Mountain Democrat., 1857-10-17
City Ordinance, No. "A.
C,ONcERNIX0 Fire and the Fire Department.

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The Mayor and Common Council Of the City OF Fla.
cerville do Ordain rs follows.
SECTION LIST. That all Fire Engine, Hose, Hook and
Ladder, and other Fire Companies, having organized
and adopted n constitution, and having petltiOned
the Board Of Delegates for that purpose, and ma
jority Of said Board having decided by vote to re-
commend the admirsivn Of the Company into the De.
partment, such Company shall be furnished with an
Engine or other proper Fire Apparatus and q house
for receiving the same by the City, II deemed neces
sary by the Mayor and Common Council.
SIC. End All Fire Engine. Hose, Hook and Ladder
and other Fire Companies that may organize under
this ordinance and owning their own apparatus,
building any part thereof shall retain the same as
the property OF such Company, and IN no case TO be
disposed Of except by vote Of two-thlrds Of all the
members of such companies.
$40 3d. There shall not be allowed to any Engine
Company more than SiXtyFve Certificate Members;
to any Hose Company, more than Twenty Five Ger
tihcate Members, or to any Hook and Ladder Com
Dany, more than Sixty Five Certificate Members.
SEC 4th. The officers Of Company shall consist OF
a Foreman, and ut least one Assistant Foreman,
a Secretary and Treasurer. 1t shall require ut
least fifteen persons, twenty.one years OF age to
compose Company, all OF whom must have signed
the constitution previous to their petition; and they
shall forward to the Board Of Delegates Of the Fire
the said Petition, with list OF the names
Of their officers and men, and the situation in which
they wish to have their apparatus located. All re-
turns Of members elected to any Fire Company shall
be certified to by the Chief Engineer and each per-
son elected shall have paid into the hands OF the
Chiet Engineer OF the FIRE Department the sum OF
OnesDoar for certificate, before he is confirmed by
the Counci,-which money shall be paid over to the
Treasurer Of the Fire Department. for the benefit Of
the charitable fund Of said Department.
SrC. 9th. There shall he All election annually OH
the first Monday In December for n Chief Engineer
and for First and a. SeeeHd Assistant Engineer
Said election shall be ordered by the Mayor, who
shall give ten days notice thereof In one or more
newspapers published In the city. But II the Mayor
shall auy time fail to order such election. It shall
be lawful for the President Of the Board Of Delegates
to order It, by giving Ave days notice aS Aforesaid
The polls shall be held at such place as the Board OF
Delegates may designate and they shall be kept open
from O'Clock p. N. until O'Clock 2. NJ, under the
inspection OF three Judges, each from different
Company, appointed by the Board Of Delegates
The person having the highest number Of votes for
Chief Engineer at such election, shall be declared
elected. For Assistant Engineers, the persons hav-
ing the two highest numbers Of votes shall be declar
ed elected, aud shall rank as follows: The person
having the highest number Uf votes shall be the First
Assistant Engineer and the person having the next
highest number Of votes shall be the Second Assistant
Engineer.
SEc. 9th. When a vacancy occurs In the Office Of
Chief Engineer election shall be held as hereto
fore provided, TO all such vacancy; but when va
cRncy occurs in the Office Of LIST Assistant Engineer,
the officer next in rank shall take the vacant ofce
and an election shall he ordered, as above, to Nil
such vacancy in the lower office. All contested cleo
tlons for Engineer shall he decided BY vote OF the
board Of Delegates; and should tie vote occur for
the office Of Assistant Engineer, the rank OF the
same snail De decl0eu ny VOte OF 1ne tuO bOAru VI
Delegates. The election term Of each Engineer shall
he for year, until his successor Is elected aud
qualified.
SIC 7th. Each and every Company, at its stated
meeting In November In every year, shall elect two
Of It's members ms Delegates to the Board Of Dele
gates OF the Fire Department Of Pacervile which
Hoard shall consist Of two Representatives and the
Foreman Of each Company. They shall make laws
for the government Of the Fire Department, and all
laws made by them shall he binding on every Engi-
neer, Company, Officer or Member Of the Depart
ment, and any Engineer, Company, Officer or Mem.
Der who shall violate any Of said laws or who shall
refuse to obey the lawful orders OF the Chief other
Engineers, shall, upon complaint he tried by the
Board ~ Delegates, and " found guilty be censured
suspended, removed from ofhce, or expelled from
the Fire Department, as the judgment OF the Board
may direct.
