. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . endingon tlic next preceding lirst day of December, should have been receivedby such agents, and i1 was provided also that sections one, two and three ofthe act should apply to every city or incorporated village in the state w here,a treasurer of the Fire Department existed, and where no such officer wasknown by the laws of such city or village, the treasurer of such city orincorporated village should exercise the powers and perform all the duties, for; the purposes of the act,
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . endingon tlic next preceding lirst day of December, should have been receivedby such agents, and i1 was provided also that sections one, two and three ofthe act should apply to every city or incorporated village in the state w here,a treasurer of the Fire Department existed, and where no such officer wasknown by the laws of such city or village, the treasurer of such city orincorporated village should exercise the powers and perform all the duties, for; the purposes of the act, of the treasurer of the Fire Department of the City ofNew York, as far as related to the city or village of which he was treasurer,and that he should, under the direction of the Common Council of the city orthe trustees of the village, pay overall the moneys received or recovered underthe first, second and third sections of the act to the Fire Department of suchcity or incorporated village. By this act. although the license fee or tax uponthe agents of insurance companies was continued, the mode of payment and. A NOBLE CHARITY. disposition of the fund which would be created by its receipt was changed. Itwas thereafter to be paid not to the treasurer of the state, but to the treasurerol the Fire Department and to the treasurers of the other Fire Departmentsthroughout the State or to some one on their behalf. In 1854, and while the act of 1849—without amendments—was still in force, acontest arose as to the constitutionality of this act, which imposed the paymentof a certain percentage by every person who shouldactas an agent for individ-uals or associations of individuals not incorporated or authorized by the lawsof this State to effect insurances against losses by lire or against marine lossesand risks, and the question mooted was twice argued in the Court of CommonI leas of this city, and all the objections against the legislation which could bedrawn either from the Federal
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