The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-04-26
Revised Ordfnauce z
Establishing and Regafoting the Fire u

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/ Engineer, and two Assistant Engineers, 10 be
lappointea by the Board of Trustees, after they
! shall hsvefrstbeen designated fortlaf purpose In
The manner hereinafter provided; one or more
Fire Wardens in each division or ward Of the
Village fin addition to the trustees Of the VII
lage who shall be ex-ofIcio Fire WardeHs and
such companies Of EngiDe-men, Hose7men, Hook
and Ladder .men, Bucket N en-, and Special Fire
Wardens, as are now organized, OF may from
time to tin be organized, by and with the con-
sent and appreciation OF the Board Of Trustees !;
and the persons composing said companies, are
hereby and shall be denomiRated fremeH.
SECrres 2. The several companies named in
the preceding section, shall consist of as many
members as the Board of Trustees shall from
tfne 10 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-
tempiated; and shall hold all annual election on
the second Monday Of January in each year, at
/ which they shall choose from among their own
i members foreman, assistant foreman, and
clerk, and such her officers as they may require
IN accordance with rtheis respective constitutions
and in the manner provided therein; and it shall
be the duty Of the said companies to attend to
TO their Charge, aud the buildings wherein the
sarnc are kept.
ShcTIos 3. The members of the Fire De-
psrtment, qualified as hsreina fter provided to
vote for tie Chief and Assistant Engineers of
said Department shall colt ctyely hold an an
nual election on the second Tuesday of January
III each year, at some. suitable and convenient
place to be appointed BY the Chief Engineer, or
in his absence by the Assistant Engineer tbs n
entitled to The command Of the Fire Department
by giving notice thereof in two Of the newspa>
peers published in the village, at least one week
previous to such election, at which election
they shall designate by ballot three persons,
one for Chief Engineer, one for FIRST Assistant
Engineer and ole for Second Assistant Epgi-
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
meetn subsc quent to said election, unless in
the opinion of majority of the Board of Trus-
tees, such person is mate. italy deficient in the
general qualifications, requisite for the faithful
and efficient discharge of the duties of the Office
for which he Shall have been designated And
in case OF a vacancy in the office OF Chief Engi,
Gccr, or eltler OF the assistant engineers, by
death, resignatiou removal from Office removal
from the Village, or otherwise such vacancy
shall be Ted by special election to be called
by the Board OF Trustees, by giving notice there
of i'll the same manner, aud for the-same length
Of time as is provided for giving notice Of annual
elections. Special elect ons called as herein pro
vided, shall be held and conducted in the same
manner IN all respects, as annual elections; and
the person .or persons who shall be desirr ated
thereat, and who shall thereupon be appointed
by the Board of Trustees to Gll the vacant Office
or Offices. shall hold such Office or Offices in the
same manner, as if be or they had been appoint,
ed thereto, alter having been de,ignated ft r that
purpose, It an annual election. And in order
to prevent illegal voting at such election. the
Foreman and Clerk of the several companies
shall, at asst one week before any such election
shall be held, deposit with the Chief Engineer,
) or in mis- absence with the Assistant Engineer
entitled to commaud, list of the names of all
of the members of their respective companies
qualfc d TO vote at such election, and no person
whose name shall not appear on said lists shall
vote at such election. AID it shall be the duty
OF the Chief or Assistant Engineer with whom
said lists hall be deposited as aforesaid, to in
qulre INTO their correctness, and he shall have
access to all the records and papers of the sew
eral companies necess airy 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>
MES shall act as Inspectors of said election, and
shall conduct the same, and make return thereof
TO the Board of Trustees, in the same manner as
the Inspectors Of elections in the several wards
OF the village conduct and make their returns at
! the annual charter election; and the polls OF
said election shah open at seven O'Clock in the
after noon, 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 some fire comnsnv
OF the Village, in good standing, for two whole
years prior to the election at which be shall be
designated Tor that purpose, nor unless he shall
be a resident of the Village. And no person
shall e entitled to vote, or shall vote for chief
or assistant engineer, unless he shall be eight teen
! years Of age, nor unless he shall hava been a
: 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 desirna-
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 the Fire
Department, the foreman aud clerk of the res
pectiye companies shall deposit with the Village
CLERK, 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
o thereby be confirmed
SECTION Is. Whenever any number of nersons
shall desire to form new company in the Fire
Department, they shall first make an application
for that purpose to the Board of Trustees. desig-
rating the name and specifying the objects OF
the company, and if upon such application the
! Board of Trustees shall deem such new companv
necessary, they shall grant permission to form
the same, and at the same time fix the nu-,ber
of members of hich the same shall consist. and
thereupon such persons may proceed to form
themselves into company, by the adoption of a
constitution, bylaws, aud regulations, and the
election OF officers, as provided in sie second
section OF this ordinance, copy of which con-
stituton, BY laws, and regulations, and also a
statement of the officers elected by said compap,
similar to the statement required by the next
preceding section, shall be filed with the Vii
mge Clerk, and upon the approval by the Board
oil Trustees Of the said constitution, bylaws and
regulations, and of the said statement. said com.
paty shall thereby be deemed duly organized. and
tee election of its officers confirmed. -
! SECTION :. The chief engineer and each Of