The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-04-12

Establishing and Regulating the Fire De-
pdrtnleat IF the VILLAGE Of Nanitouoc

Engineer, and ;To ASSISTANT Engineers, to be
appointed by the Board OF Trustees, after they
shall have frstbeen designated forthat purpose in
the manner hereinafter provided one or more
Fire " ardens III each division or ward Of the
Village, lin addition to the trustees of the VIII
lage who shall be ez-ofIicio Fire Wardensl ard
! such companies Of Enginc-men, Hose-men, Hook
and Ladder.men, Bucket II en-, and Special Fire
Wardens, as are now organized, or may from
time to tin be organized, by and with the con-
sent ard appreciation of the Board of Trustees ::
and the personsScomposing said companies, are
hereby and shall be denonnated fremen
SEo7Ies 2. The sevey,d companies named in
the preceding section, shsl consist of as many
members as the Board of Trustees shall from
time to time direct; and may respectively adopt
such organization, and from time to time such
constitution, by laws and regulations fer their
government, subordinate to the ordinances Of
the Village, and SUBJECT to the approval of the
Board Of Trustees, they may deem best cal
culated to accomplish the Objects hereby con,
templated; aud shall hold an aDnual el. ction on
the second Monday Of January in .ach wear, at
sh ch they shall choose from among their own
members a foreman, assistant foreman. and
clerk, and such cher officers as they NAV require
IN accordance with theis respective constitutions
and n the m inner provided therein; and it shall
be he duty of the said companies to attend TO
the engines, aud other FIRE apparatus, committed
70 their Charge, AID the buildings wherein the
s1rre are kept.
SECTION 3. The members CT the Fire De-
pertinent, qualified as hereinafter provided to
v,t~ for The Chief and ssstan; Engineers of
said Department shall coll, cfivels hold an an
uu4i election tie second Tuesday of January
| IN each year. at some suitable and ccngenient
place 10 be appointed by lie Chief Engineer, or
in bis absence bv the Assistant Engineer then
entitled to the command OF the Fire Department,
10y giving notice thereof in two Of the newspa>
pers published in the village, al least ore week
previous to such elcc ion, at which election
they shall designate by ballot three persons
one for Chief Engineer, one for FIRST Assistant
Engineer, and one for Second Assistant Engi-
necr; aud 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
meetT sLbsC queut to said election unless in
the opinion of majority of the Board of Trus-
: t es, sach person is materially deficient in the
general qualifications, requisite for the faithful
and efficient discharge Of tue duties of the Office
FOR which he shail have been designated And
in case Of vacancy in The oiiice Of Chief Engi,
Geer, or either of the assistant engineers, by
) death, resignation, removal from Office, removal
from The Village, or otherwise, such vacancy
shall be filed by a special election to be called
Tue Doaiu Ol liuStecS, DV giving notice there
of in the same manner, and for the same length
Of time as is provided for giving notice Of annual
electors. Special elect ors called as herein pro
: vided, shall sc held and conducted in the same
manner IN all respects. annual elections; and
the person =or peIsors who shall be desigf ated
thereat AID who shall thereupon be apD,ii ted
by the Board Of Trustees to fiji the vacant Office
or Offices, shall hold such Office or Offices in the
same manner, as if he or they had been appoint
u ka, :.
purpose, at an annual election And in order
to prevent Illegal voting at such election. the
&. Foreman and C.crk of the several commands
shall, a. l. ast week before any such election
shall be held, deposit with the Chief Engineer
or in mis- absence with the Assistant e. einser
entitled to command, list of the names Of vi
Of the members Of their respective companies
qualitit to vote at such election, and no person
whose rane shall not appear on said lists shall
vote at such election. A it shall be the duty
Of the Chief or Assistant Engineer with whom
said lists shall be deposited as aforesaid. to in.
! quire into their correctness, and he shall have
access to all the records and papers of the sew
eral companies necessary to be examined for that
purpose. The Chief Engineer, and in mis- alb
sence the Assistant Engineer in command, and
: the Foremen and Clerks Of the several Compa-
MICS shall act IA inspectors of SAID election, and
shall conduct the same, ard make return thereof
: the Inspectors Of elections in the several ward.
! of The village conduct ard make their returns n,
!, the annual charter election; and the polls O
. said election shall open 80 seven O'Clock in the
, afternoon, ard be kopt open until nine O'Clock
in the afternoon Of the day on which the same
: shall be held.
SECTION 4. No person shall be appointed to
the office OF chief or assistant engineer, unless he
III Ill have been a member Of some fire cOmpany
| ut no in
years prior to the election at which he shall be
designated 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 have been q
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 designa-
ted, nor unless he shall have regularly attended
the meetings Of his company during said six
months, or shall have been honorably excused
from such attendance, by reason of sickness or
other necessary or unavoidable cause of absence
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, a certified statement, subscribed by them
officially, showing the names OF the persons cleo,
ted officers of their respective companies
which statement, if satisfactory to the Board OF
Trustees, shll 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.
SECTIos 8. 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 desip-
I rating the name and specifying the objects OF
the company, and if upon such application the
! Board of Trustees shall deem such new COMPANY
, necessary, they shall grant permission to form
the same, and at the same time f 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 a
constitution, bylaws, and regulations, and the
election OF officers provided in the second
section of this ordinance, a copy of which con-
| stitntion, by laws, and regulations and also 2
statement OF the officers elected by said compan '
similar to the statement required by the next
preceding section, shall be filed with the Vii
isge Clerk, and upon tie approval BY the Board
OF Trustees of the said constitution, bylaws and
e regulations, and Of the said sta ement, said com
pany shall thereby be deemed duly organized. and
the election of its officers confirmed
, SECTION Z. The chief engineer and each OF
the assistant engineers shall before entering IN,