Chapter 3443. To classify the officers and members of the fire department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 3443.— An Act To classify the officers and members of the fire department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. June 20, 1906. [[H. R. 4464](/us/bill/59/hr/4464)] [[Public. No. 251](/us/pl/54/251).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State of America in Congress assembled,* That the fire department of District of Columbia.Fire department.Extent, etc.the District of Columbia shall embrace the whole of the said District, and its personal and movable property shall be assigned and located as the Commissioners of said District may direct within the appropriations made by Congress.
Sec. 2. Commissioners to have exclusive jurisdiction. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall appoint, assign to such duty or duties, promote, reduce, line, suspend, with or without pay, and remove all officers and members of the fire department of the District of Columbia according to such rules and regulations as said Commissioners in their exclusive jurisdiction and *Proviso.*Present rules ratified.judgment may from time to time make, alter, or amend: *Provided, *That the rules and regulations of the fire department heretofore promulgated are hereby ratified and shall remain in force until changed by said Commissioners.
Sec. 3. Officers and men. That the tire department of the District of Columbia shall consist of one chief engineer, one deputy chief engineer, both of whom shall have had at least five years of experience in some regularly organized municipal tire department, such number of battalion chief engineers as said Commissioners may deem necessary from time to time within the appropriations made by Congress; one tire marshal; such number of deputy lire marshals, inspectors, and clerks as said Commissioners may deem necessary from time to time within the appropriations made by Congress; such number of captains and lieu-tenants as said Commissioners may deem necessary from time to time within the appropriations made by Congress; one superintendent of machinery; such number of assistant superintendents of machinery, engineers, assistant engineers, pilots, marine engineers, assistant marine engineers, drivers, assistant drivers, privates of class numbered two and privates of class numbered one as said Commissioners may deem necessary from time to time within the appropriations made by Congress:*Provisos.*Veterinary surgeons. *Provided,* That the chief engineer of the fire department of the District of Columbia shall have the right to call for and obtain the services of any veterinary surgeon employed by the District who at the time shall not be engaged in a more emergent veterinary service Police surgeons.for the District: *And provided further*, That the police surgeons of said District are required to attend, without charge, the members of the tire department of said District, and examine all applicants for appointment to, promotion in, and retirement from said tire department. 315 Sec. 4.
That the salaries of the officers and members of said fireSalaries. department herein provided shall commence, for the purposes of this Act, with the fiscal year beginning July first, nineteen hundred and six, and shall continue thereafter annually, unless changed by Congress, as follows: The chief engineer shall receive an annual salary of three thousand five hundred dollars; the deputy chief engineer shall receive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars; battalion chief engineers shall each receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars; the fire marshal shall receive an annual salary of two thou-sand dollars; deputy fire marshals shall each receive an annual salary of one thousand four hundred dollars; inspectors shall each receive an annual salary of one thousand and eighty dollars; one chief clerk at an annual salary of one thousand four hundred dollars and one clerk at an annual salary of one thousand two hundred dollars; captains shall each receive an annual salary of one thousand four hundred dollars; lieutenants shall each receive an annual salary of one thousand two hundred dollars; the superintendent of machinery shall receive an annual salary of one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant superintendents of machinery shall each receive an annual salary of one thousand two hundred dollars; engineers shall each receive an annual salary of one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; assistant engineers shall each receive an annual salary of one thousand one hundred dollars; pilots shall each receive an annual salary of one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; marine engineers shall each receive an annual salary of one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; assistant marine engineers shall each receive an annual salary of one thousand one hundred dollars; drivers shall each receive an annual salary of one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; assistant drivers shall each receive an annual salary of one thousand one hundred dollars; privates of class numbered two shall each receive an annual salary of one thousand and eighty dollars; privates of class numbered one shall each receive an annual salary of nine hundred and sixty dollars.
Sec. 5. That no officer or member of said fire department, underRestriction on resignations. penalty of forfeiting the salary or pay which may be due him, shall withdraw or resign, except by permission of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, unless he shall have given the said Commissioners one month’s previous notice, in writing, of such intention. Sec. 6. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisionsRepeal of inconsistent acts. hereof are hereby repealed.
Sec. 7. That this Act shall take effect and be in force on and afterIn effect July 1, 1906. July first, nineteen hundred and six. Approved, June 20, 1906.