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ORDINAlI1CE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A FIRE PREVEN-
TION .BOARD PROVIDING FOR ITS J\!IEMBERSHIP,
ITS ORG.~JIZATION, PRESCRIBING I'ffi DUTIES
AND OFFICE AND DECLARING AN E1~RGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST UJ'ijIV'~RSITY PL-
ACE, TEXAS.
SEC'l'ION 1.
There is hereby created an organizati on 1'01' the pre-
vention of fires, which is s-tyled the City of West Uni versi ty Place
Fire Prevention Board, hereinafter referred to as the "Board" and which
shall be composed of the following personnel:
,
,
and
the Ci.t;y Fire Marshal.
SEC TIon 2.
The members of the Board shall subscribe to and take
the Statutory Oath. of Office as members of the Board, and shall be mem-
bers of the Board as long as they hold their of~lcial positions, their
suocessors shall succeed them as members of the Board. Provi.ded that it
is and shall be espeoi ally the duty of' the City Fire lIarshal to be ae-
tive and an alert member of the Board and to fai thful1.y perform the duties
thereof.
SECTION 3.
The members of the Board shall elect a President, a
Vice-President and a Seoretary-Treasurer, and may adopt by-laws not in-
consistent with this Ordinance, prescribing the terms of office and
duties of officers and members of the Board, and meetings of the Board,
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provided that the Board shall have at least one meeting every four
months, one of whioh shall be at the end of' the fiscal year, which
fiscal year shall end on the
year.
~ day of
of each calendar
SECTION 4.
It shall be the office and duty of the Board to
Advise and counsel the City Government and Ci ty Officers and em-
ployees as to the best and approved means and ways of prevention and
extinguishing of fires, and also as to best ways and means to dis-
courage, apprehend and to conn ot for the crime of ar80n;to advi se
and counsel the citizens as to the best ways and means for preven-
tion of :rires, and to reconnnend the most approved rules, regulations
and equipment relating to the prevention and extinguishing of fires.
The Board shall also advise and counsel the City Officers, the Cit-
izens, and Fire Insurance Writers, as to rules, regulations, and
inspections, relative to fire insurance of property in the city; and
may 'When it deems proper to cause an investigation of each fire that
occurs. The board shall make an annual v..ri tten report at the close
of each fiscal year, reporting its activities and the events during
"l;."1e past year within its zpne of acti on, with recommendations.
SECTION 5.
The Board shall be authorized and empowered. as in
line with its office, to e.:reate with its members, a Fire Inquest Com-
mittee, whose du"ty it shall be to work wi th the City Fire Marshal in
the investigation of fires"
SECTION 6.
The City Attorney shall be the legal adviser o.f' the
Board.
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its passage and approval thereof.
This Ordinance shall take ei'fect immediately after
1931.
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PASSED AND APPROVED THIS
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CI1'Y SgCRETARY
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