Lithographed certificate, filled out in ink. 13x16½, matted and framed under plexiglass.

Certification that Thomas De Artney "is entitled to an Exempt Fireman's Certificate for the State of California, he having served as an Active Member of the Marysville Fire Department for the Term of Five Years since the 1st day of January A.D. 1853..." Signed by Chief Engineer D.H. Harney and City Clerk A. Gibson. The Marysville Fire Department, established in 1851, was the second oldest fire department west of the Mississippi. "Exempt Firemen" were exempt from military and jury duty.