Ordinance 190

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ORDINACE NO. 190. CREATING THE OFFICE OF THE STEWARD OF THE ENGINE HOUSE, DEFINING HIS DUTIES AND FIXING HIS COMPENSATION. Approved Sept. 5, 1879 The City of Seattle ordain as follows:

SECTION 1. -- The office of Steward of the Engine House is hereby created.

SEC. 2. -- The salary of the Steward shall be $45.00 per month, payable in scrip drawn of the Fire Fund, and no greater fee or salary shall be allowed.

SEC. 3. -- The Steward of the Engine House shall at no time be allowed to leave the Engine House either day or night except to go his meals on Sundays, without a special permission from the Foreman of the Fire Company; and for any violation of this section it is hereby made the duty of the Foreman of the Fire Company to discharge such Steward.

SEC. 4. -- The Foreman of the Fire Company shall have full power at any time to hire and discharge the Steward of the Engine House.

SEC 5. -- The Steward shall not be permitted to make any purchases for the Engines or Engine House, without a written order from the Foreman of the Fire Company.

SEC. 6. -- This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after five days after the same shall have been published.