Section
shall have power to adopt and pass such by-laws, orders, rules and
regulations as it may judge necessary for its government and the
control of its rrembers, as are not inconsistent with any law of
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the State of california or ordinance of the City of Gilroy.
The Ohief, in addition to the powers and duties prescribed
by Section 224 of this code, shall be the presiding officer of the
Company. In case of the absence, sickness or inability to aot of
the Chief, the Assistant Ohiefs shall perform his duties, the First
Assistant Ohief ranking the Second Assistant Ohief in the disoharge of
such duti@s. The Secretary of suoh Oompany shall be paid a
salary of Twenty Dollars <$20.00) per year out of the general fund of
the C~i ty of Gilroy, payable quarterly. The office of the Secretary
and Treasurer may be cOEbined. In the event of the consolidation of
all Oompanies of the Fire Department under the provision of this
Section, the powers and duties of the Board of Fire Delegates aha11
cease, and the duties of the Board Of Fire Delegates, as provided
in this Article, shall be performed by the Oompany. In case of a
vacancy in the office of the Chief or either of the Assistant Ohiefs,
after such 00mpanies have been consolidated under the provisions
of this Section, the Oo~pany shall, at its ne~t regular meeting, desig-
nate one of its members to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.
SECTION II.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force on and after
its passage and approval.
Passed and adopted on the /~d day of November, 1921, by
the following vote:
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Oity Clerk.
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