Duty of the shall be the custodian of said pension fund, and shall secure and safely keep the same, subject to treasurer of the the control and direction of the board, and shall keep his books and accounts concerning said fund in such manner as may be prescribed by the board, and the said books and accounts shall always be subject to the inspection of the board or any member thereof. The treasurer shall, within ten days after his election or appointment, execute a bond to the city, with good and sufficient surety, in such penal sum as the board shall direct, to be approved by the board, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and that he will safely keep and well and truly account for all moneys and properties which may come into his hands as such treasurer, and that upon the expiration of his term of office he will surrender and deliver to his successor ali bonds, securities, and all unexpended moneys or other properties which may have come into his hands as treasurer of said fund. Said bond shall be filed in the office of the comptroller as other bonds, and may be sued on in the name of said city or said board to the use of said board, or any person or persons injured by a breach thereof. Manner of draw to ing warrants on $ 18. It shall be the duty of such officer or officers of the city as are designated by law draw warrants on the treasurer of said city, on request in writing by said board of trustees, to draw warrants on the treasurer of said city, payable to the treasurer of said board of trustees for all funds belonging to said pension fund as aforesaid. treasurer of city. Manner of draw- Annual report of board of trustees. Pension fund not subject to execution, etc. Emergency clause. § 19. All moneys ordered to be paid from said pension fund to any person or persons shall be paid by the treasurer of the board of trustees only upon warrants signed by the president of said board and countersigned by the secretary thereof, and no warrants shall be drawn except by order of the board after having been duly entered on the records of the proceedings of the board. § 20. The board of trustees shall make a report to the general council of said city of the condition of said pension fund, on the first meeting night in January in each and every year. § 21. No portion of said pension fund shall, before or after its order for distribution by the board of trustees to the persons entitled thereto, be held, seized, taken, subject to or detained or levied upon by virtue of any attachment, execution, injunction, writ, interlocutory or other order or decree, or any process or proceeding whatever issued out of or by any court of this State for the payment or satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any debt, damage, claim, demand or judgment against the beneficiary of said fund; but the said fund shall be held and distributed for the purposes of this act, and for no other pur pose whatever. Inasmuch as there is no protection at the present time to the members of the fire de partment in the employ of cities of the second class against death or accident, an emergency is declared to exist, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 15, 1900. CHAPTER 8. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act for the government of cities of the first class," `approved July the first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, for the better government, administration, disposition and discipline of the fire department, and to create and perpetuate a pension fund for disabled firemen, their widows and dependent children, fathers and mothers, and to create and perpetuate a board of trustees for the management and conduct thereof, and to pension members thereof after service of a term of years. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Amending chap § 1. That an act, entitled An act for the gov-ter 244, Acts ernment of cities of the first class, approved July the first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, be amended by adding thereto the following: 1893. Safety to pre § 2. That the government, administration, dis- Board of Public position and discipline of the fire department, scribe rules, etc. and the officers, members and employés thereof, shall be such as the board of public safety may, and is hereby authorized from time to time by rules, orders and regulations to prescribe. § 3. The board of public safety is authorized and empowered to make, adopt and enforce rules, orders and regulations for the government, discipline, administration, and disposition of the fire department, and the officers, members and employes thereof. The board shall have power, Board of Public and it is authorized, to adopt rules and regula- and determine tions for the examining, hearing, investigation and determining of charges made or preferred against members of the fire department or employes thereof; but no officer, member or em Safety to hear charges. Force and effect of certified copy ploye thereof (except as provided in this act) shall be fined, reprimanded, removed, suspended or dismissed from the fire department until writ ten charges have been made or preferred against him or them, nor until such charges have been examined, heard and investigated before said board, upon such reasonable notice to the member or members charged, and in such manner of procedure, practice, examination and investigation as the said board of public safety may, by rules and regulations, from time to time prescribe: Provided, however, That any officer, member or employe of the fire department who is now or may hereafter become insane or of unsound mind, so as to be unable or unfit to perform full fire service or duty, may be removed or dismissed from the fire department by resolution of the board of public safety. A copy of the rules and regulations, or any or of rules and reg either of them, of the fire department or board ulations. Power to issue subpoenas. of public safety may, when certified $ 4. The board of public safety shall have power to issue subpoenas, attested in the name of the chairman or president, to compel the attend ance of witnesses upon any proceeding authorized by law or its rules and regulations. The board of public safety is hereby authorized and empowered to investigate, take evidence and hear any charge or charges made or preferred against any member or members of the fire department, but no judgment or other determination shall be rendered or pronounced, dismissing, removing or suspending any officer, member or employe of said fire department, or imposing any fine or forfeiture, unless a majority of Majority of the the board of safety shall concur. board must concur in judgments. Board to furnish $5. The board of public safety may, from time to time, establish, provide and furnish engine equipments, etc. houses, and shall also provide and furnish such accommodations, apparatus and articles, and provide for the care thereof as shall be necessary for the fire department and the transaction of the business of said department. The board of public safety is hereby authorized and empowered to furnish all kinds of apparatus, wagons, horses and other necessary equipments for such houses, which apparatus, wagons, horses and other necessary equipments shall be under the control and care of said fire department, and for the exclusive use thereof. bers of fire de ary of same. § 6. The fire department shall consist of one Officers and memchief, whose salary shall not be less than two partment and salthousand and five hundred dollars per year; assistant chiefs of firemen, not exceeding in number one to each six companies in active service, and the salary of each assistant chief shall not be less |