The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-12-21

o. tile Village aud The efficiency Of the Fire
Department bah ieFnsHd IL, to remove the chic
and assistant engineers, or any Of them from Of
fee
SECTION 9 The EFF engineer and 10 hi:
ab>e c. the assistant engineer, shall in al cases
OF fire have the syle and ab-onte control over
all the members Of the Fire Department; and
it shall De the duty of the Chief Engineer to re-
port quarterly to the Board of Trustees, at their
frat meeting afqr the first DAYS of Decemb err
March, June and September in each year the
condition of the engines, hose, hooks and lad
ders, buckets and other fire apparatus and the
buildings in which they are kept; and also tc
recommend such additions, alterations and i'm
proveTents, TO the same as he may deem expe.
dent 1t shall be his further duty to examine
and report as aforesaid, whether the records OF
the different companies belonging to the Fire
Department are properly kept, and whether the
bylaws Of such companies are observed by the
mem bers thereof, and he shall al-o repor,
monthly to the Board of Trustees the names o.
such members of the Fire Department as shall
have disobeyed orders, or Neglected or refused
to do their duty.
SECTION 10. The Assistant Engineers shall
be distinguished As numbers one and two. and
il shall be their duty to assist the Chief Engine er
and obey his orders, and in the absence of the
Chief Engineer to take command according 10
their rank, and to exercise general supervision
under the direction Of the Chief Engineer, over
the engines and other fire apparatus, and the
buildings in which they are kept.
SECTION IL. Every fire warden, except
those who are ex-oficio wardens, shall report
himself at each fire to the Engineer in command
and i, shall be the duty Of said wardens imme-
dately Upon an alarm of fire, to repair to the
place of the fire and aid and assist in procuring
supplies of sater for such engines as the Enei-
neer may direct 1t shall also be the dirty of
the wardens to prevent the hose from being
trodden on, and to keep al idle and suspicious
persons from the vicinity of the fire.
Section r. The different fire companies
under the control and direction of their proper
officers shall, upon an alarm of fire, repair to the
place of the fire with the engines and other fire
apparatus under their care, and there work and
manage the same uudcr the direction of the
Chief Engineer, and his assistants, and in case
OF Their absence, under the direction of the
President of the Village, place and work their
engines and other f~e apparatus in the most
efrcual manner until the fire shall be extin-
gulshed, and shall not remove therefrom but BY
permission Of an engineer, if any shall be pres
ent, and if no Engineer shall be present, then
~ permission of the President of the Village
and OH such permission they shall return their
engines and fire apparatus well washed and
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If any company shall, without permission from
EN- Engineer or the President as above, leave
any fire with their engine fire apparatus, the
officer in command of such company shall for
felt and pay not less than three nor more than
twenty five dollars for each and every such Of
fence.
SEcrInS Is The said engines ard other fire
apparatus shall be kept in such places respect
lively as the Board Of Trustees shall provide, and
the several companies having charge of them
shall keep the same in the best order for mme-
date use For the more effectually perfecting
the fremcn in their duties and preserving the
organization of the FIRE Departm, Mt and keep
ing the engines and other fire apparatus in good
order, the said companies shall hold regular
meetings on the first Monday Of each aud every
month, and shall also on the first Mondays of
May, June, July, Angus, September, October
and November, draw out their respective engines
and other fire apparatus, and exercise herewith.
There shall also be a general review of the Fire
Department, engines and other fire apparatus,
by TIE President and Trus ees sem,annnaily, in
the Spring and Fall of each year. It shall be
the duty of the Chief Engineer to appoint day
and place for such review, and givel notice
thereof to the President and Trustees, and also
public notice IL one or more newspapers of the
Village to the Fire Department. On the day ap
pointed by the Chief Engineer, it shall os the
duty of all persons belonging to any division Of
the Fl Department to appear at the designated
place, fully equipped for such reviewing; and
the different companies shall bring their respec-
tive engines and other fire apparatus Any
member of TIE Fire Department failing to APP.
pear at a review appointed aforesaid, shall
forfeit and pay for the benefit of the company to
which he belongs. the sam Of one dollar.
SECTIoN i. Whenever any member of any
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ind bted to said company, in pursuance of the
constitution, by laws or regulations of the same,
the said constitution, bylaws, or regulations
having first been submitted to and approved by
the Board IF Trustees, it shall be lawful for said
company to sue for and receive from such
member, on his refusal or neglect to pay such
Indebtedness, whatever may be 80 due, by
action of debt in the name Of the Village, for
the use Of said company, before any court hav-
ing Jurisdiction.
SECTION Is. Every fireman Except foreuen
and assistant foremen) attached to any fire com>
pany shall, when on duty wear cap of the form
or style and material which shall from time to
time be adopted by his company, painted and
lettered according to the requirements of the
constitution and bylaws of the company to
which he belongs.
SECTION l6. II any person having charge of
an engine or other fire apparatus shall suffer or
permit the same to be applied to private uses,
without the consent of the Chief Eng ineer, or in
his absence the acting Chief Engineer, he shall
forfeit penalty of not less than five nor more
than twenty FIVE dollars, for each and every such
offence, besides being personally liable for all
damages.
SECTION H. The acting Chief Engir eer, by
and with the consent Of the President of the
Village, and in the absence of the President then
by and with the consent of one Trustee from the
several wards Of the Village, shall have power
in their discretion to grant permission to any fire
company to 60 with their respective engines and
other fire apparatus beyond the limits Of the
Village, to be absent such length of time they
may direct. Any officer in command of any
company who shall suffer permit the engine
or other apparatus in charge of said company to
be taken beyond the limits of the Village with
out such permission, shall forfeit and pay for
every such offence penalty of not less than five
nor more than twenty five dollars, besides ing
liable for all damages.
SECTION IS If any fireman shall refuse OF
neglect to attend at any meeting of the company
to which he is attached, he shall forfeit and pay
for every default penalty of not less than
twenty FIVE cents for the use and benefit of said
company, unless they should e1onerate him
therefrorn.
SECTION 10. If any fireman shall neglect to
attend at any fire without such an excuse as shall
be sufficient end satisfactory to the company to
which he belongs or shall neglect or refuse to dc
his duty as fireman, or shall cisobey, or refuse
to obey the orders of his proper COMPANY officers