State ex rel. Driffill v. City of Anaconda

delivered tbe opinion of tbe* court.

For several years last past tbe city of Anaconda bas bad a regularly organized paid fire department. On June 6, 1907, this; *579relator was appointed a member of tbe department on probation, conformably with the provisions of section 3327, Revised Codes, and served on probation until June 1, 1908, when he was ap-” pointed and confirmed and became a regular member of the force and served as such until June 18, 1909. On June 14, 1909, the city of Anaconda had reached the constitutional limit of indebtedness, and it became necessary for the city officers to devise…