WHEREAS, the Board of Fire Commissioners, composed of the following gentlemen, to wit, Colin M. Boyd, John W. McDonald, Joseph Marshall, Frank T. Edwards and George T. Bohen, at a meeting of said Commissioners held on the 15th day of December, 1898, received a communication from the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, D. T. Sullivan, calling the attention of the Commissioners to the fact that no record is kept by the Trustees of the "Scannell Medal Fund," of which he is a member, of the names of the recipients of the Scannell Medal, nor is any record made or kept of the names of other members of the Fire Department who may perform acts of bravery while in the discharge of their duty, and therein suggesting and recommending that a Roll of Honor should be established for the inscription of the names of the recipients of the Scannell, or other special medal for bravery, and of others who may perform acts of valor deserving public recognition whose names may be ordered inscribed thereon by the Board of Fire Commissioners, and

WHEREAS, the secretary was at said meeting instructed to have prepared a suitable Roll of Honor in accordance therewith, therefore, be it

Resolved, that the names of each member of the Fire Department who has already been awarded a Scannell medal, and also the date of presentation, and a short synopsis of the act performed by each be, and they are hereby ordered, inscribed thereon. Be it further

Resolved, that upon the order of the Board of Fire Commissioners the name of each member of the Fire Department who may hereafter be awarded the Scannell medal, or other special medal for valor, or who may at great risk of his own life, or of great risk of serious personal injury to himself save human life, shall have their names, together with such information as may be deemed necessary inscribed thereon.

Provided, however, that a member of the Department who may save or assist in saving, of human life in the ordinary course of his duty and when no great risk of serious personal injury to himself has been taken shall not be deemed eligible to have his name inscribed thereon. Be it further

Resolved, that each person whose name is placed upon the Roll of Honor of the Fire Department shall be furnished with a suitable certificate setting forth the same, signed by the President and Secretary of the Board of Fire Commissioners, and Chief Engineer of the Department.