Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . se duty it is to examine the Firemens Register and ascer-tain that the applicant applying is entitled to be placed onthe Pension List according to the rules and by-laws. (Thedeceased husband must have been an exempt fireman.) Thetrustee of the district also furnishes the coal to the applicantsresiding in his district. The treasurer pays all the pensions of the widows at his officeon the last day in each quarter, viz. : January, April, July, and Octo- propriation, which is then indorsed over to the
Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . se duty it is to examine the Firemens Register and ascer-tain that the applicant applying is entitled to be placed onthe Pension List according to the rules and by-laws. (Thedeceased husband must have been an exempt fireman.) Thetrustee of the district also furnishes the coal to the applicantsresiding in his district. The treasurer pays all the pensions of the widows at his officeon the last day in each quarter, viz. : January, April, July, and Octo- propriation, which is then indorsed over to the party who is toreceive it. The money on deposit draws interest at the rateof four per cent. When any bond and mortgage is canceled, theamount must be reinvested at the earliest opportunity, as no por-tion of the Permanent Fund can be expended. There are two free scholarships in the New York University,where the sons of exempt firemen can be educated in the higherbranches of education, free of expense, and it is a lamentable factthat, with the large number of exempt firemen in the city of New. John S. Giles. ber. The revenues derivedfrom all sources are requiredto be paid to the treasurer,who is under bonds to theamount of twenty thousanddollars for the faithful per-formance of his trust. Allmoneys exceeding one hun-dred dollars received by himare required to be depositedin certain designated banksto the credit of the ExemptFiremens Benevolent Fund,and can only be drawn there-from by resolution of theBoard,and the treasurer draw-ing the check to the orderof a trustee, specifying theamount and object of the ap- Trustees Report. J 7. York, the trustees have not been able to keep these positions filled,both being now vacant. As the school committee, with all theirexertions by advertising and other ways, have not succeeded in find-ing pupils for these two free scholarships, an appeal is thereforemade to the members of the Association for their assistance in gettingthese important pl
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