Ordinance 510262
ORDITALCE ED. 510
AT ORDIEAi CE: Relating to volunteer firemen's relief and
compensation fund; providing that the City of Edmonds conform
with the provisions of Chapter 121 of the Laws of Washington of
the year 1935; limiting the membership of the volunteer fire
department to twenty (20) firemen for each one thousand (1,000)
population; and creating a board of trustees to be krowm as
"The Edmonds Board of Trustees of the Volunteer Firemen's Relief
and Compensation Fund."
WHEREAS, there is now maintained and for several years
consecutively last past has been maintained in the City of Edmonds
an efficient, regularly organized volunteer fire department as
defined by Chapter 121 of the laws of Washington of the year 1935;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Edmonds and the members of said fire
department desire to participate in the benefits prescribed in
said Chapter 121 ;_
1OW, THERFFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMO1DS
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the City of Eamond.s now elects to conform
with all of the provisions of an act of the legislature of the
State of Washington approved by the Governor, March 20, 1935,
entitled '"AT ACT relating to and creating a fund in the State
Treasury to be known as the Volunteer Firemen's Relief and Com-
pensation Fund, designating the duties of certain officials;
providing for relief and compensation for volunteer firemen;
creating a Board of Trustees in each municipality for the main-
tenance and distribution of paid fund; empowering municipalit-
ies to limit the membership of said volunteer fire departments,
and requiring medical and physical examinations for members of
said fire department", inorder that said city and the members
of the regularly organized volunteer fire department maintained
therein may participate in the benefits prescribed in said act.
Section 2. That the membership of the regularly organized
volunteer fire department of the City of Edmonds be and the
same is hereby limited to twenty (20) firemen for each one
thousand (1,000) population of said city.
Section 3. That, pursuant to the provisions of the act
referred to in Section 1 of this ordinance, there is hereby creat-
ed and established a board of trustees of the volunteer firemen's
relief and compensation fund to be known as "The Edmonds Board
of Trustees of the Volunteer Firemen's Relief and Compensation
Fund"; That such board shall consist of the mayor, city clerk
and one Councilman of the City of Edmonds, the Chief of the
organized volunteer fire department of the City of Edmonds, and
one member of said fire department to be elected annually by the
members of said fire department for a term of one year; that the
members of said volunteer fire department have certified in
writing to the City of Edmonds that they have elected
James Astell , a member of said fire department, as,a
member of said board of trustees; that the members of the first
said board of trustees are as follows: F . A. r ourtner ,ayor of
the City of Edmonds; Geo. M. Leyda, City Clerk of the City of
Edmor_ds; Carl Callahan_, Councilman of the City of Edmonds;
C. Engels, Chief of the Edmonds Volunteer Fire Department and
James Astell, elected member of said aepartmer.:t; Gnd that the
3o.rd of Trustees hereby created shall have all the powers and
shall perform all the duties conferred and imposed upon_ it by
the provisions of said act.
Attest: GEO.M.LEYD
City Clerk.
Passed Janusirry 18, 1938.
Published January 21, 1938.
3. Aji I ourtner .
Mayor.
I hereby certify that the above
and foregoing is a true ar d. correct
copy of Ordinance No. 5IC of the
City of Edmonds, Wash.