The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-01-20
AN ORDINANCE
For preventing OF the eprendinr of Eire,


For preventing Of the spreading Of Fires in the
town oi Davenport.
Secfion 1. Be it Ordained BY the Mayor nd
| Aid rincn OF the town pi Davenport, That ~. e..
Eldridgc. and Cheny Munger, and II. Price and
their associates duly chosen aud elected o.,
themselves at q regular meeting TO be held a, The
office Of James Thorington on the Goth dav OF
January, lB48, and at any regular meeting there
after to be appointed by said persons shal be
Company 10 he styled tho "Rclief Hook and
| Ladder Company" to consist of not more than
fifty = members, with power TO form a cons,itu-
ton, and enact such bye-laws, and To be cnorc-
cd under such penalties for the regulation and
prompt attendance Of their own Company 40
majority Of said Company may think proper;
provided such constitution and by, laws are not
rcpugnant to the laws Of this town, this State or
the United Stat o Such fine to be applied to
the benefit OF said Company rs they may direct.
Sect. 9. That the Hook aud Ladder Company
to be organized under this Ordinance or such
other Company Us may be hereafter organized,
shall, ut every alarm Of fire, repair Immediately
TO their Hook and Ladder carriages and convey
the same, with the Hooks and Ladders. near the
place Were such fire may happen and there ex-
ert thcmseivcsin the use OF slid Hooks and I adj
dcrs, agrecabl, to the direction OF the officer the
| commanding.
| Sect ;. That any Fire Warden, in coniunc-
ton with the foreman or chief officer Of Hook
| and Ladder Company, and the foreman CHI cl
| oihcer OF any engine and hose company. he, ana
they are hereby authorized and empowered al
| hrcs, 10 order he removal ot fences, lumber, aud
other combusiihles and the pulling town Of any
house or building when IN their opinion, the SAFE
| " requires u, and that they have power of police
| officers during the time VI lire and are to be
obeycd accordingly.
Sect. 4. That i, shall be the duty Of the Mar
shall OH every alarm Of Ere, 10 repair "a the place
ira huu C.rs III.
o. the public peace, or the preservation Of prop
ertv, aud may establish fire guard, To CONSIST oi
any number not eAcceding two hundred men,
whose duty u shall he To form lines and limits
| round lire, beyond which no person unless he
be attached 10 one oi the fire companies, or has
property IN danger within, shall pass aud the fire
guards shall have power 10 remove nil persons
from the neighborhood Of n FIRE, 10 such ds.
| lance that he iiremen and hook and ladder com.
panies can perform their duty without, Interrupt
| ton.
Sect. 8. That the sum OF one hundred dollars
| he appropriated including the sum subscribed
by the citizens OF said town To he applied in sucl
manner aud Tor the purposes a orssa.d bv the
looS and ladder company provided Tor in his
ordinance, said SUI subscribed as aforesaid 10
be collected by the hook and ladder company
ana SAID hooks and ladders and carriages shall
he Kept IN the following. places IL vii: IN the
f1fst ward ~ front of Lot 4, IN block 6. ON Rip
ley street, in the Second Ward in ironi 81 Lot /,
block az, an Miller Street, in the Third Ward.
IN front Lot in block CD, ON the opposite side
u Ferry Street, that any person or persons who
shall IMPURE any ui the hooas aud ladders or any
OF the apparatus thercunto belonging. or any OF
The houses or sheds in which or under they may
Do placed, ar shalt place ans obstruction in th.
wa, so rs TO hinder ~ any manner the free nc
cess To the hook and ladder carriage or shall in
Iure or remove ans oil the fire hooks or Ia Iders
from their proper places of dcpositc, except il tie
ut the niarn oi bre. or the purpose oi estingu sin
ing the same. or by order of The proper officer
Tor the purpose OF washing, cleansing, exercising.
| repairing, or other necessary purpose shall he
| hnsd M any sum not exceeding twenty dollars
10 bc recovered before any justice OF the peace
having jurisdiction thereof.
| oect .. That iany person or persons shall in
any manner violate any OF the provisions OF this
Ordinance by interfering with said hnuas and
ladders, or with the members Will. ON dnty nj
hire or shall neglect or refuse 10 comply with
| the provisions OF The shall he fined IN an,
sum not exceeding ten dollars for each offence
10 I've recovered other fines are collected. and
ii any hook and ladder company which, shall be
formed according 10 the provisions oi this Or,ii-
nance shalt negiec, refuse To do and perform
the duties cnJoincd upon them herein shall iur-
| lett all privileges and the Mayor and Aldermen
| OF said town shall have power Ia dishand said
company and afPly said hooks and ladders and
| apparatus 10 such purposes as they may think
| best and advisable.
Pissed and approved January 18Th, 1919
| ]. ~. BOWLING, Mayor.
| lTesi, JAMES THaRissTnS. cl'h.
| Davenport, January 20th, I843