Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-02-06

apparatus, under rules and regulations t. y
adopted by such companies
SIC II. Each of said companies nav ado.
such constitution, by-lawa and rules f.
Their regulation and government subord
nate TO the ordinance OF this city, as the
may deem best calculated 10 accomplish tn
objects OF their organization and said com
panies may each elect such other officer
besides Foreman and Assistant Foreman a
may be required by their respective consti
tutions
SEC. Is The engines and other appara
tus shall be kept in such place az the cit,
Council shall provide and designate and i
snail be the duties of the several cempanie4
% keep the same always in order aid read,
for immediate use.
'SEc. 10. No company shall be permittet
70 80 with their engines or other fire appa
ratus, beyond the limit. Of the city. unles
1t be to attend fires in adjacent cities, with
out the concent of the city Council.
i Sc 20. The Engineer in command, or il
the absence Of both the Chief Engineer and
his Assistants, the Mayor or any two Alder.
man may direct the hook and ladder nen
= cut down and remove any building, cree
f3gA or fence, for the purpose OF checking
the progress Of the fire; and to the same
end the Engineer or any such person as may
be in command at any fire, may with the
advice and concurrence Of two members oil
the city Council, blow up or cause to be
blowel up with powder or otherwise, any
building or erection
SIC. 81 The Mayor, City Marshal. Fire
Wardens, or such officers as may BE- in com
mand Of the police at any fire, may prescribe
limits within which no person excepting
those who reside therein members of the
fire department, and those admitted by or
der of the Mayor Marshal, or some other
officer of the police or Fire Wariens. shall
be permitted to come. and it shall be the
duty of the police to aid in carrying out the
provisions Of this section
SIC %, At any fire, and for twelve hour.
after its extinction, it shall lie lawful for the
Chief Engineer of The fire department, or the
Assistant Engineer, or the Foreman of any
fire company, or the Mayor or any member
Of the police TO arrest, without warrant, any
suspected person, or any person hinlern-,
or resisting such officer or any fireman in
discharge of his duty. or refusing to obey
such officer, or conducting in a no;sey and
lisorIerly manner, or to commit such per-
son forthwith to Jail, and every such person
so committed shall remain until discharged
upon trial and hearing before some court or
magistrate OF competent jurisdiction.
SEC. 23. In all matters connected with
eXtinguishment OF fire or the protection OF
property, every person not fireman, who
shall be present at any fire in this city,
shall be subject to the orders Of the Chief
Engineer AID his Assistant the Mayor, Fire
| Warden, Marshal and other mem bers Of the
police, and In ease such person shall refuse
to obey such orders, he shall forfeit and pay
the sum of five dollars.
SEc. 81. 1t shall be lawful for the Chief
| Engineer, or his Assistant, or the Foreman
ofany fire company, or for any police officer
to require the aid of any drayman with his
horse and dray or the driver of any licensed
wagon with his team and wagon. or any
either inhabitant or bystanGer, in Drawing
or conveying any fire engine or other fire
apparatus, and in working and using the
same while at a fire ani such driver, dray-
man or teamster shall re reive such pen
sation as the city Council may prescribe
and in case of refusal or neglect bv such
person to comply with such requisltion, the
offender shall for every default forfeit and
pay a penalty Of not less than one dollar
nor more than ten dollars.
Src. 25. There shall be two watchman to
attend to the engine house on Brady Street,
each to be on watch twelve hours Of each
day, whose salary shall be fixed by the city
Council whose duty it shall be to clean, bur
nish, oil, and keep in order, the engines. hose
carts, hose and other apparatus and to act
as policemen in and abou. the premises and
they shall absolutely refuse admittance of
all boys into said engine house, and shall
| arrest and lock up in the calaboose for trial,
all di,orderly or drunken persons found
! around such engine house. The said watch
man after said engine house shall have been
| provided with u fire alarm bell, shall upon
the breaking out, or alarm of fire, proceed
at once to give the general alarm by ring
ing the alarm bell, under such rules as shall
hereafter BE- prescribed by the city Council
SIC 26. There shall be no Fire Company
in this city, or any association of iirenen,
who are not or ,anlzed under this ordinance
and subject to its provisions.
SIC. u. All Constitution or Bylaws
passed by any fire company shall be ap
proved by the city Council.
SEC. IS. Ifany person shall knowingly or
| wilfully drive any wagon, cart. stage coach
or otlier carriage or vehicle over upon, or
across any engine hose or other hose while
| in use for TIE extinsuishment Of any fire
Or while In use at any annual or other meet
ing Of the Fire Department, or any fire en-.
gine OF hose company for inspection OF ex-
| ereise, such person or-persous so offending
shall for eacn and every such offence, for
felt and pay penalty Of five dollars unless
permission be granted by the Chief Engin
eer, Assistant Engineer, Foreman or As.is
tant Foreman.
SEC. 90 Each Fire Company shall have
power to commence a civil action before th.
Police Magistrate or the competent court,
against any member of the company who
fails or refuses to pay the dues, fines. and
penalties accruing from him to the compa-
ny Of which he is member, under the
Constitution and Bylaws of the company
man, for the benefit Of the company
SEC. 80 No Foreman Of any piece Of ap
paratus connected with the Fire Depart
ment, in returning from fires, alarms o.
fires, or from any other place to the engine
houes, shall permit the members of his com.
pany to haul or draw their engines, hose
carts, hook and ladder carts, o. other appa-
ratus, at a greater speed than walk, and
for each violation of tLis section the Fore
man Of each piece Of apparatus SO offending
shall forfeit and pay a fine OF five dollars, t.
be recovered in the proper action for the
benefit of the FIRE Company Of which he i
a member.
SEC. 81. There shall be general review
of the Fire Department, engines, and Other
fire apparatus, by the Mayor and Aldermen
semi-anpually-in the Spring and Fall 0
each year. 1t shall be the duty of the Chic
Engineer to appoint day and place in tn
city, for such review, and give notice there
of to the Mayor and Aldermen, and also
public notice to the Fire Department il
one or more newspapers. On the day ap
pointed by the Chief Engineer, it shall b
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