Sr g. The returns Of election for Chief and Assis-
tant Engineers, shall be made to the Board Of Dele
gates, who shall examine the same declare the result
and give the persons elected their certificates Of
election.
sEc. 0. Whenever the Chief Engineer shall be alb
sent from the city or prevented from attending to the
duties Of his Office, the senior Assistant present shall
perform the duties and possess all the rights and
powers Of Chief Engineer, during such absence or
disability.
SEC. H. The Chief Engineer, the 1st and End Assist
ant Engineers, and the Secretary Of the Fire Depart
ment, shall be Fire Wardens, and each Of them SHALL
Fire Wardens have the full powers Of Policeman,
and they are hereby authorized and empowered to
examine each and every house. shop, or other place.
y with the city ordinances, will tend to secure the
city from possibility Of Fires, by safely guarding
stoves, furnaces, stove-ppes, chimneys, and other
places where fire Is used and by causing extra pre-
caution to be taken where inhammable substances
stored used, and any person who shall neglect
refuse to conform to the instructions Of any Fire
Warden, shall be punished by 6ne OF not less than
twenty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or
by imprisonment for not less than two days more
than thirty days, by both such fine and impriSOn-
ment.
SEc. II. The Chief Engineer shall In all cases Of
hre have the sole and absolute command over all the
Engineers aud members Of the Fire Department, 1t
shall be the duty Of the Chief Engineer to direct the
other Engineers to take proper measures to arrange
the several Fire Companies In the most advantageous
manner and to cause them to be duly worked for the
eifectuAl extnguishment Of hres. It shall also be
the duty Of the Chief Engineer TO examine, at least
quarterly in each year, In the months OF July, Octo
Der, January and April, and as much Oitener as he
may deem proper, into the condition and number Of
Fire Engines and other fire apparatus, and houses
thereunto belonging. and to report the same to the
Common Council quarterly, together with the names
Of all the members Of the Fire Department, and the
spectve companies to which they belong also, under
the direction Of the Committee Fire and Water, and
the Secretary Of the Common Council, to erase from
the books Of Registry Of Fremen all names which are
not on the quarterly returns from the several Com
panies. 1t SHALL also, be the duty Of the Chief Engn
eer to report In writing to the Common Council, ell
accidents by fire that may take place In the city, wish
the causes thereof as well ss they can be ascertained
stroyed or injured, together with the names Of the
owners occupants and also the estimate loss and
II shall also be his duty, whenever any Of the Fire
Engines, Hose Carriages, Trucks, other Fire APP
paratus shall be required to be repaired to report
the same forthwith to the Committee on Fire and
Water, and under their direction to Superntend the
repairs thereof
aEc l2 The several Engineers and the Secretary Of
the Board Of Delegates before entering upon their du
ties shall take and subscribe before the city Record
er to the Constitutional oath Of office.
Skc Is. It shall be the duty Of the Clerk Of
the Common Council and Chief Engineer to keep
q book containing the names Of all the members
Of the Fire Department, under the head Of the name
Of the Company to which they may belong, which
hook shall he styled book Of Registry Of the Fire
Department, and shall be open at eli times to public
inspection
SIC. l4. It shall be the duty Of each and every
Fire Company In going to and returning from any
Gre or alarm OF nre or removing their apparatus from
their respective places Of deposit to obey the orders
Of the Chief or other Engineers.
Gpc. 10. In case any Foreman or Assistant Fore
man, any other person having charge Of any Fire
or direction given by the Chief or other Engineer
while on duty he shall for such Oense be tried BY he
Board Of Delegates and II convicted be- at their OPP
tion censured, Suspended, removed from Ofnce, or
expelled from the Fire Department.
SIC. 16. Any person not member Of the Fire De-
psrtment, who shall nke or assist In taking any Fire
Apparatus from any house, unless one Of the mem-
beTs Of the Company 10 present and does not object
tHcIctO OetOrC tnS heCOtucT
be fined In sum Of not lesss than twenty. FIVE dol.
lars, or be Imprisoned not less than ten days, be
both nned aud imprisoned Ut the discretion Of the
city Recorder.
SEC. II. No house belonging to any Fire Engine,
Hose or Hook and Ladder Company shall be used for
any purpose not directly concerning the Company
to whom the same Appertains without previous con.
sent in writing Of the Foreman Of such Company,
and no apparatus shall be removed from the city
without the written consent Of the Chief or acting
Engineer.
shall have all the powers Of Police
man. They may prevent persons other than Fire
men, exceDt II be the owners Of goods property,
interested in the removal Of their goods
from coming into such portion Of the city rs may In