The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-12-21
Revised Ordinance
Establishing and Regulating tie Fire d
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Engineer, and tro Assistant T., eineers to b.
appointes ~ the Board oi Trustees, alter Ihey
shaii have hrs been desieTated for that purpose in
the manner hereinafter provided; one or more
fHe W ardens in es'h division or ward Of the
Village, IN addition to The T. ustees of the Viii
iage Who shall be ex-offic;o Fire WardensI and
such companies of Engine-men, Hose-men Hook
and Ladder .men, Bucket n en-, and Special Fire
Wardens, as are now organized, or may from
/ time to tire be organized, by aud with the con-
sent and appreciation of the Board Of Trustees :;
and the persons composing said companies, are
hereby and rhall be denominated firemen
SECTION 2 The several companies named in
the preceding section, shall consist of as many
members as the Board of Trustees shall from
lline TO time direct; and may respectively adopt
such organization, and from time to time such
constitution, by laws and regulations for their
government, subordinate to the ordinances of
the Village, and SUBJECT to the approval of the
Board of Trustees, as they may deem best cal
culated TO accomplish the objects hereby con-
templated; and shall hold annual election on
the second Monday of January in each year, at
which they shall choose from among their own
members foreman, assistant foreman, and
clerk, and such other officers as they may require
IN accordance with thei. respective constitutions
and In the manner provided therein; and it shall
be the duty of the said companies to attend to
the engines, and other FIRE apparatus, committed
TO their charg', and the buildings wherein the
same are kept.
SECTION g. At the annual elections of off, ers
for the several panes OF the Fire Depart
ment, the members of the respective companies
quail as hereinafter provided, to vote for the
Chief aud Assistant Engineers, of said Depart
ment, shall designate by ballot three persons,
one for Chief Engineer, one for FIRST Assistant
Engineer, and one for Second Assistant Engi-
neer; and the person who shall receive the
highest number of votes for any Of said offices, Of
chief or assistant engineers, shall be appointed
by the Board of Trustees to the Office for which
he shall have been SO designated, at their first
meeu, subsequent 10 said election, unless in
the opinion Of maj )rIy OF the Board of Trus-
ties, snch person is materially deficient in the
general qualifications, requisite for the faithful
and efficient discharge of the duties cf the office
for which he shall have been designated. And
in case OF a vacancy in the Office OF Chief Engi>
neer, or either of the assistant en- gneers, bv
death, resignation, removal from Office, removal
ON the Village or otherwise such vacancy
shall be filed by a special election to be called
by the Board of Trustee, by publishing a notice
thereof, Ill one or more of the newspapers of the
Village, at least one week previous to such cleo
ton ; special elect ons called as herein provided,
shall be held and conducted in the same man
ner in all respects. as annual elections; and the
person persons, who shall be designated
thereat, aud who shall thercupon be appointad
by the Board Of Trustees to fill the vacant Office
or Offices, shall hold such Office or offices in the
same manner, as if he Or they had been appoint.
ed thereto after having been designated for that
purpose, at an annual election
SECTION A. M person shall BE- appointed to
the office Of chief or assistant engineer, unless he
shall have been member Of soma fire company
OF the Village, in good standing, for two whole
years prior to the election at which be shall be
esgnated for that purpose, nor unless he shall
be a resident of the Village. And no person
shall lie entitled to vote or shall vote for chief
or assistant engineer unless he shall be eighteen
years Of age, nor unless he shall hava been
member OF some fire company Of the village for
six months, next previous to the time OF the
election, at which such officers shall be desicna-
ted, nor unless he shall have regularly attended
the meetings of his company during said six
months, or shall have been honoraby excused
from such attendance, BY reason of sickness or
other necessary or unavoidable cause of absence;
and the quail fcations of voters for chief and as
aistant engineers, 81 all be determined by the
foreman and clerk 0! the several companies from
the records of the ages and attendance Of their
members, kept bv the respective companies,
SECTION. 5. Immediately after the annual
elections of the several companies Of tie Fire
Department, the foreman and clerk of the res
Pective companies shall deposit with the Village
Clerk, certified statement, subscribed by them
offlcia!lv, moving the names Of the persons eec~
ted rs officers OF their respective companies :;
and also the names of the persons who sha II
have received the highest number of votes, for
the Offices of Chief Engineer, First Assistant
Engineer, a. Second Assistant Engineer; which
statement, if satisfactory to the Board of Trus-
tees, shall be approved at their next meeting
after said elections, and upon such approval the
election of the officers of tie several companies
shown by their respective statements, shall
thereby be confirmed.
SECTION 6. Whenever any number of persons
shall desire to form a new company in the Fire
Department, they shall first make an application
for that purpose to the Board of Trustees, desig-
mating the name and specifying the objects of
the company, and if upon such application the
Board of Trustees shall deem such company
necessary, they shall grant permission to form
the same, and at the same time fix the number
OF members Of which the same shall consist, and
thereupon such persons may proceed to form
themselves into . company, by the adoption of
constitution, bylaws, and regulations, and the
election OF officers, as provided in the second
section Of this ordinance, copy Of which con-
sttution, by laws, and regulations, and also a
statement OF the officers elected by said company
similar to the statement required by the next
preceding section, shall be filed with the Vii,
iaee Clerk, and upon the approval by the Board
OF Trustees Of the said constitution, bylaws and
regula ions ard of the said statement, said com
parry shall thereby be deemed du'y organized, ard
the election of its officers confirmed
SECTION 7. The chief engineer and each of
the assistant engineers shall before entering up
on the duties of their respective offices sever
ally take and subscribe, and file with the Village
Clerk official oath or Affirmation similar to
that required of Village officers And all the
officers elected by the several companies at cir
annual elections, and those elected at the time
of the organization of new companies, and the
chief and assistant engineers appointed by the
Board Of Trustees shall hold their offices for one
year from the time Of their election or appoint
ment and qualification, or until their successors
shall be elected or appointed and qualified.
SECTION 8. The present actirg Chief and
Assistant Engineers of the Fire Department. as
now organized under the existing ordinances Of
the Village, and the several FIRE companies now
composing said Fire Department, shall continue
to act under their present organizations. subject
however to the provisions of this ordinance, un-
I'll the time Of holding the annual election re-
quired by this ordinance, to be held on the sec
ond Monday of January next.
| But Immediately after said election shsll have
been held, the several fire companies now exist
/ ing, shall modify and amend their respective
constitutions, bylaws and regulations, to
make them conform strictly TO the recurrence Is
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