1905_private laws_15_32
CHAPTER 15 AN ACT TO CREATE A CHARTER FOR ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
The chief of the fire department shall use his best endeavors to have the engine at each fire, and for that purpose he may use such means and aid as he deems best. And the board of aldermen are hereby authorized and permitted to make appropriations from the amount collected from the special tax mentioned in section twenty-nine, to be disbursed and used as they direct. COMPENSATION OF FIRE CHIEF.