Sec. 442. Fire company.
The Fire Department of the City shall be composed of a volunteer
organization known as the "Charlottesville Fire Company."
Such company so organized shall be under the direction and control
of an officer to be styled the chief of the Fire Department
and one assistant chief. The election of chief and assistant, together
with such other officers as said company may deem necessary,
shall be held at its regular meeting in August of each year,
or as soon thereafter as practicable, and their term of office shall
commence on the first day of September next following. The
names of the officers thus chosen by said Company shall be presented
to the Council at its next regular meeting for confirmation.
In case the Council refuses to confirm said chief and other
officers, said Company shall forthwith elect other persons in place
of those whom the Council refused to confirm, and submit their
names to the Council at its next regular meeting. In case the
Fire Company shall fail to report the names of persons to fill the
positions of chief and assistant of the Fire Company, as provided
above, the Council shall appoint such officers, and they shall hold
their respective positions and be subject to the regulations herein
prescribed.
