Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-01-22

I bers as the City Council shall from time 4
i time direct. to attend the Fire Engines
Hose wagons and hooks and ladders belong
\ ing to. or that may hereafter belong the cor
4 poration Of the city, or to such fire engines
\ hose, wagons hooks snd ladders, as III,
/ City Council shall direct and it shall b,
+, the duty Of the firemen, as often as an,
! fire shall break out in the city, TO repair
Immediately upon the alarm thereof, Il
their respective engines, hose wagons
hooks and ladders, and convey them TO. ol
near the place where such fire shall happen
unless otherwise directed by the Chief, oil
other Engineer; AID there. in conformity
with the directions given by the Chief En-
gineer or other Engineers, to work anC
manage said engines or apparatus and imple
men,s with all their skill and power; snG
when the are is extinguished they shall no,
remove therefrom but by the direction o
an engineer; and on such direction they
shall return their respective hose wagons
engines, hooks and ladders, and other ap
paratus. to their several places Of deposit
SEC. IL. If any Assistant Engineer, ore
man, Assistent foreman, or any other Fire
man. having charge of any IRE company
disobey, or refuse to obey any order or di
rection Of the Chief Engineer. he may, 70,
such offence. be expelled from the fire de
partment
SEC. l3. 1t shall be the duty Of oil mem
bers Of the fire department to prevent all
persons, not belonging to the Department
from lettering in or about any house belong
ing to the department.
SEC. Ii. No fire engine, hook and ladder
or hose cart, during any fire in this city or
any other place, or any report Of fire, al any
time, under any pretence whatever, shall be
taken or removed ont Of its house, unless
the foreman or assistant foreman. or one
of the ngineers or at least two of the fire.
men Of the company to which the same be
Tonga shall be present and cons mt thereto,
,,dE penalty of tel dollars for every
such offence, to be forfeited and paid by
and received from, any and every person
aiding or assisting in such act.
SEc. Il. No fire engine, nor nook and lad
der, nor hose cart shall, in going to, or re-
turning from free. or at any other time, be
run, driven. wheeled or placed upon any
side walk, except by the special order OF
the Engineers, Foremen or Assistant Fore
men Of companies, under penal y Of twenty
dollars for each offence, to be forfeited and
paid by every person aiding or assisting in
such act, to be recovered ly the City Attor.
ney for the use Of the corporation.
SEC IL. Each Fire Company shall have
power to elect Foreman and Assistant
Foreman to take charge OF each piece oi
apparatus, under rules and regulations to
he adopted by such companies, but such Of
iicers shall be Iiabl. to be removed at the
pleasure of the City Council.
SEE II. Each Of said companies may adopt
sach constitutions, bylaws and rules for
their regulation and government, subordi
Ii te to the ordinances Of this city, US they
may deem best calculated to accomplish the
objects OF their organization and said com.
panies may each elect such other officers be
sides foreman and Assistant Foreman as may
be required by their respective constit ltons
Stc Is. The engines and other appara-
tus -hall be kept in such places rs the City
Csuncil shall provide and designate; and it
shall be the duty Of the several companies to
keep the same AWAY in order and ready for
immediate use.
SEC 10. No company shall be permitted
to 60 with their engines or other fire apps.
ratus, beyond the limits Of the city. unless
it be to attend fires in adjacent cities, with
out the consent Of the City Council.
SEC 20. The Engineer in command, or in
tie absence of both the Chief Engineer and
his Assistants, the Mayor or any two Alder
men may direct the Hook and Ladder men
to cut down and remove any building, cree
ton or fence, for the purpose of checking
the progress Of the fire; and 10 the same
end the Engineer or any such person rs may
be in command at any fire, may with the ad-
vice and concurrence Of two members Of the
City Council, blow up or cause to he blown
up with powder or otherwise, any building
or erection.
SEr. 81. The Mayor, City Marshal, Fire
Warders, or such officers a. 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 Wardens, shall
he permitted to come, and it shalI he the
duty of the police TO aid in carrying out the
provisions of his section
SEC % AT any fire, and for twelve hours
after its extinction it shall bc 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 hindering
or resisting such officer or any fireman iu
discharge of his duty, or refusing to obey
such officer, or conducting in Il noisy and
disorderly manner. and 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
,<n IF
SEC % Every person not fireman, who
shall be present at any fire in this city shall
be subject to the orders Of the Chief Engi
neer and his Assistant, the Mayor, Marshal
and other members Of the police, and in case
such person shall refuse to obey such orders
he shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dol
lars.
SEC. "a. Itshall be lawful for the Chief En-
gineer, or his Assistant, or the Foreman Of any
fire company, or for any police officer, TO re-
quire the aid Of any drayman with his he, q
and dray. or the driver of any licensed wag
on with his team and wagon, or any citizen
inhatitant or bystander, in draying or con
veying any fire engine or other fire appa.
ratns, and in working and using the same
while at fire and in case Of refusal or neg
lect by such person to comply with such re-
QUESTION, the offender shall for every default
forfeit and pay penalty Of not loss than one
dollar, nor more than ten doilars
SEC. %. There shall be two watchman to
attend at the engine house. on Brady street
each to be on watch twelve hours Of each
day. whose ealarv shall be fixed by the City
Council, whose duty it shall be to clean, bur.
nish, oil, and keep in order, the engines. no, 4
carts, hose, and other apparatus. and to act
as policeman in and about the premises and
they shall ab- olutely reuse admittance Of all
boys into said engine house, and shall arres,
and lock up in the calaboose Tor trial. oil dis
orderly o drunken persons found around ssid
engine house.
SEC 26. There shall be no Fire Company
in this city, or any association Of fremen
who are not organized under this ordinanc.
and subject to its provisions all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with thi,
ordinance, are hereby repealed.
SEC. n. All Constitutions or bye-lawl
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