The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-03-15
Revised ordinance

Establishing and Regulating tie Fire De- +
rartn.ent Of The VilIoge Of Aan,towoe.
Be it Ordained by the President and Trustees
of tie Village OF Aarfowoc, follows:
SEcrIos /. That the Fire Department Of the I
Village Of Hanitowoc, shall Consist Of a Chief
Engineer, and two Assistant E. gineers, to be
appointed by the Board oil Trustees, after they
shall have 6rstbeer designated forthat purpose in
he manner hereinafter provided one or more
Fire Wardens in each division ward Of the
Village, in addition to the trustees of the VIII
lage Nho shall be ex-officio Fire Wardensl, and
such companies OF Engine-men, Hosn, men, Hook
| and Ladder-u,en, Bucket en-, and Special Fire
| Wardens, as are now organized, or may from
| time TO tin e be organized, by and with the con-
sent aid appreciation of the Board Of Trustees;
and the persons composing snd companies, are
hereby and ehal be denominated hremen
SEC1Ies 3. The several companies named in
the preceding section, shall 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 for their
| government, subordinate to the ordinances of
tho Village, and subject to the approval of the
| Board OF Trus' ees, they may deem best cal
| eulatcd TO accomplish the objects hereby con-
templated and shall hold all annual election on
the second Monday Of January in each year. at
whch they shall choose from among their own
| members a foreman, assistant foreman and
clerk, and such oiher officers they may require
III accordance with thei respective constitutions
and in the m nner provided therein; and it shall
be the duty Of the said companies to END to
the engines, and other FIRE apparatus, committed
to their ci arge, aid the buildings wherein the
same are kept.
SECTION 8 At the annual elections Of fiaers
for the several compani.s of the Fire Depart
| nent, 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 by ballot three persona
! one Tor Chief Engineer, one for I rst Assistant
Engineer, and one for Second Assist ant Engi
neer; and the person who shall receive TIE
highest number OF votes for any Of said offces Of
| chief or assistant engineers, shall be appointed
ny the b lard OF Trustees to the otiice for which
he sh II have been so designated, at their first
meeI; subs quent to said election unless in
the opinion of majority of the Board of Trus-
t. ca, snch person is materially 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 ease OF a vacancy in he office OF Chief Engi>
nser, or eitf er 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 publishing a notice
thereof, in ole or more of the newspapers of the
| Village, at least week previous to such cleo
ton /; special elect called as herein provided
,Lal he reid and conducted in the same man.
ner in all respects. annual elections; and the
person or peIs0ms, no shall be- designated
thereat, AID who hail thereupon be appoi ted
by the Board ofT!u~tees to fill the vacant Office
or Offices she'll hold such office or Offices in the
same manner, a. if he or they had been appoint
ed thereto, aft having been Ge.ignated for that
purpose, at annual election.
SECTION 4. No person shall be appointed TO
the cfIco <! "h;ct assistant engineer unless he
shall have ben a member Of some fire company
OF tie iiaSo IN good standing, for two whole
years p,ior to the election at which he shall be
designated Tor that purpose, nor unless he shall
be resident of the Village. And no person
shall tc eItited to vote, shnll vote for chief
or assistant engineer, unless he shall be eighteen
years OF age, 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 dcsigna-
ted, nor unless he shall have regularly attended
the meetings OF his company during said six
months, or shall have been hoIorahy excused
from such attendance by reason of sickness, or
other necessary or unavoidable cause of abs.nce
and the quail hcations of voters for chief and as.
| sstant engineers, sEa be determined by the
from
| The records Of the ages and attendance OF their
members, kept by the respective companies,
| SECTION 5. Immediately after the annual
| elections of the seseral companies Of the Fire
DeDaI tment. 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 as officers of ltcir respective companies
and also the names OF The persons who shall
! I,.,,- ID Il.
the Offices of Chief Engineer First Assistant
Engineer, a; Second Assistant Engineer; which
statement if satisfactory to the Board of Trus-
tees, 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.
StcTIoS 8. Whenever any number ofpersons |!
hall desire to form new company in the Fire |
Depart eIt th' shall first make All application
Tor that purpose to the Board of Trustees. desip.
IaiinS the name ard 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 fix the nu-,ber
OF members OF which the sane shall consist, and !
thereupon such persons may proceed to form
themselves into company. by the adoption of a
constitution, bylaws, and regulations. and the
eiectlon Oh ohcers, as provided in the second
section of this ordinance, copy of which CON
stitution, by laws, and regulations, and also
statement OF the officers elected BY said compapr
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
OF Trustees of the said constitution. bylaws and
regulations, ard Of the said sta ement, said com
pany shall thereby he deemed duly orga, lied and
the election Of ts officers confirmed.
SECTION Z. The chief engineer and each Of
tho assistant engineers ohall, before entering up-
on the duties of their respective offices sever
silly take and subscribe, and file with the Village
Clerk official oath or affirmation. similar To
that required Of Village officers. And all the
officers elected by the several companies at their
annual elections, and those elected at the time
of the organization of new companies, and the
chief and assistant engineers appointed by the
Board of Trustees shall ho d their offices for one
year from the time of their election, or appoint
nent and qualification, Until their successors ,
:htll be elected. or appointed and qualified. .
SECTION s The present actir Chief and
Assistant Engineers Of the Fire Department, az I
now organized under the existing ordinances of :
he Village, aud the several fire companies now +
said Fire Depar tment, shall continue
to act under their present Organizations, subject
however to the provisions of this ordinance, I'M
ill the time Of holding the annual election 70 | ,