People Ex Rel. Moshier v. City of Springfield

The circuit court of Sangamon county awarded a writ of mandamus commanding the city of Springfield and its officers to pay relators and all the other members of its fire department a minimum salary of $175 per month under the provisions of an act of the legislature effective June 29, 1937, and to levy taxes for that purpose. (Laws of 1937, p. 344.) The act defines “fireman” as any member of a regularly constituted fire department appointed or commissioned to perform fire-fighting duties, including the fire chief, assistant fire chief, captain, engineer, driver, ladder man, hose man, pipe man,…