The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-02-22
Establishing and Re2uEatinq the Fire Z

OF the Village o! Hanitoroc ~ follows.
srcTfos !. That the Ere Department Of tie
Village of Msntowoc, shall consist Of CHIEF
Engineer, and two Assistant Engineers, to be
sppmntes by the Board of Trustees, after they
shall ha7efrstbeen designated foftliat purpose in
We manner hereinafter provided; one or more
fire Wsrdens in each division or ward Of the
Village, i'm addition 10 the trustees Of the VII
iage who shall be sx-otficio Fire WardeHsI. and
sach companies OF En ginc-men Iiose-rnen Hook
shd LAdder-men, Bucket 10 en-. and Special Fire
"ardens, az are now organic d, may from
Tune 10 iia be organized, ~ aud with the Con-
sent and appreciation Of the Board Of Trustees
ard the persons composing said companies, are
hereby and rhal be denonIinated Gremen-
SEerIes 2. The several companies named in
the preceding section, shall consist Of as many
members as the Board of Trustees hall lson
time to time direct; and may respectively adopt
such organization, and from time TO time such
cs1sttuiion, by lass and regulations for their
government, subordinate to the ordinances Of
thu Village, and subject TO the approval of the
Board OF Trustees, they may deem best cal
cu!ated 10 accomplish the objects hereby con-
terplated; and shall hold an annual election on
the second Monday Of January in each year, at
which they shall choose from among their own
members 4 foreman. assistant foreman, and
clerk, and such other officers as they may require
In accordance with thei respective constitutions
AID in tie Inanurr provided heren and i shall
be the duty Of the said companies to attend 70
the engines, aud other FIRE apparatus, committed
10 their cLarga, AID The buildings wherein the
P1rne are kept
SFCTTos 3. At the anuu.I eleclio'G or off. eTs
for the several com paui.s of the Fire Der art
ment the members Of the respective companies
qualified as herein after provided, to vote for the
Chief aud Assistant Engineers, of said Depart
ment, shall designate 10y ballot three persons
one for Chief Engineer, one for Frst Assistant
Engineer, aud one for Second Assist ,ut 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 sppointed
by the Board Of Trustees to The Office for which
he shall have been so designated, ut th.ir fra
rneeIit subsc quent TO said election, unless in
the opinion of mi prity of the Board Of Trus-
ties, snch person is materially def Gent in the
general qualifications, requisite for the faithful
and efficient discharge Of the duties &C the Office
for which he shall have been designated. And
tn ease Of vacancy in he Office OF Chief Enci-
neer, or eitier of the assistaI t engineers. BY
death, resignation, removal from office removal
from the Village, or otherwise such vacanc,
shall be filed by special election TO be called
by the Board Of Trustees, by publishing notice
thereof in one Or more OF the newspapers If he
Village al least one week previous to such clcc-
ton special elect obs called as herein provided
shall he held and conducted in the same man
ner In all respects. as annual elections; ard The
person or persons, who shall be designated
thereat, and who shall thercupon be app, 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
I'd thereto, after having been de- ign ted r that
purpose, at an annual election
SKcrIos 4. No person shall be sppoir ted TO
the off &c Of chief or assistant engineer unes- h.
shall have been a member Of some fire company
OF the Village, in good standing for two hole
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 titled to vote or shall vote for a chief
or assistant engineer unless he sha he eighteen
years Of age, nor unss1 he shall h,vI been
member OF some fire company Of the village for
si1 months, next previous to the time OF the
election, at which such officers shall be designa-
:ed, nor unless he shall have regularly attended
the meetings Of his company during said six
months shall haze been honorably excused
from such attendance, BIZ reason OF sickness, or
other necessary or unavoidable cause Of absence;
and the publications. Of voters for chief and as,
sistant engineers, skall be determined by Tie
foreman and cleik o! the several companies from
the records of the ages and attendance o. III, If
members, kept by the respective comparies
SECTION. 3. Immediately after the annual
elections OF the seFeral companies Of tie FIRE
Department, the foreman AID clerk Of u c res
pective companies shall deposit with the VIII ge
Clerk, a certified statement, subscribed by them
officially, showing the names of the persons epc-
ted az officers Of their respective companies
snd also the names OF the persons who n III
have received the highest number of votes, for
the Offices Of Chief Engineer First Assistant
Engineer a Second Assistant Eucincer; " hich
statement, II satisfactory to the Board Of Trus-
tces shall be approved at their next meeting
after said elections, and upou such approval the
election of the officers Of tie several conrpli.ics
shown by their respective statements, shall
thereby DC confirmed
SEcTios &. Whenever any number OF persons
shall desiIc TO form company in the Fire
Department, thy shlll Fl st make au applicn,irn
for that purpose to the Board of Trustees, desig-
rating the name and specifying h, Obi cts OF
the company, and II upon such application the
Board of Trustees shall deem such new COMPANY
necessary, they shall grant Permission 10 form
che same, and a. the same time fix the nu.lbar
sf members Of which the sane shal consist and
thereupon such persons NAV proceed 10 form
themselves into company, by TIE I'D ptiou of
constitution, by-lavs, and regulations, and the
election Of officers, as provided In the second
section Of this ordnance copy of which con
stituton, by laws, and regulations, ard al.o
statement OF the officers elected by said companr
similar TO the statement required by the next
preceding section, .ha be fled with the Vii
iage Cerk, and upon tie approval by the Board
OF Trustees Of the said constitution, bylaws and
regulations, and OF the said statement. said Gem
pany shall thereby be deemed duly orca1ized and
the election of is officers confirmed.
SIcrros l. The chief engineer aud each Of
the assistant engineers hal, before entering up~
on the duties OF their respective Offices sever.
ally take and subscribe, and file with the Village
Clerk an Official oath OF affirmation, similar to
that required of Village officers And al the
ericers elected by theseye companies at heir
annual elections, aud those elected at Tie time
OF the organization Of new companies. and t.,
chief cad assfstaut crriEecrs appointed by tie
Bead 81 Trustee slal. hold their Offices for one
year from the time Of tier election, or appoint
p,sDt and qualification, Of until their successors
shall he elected, or appointed and qualified
SEeTtos S. The present aetir Z Chief and
Assistant Engineers Of the Fire Department as
aow organized gsler tue existing ordinances OF
the Village, aud the several FIRE companies ros
composing said Fire Departm shall continue
30 act guder their present organizations, subject
however to the provisions OF this ordinance, uu-
al the time of holding the annual election re-
qnred by this ordnance, TO be held on the Sec
ODD Monday Of January next.
Bat immediately after said election shall have
hcen held, the several FIRE companies now exist
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