The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-03-29
Revised Ordinance
Establishing and Regaiatng lie Fire De

partmeat Of the Village Of Aani,totroc.
Be II Ordained by the President end Trus,o-s
of the Village of Mauitowoc, as follows.
SECTION / That the Fire Department IF H.
Village of Mauitowoc, shall consist of Cnal
Engineer, and two Assistant Z. gineers TO ha
appointed by the Board of Trustees. afr ,bay
shall have frstbeen designated forthat puvposc in
the manner hereinafter provided; one or more
Fire Wardens i'll each division or ward Of the
Fillsge, lin addition to The tus.ecs of the Vii.
lage WHO shall be ex-oiieio Fire Wardepsl and
such companies of Engine.nien, Hose-rnen Hbol.
and LaddeF-men, Bueketrnen. and Special Fire
! Wardens, as are new organiz ID or NAV from
time to lin be organized, by and With the con-
sent and appreciation of the Board of Trustees
and the persons composing said companies. are
hereby and -halI be denominated fireman.
SECTIes .. The several companies uamed in
the preceding section, shall consist of az n,anv
members as the Board Of Trustees fbaI from
time to time direct; and may respective adopt
such organization, ana from time to time such
constitution, BY Iaxs an regulations for their
government, subordinate to the ordinances Of
the Village, and subject to the approval of the
Board Of Trus ices, as they may deem best cal
culated to accomplish the objects hereby con
templated and shall hold an annual election on
the second Monday of January in each wear at
which they shall choose from among their own
members foreman. assistant foreman. and
clerk, and such other officers as they NAV REQUIRE
IN accordance with theifrespective constitutions
and III the manner provided therein; and it shall
be the duty Of the said companies to attend 10
the engines, and other fire apparatus, committed
to their charge, and the buildings wherein the
same are kept.
SECTION 3. The members Of the Fine De-.
p'rtment, qualified as hereinafter provided to
vote for the Chief and Assis.art Engineers If
SAID Department shall cole ctiyely hold an an-
nual election on the second Tuesday Of J4nulry
in each year, at some suitable and conveni.nt
place to be appointed BY the Chief Engineer. or
in his absence BIZ the Assistant Engineer then
entitled to the command Of the Fire Department
by giving notice thereof in two of the newsna,
pers published in the village, at least one week
previous 10 such elcc ion, ut which election
they shall designate by ballot three nersore
one for Chief Engineer, one for Z rst Assistant
Engineer, and ore for Second Assist mt Erci
neeT; and the person no shall receive the
highest number Of votes for any Of said Offices of
chief or assistant engineers, shall be appoint
by the Board Of Trustees to the Office for which
he shall have been so designated, at hgir first
meerT subsequent to SAID election, unless in
the opinion Of maj )rity of the Board of Trus-
tees, such person is materially deficient in the
aud efficient discharge of thc duties Of the cf7ep
Tor which he shall have been designated And
III case OF vacancy in Tie Office OF Chief EDgi,
neer, or elther OF the assistant engineers. by
death, resignation, removal from office, removal
from the Village, OR otherwise, such vacancy
shall be filled BY special election TO be called
by the Board of Trustees, by giving notice there.
Of in the same manner, and for The SINE leprth
OF time as IS provided for giving notice of annual
elections. Special elect ons called as herein pro
vided, shall sc held and conducted in the same
manner In all respects. as annual elections; and
the person or peEsors who shall be designated
thereat, aud who shall thereupon be aDpC i ted
by the Board Of Trustees to fiji the vacant cfyfaa
Or offices, shall hold such Office or Offices in Inc
same manner, as if he or they had been anpoint
ed thereto, atsr having been de.gn.ted for that
purpose, at an annual election And in order
to prevent Illegal voting at such election the
Foreman and Clerk Of the several conoapies
Shall a. least one week before any such election
shall be held, deposit with the Chief Enoineer
or IN his absence with the Assistant E Engineer
entitled TO command, list of the names IF All
of the members of their lie 7 e:tive COMPARES
qualifit d to voc at such election, and no person
whose name 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 hall 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 Eigileer in command. and
the Forcmen and Clerks Of the several Commas
MICS shall act Inspectors Of sail election. and
shall conduct the Same, and make return thereof
to the Board of Trustees, in the same manner "a
the Inspectors OF elections in the several wards
OF The village conduct and m Ike their returns at
the annual charter election and the p0lls OF
SAID election shall open at seven o'clock in the
afternoon, ard be kept 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
shall have been member Of soaIe fire company
OF the Village, in good Standing for two whole
years prior to the election at which he Shall be
designated for that purpose, nor unless he shall
be resident of the Village And no person
shall he 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 a
member OF some fire company of the village for
six months, next provious 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 snail nave been hOnOrabiy excused
from such attendance, By reason of sickness or
other necessary or unavoidable cause of absence.
SECTION. 8. Immediately after the annual
elections of the several companies of the FIRE
Department, the foreman and clerk of the res
pectiye companies shall deposit with the Village
Clerk, q certified statement, subscribed BY them
officially showing the names of the persons cleo
ted as officers of their respective companies :
which statement, if satisfactory to the Board of
Trustees, 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 8, Whenever anT number ofperenne
shall desire to form a new company in the Fire
Department, they shall first make an arplicat ion
for that purpose to the Board of Trustees. desig.
rating the name and specifying h, 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 fix the number
Of members of which the same shall consist. and
thereupon such persons may proceed to form
themselves into cemr auy. by the adoption of a
constitution, bylaws, and regulations, and the
election of officers, as provided in the second
section of this ordinance, copy of which con-
stitution, 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