There may be created in every city, except cities of the first class, and in statutory cities having a population of 2,000 or more, and having a fire department consisting of two or more regularly employed and paid firefighters, a firefighter's civil service commission with powers and duties as hereinafter provided.
Minn. Stat. § 420.01
(1933-23) 1929 c 57 s 1; Ex1936 c 13; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1977 c 429 s 63